204 Ari'KNDIX. 



AitTin.i; XIII. 



Tlio Cotuniis.Hionors shall tlicii forili\>illi ]iri)i'C(>il to tlio invcsiij^ation tif ilio 

 claiiujt wliicli t-liall 1)0 ]>ie>*ciit(.'(l ti) tliciii. Tiii'v Nliall iiivc'stij;ate anil dcciWo 

 giicli claims ill such order and Mich niaiiiicr as fiicy may think propor, hut iiiimi 

 Ruch e\idoiiceor infonnutioii only as ^hal) he fiiniishoil hy or uii hclialf of the 

 rc«|ieciivc (iovoniniciits. They hIiiiII he liound to receive and cdiisidor all writ- 

 ten ddciinients or ."tatements which may he [Mcsenled to them hy or on hclialf 

 (if the rcs|icctive (iovernments in support of, or in answer to, any claim, and to 

 liear, if re<piiied, one person on each side, on helialf of each (iovernment, as 

 counsel or njjciit for such (iovernment, on each and every separate claim. A 

 majority of the ("ommissioner.s hhall lie Miflicieut tor uii award in each case. 

 The award shall he j;iven upon each chdm in writing', and shall he signed hy 

 the Commissioners assenting; to it. It shall he competent for each (iovernment 

 to Jinmo one |)crson to attend the Commissioners a^^ its n^ent, to present mid 

 jmpport claim* on its helialf, and to answer claims made upon it, nnd to rcprc- 

 »icnl it generally in all matters connected with the investigation and decision 

 thereof. 



The High Contraciiiig I'artics herchy engage to consider the decision of tho 

 Commissioners as ahsoliitely Hiial and cfinchisivc iijioii each claim dccitlctl upon 

 hy them, and to give full elVect to such decisions without nny ohjecti'ju, ovn- 

 »i(»n, or delay whatsoever. 



AllTICI.K XIV. 



I'.vcry claim shall he proscnicd to the Comniissionors witiiiii six months from 

 the <lay of their first meeting, unlesV in nny case where reasons for delay shall 

 he cstahlishcd to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, nnd then, nnd in nny 

 nucli case, the jiOriod for iircsen;ing the claim mny he extended hy them to nny 

 time not exceeding three months longer. 



The Commissioners shall ho hound to examine nnd decide upon every claim 

 within two years from the day c.f their first meeting. It shall he competent 

 for tlic (Commissioners to decide in each case whether any claim has or has not 

 l>cen duly mude, ].ref(Tied. and laid hefnre them, either wholly or to nny nnd 

 what cxicnt, according to the true inleut nnd meaning of this Treaty. 



AllTKI.K XV. 

 All sums of money which may he nwarde<l hy the Commissioners on account 

 of any d lim shall he juiiil hy tho one (iovernmcit to the other, as tho case may 

 1k3, within twelve mcniths after the date of the final award, without interest, nnd 

 without nny deduction save ns specified in Article XVI. of this Treaty. 



Autici.e XVI. 

 The (^oirmissioners shall keep an nccurato record nnd correct minutes or 

 notes of all their proceedings, with the dales thereof, nnd mny n|ipoiiit nnd em- 



