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2796 CONCILIATION TREATY-BELGIUM. MARCH 20, 1929. International Commission with all the means and facilities re- quired for its investigation and re~rt. '. Time, etc., for report. The report of the Commission shall be completed within one year after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have b~un unless the High Contra.ctmg Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agree- ment. The report shall be pre- pared in triplicate; one copy shall be presented to each Govern- ment, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. Independent action reserved. Ratification. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independ- entlyon the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been sub- mitted. ARTICLE IV The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Majesty the King of the Belgians in accordance with the Con- stitution. Exchange of ratifica' The ratifications shall be ex- tiona. changed at Washington as soon as Dnratlon. possible, and the treaty shall take effect oIVthe date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force con- tinuously unless and until ter- minated by one year's written notice given by either High Con- tracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have sigI!ed this treaty in duplicate in the English and French languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the 20th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. 8. 180 Commission internationale permanente tous lee moyens et toutes lee facilites nooessairea a son examen et 8. son rapport. Le rapport de 180 Commission sera termintS dans Ie dtSlai d'un an compte du jour OU elle aura doolartS commencer son examen, a moins que les Hautes Parties contractantes ne conviennent, par un accord mutuel, de restreindre ou de prolonger ce deIai. La rapport· sera dresse en trois ex- emplaires; il en sera remis un 8. chacun des gouvernements, et 180 Commission conservera Ie troi- sieme pour ses dossiers. Les Hautes Parties contrac- tantes se reservent Ie droit d'agir indep'endamment concernant 180 matIere faisant l'objet du differend lorsque Ie rapport de 180 Commission leur aura ete soumis. ARTICLE IV Le present traite sera ratifitS par Ie President des Etats-Unis d'Amerique sur l'avis et aveo Ie consentement du Senat des Etats-Unis et par S. M . Ie Roi des Belges conformement a la Constitution. Lea ratifications seront oohan.. gees aWashington Ie plus Mt pos-- sible et Ie traite entrera en vi.. gueur 8. 180 date de l'oohange des ratifications. n restera en vigueur sans limite de duree; toutefois il pourra ~tre denonce par l'une ou l'autre des Hautes Parties contractantes, et dans ce cas il cessera sea effets 8. l'expiration du delai d'un an 8. dater de 180 denonciation. En foi de quoi les Plenipotenti.. airee respectifs ont sigrie Ie present traite diesse en deux exemplaires, l'un et l'autre en anglais et en fran9ais, les deux textes faisant egalement foi, et y ont appostS leur cachet. Fait 8. Washington, Ie vingt Mars mil neuf cent vingt neuf. FRANK B KELLOGG P ALBERT DE LIGNE [SEAL] [SEAL]