CONVENTION-MEXICAN REPUBLIC. 835 considered and treated as finally tas, y se consideraran y trataran . Settled, barred, and thenceforth in- como iinalmente arregladas y en lo Ad·,mmn, M ,1 admissible. And,pur_suant to the futuro inadmisibles. Y, conforme paynientofbnlance stipulation contained in the fourth a la estipulacion contenida en el of awards. article of the convention of the articulo cuarto de la convencion fourth day of July, one thousand del cuatro de Julio de 1868,1asuma eight hundred and sixty-eight, the total fallada en cases ya decididos, total amount awarded in cases y que se decidan antes del cango already decided, and which may be de ratitlcaciones 'de esta convendecided before the exchange of rati- cion, y en todos los casos que estutications of this convention, and in vicren decididos dentro de los plaall cases which shall be decided zos respectivamonte iijados con tal within the times in this convention tin en la convencion presente, ya respectively named for that pur- sea por los comisionados 6 por el pose, either by the commissioners arbitro, en favor de ciudadanos de or by the umpire, in favor of citi- una de laspartes, sera deducida zens of the one party shall be de-· do la suma total fallada en favor ducted from the total amount de las ciudadanos de la otra parte, awarded to the citizens of the other y la diferencia hasta la cantidad party, and the balance, to the de trescientos mil pesos, se pagara amount of three hundred thousand en la ciuclad dc México 6 en la do dollars, shall be paid at the city of Washington, en oro 6 su equiva- Mexico, or at the city of Washing- lente, dentro de doce meses conton, in gold or its equivalent, with- tados desde el 31 de Enero do mil in twelve months from the 31st day ochocientos setenta y seis, al gobier— of January, one thousand eight no en favor de cuyos ciudadanos so hundred and seventy-six, to the hubiere fallado la mayor cantidad, government in favor of whose citi- sin interes, ni otra deduccion que ·zens the greater amount may have la cspecificada en el articulo V1 de been awarded, without interest or aquellamonvencion. E1 resto de any other deduction than that spe- dicha diferencia so pagara en citled in article VI of that conven- abonos anuales que no oxcedan de tion. The residue of the said bal- trescientos mil pesos en oro, 6 su ance shall be paid in annual instal- equivalente, hasta que so heya ments, to an amount not exceeding pagado el total de la diferencia. three hundred thousand dollars, in ` gold or ·its equivalent, in any one year, until the whole shall have been paid. Autrrcnu IV. Anrfouno IV. The present convention shall be La presente convenoion sera rati- Rctlncatsonsaco ratified, and the ratiiications shall iicada y las ratiilcaciones se can· <>¤<>¤¤¤z¤ ei be exchanged at Washington, as gearan en Washington a la breve~ , soon ns possible. dad posible. . Ixrwitness whereof the above- En testimonio de lo coal, los Signatures. named Plenipotentiaries have Plenipotenciarios antes `menciona— signed the same and affixed thereto dos firmaron 1a presente y le pusietheir respective seals. ron sus respectivos sellos. _ Done in Washington the twen· Hecho en Washington el dia tieth day of November, in the year .veinte do Noviembro del aio mil one thousand eight hundred and ochocientos setenta y cuatro. seventy-four. . · V _ . {sun,. HAMILTON FISH.- Vento., IGN O. MABISCAL. ‘ sm:..' IGNO. MARISGAL. smmo. HAMILTON FISH, And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and th? respective ratidcat-ions were exchanged in this city on the 28th instan :
