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ARTICLE 8.

The High Contracting Parties agree to consider the decision of the Commission as final in respect of each matter on which they may deliver judgment, and to give full effect to such decisions. They likewise agree to consider the result of the labours of the Commission as a full, perfect and final settlement of all claims against the Mexican Government arising from any of the causes set forth in Article 3 of this present Convention. They further agree that from the moment at which the labours of the Commission are concluded, all claims of that nature, whether they have been presented to the Commission or not, are to be considered as having been absolutely and irrevocably settled for the future; provided that those which have been presented to the Commission have been examined and decided by

them.

ARTÍCULO 8.

Las Altas Partes Contratantes convienen en considerar como definitiva la decisión de la Comisión sobre cada uno de los asuntos que juzgue, y en dar pleno efecto a las referidas decisiones. Convienen también en considerar el resultado de los trabajos de la Comisión como un arreglo pleno, perfecto y definitivo, de todas las reclamaciones que contra el Gobierno de México provengan de alguna de las causas enumeradas en el artículo 3 de la presente Convención. Convienen, además, en que desde el momento en que terminen los trabajos de la Comisión, toda reclamación de esa especie, haya o no sido presentada a dicha Comisión, habrá de considerarse como arreglada absoluta e irrevocablemente para lo sucesivo; a condición de que, las que hubieren sido presentadas a la Comisión, hayan sido examinadas y resueltas por ella.

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Treaty Series No. 19 (1927)

Agreement between Palestine and Syria and the Lebanon

TO FACILITATE GOOD NEIGHBOURLY

RELATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH
FRONTIER QUESTIONS

SIGNED AT JERUSALEM, FEBRUARY 2, 1926

Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

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Agreement between Palestine and Syria and the Lebanon to facilitate Good Neighbourly Relations in connection with Frontier Questions.

Signed at Jerusalem, February 2, 1926.*

WHEREAS an agreement was concluded on the 3rd of February, 1922, between the British and the French Governments, on behalf of the territories of Palestine on the one hand, and of Syria and the Grand Lebanon on the other, to determine the frontier between these territories;

And whereas it is necessary to conclude an Agreement regulating certain administrative matters in connection with the frontier;

Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. Symes, District Governor of the Northern District of Palestine;

Mr. A. S. Mavrogordato, Acting Inspector-General of Police and Prisons in Palestine;

representing His Excellency the High Commissioner for Palestine, on the one hand; and

M. Verchère de Reffye, Minister plenipotentiary and Chief Secretary to the French High Commission;

M. le Capitaine de La Bassetière, for the State of the Grand Lebanon;

M. le Capitaine Terrier, for the State of Damascus ;

representing His Excellency the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Syria and the Lebanon on the other hand, being the persons accredited by the two High Commissioners above-mentioned, have agreed upon the following articles :

ARTICLE 1.

Tracks or roads which form the frontier between the territories of Syria and the Lebanon on the one hand, and of Palestine on the other, shall be used freely without passport or toll of any kind by the inhabitants and the police of both territories when passing to and from places to which access is given by such tracks or roads.

Similarly, the inhabitants and police of Syria and the Lebanon may use the paths from El-Hamme to Banias immediately to the east of Lake Tiberias, the Jordan and Lake Huleh.

The inhabitants and police of Palestine shall have the like right in respect of the path from the village of Alma-es-Schub to Ramia and the path from the "neck" (col) of Odeissa to the village of Metullah and thence to Banias.

NOTE. Certain verbal amendments were made subsequently by Notes exchanged by the High Commissioners for Palestine and for Syria and the Grand Lebanon on March 14 and 21, 1927.

(15317)

Convention de bon Voisinage entre la Palestine et la

Syrie et le Grand Liban.

Signée à Jérusalem, le 2 février 1926. *

Vu la Convention en date du 3 février 1922 conclue entre le Gouvernement britannique et le Gouvernement français, agissant au nom et pour le compte des territoires de Palestine d'une part, et de la Syrie et du Grand Liban, d'autre part, pour délimiter la frontière entre ces territoires;

Vu la nécessité de régler par une Convention certaines questions d'ordre administratif se rapportant à cette frontière;

M. le Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. Symes, Gouverneur du district du Nord de la Palestine;

M. A. S. Mavrogordato, faisant fonctions d'Inspecteur général de la Police et des Prisons;

représentants dûment accrédités de Son Excellence le HautCommissaire en Palestine d'une part; et

M. Verchère de Reffye, Ministre Plénipotentiaire, Secrétaire Général du Haut-Commissariat de France;

M. le Capitaine de La Bassetière, pour l'Etat du Grand Liban;

M. le Capitaine Terrier, pour l'État de Damas; représentants dûment accrédités de Son Excellence le HautCommissaire de la République Française en Syrie et au Liban, d'autre part, se sont mis d'accord sur les articles suivants :

ARTICLE 1er.

Les pistes ou routes servant de frontières entre le Gouvernement de Syrie et du Liban d'une part et celui de la Palestine, d'autre part, seront librement utilisées sans passeport ni taxe d'aucune sorte parles habitants et les agents de la force publique de l'un ou l'autre Gouvernement qui se rendent d'un point à un autre desservi par ces pistes ou routes frontières.

De même, les habitants et les agents de la force publique de Syrie et du Liban pourront utiliser de la même manière les sentiers qui vont de El-Hamme à Banias immédiatement à l'est du Lac de Tibériade, du Jourdain et du Lac du Houlé.

Les habitants et les agents de la force publique de Palestine pourront utiliser de la même manière le sentier conduisant du village d'Alma-es-Schub à Ramia et le sentier conduisant du col d'Odeissa au village de El-Metallah et jusqu'à Banias.

* See Note on previous page.

3680 Wt.

1125 8/27 F.O.P. (15317)

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