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The said commissioners shall meet at and shall have 



power to adjourn to such other place, or places, as they shall 

 think tit ; they shall also have power to appoint a secretary, swear 

 and examine witnesses, and have all assistance and facilities neces- 

 sary to effect the object of their appointment. 



The award of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, 

 shall in all cases be final and conclusive, both as to the justice of 

 the claim, and as to the amount of the sum to be paid to the claim- 

 ant and claimants. And his Britannic majesty and the United States 

 agree and undertake to cause the sums so aw^arded to be due by 

 them, respectively, to be paid in specie, to such claimant and 

 claimants without deduction, and at such place or places, lime or 

 times, as shall be awarded by the commissioners. 



Article XIV, It is also agreed, that no person or persons, re- 

 siding within the dominions of one of the parties, who may have 

 taken part with the other party, in the war between Great Britain 

 and the United States, shall, on that account, be prosecuted, mo- 

 lested, or annoyed, either in his person or property ; and that all 

 such persons disposed to remove into the dominions of the other 



party, shall be allowed the term of months, freely to sell 



their property, of every nature and description whatsoever, and 

 to remove accordingly. 



Article XV. This treaty, when the same shall have been rati- 

 fied on both sides, and the respective ratifications mutually ex- 

 changed, shall be binding on both parties, and the ratification shall 



be exchanged at in the space of months from this day, 



or sooner, if possible. 



In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have 

 signed this treaty, and have thereunto affixed our seals, 



Done at Ghent, the day of one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and fourteen. 



British JVote, Ao. 7. 



The undersigned have had the honour to receive the note and 

 project of a treaty of peace presented by the American plenipo- 

 tentiaries on the 10th instant. 



The undersigned are of opinion that the most convenient course 

 for them to adopt will be to return this project with their margmal 

 alterations and suggestions on the several articles of which it is 

 composed. The existing differences between the two governments 

 will thus be brought more immediately in view, and it is hoped 

 that, by confining the discussions to one project, the negotiations 

 may sooner be brought to a favourable conclusion. The first part 

 of the 10th article appears to be unnecessary, and the stipulation 

 contained in the whole of it altogether inadmissible. Though his 

 majesty's government sincerely hopes that a renewal of the war 

 between his majesty and the United States may be far distant, yet 

 the undersigned cannot consent to enter into any engagement as to 

 xvhat shall be the conduct of their government, if such a war should 

 ^nfortunately occur. 



