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The citizens of each of the contracting parties shall have power to dispose of their personal goods within the jurisdiction of the other, by sale, donation, testament, or otherwise, and their representatives, being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their personal goods, whether by testament or ab intestato, and they may in accordance with and acting under the provisions of the laws of the jurisdiction in which the property is found take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein such goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.

As for the case of real estate, the citizens and subjects of the two contracting parties shall be treated on the footing of the most-favored nation.

ARTICLE XV.

The present convention shall remain in force for the space of ten years, counting from the day of the exchange of the ratifications, which shall be made in conformity with the respective constitutions of the two countries, and exchanged at Washington as soon as possible within the period of one year. In case neither party gives notice, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years, of its intention not to renew this convention, it shall remain in force one year longer, and so on, from year to year, until the expiration of a year from the day on which one of the parties shall have given such notice.

In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at the City of Washington this first day of June. one thousand nine hundred and ten.

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

ARBITRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BRAZIL.1

Signed at Petropolis, June 18, 1909; ratifications exchanged at Rio de Janeiro, May 6, 1911.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the United States of Brazil, in pursuance of the principles set forth in Articles 37 to 42 of the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes signed at The Hague the 18th October 1907, desiring to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of an arbitration convention, have named as their plenipotentiaries, to

wit:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Milne Cheetham, Esquire, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires ad interim; and

The President of the United States of Brazil, Senhor José Maria da Silva Paranhos do Rio-Branco, Minister of State for Foreign Relations; Who, duly authorized, have agreed upon the following articles :

ARTICLE I.

Differences of whatever nature which may arise between the high contracting parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, to the chief of a friendly government or to such other arbitrator or tribunal as the parties jointly select, provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence or the honour of the two contracting states and do not concern the interests of third parties.

ARTICLE II.

In each individual case, the high contracting parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, to other arbitrators or to a single. arbitrator, shall conclude a special agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrator or arbitrators, and

1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, 1911, No. 12.

the periods to be fixed for the formation of the arbitral tribunal or the selection of the arbitrator or arbitrators, and the several stages of the procedure.

It is understood that on the part of the United States of Brazil such special agreements will be made by the President of the Republic, with the approval of the two Houses of the National Congress thereof, His Majesty's Government reserving the right before concluding a special agreement in any matter affecting the interests of a self-governing dominion of the British Empire to obtain the concurrence therein of the government of that dominion.

Such agreements shall be binding only when confirmed by the two governments by an exchange of notes.

ARTICLE III.

The present convention shall be in force for a period of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of its ratifications. If not denounced six months before the conclusion of the said period, it shall be renewed for another period of five years, and so on successively.

ARTICLE IV.

The present convention shall be ratified by His Britannic Majesty; and by the President of the United States of Brazil after its approval by the National Congress thereof.

The ratifications shall be exchanged at the City of Rio de Janeiro as soon as possible.

Done in duplicate at Petropolis, in the English and Portuguese languages, this eighteenth day of June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and nine.

(L. s.) MILNE CHEETHAM. (L. S.) RIO-BRANCO.

ARBITRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL.1 Signed at Washington, January 23, 1909; ratifications exchanged July 26, 1911.

The President of the United States of America and the President of the United States of Brazil, desiring to conclude an arbitration convention in pursuance of the principles set forth in Articles XV to XIX and

1 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 562.

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