D.
Final award of commission.

The undersigned commissioners appointed under the twelfth article of the treaty signed at Washington on the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, between the United States of [Page 230] America and Her Britannic Majesty, do now make their “final award” of and concerning the matters referred to them by said treaty, as follows, that is to say:

We award that the Government of the United States of America shall pay to the government of Her Britannic Majesty, within twelve months from the date hereof, the sum of one million nine hundred and twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars, in gold, subject to the deduction provided for by article sixteen of the treaty aforesaid, for and in full satisfaction of the several claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, upon the Government of the United States, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, during the period between the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, inclusive; said sum being the aggregate of the several separate awards upon such claims, made in writing, in duplicate, and signed by us or such of us as assented to said separate awards.

And all other such claims on the part of subjects of Her Britannic Majesty against the United States which have been presented and prosecuted for our award, have been and are hereby disallowed or dismissed, in manner and form as will appear by the several separate awards in writing concerning the same, signed as aforesaid.

Certain other claims on the part of subjects of Her Britannic Majesty against the United States were also presented, but were afterward, and before any award was made thereon, withdrawn by the agent of Her Britannic Majesty, as will appear by the record of the proceedings of the commission, kept in duplicate, and which will be delivered to each government herewith.

And we award that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of the United States, upon the government of Her Britaunic Majesty, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of citizens of the United States, between the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, inclusive, not being claims growing out of the acts of vessels referred to in the first article of said treaty, have been and are hereby disallowed; separate awards upon each of said claims having been made in writing, in duplicate, and signed by us or such of us as assented to such separate awards.

And we refer to the several separate awards made and signed as aforesaid, as a part of this our final award—it being our intent that the proceedings of this commission shall have the force and effect named and provided in the seventeenth article of said treaty.

  • L. CORTI,
  • RUSSELL GUBSTEY,
  • JAS. S. FEAZER,
    Commissioners.