Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-10

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, the flag of the United States shall b.
assimilated to that of Belgium for tn
, transportation of salt.
. ARTICLE m.
The tariff Of import duties resultin,
from the treaty Of the first of May
eighteen hundred and sixiy-one, be
tween Belgium and France, is extend
ed to goods imported from the United
States, on the same conditions will
which it was conducteHto Great Brit
ain by the treaty of thu twenty.thire
Of July, eighteen hundre0 gpS sixty
\ two. p, -
] The reduction made by the trea
ties entered into by Belgium with
Switzerland on the eleventh of Decem.
ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-two
with italy on the ninth of April, eigh'
teen hundred and sixty-thrce, with
the Netherlands on the twelfth OF
May, eighteen hundred and sixty three,
and also with France on the Twelfth OF
May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
shall be equally applied to goods i'm.
ported from the United States.
1t is agreed that Belgium shall also
extend to the United States the reduc.
tions of import duties which may re-
suit from her subsequent treaties with
other powers. U.s..
a.... % ARTICLE w.
The United States, in view Of the
proposition made by Belgium to regu.
late, by common accord, the ccpital-
ization Of the Scheldt dues, consents
to contribute to this capitalization
under the following conditions -, 20 !.
A. The capital sum shall not ex-
ceed thirty-six million of francs. =
B. Belgium shall assume for its
part one-third of that amount.
G. The remainder shall be appor-
toned among the other States, pro ra-
Ia to their navigation in the Scheldt.
D. The proportion of the United
States, to be determined in accord
ance with this rule, shall not exceed
the sum of two millions seven hun
dred and scventy-nine thousand two
hundred francs.
-E. The payment Of the said pro-
portion shall be made in ten annual
instalments of equal amount, which
shall include the capital and the inter-
est on the portion remaining unpaid
at the rate of four per centum.
The first instalment shall be paya-
BILE at Brussels, on the first day Of
April, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, or Immediately after the Con-
gress of the United States shall have
made the requisite appropriation. In
either event the interest shall CON-
mence to Sun on the date of the first
Of April, eighteen hundred aud sixty
four, above mentioned. ....t.v+aa.
The government of the United
States reserves the right of anticipa-
ting the payment of the proportion of
the United States. ..@ .-..
The above mentioned conditions for
the capitalization of the Scheldt dues
shall be inserted in general treaty,
to be adopted by u conference Of the
maritime States interested, and in
which the United States shall be rep
resented.
ARTIcLEv v.
The articles I. and w. of the pres.
ent additional convention shall be per-
petual; and the remaining articles
shall, together with the treaty of COM
merce aud navigation made between
the high contracting parties on the
Seventeenth Of July, eighteen hun
dred and fifty.eight, have the same
force and duration as the treaties
mention in Article III. .# ..E, ..
The ratiGcations thereof shall be ex
changed with the least possible delay.
In faith whereof, the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed the pres
ent convention, and have affixed there
to their seals. .. ...... -...
Made in duplicate, and signed at
Brussels the twentieth day of May,
eighteen hundred aud sixty-three.
@ II. 8. SANFORD. p I. s.
Declaration annexed to the addi-
tional convention signed this day be-
tween the United States at Belgium.
The Plenipotentiary of the United
States having required that the attrl-
buttons Of the consuls of the United
States in Belgium should become the
object of farther stipulations, and it
having been impracticable to com
plete in season the examination OF the
said stipulations, it is agreed that the
Belgian government will continue that
examination with the sincere intent to
come to an agreements as early as
/ possible. .s........ .s#.s s..E...s
Done at Brussels, in duplicate, the
twentieth of May, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three.
| No.. II. s. SANFORD.
! And whereas tho said convention
has been duly ratified on both parts,
aud the respective rati6cations Of the
same were at Brussels on the twenty
fourth of June last : e#. t4 a~
/ Now, thesefore, be ii known that /, ABRA.
HAN LINCOLN, President of the United States
4 of America, have caused the said convention t.
be, made public, to the end that the same, and
\ every clause and article thereof, may be OBJ
served and fulfilled with good faith by the
/ United States and the citizens thereof.
1t witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed ~
Done at the City of Washington, this 18th
day of November In the year of our Lore
H.. g. one thousand eight hundred and sixty
4 four, and of the independence of tn,
United States the eighty-ninth
a4aaa.. f.. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
Il t& IL WIILfAM III SEWARD,