Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-05
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lowssh either in kind or by Communication,
% officers Of equal rank in its own ARMY
aud ali others. shall be daily furnished
with such ration as is allowed to a COM
mon soldier IN its own services: the va
lue Of all which supplies shall, at the close
of the war, or At periods to be agreed ups
on between the respective commanders,
Be paid BY the other party, on a mutual
adjustment Of accoumS for the substance
Of prisoners; and such accounts shall not
be mingled with or set off against any
others, nor the balance due on them be
withheld, as compensation or rcprisal
for any cause whatever, real or pretend
ed. Zach party shall be. allowed to keep
. colnmissary Of prisoners, appointed by
itself, with every cantonment OF prisoners,
in. possession Of the other; which commits
cary shall see the prisoners as often as he
please; shall be allowed to receive, ex-
empt from all duties or taxes, and to dis
tribute, whatever comforts may be sent to
them BY their friends; and shall be free to
transmit his reports in open letters to the
party by whom he is employed.
And il is declared that neither the pre-
tence, that war .dissolves all treaties, nor
any other whatever, shall be considered
as annnlling or suspending the solemn
covenant contained in this article. On the
contrary, the state Of war is precisely that
for whichitis provided; and during which,
its stipulations are to be sacredly observ-
ed the most acknowledged obligations un-
der the law Of nature or nations.
gfs ARTIcLE XIII.
This treaty shall be ratified by the Pres
ident Of the United States Of America, BY
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate thereof; and by the President Of
the Mexican republic, with the previous
appreciation Of its General Congress and
the ratification shall be exchanged in the
city Of Washington, in four months from
the date Of signature hereof, or sooner if
practicable.
In faith whereof, we, the respective
plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty
Of peace, friendship, limits and settlement;
and have herennto affixed our seals re-
spectively. Done in qnintublicate, at the
city Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, on the second
day Of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty
eight.
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additional and secret article as The treaty
Of peace, friendship, limits and settle
nsent, betree,, the United States of finer
ica and the JNsrican republic, signed this
day by their respective plenipotentiaries.
(Expunged.
In view Of the possibility that the ex-
change Of the ratiications of this treaty
may, by the circumstances in which the
Mexican republic is placed, be delayed
longer than the term of four months fix
ed by its twenty-third article for the ex-
change Of notifications of the same, it is here
by agreed that such delay shall not, in any
manner, affect the force and validity ofthis
treaty, unless it should exceed the term
Of eight months, counted from the date of
the signature thereof.
This article is TO have the same force
and virtue as If inserted in the treaty to
which this is an addition.
In faith whereof, we, the respective
plenipotentiaries, have signed this addi-
tional and secret article, and have hereun-
to affixed our seals, respectively. Done
in quintuplicate at the city of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, on the second day of February,
in the year Of our Lond one thousand eight
hundred aud forty-eight.
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