364 PUBLIC TREATIES. Documents and If in the case submitted to the Commissionerseither party shall P"P°"· have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without aiinexing a copy, such party shall be bound, it 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 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. _ _ Cases to be closed The case on either side shall be closed within a period of six months in Six '“°°‘h“· from the date of the organization of the Commission, and the Commissioners shall be requested to give their award as soon as possible there- Extension of after. The aforesaid period of six months may be extended for three
- i“‘°· months in case of a vacancy occurring among the Commissioners under
the circumstances contemplated in Article XXIII of this treaty. Anrrom: XXV. R¤<=<>r<1¤- The Commissioners shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and may ap- Secretary. &¤. point and employ a Secretary and any other necessary officer or officers I to assist them in the transaction of the business which may come before them. Expenses. 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. Anrionn XXVI. Nsvignti n n of The navigation of the river St. Lawrence, ascending and descending,
- }*6 Sh L’“”°¤°° from the forty-nfth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form
t° b° f"°‘ 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, subject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such _ privilege of free navigation. Of <>¤h<=¤ ****6**- The navigation of the rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikiue, 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 Britanuic Majesty and to the citizens 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. Anrionn XXVII. Canals. The Government of Her Britanuic Majesty engages to urge upon the Government 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 ])ominion ; and the Government of the United States engages that the subjects of Her Britanuic 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 to secure to the subjects of Her Britanuic Majesty the use of the several State canals connected with the navigation of the lakes or rivers traversed by or contiguous to the boundary line between the possessions of the high contracting parties, on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States. Ancrronn XXVIII. Nevigeti 01* of The- navigation of Lake Michigan shall also for the term of ears L“k° M*°h’g"‘"° mentioned in Article XXXIII of this treaty, né free and open feii the purposes of commerce to the snbjectsof Her Britanuic Majesty, subject to any laws and regulations of the United States or of the States bordering thereon not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.
