The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-15
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Where's. ooascntion between the unitod st~iss ID
Amercs aud his Majesty the King Of Denmark sur she
ei-sontnu~nce al the Sound dues, concluded aud
signed by their respective plefpotentsries AT Washing
io this eleventh dAs Of April last which convention
IL word for word follows
The United and his Majesty the hing
OF Denmark being desirous terminate su,icably the
difference. which have ars~n between them IA regard 70
the tolls levied by Denmark on American vessels and
oAIgoes passing through the sound aud Bclts snd
commonly called the Sound dues have resolved ~
olude convention Tor thai purpose, and have named Ne
their penpotcntAIes that i. say the President OF the
United States Lewis Cass Secretary of State of the Uni
ted States and his Majesty the King of Denmark Tor
ben Bile esquire. knight Of the Dannebrog and deco
rated Cross Of Honor Of the order his said
AHestys charge afiares the government Of the
United States Who after having communicated to each
other their full powers In due form have agreed 10 and
signed the following articles
His Majesty the King OF Denmark declares entire free
dom gation the Sound and the Belts IN ia
OF American vessels and their from and tor
AFTER the day when this convention shall 60 into e.
hereinafter provided And Is hereby agreed that
American vessels and their cargors after that day shall
be subject to any charges whatever In passng the
Sound OF the Belts any detention In the said
terra; and both goveEnments will conenrs occasion
should require ia taking prevent abnse OF
the flag the United States by the shipping Of other
nations which shall not have secured the same freedom
rA0mptivu Sh~A 0")"s va " esss " ssS ~"
tad States-
His Danish Majesty further engages that the passages
the Sound and Belts shall continue to be lighted aud
buoyed heretofore without charge upon American
vessels their cargoes passing the Sound and the
Belts and that the present establishments Of Danish r
lots in these sls continue 10 be maintained by
Denmark His Danish Majesty agrees to make such ad
dition. and Improvements in regard to the lights buoys
pilot establishments IN these waters as circumstances
IL a H. He
further engages that charge shall tie made In
quence such additions aud Improvements, American
ships aud their oargoes passing through the Sound and
the Belts
II i understood however to he optional for the mas
ers OF American vessels either to employ in the said
waters Danish pilots reasonable rates fixed by the
Danish TO navigate their vessels without
such assistance
AkrIcLK
In consideration of the foregoing agreements and Stipu
ation the part OF Denmark whereby the free and
ncnmbered navigation of American vessels through the
Sound and the Belts is forever secured the United States
agree to p&y the government OF Denmark ios ALL
hundred and seventeen Thousand eight
hundred and twenty nine x dollars, its equivalent
three hundred and three Thousand and eleven dol
lars in United States currency at London. the day
when the said convention shall go into full effect
herein afterwards provided
further agreed that any other further privileges
rights on advantages which may have been may be
granted by Denmark to the and navigation OF
any other nation at the Sound and Belts or on her coasts
aud in harbora with reference to the transit by land
through Danish territory ct merchandise belonging 10 the
citizens subjects OF such nation shall also be fully
tended to- and enjoyed by, the citizens of the United
States aud by their vessels and property in that quarter
The general convention Of friendship commerce and
navigation concluded between the United States and his
Majesty the King Of Denmark the goth April 1926
,Ixul,, abr nm af
and the provisions contained in each and a Of its
tces the h article alone excepted SHALL after the rat
teaon of this present convention again become binding
upon the United States and Denmark 1t being, how
ever understood that year notice shall suffice tor the
abrogstion os the spulstons OF the said convention
hereby renewed
The present convention shall take eject the
laws carry into operation shall he passed by the gov
ernments the contracting parties and the sipu-
lated to paid by the United States shall be received by
or rendered Denmark and for the ulfment OF these
purposes period not exceeding twelve months from the
signing Of this convention shall be allowed.
But IL in the interval earlier day shall be fixed up
on and carried effect for a free navigation through
Sound and Belts in u any other power
es the shall simultaneously be extended the
sells Of the United States and their cargoes On antcIa
ton the payment OF the stipulated in Article Ill
il being understood however that in that event the
eminent Of the United States shall also pay to that Of
Denmark per cent interest the said from the
day the said immunity shall have gone into operation
til the principal shall have been paid Aforesaid
ARTICLE VII
The present couyenon shall ba duly ratified aud the
exchange Of ratcations shall take place in Washington
within ten months from the date hereof, sooner if
practicable
In faith whereof the respective plenipotentaries have
signed he present convention ia duplicate and have
thervunto sfhxed their eeals
4 Done at Washington this eleventh day Of April in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nifty
.s,e snd Of the independence q the United States the
eighty first,
LEWIS CASs fsHAL
TORBEN BILLIE sEAL
And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified
on both parts and the respective notifications OF the
exchanged in the city OF Washington on the 18th
instant BY Lewis Cass Secretary VI State of the United
states and W RAaslon his Danish Majesty charge
a asire- consul general in the United States the
part of their respective governments
Now therefore, be it known that /, James Buchanan
PreseA, Of the United States OF America have caused
the said be made PUBLIC TO the end that
the and every clause and article thereof may he OBJ
served and fulfilled with good faith by the United States
ald the eisise1s Thereof
In witness whereof have hsrsunle set my hand and
caussd the seal OF the United States 70 b affixed
Done In the city Of Washington this thirteenth day Of
January. in ths year OF opr Lord one thousand
sxAL eight hundrsd and fifty eight and of the Indie
pendsnoe OF the United States the eighty sec
JAMES BUCHANAN
Irw,s Se,vetarv ~ STATE