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A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS treaty between the United
States If America and his Majesty the
King Of the B-lgians, fs the exiinguish-
m-nt of the Scheldt dues. was concluded
aud signed by their respective plenipoten-
tories. at Brussels. on the twentieth day Of
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-thrse.
which treaty. being in the English aud
French languages, is is word for word -
follows:-
The United States Of America and his
Majesty the King Of the Begians. equally
desrous of liberating forever the naviga-
tion of the Scheldt from the dues which
cucumber it, to assure the reformation Of
the maritime taxes levied in Brlgium, 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 B-lgium, and
have appointed as their plenipotentarirs.
namely: The President Of the United
States of America, Henry Shelton Sanford
citizrn Of the United States, their min.
lister resident to his Majesty The King Of
the B,lgians: and the King Of the Bel
giaus. Mr.. Cha,l-. Rogi-r. grand officer Of
Order of L. opold. decorated with the iron
cross, &C.. &C.. &c, his minister of for
.ign affairs; who, after having exchanged
their full powers, found to be in good and
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 three. between Belgium and the
Netherlands, which will remain annexed
to the present treaty, and by which his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands re.
nouncrs 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, eigh-
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 l7,l4l,.
GAO forms.
I'd. The declaration made in the name
of his Majesty the King ofthe Netherland
on the fifteenth of July. eighteen hun.
dred and sixty-three. to the plenipoteu.
tiaries Of the high contracting parties, the
rxtinguisl,mcn Of the Schrldt dues consent-
ed to BY his said Majesty applies to oil
flags, that these dues can never be re.
established under any form whatsoever,
and that this suppression shall not affect
in any panner the other provisions Of the
treaty Of the nineteenth of April, eigh-
teen numbered and thirty-nine, which de-
cIaration shall: be considered inserted ia
the present treaty. to which it shall remain
also annexed.
article II.
His Majesty the King Of the Bslgians
makes, for. what concerns him. the same
declaration as that which is mentioned in
the secoud paragraph Of the preceding
article.
Article Ill.,
II is well understood that the tonnage
dues suppressed in Belgium. in conformity
with the convention Of the tweutiesh of
May. ~ishi~en hunis-d and sixty-stgre.
eanuo, b- r--e>iahlished. and that TIE pi-
la,sse dues and local tsxe~ reduced un1es
the SAM conventsoa cannot Be sgsia IN
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