The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-23

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.


A PROCLAMATION.
Wbe,sss, q Convention for the adjustment OF claim
of citizens Of the United States upon the Govern
msnt of Peru, was concladcd and signed at L'm
ON the seventeenth day Of March, IN the year o
our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and forty
one. which Convention is word for word, as fol
lows:
The United States of America and The Republic
Peru desrous Of consolidating permanently The goot
understanding and friendship now happily existing
between the parties, have resolved to arrange and
terminate their Differences and pretensons oy mean
Of Convention that shall determine exactly the re-
sponsblIites of Peru with respect to the claims Of
certain citizens Of the United States against her
And with this intention, the President Of the United
States has appointed James C. Pickett Charge d'Af
flares of said States, near Peru, and His Excecncy
the President Of the Republic Of Peru has appointed
Don Manuel del Rio, Principal Officer Of the DE
psrtment of Finance, Acting Minister Of the same
Department and SupcrnumeraTy Councillor Of State,
md both Commissioners. after having exchanged
sA.ss Pswere, have agreed upon and signed the fol-
lowing articles:
The Peruvian Government, in order to make full
satisfaction for various claims Of citizens Of the Uni
ted States, account of seizures, captures deten-
sells, for the damage and destruction of them, Of
their cargoes or other property at sea, and in the
ports and territories of Peru, by order of said Gov
srnm, ut ct Peru under its authority, has stpuat
ed 10 pay 10 the United States the of three hum
bred thousand dollars, which shall be distribute ed
among the claimants, in the manner, and according
to the rules that shall be prescribed by the Govern
ment of the United States.
ARTICLE II.
The sum of three hundred Thousand dollars, which
the Government OF Peru has agreed TO pay, in the
preceding article, shall be paid at Lima in ter equal
annual instslments, Of thirty thousand dollars oach
10 the person or persons that may be appointed by
ths Unitsd States to receive it, The first iustalmen,
shall DO paid on the first day Of January in the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty flour, and an
instslnent the first day Of each succeeding Janu-
ary, until tho whole sum Of three hundred thousand
dollars shall be paid.
ARTICLE H.
The Peruvian Government agrees also to pay in
terest on the aforementioned sum of three hundred
thousand dollars, at the of four per centum per
annum, 70 be computed from he first day of January
one thousand eight hundred and forty two, and the
interest accruing each instaiment shall be paid
with the nstament That is to say, interest shall DO
paid each annual instament from the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and forty
two.
ARTICLE ~.
All the annual payment. made on account of the
three hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in hard
dollars Of the same standard and value as those now
coined 1t tho Mint In Lima, and the annual payments,
= well as the accruing interest may be exported
from Peru free Of all duty whatever.
There shall not bs d, msnded OF the Government
Of Peru any other payment decentralization on
Of any claim Of he r he
States that was presented to it by Samuel Larned,
Esquire, when Charge d. Afares of the United States
near Peru But the claims subsequent TO those pre-
sented By Mr.. Larned 10 the Government Of Peru,
ahsll be examined and acted upon hereafter.
ARTICLE VI.
II is further agreed that the Peruvian Government
shall have the option Of paying each annual install
nent, when it is due, with orders on the Custom
H.uss st Callao, which shall DO endorsablc in OF
any amount, and receivable in the Treasury as cash,
IN paynoOt OF duties on importatous Of all kinds
and the orders shall be given in such as that
IN similar orders shall be at a discount in the
MARKET the full value Of each annual payment shall
be secured and made good to the United States, as
though had been paid in cash, at the time OF it,
falling due and any loss occasioned by discount,
delay in the collection, shall be borne and made good
by the Peruvian Government.
ARTICLE VII.
Tins Convention shall Do rathed by the contracting
parties, and tho rahcations shall be exchanged within
two yeArs from It's date, sooner, IL possible after
having been approved by the President and Senate OF
the United States, and by the Congress Of Peru In
witness whereof, the respective Commissioners have
signed the same, and affixed thereto their seals.
Done in trplcate at the city of Lima, this seven
teenth day OF March, In the year of Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
c. PICKETT, [Seal.l
MANUEL DEL RIO, Sal
And whereas the said Convention ha. been duly
ratified both parts, and the respective rat6cstons
OF the same have been exchanged;
Now, therefore, be il known, that !, JoHn TrLra,
President Of the United States, have caused the
said Convention TO be made public to the end that
the same, and every article and clause thereof, may
b. observed and fulfilled ~ib good faith by the Uni
ted States and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof have bcreunto set my hand and
caused the seal Of the United States to be
Asked. Done at the city Of Washington,
IA. this twenty first day Of February, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
bred and forty four, and of the Ipdspen.
dsncc of the United States the sixty eighth.
JOHN TYLER
By the President.
A. r Ursuus, Secretary Of STATE.
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