3o COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



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Permanent Mixed Fishery Commissioners for Canada and New- 

 foundland respectively shall be established for the decision of such 

 questions as to the reasonableness of future regulations, as contem- 

 plated by Article IV of the Special Agreement; these Commissions 

 shall consist of a national expert appointed by either Party for five 

 years. The third member shall not be a national of either party; he 

 shall be nominated for five years by agreement of the Parties, or fail- 

 ing such agreement within two months he shall be nominated by Her 

 Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands. The two national members 

 shall be convoked by the Government of Great Britain within one 

 month from the date of notification by the Government of the United 

 States. 



The two national members having failed to agree within one 

 month, within another month the full Commission, under the pre- 

 sidency of the umpire, is to be convoked by Great Britain. It must 

 deliver its decision, if the two Governments do not agree otherwise, at 

 the latest in three months. The Umpire shall conduct the procedure in 

 accordance with that provided in Chapter IV of the Convention for 

 the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, except in so far as 

 herein othei^wise provided. 



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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 has been notified to the Govern- 



ment of Great Britain by the Government of the United States, under 

 date of , as provided by the award of the 



Hague Tribunal of September 7th, 1910. 



"Pursuant to the provisions of that award the Government of 

 Great Britain hereby convokes the Permanent Mixed Fishery Commis- 

 sion for 



I „ C3°ada I jjo^j 3e^ Qf Commissioner 



I Newfoundland, | 

 for the United States of America, and of 



Commissioner for 



f Newfoundland, ) 

 I Canada, | 



which shall meet at and render a decision within one month as 



to whether the provision so notified is reasonable and consistent with 

 the Treaty of 1818, as interpreted by the award of the Hague Tribunal 



