gation, a prim mission placed under the direction of the League of Nations and composed of: Two Representatives of each of the following States: The United States of America, France, Italy and Japan: One Representative of Great Britain and one of each of the British Dominions and of India; One Representative of each of the other contracting States. Each of the five States first-named (Great Britain, the British Dominions and India counting for this purpose as one State) shall have the least whole number of votes which, when multiplied by five, will give a product exceeding by at least one vote the total number of the votes of all the other contracting States. All the States other than the five first named shall each have one vote. The International Commission for Air Navigation shall determine the rules of its own procedure and the place of its permanent seat, but it shall be free to meet in such places as it may deem convenient. Its first meeting shall take place at Paris. This meeting shall be convened by the French Government, as soon as a majority of the signatory States shall have notified to it their ratification of the present Convention. The duties of this Commission shall be: (a) To receive proposals from or to make proposals to any of the contracting States for the modification or amendment of the provisions of the present Convention, and to notify changes adopted; (b) To carry out the duties imposed upon it by the present Article and by Articles 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 27, 28, 36, and 37 of the present Convention; (c) To amend the provisions of the Annexes A-G; (d) To collect and communicate to the contracting States information of every kind concerning international air navigation; (e) To collect and communicate to the contracting States all information relating to wireless telegraphy, meteorology and medical science which may be of interest to air navigation; (f) To ensure the publication of maps for air navigation in accordance with the provisions of Annex F; (g) To give its opinion on questions which the States may submit for examination. Any modification of the provisions of any one of the Annexes may be made by the International Commission for Air Navigation when such modification shall have been approved by three fourths of the total possible votes which could be cast if all the States were represented and shall become effective from the time when it shall have been notified by the International Commission for Air Navigation to all the contracting States. Any proposed modification of the Articles of the present Convention shall be examined by the International Commission for Air Navigation, whether it originates with one of the contracting States or with the Commission itself. No such modification shall be proposed for adoption by the contracting States, unless it shall have been approved by at least two-thirds of the total possible votes. All such modifications of the Articles of the Convention (but not of the provisions of the Annexes) must be formally adopted by the contracting States before they become effective. The expenses of organisation and operation of the International Commission for Air Navigation shall be borne by the contracting States in proportion to the number of votes at their disposal. The expenses occasioned by the sending of technical delegations will be borne by their respective States. Chapter IX-Final Provisions Article 35-The High Contracting Parties undertake as far Commission for Air information to the Article 37-In th more States relating vention, the questio Permanent Court of the League of Nati tion. If the parties do they shall proceed Each of the parti trators shall meet to not agree, the parti third State so nam by agreement or by ing the choice by lo Disagreement rela to the present Cony the International C jority of votes. In case the diff interpretation of the cerned, final decisio Ivided in the first pa Article 38-In ca Convention shall not tracting States eith Article 39-The completed by the A 34 (c), shall have at the same time as Article 40-The B to be States for the The territories an tories administered shall, for the purpose to the territory and States. Article 41-States 1914-1919 shall be p tion. This adhesion shal nel to the Governm all the signatory or Article 42-A Stat but which is not a adhere only if it is a January 1, 1923, if Associated Powers s with the said States. be admitted if it is signatory and adher vided by Article 34 Applications for a ment of the French to other contractin admitted ipso facto the French Govern powers and will anr Article 43-The I before January 1, 1 thereof shall be ma public, which shall Parties. Such denu one year after the with respect to the ai Air Navi tatives of the ng the Peace available in afting of naaerial naviga e nature and laws must be must be ever Navigation 1 Navigation changes made autics. Act of June Excellent Mait of the Lords in this present thority of the craft over pre the purpose of was compelled to do so by reason of stress of weather or other circumstances over which he had no control. 2. Any such order may apply either generally, to all aircraft or to aircraft of such classes and descriptions only as may be specified in the order, and may prohibit the navigation of aircraft over any such prescribed area either at all times or at such times or on such occasions only as may be specified in the order, and either absolutely or subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be so specified. PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES. 1.-If any person is guilty of an offence, under this Act, he shall be liable on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine. 2. Any person aggrieved by a summary conviction. under this Act may, in England or Ireland appear to a court of quarter sessions, and in Scotland in like manner as in the case of a conviction under the Motor Car Act, 1903, as provided by section eighteen of that Act. This Act may be cited as the "Aerial Navigation Act, 1911." The Aerial Navigation Act of February 14, 1913, read as follows: "An Act to Amend the Aerial Navigation Act, 1911. "Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Ma 54 In carrying out international aerial laws the "aerial police," international or national ships," which will house the aeroplanes needed at sea to "head off" aeroplanes of doub other lawbreakers. On receipt of a wireless message that the lawbreaker is at large, th drome ship," just as they were sent up daily to head off the German air raiders during man will order the lawbreaker by radio phone to land at a given aerodrome. If he fa "policeman" will probably fire at the motors, to cripple the 'plane and force the lawbre deck of a British aerodrome ship with seven armed air scouts ready to start off. to aeroplane carriers to use the aeroplanes to police the air at various altitude levels? 1 from dirigibles. This shows the British dirigible R-23 carrying an aeroplane unreleased. regulations will be especially difficult under conditions shown in this picture-a large hich entirely screen it and the other plane from which the photograph was taken. Face p. 55 made for those purposes, the area prescribed may include the whole or any part of the coastline of the United Kingdom and the territorial waters adjacent thereto. 2. The power of the Secretary of State under the said Act shall include power by order to prescribe the areas within which aircraft coming from any place outside the United Kingdom are to land and the other conditions to be complied with by such aircraft, and if any person contravenes any of the provisions of any such order, he shall be guilty of an offence under the said Act, unless he proves that he was compelled to do so by reason or stress of weather or circumstances over which he had no control. POWER TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WHEN AIRCRAFT If an aircraft flies or attempts to fly over any area prescribed under this Act for the purposes of the defence or safety of the realm, or, in the case of an aircraft coming from any place outside the United Kingdom, fails to comply with any of the conditions as to landing prescribed by an order under the last foregoing section, it shall be lawful for any officer designated for the purpose by regulations made by the Secretary of State to cause such signal as may be prescribed by those regulations to be given and after such signal has been given if the aircraft fails to respond to the signal by complying with such regulations as may be made by the Secretary of State prescribing the action to be taken on such a signal being given, it shall be lawful for the officer to fire at or into such aircraft and to use any and every other means necessary to compel compliance, and every and any regulations for ing of the Armis follow, were issu under date of A of the provision have practically fers a good bas aerial laws, esp by other countr Italy. "In pursuanc me by the Air N and all other po I, the Right Churchill, one Secretaries of S ing regulations: Genera I. No aircra the British Isla adjacent thereto are complied wi (1) The airc prescribed mann (2) The airc registration and |