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of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, who, havingeregard to the above- 
mentioned article of the said Treaty, shall decide thereupon, finally and with- 
out appeal, which of those claims is most in accordance with the true interpre- 
tation of the Treaty of June 15, 1846. : 
ARTICLE XXXV. 
The award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany shall be considered as 
absolutely final and conclusive; and full effect shall be given to such award 
without any objection, evasion, or delay whatsoever. Such decision shall be 
given in writing and dated; it shall be in whatsoever form His Majesty maf 
choose to adopt; it shall be delivered to the Representatives or other public 
Agents of the United States and of Great Britain, respectively, who may be actu- 
ally at Berlin, and shall be considered as operative from the day of the date of 
the delivery thereof. 
ARTICLE XXXVI 
The written or printed case of each of the two Parties, accompanied -by the 
evidence offered in support of the same, shall be laid before His Majesty the 
Emperor of Germany within six months from the date of the exchange of the 
ratifications of this Treaty, and a copy of such case and evidence shall be com- 
municated by each Party to the other, through their respective Representatives 
at Berlin. ; 
The High Contracting Parties may include in the evidence to be considered 
by the Arbitrator such documents, official correspondence, and other official or 
public statements bearing on the subject of the reference as they may consider 
necessary to the support of their respective cases. 
After the written or printed case shall have been communicated by each 
Party to the other, each Party shall have the power of drawing up and laying 
before the Arbitrator a second and definitive statement, if it think fit to do so, 
in reply to the case of the other party so communicated, which definitive state- 
ment shall be so laid before the Arbitrator, and also be mutually communicated 
in the same manner as aforesaid, by each Party to the other, within six months 
from the date of laying the first statement of the case before the Arbitrator. 
ARTICLE XXXVII. 
If, in the case submitted to the Arbitrator, either Party shall specify or allude 
to any report or document in its own exclusive possession without annexing a 
copy, such Party shall be bound, if the other Party thinks proper-to apply for 
it, to furnish that Party with a copy thereof, and either Party may call upon 
the other, through the Arbitrator, to produce the originals or certified copies 
of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance such reasonable no- 
tice as the Arbitrator may require. And if the Arbitrator should desire fur- 
