Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-10
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concluded and signed by their re
spective plenipotentiarics, at Brussels
on the twentieth day of July, eighteer
hundred and sixty-three, which treaty
being in the English and French Ian
guages. is word for word as follows
The United States of America and
his Majesty the King Of the Belgians
equally desirous of liberating forevc,
the navigation OF the Scheldt from the
dues which encumber it, to assure the
reformation Of the marine taxes levied
in Belgium, and to facilitate thereby
the development Of trade and aaviga
tion, have resolved to conclude a
treaty to complete the convention
signed on the twentieth Of May, 1868,
between the United States aud Belgi.
um, and have appointed as their plen-
ipotentiaries, namely The President
of the United States of America, Hen.
ry Shelton Sanford, citizen of the
United States, their minister resident
to his Majesty the King of the Belgi.
ans and bis Majesty, the King of the
Belgians, Mr.. Charles Rogier, grand
officer of the Order of Leopold, deco.
rated with the iron cross, &C.. &c,
&c, his minister of foreign affairs I;
who, after having exchanged their
full powers, found to be in good and
due form, have agreed upon the fol.
lowing articles - s1.."Far e.. sna Be-.
ARTICLE T. "....
The high contracting parties take
note of, and record - .......... .
lst. The treaty concluded on the
twelfth of May, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, between Belgium and the
Netherlands, which will remain annex
ed to the present treaty, and by which
his Majesty the King Of the Neither
lands renounces forever the dues es-
tablished upon navigation in the
Scheldt, and it's months, by the third
paragraph of the 9th article of the
treaty of the nineteenth Of April,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and
his Majesty the King Of the Belgians
engages to pay the capital sum of the
redemption of those dues, which
amount to l7,l4l $40 forms.
2d. The declaration made in the
name Of bis Majesty the King of the
Netherlands on the fifteenth of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to
the plenipotentiaries of the high con-.
tracing parties, that The extinguish.
ment Of the Scheldt dues consented to
by his said Majesty applies to all
flags, that these dues can never be re-
established under any form whatsoev.
er, and that this suppression shall not
affect in any manner the other provis-
ions of the treaty of the nineteenth of
April, eighteen hundred and thirty.
nine, which declaration shall be con.
sidered inserted in the present treaty,
to which it shall remain also annexed.
ARTICLE II. '
His Majesty the King of the Bel
gians makes, for what concerns him,
the same declaration as that which is.
mentioned in the second paragraph of
the preceding article.
...... ARTICLE III.
1t is we'll understood that the tom
mage dues suppressed in Belgium. in
conformity with the convention of the
twentieth of May, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, caunot be re8stablish.
ed. and that the pilotsge dues and To-
cal taxes reduced under the same con-
vention cannot be again increased.
The tariff of pilotage dues and of
local taxes at Antwerp shall be the
same for the United States as those
which are set down in the protocols of
the conference at Brussels. Sag
ARTICLE Nv.
In regard to the proportion of the
United States in the capital sum of
the extinguishment of the Scheldt dues,
and the manner, place and time of the
payment thereof, reference is made by
the high contracting parties to the
convention of the twentieth Of May,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
ARTICLE v.
The execution of the reciprocal en-
gagements contained in the present
treaty is made subordinate, in 30 far
as is necessary, to the formalities and
rules established by the constitution
al laws Of the high contracting parties.
t"# - ARTICLE VI. s r#
1t is we'll understood that the pro-
visions of Article will only be obli-
gatory with respect to the State which
has taken part In, or those which
shall adhere to, the treaty of this day,
the King of the Belgians reserving to
himself expressly the right to estab-
lish the manner of treatment as to fs-
cal and customs regulations Of vessels
belonging to States which shall not
be parties to this treaty. -
.-.... ARTICLE VII. .f....-..
The present treaty shall be ratified,
and the ratifications thereof shall be
exchanged at Brussels, with the least
possible delay. aas ea as=aa
In faith whereof, the respective plen-
ipotentiaries have signed the same in
duplicate, aud affixed thereto their
seals. , ape -aa a t. saaa..
Done at Brussels, the twentieth day
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty
three. ssa aas' aas .aa.
| ...s... ..a. ii. s. SANFORD, L.. g.
."'.. Translation.
Treaty of May IL. 1863. between Bel.
GUM and the Netherlands, annexed
to the treaty Of July 30. 1868. 81.
His Majesty the King Of the Belgi
ans and his Majesty the King Of the
Netherlands, having come to an agree