Whereas, In accordance with the spirit and letter of the treaty of Washington, it is pr ferable to adopt the form of adjudication of sum in gross, rather than refer the subject of compensation for discussion and deliberation of the Board of Assessors provided in article ten of the treaty of Washington, the Tribunal of Arbitration, using the authority conferred on its members by article ten of the treaty, a majority of four voices awards the United States of America sum of fifteen million five hundred thousand dollars in gold, as the indemnity to be paid by Great Britain for the nae of the American Government, for the satisfaction of all the claims referred to.
The arbitrating tribunal conformably to the provisions contained in article seven of the treaty, and in accordance with the terms of article eleven of the treaty of Washington, declares that all claims which have been referred to it for adjudication are hereby fully, perfectly and finally settled. The Court furthermore declares that each and every one of said claims, whether the same may or may not have been presented to its notice or Laid before the Tribunal, shall henceforth be considered and treated as settled and barred.
In testimony whereof, the present decision and award has been made in duplicate, and signed by the Arbitrators, who have given assent thereto, the whole being in exact comformity with the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, made and concluded at the Hotel De Ville Geneve, Switzerland, September
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