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CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1827. 365 ‘ may think fit; which surveys shall be made at the joint expense of the contracting Parties, and be considered as conclusive by them. Art. 7. The decision of the Arbiter, when given, shall be taken as The decision final and conclusive; and it shall be carried, without reserve, into im- ¤f ¤h¢ Mbiwf mediate effect, by Commissioners appointed for that purpose by the con- shan be mm1' tracting Parties. Art. 8. This Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in nine months from the date hereof, or sooner, if pos— sible. In witness whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed the same, and have aflixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at London, the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. ALBERT GALLATIN, 1.. s. CHARLES GRANT, r.. s. HENRY UNWIN ADDINGTON, L. s.