ICLE XXIV.

The proceedings shall be conducted in such order as the commissioners
appointed under Articles XXII and XXIII of this treaty shall
determine. They shall be bound to receive such oral or written
testimony as either Government may present. If either party shall
offer oral testimony, the other party shall have the right of
cross-examination, under such rules as the commissioners shall
prescribe.

If in the case submitted to the commissioners either party shall have
specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive
possession, without annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if the
other party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that party with
a copy thereof; and either party may call upon the other, through the
commissioners, to produce the originals or certified copies of any
papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance such reasonable
notice as the commissioners may require.

The case on either side shall be closed within a period of six
months from the date of the organization of the commission, and
the commissioners shall be requested to give their award as soon
as possible thereafter. The aforesaid period of six months may be
extended for three months in case of a vacancy occurring among the
commissioners under the circumstances contemplated in Article XXIII
of this treaty.

ARTICLE XXV.

The commissioners shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes
or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and may
appoint and employ a secretary and any other necessary officer or
officers to assist them in the transaction of the business which may
come before them.

Each of the high contracting parties shall pay its own commissioner
and agent or counsel; all other expenses shall be defrayed by the two
Governments in equal moieties.

ARTICLE XXX.

It is agreed that for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of
this treaty subjects of Her Britannic Majesty may carry in British
vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from
one port or place within the territory of the United States upon the
St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to
another port or place within the territory of the United States as
aforesaid: _Provided_, That a portion of such transportation is
made through the Dominion of Canada by land carriage and in bond