TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1822. according to the merits of the several cases, under the rule of the Im. perial decision herein above recited, and having reference, if need there be, to the explanatory documents hereunto annexed, marked A and B. And in considering such claims, the Commissioners are empowered and required to examine, on oath or affirmation, all such persons as shall come before them, touching the real number of the slaves, or value of other property, for which undemnificatron 1s.claimed E and, also, to receive in evidence, according as they may think consistent with equity and justice, written depositions or papers, such depositions or papers being duly authenticated, either according to existing legal forms, or in such other manner as the said Commissioners shall see cause to require or allow. ARTICLE V. [fthe comm;,, In the event of the two commissioners not agreeing in any particularsinners shullnot case under examination, or of their disagreement upon any question
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.4,,,,.,. by l;,, ,;,8 that case they shall draw by lot the name of one of the two arbitrators, name of one of who, after having given due consideration to the matter contested, shall g"2_“'l’""“'°”· conpnlt wjph thebcomrnissiongrs and Ia iinalf dplcision shall be given, con orma y tot e opinion o the majority o the two commissioners and of the arbitrator so drawn by lot. And the arbitrator, when so act: ing with the two commissioners, shall be bound in all respects by the ru es of proceeding enjoined by the fourth article of this convention uponthe commissioners, and shall be vested with the same powers, and be deemed, for that case, a commissioner. ARTICLE VI. The decision The decision of the two commissioners, or of the majority of the 0f ¤¤¤ °°}:¤Hll$‘ board, as constituted by the preceding article, shall in all cases be final ffgffm ° " b° and conclusive, whether as to number, the value or the ownership of the slaves, or other property, for which indemnification is to be made. His Britannia And his Britannic Majesty engages to cause the sum awarded to each M°1::z°:· the and every owner in lieu of his slave or slaves, or other property, to be $5,, awgrjed paid in specie, without deduction, at such time or times, and at such in specie. place or places, as shall be awarded by the said commissioners, and on condition of such releases or assignments to be given as they shall p,,,,,,,,,_ direct: provided that no such payment shall be tixedlto take place sooner than twelve months from the day of the exchange of the ratifi— cations of this convention. ARTICLE VII. The Mmmm It is farther agreed, that the commissioners and arbitrators shall be sinners and ar- respectively paid in such manner as shall be settled between the governbglfltgfsflm ments of the United States and Great Britain, at the time of the ex- %,,,:d Evan, ° cgangie of gte ratifitiationsfcifx this conventionil Itnddalfl othtepexjipnsips e. a en mg e execu ion o e commission shall e e raye join y y the United States and His Britannic Majesty, the same being previously ascertained and allowed by the majority of the board. ARTICLE VIII. csinnadcopics _ A certified copy of this convention, when duly ratified by His Ma— gf lips §¤¤A/ep jesty the Emperor of all the Russias, by the President of the United vg;d°m‘,’h°°n;_ States, by and with the advice and consent of their Senate, and by His njgtpy of the m,,. Britannic Majesty, shall be delivered by each of the contracting parties, =l#¤¤¤a power- respectively, to the minister or other agent of the mediating power, accredited to the government of the United States, as soon as may be alter the ratilications shall have been exchanged, which last shall be
