Text of the Behring Sea joint-commission agreement.
The following is the text of the Behring’s Sea joint-commission agreement as settled in the diplomatic correspondence between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain:
Each Government shall appoint two commissioners to investigate conjointly with the commissioners of the other Government all the facts having relation to seal life 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.