Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-03
G0ortester Daily spy.
THE DAILY SPY.
OFFICIAL.
By the President Of the United States of
america.
A PROCLAMATION.


Whereas, treaty of peace, friendship, COM
merce, and navigation, between the United
States ana the republic of Bolivia, was con-
cluded and signed by their respective plenipo-
tentiaries, at La Paz, on the thirteenth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, which treaty, after having been amended
and ratified by the contracting parties, is word
for word as follows =
Treaty Of Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and
Navigation betCeea the United States of
America and the republic Of Boliria.
The United States of America and the re-
public Of Bolivia, desiring to make lasting and
firm friendship and good understanding which
happily prevail between both nations, have re-
solved to fix in a manner clear, distinct and
positive, the rules which shall in future be
religiously observed between the one and the
other, by reason of treaty of friendship,
commerce and navigation. For this most de-
sirable object the president of the United
States of America has conferred full powers
on John W. Dana, citizen OF the said States
and their minister resident to the said repub-
lie; and the president of the republic of Boil
ivia on the citizen Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia,
secretary of state in the department of exteri-
or relations and public instruction, who, after
having exchanged their said full powers in
due and proper form, have agreed to the fol-
lowing articles
ARTICLE l. There shall be a perfect, firm,
and inviolable peace and sincere friendship
between the United States of America and the
republic of Bolivia in all the extent of their
possessions and territories, and between their
people and citizens respectively, without dis
tinction of persons or places.
ARTICLE IL. If either party shall hereafter
grant to any other nation, Its citizens or sub
commerce, it shall Immediately become COM
mon to the other party, freely, when freely
granted to such other nation, or on yielding
the same compensation when the grant is con-
ditional.
EXPLANATIONS in said article it is sti-
pulated that any special favor in navigation
and trade, granted by one OF the contracting
parties to any other nation, extends and is
common to the other party forthwith, it is de-
clared that, in what pertains to the navigation
of rivers, this treaty shall only apply to con-
cessions which the government may author
ize for navigating tuvial streams which do
not present distractions; that is to say, those
whose navigation may be naturally plain and
current without their having been need to OBJ
tain it by the employment OF labor and capital
that by consequence there remains reserved
the right of the Bolivian government to grant
privileges to any ASSOCIATION or company, as
well foreign as national, which should under.
take the navigation of those rivers from which,
in order to succeed, there are difficulties to
overcome, such as clearing out of rapids, &C.,
sc.
ARTICLE III. The United States of America
and the republic of Bolivia mutually agree
that there shall be reciprocal liberty of com
merce and navigation between their respect
i've territories and citizens. The citizens Of
either republic may frequent with their YES.
sells all the coasts, ports, and places of others
where foreign commerce is permitted, anc