The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-06-24

be authorized to receive the same By the
said Government; and when the said obli-
cations are 10 be discharged, according to
the tenor thereof, by the Danish Govern
nsnt, the person or persons authorised by
the Government Of the United States to re.
ceive the stipulated payments, shsli dehv.
or up the said obligations, with receipts
for the amount thereof, from the said Gov
ernment.
Aar. III. To ascertain the fsll amount
aud validity Of the clsims mentioned in ar
ticle d. Board of Commissioners, consist
ing Of three citiscns of the United States
shall be appointed BY the Prssident. BY and
with the advice end consent of the Senate,
who shall meet at Washington, and within
the space oftwo years frssi the time of,heir
FIRST meeting, shall receive, examine md
decide upon, the amount aud validity otsll
such claims, according TO the merits oithc
several cases. aud to Justice, equity, and
the law Of nations.
The Commissioners shall take an oath
or affirmation, Ia be entered in the journal
diligent discharge Of their duties.
la case Of the death, sickness, or neces.
sary absence Of any Commissioner, his
place may be supplied by the appointment
Of another Commissioner, in the manner
before mentioned, or. during the recess OF
the Senate, by the President Of the Uni
ted States. The Commissioners shall be
authorized 10 hear aud examine, on oath
or affirmation, every question relating to
such claims, and 10 receive all suitable au.
thentic testimony concerning the same.
In order TO facilitate the proceedings Of
this Board, Ills Majesty the King of Den.
mark engages, when thercunto required,
To cause 10 be delivered to any person or
persons who shall be duly authorized for
that purpose, by the Government Of the L.
nited States, in addition tn The papers al.
ready delivered, all the acts, documents,
ships papers, and prize proceedings, " hich
may still remain in the archives Of the
High Court of Admiralty, or tho Prize
Tribunals Of Denmark, relating to the sez-
urc, detention, condemnation, or confsca-
tion. OF the vessels, cargoes, or property,
whatsoever, belonging to the citizens Of
the United States OF America, before the
said tribunals.
The Commissioners shall award, and
cause TO be distributed, among the several
parties, whose claims shall be allowed by
the Board, the sum mentioDed in Articles
! and in . Tatable proportion to the q.
mount Of the respective claims thus allowed.
: ARTIcLE Nv. In consideration Of the
remuneration and payments, mentioned in
Articles ! aud =, on the part OF HE Msi-
esty the King Of Denmark, the government
of the United States declares itself entire.
said Government, but also in what conc erns
al - al Sss.
count Of the claims hitherto preferred. or
which may hereafter be preferred, relating
to the seizure, detention, condemnation, or
confiscation, Of their vessels, cargoes, or
property, whatsoever, which, in the last
maritime war Of Denmark. have taken
place under the dag Of Denmark, or in the
State subject 10 the Danish sceptre, and
the said claim shall, consequently, be re.
garded as dc6nitivcly aud irroyocably ter.
minated.
Arr. v. The intention of the two high
contracting parties being solely to termi.
nate, dcGniiively and irrevocsbly, oil the
claims which have hitherto been preferred,
they expressly declore, that the present
Convention is only applicable to the cases
therein mentioned, and having no other
object, can never, hereafter, be invoked by
one or tho other as precedent or rule for
The future.
AHr. VI. The present Convention shall
be duly ratified by tho high contracting
parties, and the rsthcstions shall be ex.
changed Al Washington, in the space often
months, or sooner il possible.
In faith thereof, aud in virtue OF our re-
spective full powers, we have signed the
present Convention, and have thereunto
set the seals Of our arms.
Done at Copenhagen, this 2ath day Of
March, 1890.
8. Ii. scniMMELHANN, j.. t. 8.
STEMANN, IL. s.
And whereas the said Convention hos
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective rsti6cations Of the ssino were.
this day. exchanged at Washington. by
MARTIN VAN BUREN, Secretary or State
Of the United States, on the part Of said
States, and the Chevalier- PErER PEDER-
SEN, knight Commander Of The Royal Or.
der Of Daunebrog. Ills Danish Msjesty's
Counsellor of fConierence, and His Minister
Resident and Consul General in the Unit
ed States, on the part of His said Msjesty.
Now, therefore. be il known, that ],
ANDREW JACKSON, President Of the
United States Of Ainsrics, have caused the
said Conrsnti 10 be made public, TO the
end that the same, and every clause and
article thereof may be observed end fol.
filed with good faith, by the United States
and tho citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have bereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done st tho City Of Washington, this
fifth day of June. in the year ofour Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
and Of the Independence Of tho United
States the hfty fourth.
H.. ANDREW JACKSON,