468 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



The members of sucli Commis- Los miembros de estas Comisi- 



sious shall be selected by the two ones seran nombrados de comun 



Governments by common consent, consentimiento por los dos Gobier- 



failing which, each of the Parties nos; y no estando de acuerdo, 



shall nominate an Arbitrator, or cadaunade las Partes nombrar^ 



an equal number of Arbitrators, un Arbitro, 6 un niimero igual de 



and the Arbitrators thus appointed Arbitros, y los Arbitros asi nom- 



shall select an umpire. brados designarAn un terceropara 



el caso de discordia. 



The procedure of the arbitra- Las Partes Contratantes deter- 

 tion shall in each case be deter- minaran en cada caso el procedi- 

 mined by the Contrncting Parties, niiento del abitraje, y no estando 

 failing which the Commission of de acuerdo, la Comision de Arbi- 

 Arbitration shall be itself entitled rnje estara facultada para deter- 

 to determine it beforehand. minarlo de antemano. 



121 Article XVI. Articulo XVL 



The present Treaty shall con- El presente Tratado durara diez 



tinue in force during ten years, anos, contados desde el dia del 



counted from the day of the ex- canjedelasratificaciones,y encaso 



change of the ratifications; and in de que uinguna de las dos Partes 



case neither of the two Contract- Contratantes haya dado noticia, 



ing Parties shall have given notice, doce meses antes de la espiracion 



twelve months before the expira- de dicho periodo de diez ahos, de su 



tionof the said period of ten years, inteucion de terminar el presente 



of their intention of terminating Tratado, continuar4 en vigor liasta 



the present Treaty, it shall remain la terminacion de un aiio contado 



in force until the expiration of one desde el dia en que una de las 



year from the day on which either Partes Contratantes de esta no- 



of the Contracting- Parties shall ticia 4 la ortra. 



'& 



have given such notice. 



Article XVIL Articulo XVIL 



The present Treaty shall be rat- El presente Tratado ser4 ratifi- 



ified by Her Majesty the Queen of cado por su Excelencia el Presi- 



Great Britain and Ireland, and by dentede los Estados Uuidos Mexi- 



his Excellency the President of the canos, y por Su Majestad la Reina 



United States of Mexico, and. the de la Gran Bretaha e Irlanda, y 



ratifications shall be exchanged at las ratificaciones se canjearan en 



Mexico as soon as possible. Mexico tan pronto como sea posi- 



ble. 



In witness whereof, the respect- En testimonio de lo cual los re- 

 ive I'lenipotiMitiaries liave signed spectivos Plenipotenciarios han 

 the same, and liave affixed thereto firmado y sellado. 

 the seals of their arms. 



Done, in two originals, at the Hecho, en dos originates, en la 



City of Mexico, the twenty-seventh Ciudad de Mexico,el dia-veintisiete 



day of November, one thousand de Ifovembre, de mil ochocientos 



eight hundred and eighty-eight. ochenta y ocho. 



(L.s.) Si'ENSER St. John. (l.s.) Spenser St. John. 



(L.s.) Emilio Velasco. (l.s.) Emilio Velasco. 



