Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-09-30

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4 PROCLAMATION.
WHrRr.s a treaty b~twern the United
States # America anl hi Maiesty the
kiug of the B-lgians. fr the .x'insui>h-
mrnt OF ihr Scheldt dues. was conc uded
ani signed by their respective plcnipoten-
tarics at Brussels, on the twentieth day of
July. eighteen hundred and sixtythrcc.
which treaty. being in the English aud
French languages, is is word for word as
iollows:-
The United States of America and his
Majesty the King of the Bcgians, equally
desrous of libera,inS forever the naviga-
tion of the Scheldt from the dues which
cucumber it, to assure the reformation of
the maritime taxes levied in Belgium, and
to facilitate thereby the development of
trade and navigation, have resolved to
conclude treaty to complete the conven
tion signed on the Goth of May, 1868, be-
tween the United States and Belgium, and
have appointed as their penipotcntiarirs,
namely: The President of the United
States of America, Henry Shelton Sanford
n citizen OF the United States, their min
lister resident to his Majesty the King Of
the Brlgians: and the King of the Bel
gians, Mr. Charles Roger. grand officer of
Order of l., opold, decorated with the iron
cross. &c. &c. &c, his minister of for
tign affairs; who. after having exchanged
their fall powers, found to be in good aud
due form, have agreed upon the following
articles -
article l.
The high contracting parties take note
of, and record -
1st. The treaty concluded on the
twelfth of May. eighteen hundred and
sixty-,hree. between Belgium and the
Netherlands, which will remain annexed
to the present treaty, and by which his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands re-
nounces forever the dues established upon
navigation in the Scheldt, and its mouths.
by the third paragraph Of the 9th article of
the treaty of Tie nineteenth Of April, cigh-
teen hundred and th;rty-nine, and his
Majesty the King of the Belgians engages
20 pay the capital sum of the redemption
of those dues, which amount to 17,l4l,-
GAO Horins.
3D. The declaration made in the name
of his Majesty the King of the Ne,herland
on the fifteenth of July. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-three, to the plcnipoten-
tiaries Of tho high contracting parties, the
extngushmen of the Scheldt dues consent
ed to by his said Majesty applies to all
flags, that these dues can never be re-
established under any form whatsoever,
and that this suppression shall not affect
in any manner the other provisions of tho
tire atty Of the nineteenth of April, eigh-
teen Numbered and thirty-nine, which de-
claratlon shall. be considered inserted in
the present treaty, to which it shall remain
also annexed.
Article II.
His Majesty the King Of the Belgians
makes. for what concerns him. the same
declaration as that which is mentioned in
the second paragraph Of the preceding
article.
ArtioIe Ill.,
II is well understood that the tonnage
dues suppressed in Belgium. in conformity
with the convention of ih. twentieth oi
Nay. eighteen hunarsd and sixiv-,lr-e.
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