The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-08-21


By the President Of the United States Of Amcrica.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas convention between the United
States of America aiid his imperial Majesty the
Emperor of the French was concluded and signed
by their respective plenpotenaries at the city OF
Washington, tho sixteenth day of April last,
which convention, being iii the English and
French languages, is word for word as follows
The United States of America and his Majesty
the Emperor of the French, desiring to secure in
their respective territories guarantee of prop
erty in trade marks, have resolved to conclude
special convention for this Purpose. AMI have
named as their plenipotentiaries The President
of the United States, Hamilton Fish, Secretary
of State, and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, j. Berthemy. Commander Of the lmpe-
rial Order Of the Legion of Honor, &C.. &c., &C.,
accredited as his envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary to the United States; and the
said plenipotentiaries, after examination of
their respective full powers, which were found to
be in good aud due form, have agreed to and
signed the following articles !:
ARTICLE I.
Every reproduction in one of the two countries
of trade marks affixed in the other to certain
merchandise to prove its origin and quality, is
forbidden, and shall give ground for action for
damages in favor of the injured party, to be
prosecuted in the courts of the country in which
the counterfeit shall be proven, just If the
plaintiff subject citizen of that country.
The exclusive right to use trade mark for tho
benefit of citizens of the United States in France
of French subjects in the territory of the
United States, cannot exist for a longer period
than that fixed by the law of the country for its
citizens.
If the trade mark has become public prop
erty in the country of its origin, it shall be
equally free t, all i'll the other country.
ARTICLE II.
IF the owners of trade marks, residing in either
of the two countries, wish to secure their rights
in the other country, they must deposit duplicate
copies of those marks in the Patent Office at
Washington, and in the clerks Office of the
Tribunal of Commerce Of the Seine, at Paris.
ARTICLE
The present arrangement shall take effect
ninety days after the exchange of notifications by
the two governments, and shall continue in force
for ten years from this date.
In neither of the two high contractil g
parties gives notice of its intention discontinue
this convention, twelve months before its -expira-
ton, It shall remain in force year from the
time that either of the high contracting parties
announc es its diseontinuance
ARTICLE w.
The ratifications of the present arrangement
shall be exchanged at Washington within ten
months, sooner. if possible.
In faith whereof the respective plenipoten-
tiaries have signed the present convention in
duplicate, and affixed thereto the seal of their
arms.
Done at Washington, the sixteenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty mine.
(sEAL.] HAMILTON FISH
iSEkL. BERTHEMY.
And whereas the said convention has been duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective ratiica-
tions of the same were exchanged at Washington,
the Sd instant, by J.. G. b. Davis, acting Soc
retary of State of the United States, and Count
Faverney, charge 'affaires of his imperial Maj
esty the. Emperor of the French ut Washington,
on the part of their respective governments:
Now. therefore, be it known that I, Ulysses S.
Grant, President of the United States of America.
have caused the said convention 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 thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this sixth day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States the ninety fourth.
(sEAL. U. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
J. G. BANCROFT DAVIS.
Acting Secretary of State.