Mr. Newel to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
The Hague, January 2,
1901.
Sir: Referring to my No. 345,1 dated November 26, 1900,
relating to the meeting of the administrative council of the court of
arbitration of the 22d of November, I have the honor to inclose herewith
a copy of the official report1 of the proceedings of that meeting, together with a
translation of the same; and further, a copy, with translation, of the
rules adopted at the subsequent meeting on the 8th of December last, and
referred to in my No. 351, dated December 13 last.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure—Translation.]
Rules relating to the organization and the
internal functions of the international arbitration bureau of
the permanent court of arbitration.
Article I. The secretary-general of the
permanent court of arbitration shall exercise the functions of the
chief of the international bureau and, under the same title, those
of recorder of the court.
He shall have the care of all the correspondence of the bureau.
He shall annually submit the budget of receipts and expenditures of
the bureau; which he shall lay before the administrative council for
their examination and approval. He shall act in the same manner with
regard to the settlement of the annual accounts of the bureau, and
in accordance with the order of the budget.
He shall have the direction of all the staff of the bureau.
Art. II. The staff of the bureau shall
consist of a first secretary, a second secretary, 1 clerk, 1 care
taker, 1 messenger.
Art. III. The work of the bureau shall be
entirely under the authority of the secretary-general.
Art. IV. In case of leave of absence or
prevention the secretary-general shall be represented by the first
secretary.
Art. V. The staff of the international
bureau are forbidden to make known to strangers to the bureau any
communications (verbal or written) with regard to the affairs of the
work intrusted to them or to permit them to gain any knowledge from
the documents relating to the work of the bureau.
Done at The Hague this 8th day of December, 1900.
