950 CONVENTION —GREAT BRITAI N. FEBRUARY 29, 1892. States in Beluing Sea when such seals are lound outside the ordinary three-mile limiti Anrronn VII. kaoptm of mgmt- If the determination of the foregoing questions as to the exclusive
- '°“"”*"°“°"°““°1“‘ jurisdiction of the United States shall leave the subject in such position that the concurrence of Great Britain is necessary to the establishment of Regulations for the proper protection and preservation of the
fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the Behring Sea, the Arbitrators shall then determine what concurrent Regulations outside the jurisdictional limits of the respective Governments are necessary, and over what waters such Regulations should extend, and to aid them in that determination the report of a Joint Commission to be appointed by the respective Governments shall be laid before them, with such other evidence as either Government may submit. The High Contracting Parties flirthermore agree to cooperate in securing the adhesion of other Powers to such Regulations. Anrrcnn VIII. _Liabilities at iuju- The High Contracting Parties having found themselves unable to "°°‘ agree upon a reference which shall include the question of the liability of each for the injuries alleged to have been sustained by the other, or by its citizens, in connection with the claims presented and urged by it; and, being solicitous that this subordinate question should not interrupt or longer delay the submission and determination of the main questions, do agree that either may submit to the Arbitrators any question of fact involved in said claims and ask for a Ending thereon, the question of the liability of either Government upon the facts found to be the subject of further negotiation. Anrrronru IX. ¤¤;¤=;¤¤¤i¤¤¤r¤i m The High Contracting Parties have agreed to appoint two Commis- ”°’° '°°“‘" °"' sioners on the part of each Government to make the joint investigation and report contemplated in the preceding Article VII, and to include the term of the said Agreement in the present Convention, to the end that the joint and several reports and recommendations of said Commissioners may be in due form submitted to the Arbitrators should the contingency therefor arise, the said Agreement is accordingly herein included as follows: Each Government shall appoint two Commissioners to investigate conjointly with the Commissioners of the other Government all the facts having relation to seal lite in Behring’s Sea, and the measures necessary for its proper protection and preservation. The four Commissioners shall, so far as they may be able to agree, make a joint report to each of the two Governments, and they shall also report, either jointly or severally, to each Government on any points upon which they may be unable to agree. These reports shall not be made public until they shall be submitted to the Arbitrators, or it shall appear that the contingency of their being used by the Arbitrators can not arise. ABTIGLE X. Expenses Each Government shall pay the expenses of its members of the Joint Commission in the investigation referred to in the preceding Article. Arurronn XI. m£f·=i¤i<>¤ of vbim The decision of the tribunal shall, if possible. be made within three months from the close of the argument on both sides.
