طرفهای متعاهد عالی متعهد میشوند که نتایج رسیدگیهای این کمیسیون را به منزلهٔ حلوفصل کامل، بینقص و نهاییِ تمامی دعاویِ مذکور در مادهٔ ۱۲ این معاهده علیه هر یک از دو دولت تلقی نمایند؛
The high contracting parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of this commission as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all such claims as are mentioned in Article XII of this treaty upon either government; and further engage that every such claim, whether or not the same may have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred, or laid before the said commission, shall, from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the said commission, be considered and treated as finally settled, barred, and thenceforth inadmissible. Article XVIII.