The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-06-15
BY AUTHORITY.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNrTEs STATES
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WHEhEAS, convention Tor Sec
ond additional article to the Treaty of
Limits between the United States of
America and the United Mexican States,
the Publications of which were exchanged
in this city on the fifth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two,
was concluded and signed by their Plen-
ipotentiares in the city Of Mexico, on the
third day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty.five, which Conven-
ton is word for word as follows:
A Treaty having been concluded and
signed in the city of Mexico on the stth
day of January, 1928, between the Uni
ted States of America and the Mexican
United Statest for the purpose of estab-
fishing the true dividing liuc and boun-
dary between the two nations, the third
article of which treaty is as follows;
" To fix this line with more precision, and
to place the land marks which shall des-
ignate exactly the limits ofboth nations,
each of the contracting parties shall APP
point n Commissioners and Surveyor
who shall meet before the termination Of
one year from the date of the ratification
of this Treaty at Natchitocles, on the
Red river, and proceed to run and mark
said line from the mouth of lhe Sabine TO
the Red river, to the river Arkansas, and
10 ascertain the latitude of the source of
said river Arkansas, in conformity to what
is agreed upon and stipulated, and the
line of latitude 42o TO the South Sea.
They shall make out plans, and keep
journals of their proceedings, and the re-
suit agreed upon by them shall he con-
sidercd as part of this treaty, and shall
have the same force as if il were inserted
therein. The two Governments will
amicably agree respecting the necessary
articles 10 be furnished to those persons,
and also ns to their respective escorts,
should such he deemed necessary:' And
the notifications of said treaty having been
exchanged in the city of Washington, on
the fifth day of April, in the year of le-
30, but from various causes the contrac-
tug parties have been unable.io perform
the stipulations contained in the above-
mentioned third article, and the period
within which the said stipulations could
have been executed, has eIapscd.--oid
both republics desrous that the said :,ca-
ty should be carried into effect witI nil
due solcmnity /; the President Of tn. !sai-
ted States of America has for than pnr-
pose fully empowered on his part An
thoDy Butler, a citizen thereof and Charge
d'Afiaires of said States in Mexico, and
the acting President of the United Mexi-
can States having in like manner fully
empowered on his part their Excellcncies
Jose Maria Gucterrez de Estrada, Sec
retary of State for Home and Foreign
Affairs, and Jose Mariana Blasco, Sec
retary of the Treasury and the said
Plenipoientia-ies after having mutually
exchanged their full powers, found to be
ample and in form, they have agreed and
do hereby agree to the following second
/ additional article 10 the said Treaty.
Within the space of one year, to be
estimated from the date Of the ratilicstions
of this said additional article, there shall
be appointed by the Government Of the
United States Of America and Of the
Mexican United States, each commits
soner and surveyor, for the purpose of
fixing with more precision the dividing
line, and for establishing the land marks
Of boundary and limits between the two
nations, with the exactness stipulated by
the third article of the Treaty of Limits,
concluded and signed in Mexico on the
18th day of January, 1923, and the Rat
ifica ions of which were exchanged in
Washington city on the 9th day of April
1882. And the present additional arti-
Gle shall have the same force and cffect
; as if it had been inserted word for word
in the aforementioned Treaty Of the 18th
of January, 1923, and shall be approved
and ratified in the manner prescribed by
the Constitutions of the respective States
In faith Of which the sad Plenlpoten
; tiaries have hercunto set their hands ant
affixed their respective seals.
Done in the city Of Mexico on the thlrc
day of April, in the year Of our Lord on'
thousand eight hundred and thirty-iiye
/, /, in the fifty ninth year Of the Independence
: of the United States of America, and o
the fifteenth of that of the United Mexi
can States.
A. BUTLER L. 81
IN. GUTIERREZ DE ESTRADA, l.. s.
J. Sc MARIANA BLASCO, IL 81
And whereas the said Convention hat
been duly ratified on both parts and thu
. respective ra,ificaiions Of the same were
exchanged at Washington, the twentieth
day Of April, one thousand eight hundred
and tbiriy-six, by John Forsyth, secre
tary Of State Of the United states o
America, and J. NJ. dc Castillo Y. Ian
zas, Charge d'Afrairs oft Mexican Ike
public, on the part Of their respective
Governments
$ Now, therefore, be i known tbat