Smyrna times., 1865-10-11
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measure to solicit and obtain the assent of his Ma
Jesy the King of Belgium to act in the office hereby
conferred upon him.
After his Majesty the King of Belgium shall have
declared his assent to exercise the office of arbiter
the two contracting parties will submit, through
neir oipiomailc agents residing at Brussels, to his
Majesty copies of all the correspondence proofs pa
pers, and documents which have passed between the
TWO governments or their respective representatives
ana should either party think proper to present To
said arbter any other papers, proofs, documents
IN addition TO those above mentioned the same shall
oe communicated to the other party within four
months after the ratification of this convention.
ARTICLE III.
Both parties being equally interested in havi =, a
decision upon the questions hereby submitted ...y
agree TO deliver 10 the said hrbter all the documents
referred to IN the second article within six months
afler he shall have sgn;fed his consent to act as
such.
ARTICLE w.
The sentence decision of said arbiter, when
given, shall be final and conclusive upon all the
questions hereby referred, and the contracting par
Ties hereby agree TO carry the same Into immediate
effect.
ARTICLE v.
This convention shall be ratified and the rattle .
tIons exchanged in the term OF six months from the
date hereof.
Ia faith whereof the Plcnpotentiaries of the two
governments have signed and scaled, with their res
pectIve seals, the present convention.
Done In the city of Lima, in duplicate ON the
twentieth day OF December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty. two.
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. r.. 81
JOSE G. PAZ SOLDAN. H. $.
And whereas the said Convention has been duIv
ratified on both parts and the respective ratification
of the same were exchanged in the city of Lima OH
the twenty fourth day of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that l, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, President OF the United States of Amer
ica, have caused the said Convention 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 witness whereof have hereunto set nv hand
and caused the seal Of the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this nine
teenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
IL. 81 one thousand eight hundred and sixty three
and of the Independence of the United States
OF America the eighty-seventE. i
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression
Of the African SlaUe Tade, betleeen the United
States of America and her BritGnRic Majesty, of
the 7h Of april, 1862; concluded February II,
1853; ratified by the United States March s. 863;
notifications exchanged, April /, 1863 and pro-
Stained by the President Of the United States,
April %, 1863.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAs an additional article to the treaty for
the suppression of the African slavetrade, between
the United States of America and her Britannia Ma
esty of the 7th Of April, 1862, was concluded and
signed at Washington by their respective plenipo-
lentares on the I7th day of February, 1863, which
additional article is, word for word, as follows;
additional Article to the Treaty betsoeen the United
States Of America and her Britannia Majesty for
the Suppression Of the African Slaue Trade, signed
at Washington, April Z, 1862.
WHEREAS, by the first article of the treaty between
the United States of America and her Majesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom OF Great Britain and
Ireland tor the suppression OF the African slave.
trade, signed at Washington on the 7th of April,
1862, 1t was stipulated and agreed that those ships
OF the respective naves of the high contracting
parties which shall be provided with special instruc.
tions for that purpose hereinafter mentioned may
visit such merchant-vessels of the two nations as
may, upon reasonable grounds be suspected of being
engaged in the African slave-trade, or of having
been hted out for that purpose, of having during
the voyage on which they met by the said cruis-
es, been engaged in the African slavetrade contrary
to the provisions of The said treaty; aud that such
cruisers may detain and send or carry away such
vessels III order that they may be brought to trial in
the manner hereinafter agreed upon; aud whereas
IL was by the SAID article further stipulated and
agreed that the reciprocal right of search and deten.
o" shouio De exercised only within the distance Of
TWO hundred miles from the coast Of Africa ard to
the Southward oil the thrty-sccond paraeI of nortb
atuee, ana within thirty leagues from the coast of
the island OF Cuba; and whereas the tyvo hgb ,,n
tracing parties are desirous of rendering the said
Feay sii more elicaclous for Its purpose, the pen-
potentares who signed The treaty have in yirtue of
their full powers, agreed that the reciprocal right of
visit and detention, defined in the article aFore
said, may be exercised also within thirty leagues of
the island Of Madagascar, within thirty leagues of
the island of Puerto Rico and within thirty leagues
of the island of San Domingo. -.
| Tire present additional article shall have the same
force and validity If it had been inserted word for
word in the treaty concluded between the two high
contracting parties on the 9Th of April, 1862 and
shah have the same duration that treaty. II shall
be ratified, and the ratifcatons shall be exchanged
at London in six months from this date, sooner If
| possIble.
10 witneas whefeofihe respective plenpotentiaries
have signed the same and have thereunto affixed the
seal oftheir arms. .... ,t., f..... ~ i.,..,.
Done at Washington, the 18th day of February,
ia the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty three. ~ sS -.
| LYONS. [L. 81
And whereas the said additional article has been
daly ratified both parts and the respective ratf
cations of the same were exchanged at London ON
the ist instant, by Charles Francis Adams, Esq.
Envoy .Extraerdinary and Minister Plenipolentiary
Of the United States at the Court of ST. James, and
Earl Russell, her Britannia Maesly's principal Sec
retary Of State for foreign aars on the part of their
respective goycrnments; ... ..-
Now, therefore, be it known that /, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN President Of the United States of Amer
lea, have caused the said additional article TO be
| made public. to the end that the same and every
clause and part thereof may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States and the citizens
i thereof.
In witness whereof, ! have berennto set my hand.
and caused the seal Of the United States to be a&ed
Done at the City Of Washington, this twenty.
i b. y second day April, ih the year of our Lord
IT, s.. one Thousand eight hundred and sixtythree,
4 : ~ and ofthe Independence Of the United States
! "a the eighty seventh. ;iq!l fA .oiGD .4
\ ltT .'9.pj ABRAHAM LINCOLN. i
~ BY the President, launur L9H ,il1 III u
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