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hereafter, that the personal fitness of Count Sclopis 

 also rendered it eminently proper that he should pre- 

 side ; for he was the senior in age of all the Arbitra- 

 tors, of exalted social condition, and distinguished as 

 a man of letters, a jurist, and a statesman. 



On the proposal of Count Sclopis, the Tribunal of 

 Arbitration requested the Arbitrator named by the 

 President of the Swiss Confederation to recommend 

 some suitable person to act as the Secretary of the 

 Tribunal. Mr. Staemj^lli named for this ofiice Mr. 

 Alexandre Favrot, and he was accordingly appointed 

 Secretary. 



The printed Case of the United States, with accom- 

 panying documents, was filed by Mr. Bancroft Davis, 

 and the printed Case of Great Britain, with docu- 

 ments, by Lord Tenterden. 



The Tribunal made regulation for the filing of the 

 resj)ective Counter-Cases on or before the 15th day of 

 April next ensuing, as required by the Treaty ; and 

 for the convening of a special meeting of the Tribu- 

 nal, if occasion should require ; and then, at a second 

 meeting, on the next day, they adjourned until the . 

 15th of June next ensuing, subject to a prior call by 

 the Secretary, if there should be occasion, as provided 

 for in the proceedings at the first Conference. 



The record of these, and of all the subsequent Con- 

 ferences of the Tribunal, is contained in alternate Pro- 

 tocols, drawn up both in French and in English, veri- 

 fied by the signatures of the President and Secretary, 

 and of the asfents of the two Governments. 



In these opening proceedings, that is, at the very 



