166 PUBLIC TREATIES. aforesaid; and, upon his certificate thereof, in each case, transmitted to each of the two Governments, mentioning the amount of indemnity, if such shall have been allowed by him, together with the rate of interest [ge., Army., {v_] speeilied by the fourth article, such decision or award shall be taken and held to be binding and conclusive, and it shall work the same elfect as though it had been made by both the commissioners under their own agreement, or by them upon decision of the case or of the cases, respectively, pronounced by the umpire of said board, during the period pre- Umpm ,0 (Mm scribed for its sessions: Provided, however, That a decision on every case in ,my d,,y,,_ that may be pending at the termination of the labors of the board shall be given by the umpire within sixty days from their final adjournmentand that at the expiration of the said sixty days, the authority and power hereby granted to said umpire shall cease. Anrxonn VIII. }·1x_pcn¤o¤ <»f•wm· Each government shall pay its own commissioner; but the umpire, as “"“‘“°“· well as the incidental expenses of the commission, including the defrayal of the services of a secretary, who may be appointed under the fifth article, shall be paid one-half by the United States, and the other half by the Republic of Costa Rica. Anrxcnm IX. Ratidcations. The present convention shall be approved and ratified by the Presi dent of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States; and by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, with the consent and approbation of the Supreme Legislative Power of said Republic; and the ratitications shall be exchanged in the city of Washington, within the space of eight _ months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if possible. Signatures- In faith whereof, and by virtue of our respective full powers, we, the lugdéarsitgnawlf have signed the present convention, in duplicate, and•have un x our seals. D¤*¤· Done at the city of San José, on the second day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and in the eighty-fourth year of the independence of the United States of America, and of the independence of Costa Rica the thirty-ninth. ALEX’R. DIMITRY. SELL. MANUEL J. CARAZO. FRAN’C0 M. YGLESIAS. sm;.
