16 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



ARTICLE 7 



If in the Case or Counter-Case (exclusive of the accompanying evi- 

 dence) either party shall have specified or referred to any documents, 

 correspondence, or other evidence in its own exclusive possession without 

 annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if the other party shall de- 

 mand it within thirty days after the delivery of the Case or Counter-Case 

 respectively, to furnish to the party applying for it a copy thereof ; and 

 either party may, within the like time, demand that the other shall fur- 

 nish certified copies or produce for inspection the originals of any docu- 

 mentary evidence adduced by the party upon whom the demand is made. 

 It shall be the duty of the party upon whom any such demand is made to 

 comply with it as soon as may be, and within a period not exceeding 

 fifteen days after the demand has been received. The production for 

 inspection or the furnishing to the other party of official governmental 

 publications, publishing, as authentic, copies of the documentary evid- 

 ence referred to, shall be a sufficient compliance with such demand, if 

 such governmental publications shall have been published prior to the 

 1st day of January, 1908. If the demand is not complied with, the rea- 

 sons for the failure to comply must be stated to the tribunal. 



ARTICLE 8 



The tribunal shall meet within six months after the expiration of 

 the period above fixed for the delivery to the agents of the Case, and upon 

 the assembling of the tribunal at its first session each party, through its 

 agent or counsel, shall deliver in duplicate to each of the arbitrators 

 and to the agent and counsel of the other party (with such additional 

 copies as may be agreed upon) a printed Argument showing the points 

 and referring to the evidence upon which it relies. 



The time fixed by this agreement for the delivery of the Case, 

 Counter-Case, or Argument, and for the meeting of the tribunal, may be 

 extended by mutual consent of the parties. 



ARTICLE 9 



The decision of the tribunal shall, if possible, be made within two 

 months from the close of the arguments on both sides, unless on the 

 request of the tribunal the parties shall agree to extend the period. 



It shall be made in wi'itiiig, and dated and signed by each member 

 of the tribunal, and shall be accompanied by a statement of reasons. 



A member who may dissent from the decision may record his dissent 

 when signing. 



The language to be used throughout the pi-oceedings shall be English. 



