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mental publications, publishing, as authentic, copies of the documentary evidence 

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

 publications shall have been published prior to the ist day of January, 1908. If the 

 demand is not complied with, the reasons for the failure to comply must be stated to 

 the Tribunal. 



Art. VIII. 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. 



Art. IX. 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 writing, 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 proceedings shall be English. 



Art. X. Each Party reserves to itself the right to demand a revision of the award. 

 Such demand shall contain a statement of the grounds on which it is made and shall 

 be made within five days of the promulgation of the award, and shall be heard by the 

 Tribunal within ten days thereafter. The Party making the demands shall serve a 

 copy of the same on the opposite Party, and both Parties shall be heard in argument 

 by the Tribunal on said demand. The demand can only be made on the discovery 

 of some new fact or circumstance calculated to exercise a decisive influence upon the 

 award and which was unknown to the Tribunal and to the Party demanding the revi- 

 sion at the time the discussion was closed, or upon the ground that the said award 

 does not fully and suflnciently, within the meaning of this Agreement, determine any 

 question or questions submitted. If the Tribunal shall allow the demand for a revi- 

 sion, it shall afford such opportunity for further hearings and arguments as it shall 

 deem necessary. 



Art. XI. The present Agreement shall be deemed to be binding only when con- 

 firmed by the two Governments by an exchange of notes. 



In witness whereof this Agreement has been signed and sealed by the Secretary of 

 State of the United States, Elihu Root, on behalf of the United States, and by His 

 Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, The Right Honorable James Bryce, 

 0. M., on behalf of Great Britain. 



Done at Washington on the 27th day of January, one thousand nine hundred and 

 nine. 



Elihu Root [seal.] 

 James Bryce [seal.] 



