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By the President Of the. United STATES Of
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Whereas a convention between the United
States Of America and her Britanic Majesty,
was concluded and signed by their respective
pienipotentiaries. at Washington, on the seven
teenth day of July last, which convention is,
word for word, as follows:
Whereas convention was concluded on the
9Th day Of Februrry, 1853, between the United
States of America and her Britanic majesty for
the settlement of outstanding claims, by mix
ed commission, limited to endure for twelve
months from the day of the first meeting of the
commissioners: and whereas doubts have aris-
as to the practicability of the business of
the said commission being concluded within the
period assigned, the President of the United
States, and her majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain ard Ireland, are de-
sirous that the time originally fixed for the du-
ration OF the commission should be extended,
and to this end have named pienipotentiares
to agree upon the best mode of effecting this
object that is to say: the President Of the
United States, the Honorable William L. Mar
cy, Secretary of State of the United States; and
and her majesty the Queen of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, John Fiennes
Champion. Esq, her Majesty's envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary at Wash
ington, who have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE. The hig contracting parties agree
that the time limited in the convention above
referred to for the termination of the commits
sion, shall be extended for period not exceed
ing four months from the 18th Of September
next, should such extension be deemed necessa-
ry by the commissioners, or the umpire, in case
OF their disagreement; it being agreed that
nothing contained in this article shall in any,
wise alter extend the time originally fixed in
the said convention for the presentation of claims
to the commissioners.
ARTICLE 2. The present convention shall be
ratified, and the ratifcations shall be exchanged
at London, as soon as possible within four
months from the date thereof.
In witness whereof the respective plenipoten-
tiaries, have signed the same, and have hereun-
toeffxed the seal of their arms.
Done at Washington, the seventeenth day of
July, in the year of our lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four.
w. L. MARCY. H.. 81
- JOHN F. CHAMPION, l.. s..
And whereas the said convention has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the respective
ratffcations of the same were exchanged at Lon
don on the eighteenth ultimo, by James Buchan-
an, Esq, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to Great
Britain, and the Earl of Clarendon, her Brtan-
ic Majesty's Principal Secretary OF State for
Foreign Affairs, on the part of their respective
governments
Now, therefore, be IL known, that /, FRANK
LIN PIERCE, President of the United States of
America, have caused the said treaty to be made
public, to the end that the same, and every
clause and article thereof, may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United States
and the citizens thereof
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
eleventh day Of September in the year
of our lord one thousand eight hun
IL.s.1 dred and ffty-four, and Of the inde-
pendence of the United States the
seventy-ninth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President:
w. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.
By the President of the United States o.