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fied or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, with- 
out annexing a copy, such Party shall be bound, if the other Party thinks prop- 
er to apply for it, to furnish that Party with a copy thereof; and either Party 
may call upon the other, through the Commissioners, to produce the originals 
or certified copies of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance 
such reasonable notice as the Commissioners may require. 
The case on either side shall be closed within a period of six months from 
the date of the organization of the Commission, and the' Commissioners shall 
be requested to give their award as soon as possible thereafter. The aforesaid 
period of six months may be extended for three months in case of a vacancy oc- 
curring among the Commissioners under the circumstances contemplated in 
Article XXIII. of this Treaty. 
ARTICLE XXV. 
The Commissioners shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes or 
notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and may appoint and em- 
ploy a secretary, and any other necessary officer or officers, to assist them in the 
transaction of the business which may come before them. 
Each of the High Contracting Parties shall pay its own Commissioner and 
agent or counsel; all other expenses shall be defrayed by the two Governments 
in equal moieties. 
ArtTIcLE XXVI. 
The navigation of the River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, from 
the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the. boundary 
between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free 
and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, sub- 
ject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, 
not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation. 
The navigation of the Rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine, ascending and 
descending, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the 
purposes of commerce to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty and to the cit- 
izens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of either country 
within its own territory not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation. 
ARTICLE XXVII. 
The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the Govern- 
ment of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States 
the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms 
of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion; and the Government of the 
United States engages that the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy 
the use of the St. Clair Flats’ Canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants 
of the United States, and further engages to urge upon the State Governments 
