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the faithful and diligent discharge of their duties; and in ease of
the death, sickness, or necessary absence of any such Commissioner,
his place may be supplied by the appointment, as aforesaid, or by
the President of the United-States during the recess of the Senate,
of another Commissioner in his stead. The said Commissioners
shall be authorized to hear and examine on oath every question
relative to the said claims, and to receive all suitable authentic
testimony concerning the same. And the Spanish Government shall
furnish all such documents and elucidations as may be in their
possession, for the adjustment of the said claims, according to the
principles of Justice, the Laws of Nations, and the stipulations
of the Treaty between the two Parties of 27" October 1795; the
said Documents to be specified, when demanded at the instance of
the said Commissioners.
 The payment of such claims as may be admitted and adjusted by
 the said Commissioners, or the major part of them, to an amount
 not exceeding Five Millions of Dollars, shall be made by the
 United-States, either immediately at their Treasury or by the cre-
 ation of Stock bearing an interest of Six per Cent per annum,
 payable from the proceeds of sales of public lands within the Terri-
 tories hereby ceded to the United-States, or in such other manner
 as the Congress of the United-States may prescribe by Law.
 The records of the proceedings of the said Commissioners, to-
 gether with the vouchers and documents produced before them,
 relative to the claims to be adjusted and decided upon by them,
 shall, after the close of their transactions, be deposited in the De-
 partment of State of the United-States; and copies of them or any
 part of them, shall be furnished to the Spanish Government, if
 required, at the demand of the Spanish Minister in the United-
 States.
 ART. 12.
 The Treaty of Limits and Navigation of 1795. remains confirmed
 in all and each one of its Articles, excepting the 2, 3, 4, 21 and the
 second clause of the 22' Article, which, having been altered by
 this Treaty, or having received their entire execution, are no
 longer valid.
 With respect to the 15" Article of the same Treaty of Friend-
 ship, Limits and Navigation of 1795, in which it is stipulated, that