2378 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ABBITRATION. 



of either Party. He shall be nominated for five years by agreement 

 of the Parties, or, failing such agreement, within two months from 

 the date, when either of me Parties to this Agreement shall call upon 

 the other to agree upon such third member, he shall be nominated by 

 Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands. 



5. The two national members shall be summoned by the Govern- 

 ment of Great Britain, and shall convene within thirty days from 

 the date of notification by the Government of the United States. 

 These two members having failed to agree on any or all of the ques- 

 tions submitted within thirty days after they have convened, or hav- 

 ing before the expiration of that period notified the Government of 

 Great Britain that they are unable to agree, the full Commission, 

 under the presidency of the Umpire, is to be summoned by the Gov- 

 ernment of Great Britain, and shall convene within thirty days there- 

 after to decide all questions upon which the two national members 

 had disagreed. The Commission must deliver its decision, if the 

 two Governments do not agree otherwise, within forty-five days after 

 it has convened. The Umpire shall conduct the procedure in ac- 

 cordance with that provided in Chapter IV of the Convention for 

 the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, of October 18, 1907, 

 except in so far as herein otherwise provided. 



6. The form of convocation of the Commission, including the terms 

 of reference of the question at issue, shall be as follows : 



" The provision hereinafter fully set forth of an act dated - 

 - , published in the - - Gazette, has been notified to 



the Government of Great Britain by the Government of the United 

 States under date of - - , as provided by the agreement 



entered into on July 20, 1912, pursuant to the award of the Hague 

 Tribunal of September 7 ? 1910. 



" Pursuant to the provisions of that Agreement the Government of 

 Great Britain hereby summons the Permanent Mixed Fishery Com- 



mission for (Ne ^undland) P d of - ~ Commis- 



sioner for the United States of America, and of - - Com- 



missioner for w ^ s ^ a ^ mee *' a 



Scotia, with power to hold subsequent meetings at such other place 

 or places as they may determine, and render a decision within thirty 

 days as to whether the provision so notified is reasonable and con- 

 sistent with the Treaty of 1818, as interpreted by the award of the 

 Hague Tribunal of September 7, 1910, and if not, in what respect it 

 is unreasonable and inconsistent therewith. 



" Failing an agreement on this question within thirty days, the 

 Commission shall so notify the Government of Great Britain in order 

 that the further action required by that award shall be taken for the 

 decision of the above question. 



" The provision is as follows -- ." 



7. The unanimous decision of the two national Commissioners, or 

 the majority decision of the Umpire and one Commissioner, shall be 

 final and binding. 



8. Any difference in regard to the regulations specified in Protocol 

 XXX ox the arbitration proceedings, which shall not have been dis- 

 posed of by diplomatic methods, shall be referred not to the Com- 

 mission of expert specialists mentioned in the award but to the Per- 



