# United States Treaty Series/Volume 1/Arbitration of pecuniary claims (inter-American) (1906)

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ARBITRATION OF PECUNIARY CLAIMS (INTER-AMERICAN)
* Convention extending the treaty of January 30, 1902, signed at Rio de Janeiro August 13, 1906
* Senate advice and consent to ratification March 2, 1907
* Ratified by the President of the United States March 13, 1907
* Ratification of the United States deposited at Rio de Janeiro April 23, 1907
* Effective from August 13, 1906; for the United States April 23, 1907
* Proclaimed by the President of the United States January 28, 1913
* Expired December 31, 1912
37 Stat. 1648; Treaty Series 574
Convention
Pecuniary Claims
Their Excellencies, the Presidents of Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States of Mexico, Guatemala, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, the United States of Brazil, the United States of America, and Chile;
Desiring that their respective countries should be represented at the Third International American Conference, sent thereto, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties that they might deem convenient for the interests of America, the following Delegates:
Ecuador—Dr. Emilio Arévalo; Olmedo Alfaro.
Paraguay—Manuel Gondra; Arsenio López Decoud; Gualberto Cardús y Huerta;
Bolivia—Dr. Alberto Guitérrez; Dr. Carlos V. Romero;
Colombia—Rafael Uribe Uribe; Dr. Guillermo Valencia;
Honduras—Fausto Dávila;
​Panamá—Dr. José Domingo de Obaldía;
Cuba—Dr. Gonzalo de Quesada; Rafael Montoro; Dr. Antonio González Lanuza;
Dominican Republic—E. C. Joubert;
Peru—Dr. Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue; Dr. Antonio Miró Quesada; Dr. Mariano Cornejo;
El Salvador—Dr. Francisco A. Reyes;
Costa Rica—Dr. Ascensión Esquivel;
United States of Mexico—Dr. Francisco León de La Barra; Ricardo Molina-Hübbe; Ricardo García Granados;
Guatemala—Dr. Antonio Batres Jáuregui;
Uruguay—Luís Melian Lafinur; Dr. Antonio María Rodríguez; Dr. Gonzalo Ramírez;
Argentine Republic—Dr. J. V. González; Dr. José A. Terry; Dr. Eduardo L. Bidau;
Nicaragua—Luís F. Corea;
United States of Brazil—Dr. Joaquim Aurelio Nabuco de Araujo; Dr. Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil; Dr. Gastão da Cunha; Dr. Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira; Dr. João Pandiá Calogeras; Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti; Dr. Joaquim Xavier da Silveira; Dr. José P. da Graça Aranha; Antonio da Fontoura Xavier;
United States of America—William I. Buchanan; Dr. L. S. Rowe; A. J. Montague; Tulio Larrinaga; Dr. Paul S. Reinsch; Van Leer Polk.
Chili—Dr. Anselmo Hevia Riquelme; Joaquín Walker Martínez; Dr. Luís Antonio Vergara; Dr. Adolfo Guerrero;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due and proper form, have agreed, to celebrate a Convention extending the Treaty on Pecuniary Claims celebrated in Mexico on the thirtieth of January nineteen hundred and two, in the following terms:
The High Contracting Parties, animated by the desire to extend the term of duration of the Treaty on pecuniary claims, signed at Mexico, January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and believing that, under present conditions, the reasons underlying the third article of said Treaty have disappeared, have agreed upon the following:
Sole article. The treaty on pecuniary claims, signed at Mexico, January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, shall continue in force, with the exception of the third article, which is hereby abolished, until the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twelve, both for the nations which have already ratified it, and for those which may hereafter ratify it.
In testimony whereof the Plenipotenciaries and Delegates have signed the present Convention, and affixed the Seal of the Third International American Conference.
​Made in the city of Rio de Janeiro the thirteenth of August nineteen hundred and six, in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and deposited with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United States of Brazil, in order that certified copies thereof be made, and sent through diplomatic channels to the signatory States.
* ↑ TS 443, ante, p. 347.
* ↑ Art. 6 of the convention of Aug. 11, 1910 (TS 594), post, p. 765, provides, however, that "the treaty of Mexico [TS 443, ante, p. 347] shall continue in force after December 31, 1912, as to any claims which may, prior to that date, have been submitted to arbitration under its provisions."
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