New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-09
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
A PROCLAMATION b. the President o
the United States of America:

A PROCLAMATION b. the President of
the United States OF America:
WHEREAS, An additional article to the
treaty of navigation and commerce between
the United States of America and the En-
ueror of Russia, of the eighteenth Decem-
Der, 1882, was concluded and signed at
Washington by their respective plenipoten-
tiaries on the twenty-seventh day OF Jan
uary, 1868, the original OF which additional
article is word for word ~ follows:
The United States of America and his
Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,
deeming 1t advisable that there should be
an additional article to the treaty of COM
merce between them of the eighteenth De
cember 1882, have for this purpose named
as their plenipOtentiaries, the President OF
the United States, William II. Seward, Sec
rctary of State and his Majesty the Empe
ror of all the Russias, the Priyy Councillor,
Edward de Stoecll, accredited as his Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotertiary
to the United States; and the SAID plenlpO-
tentiaries, after an examination OF their re-
qpective full powers, which were found to
be in good and due form, have agreed to and
signed the following:
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.
The high contracting parties, desiring to
secure complete and efficient protection to
the marutac turing industry OF their re-
any ccunter1eitiug IN one of the two conn
tries Of the trade marks affixed in the other
on merchandise 10 show its orig in and quail
ity, shall be strictly prohibited and re-
pressed, and shall give ground for an action
of damages in favor of the injured party,
to be prosecuted in the courts OF the coun-
try in which the counterfeit shall be proven
The trade marks in which the citizens or
subjects Of one OF the two countries may
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other, must be lodged exclusively, to wit:
The marks of citizens Of the United
States in the department OF manufactures
and inland commerce at st. Petersburg,
and the marks of Russian subjects at the
patent office in Washington
This additional article shall be terminable
by either party, pursuant to the twelfth
article of the treaty to which 1t Is an addI-
ton. 1t shall be ratified by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of the United States, and by his
Majesty the Emperor of all the RuSslas,
and the respective notifications Of the same
shall be exchanged at St Petersburgswithin
nine months from the date hereof. or sooner
if possible.
In faith whereof the respective plenipo-
tentiaries have signed the present additional
article in duplicate and affixed thereto
the seal of their arms.
day of January, in the year of grace one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
EDOUARD DE STOECKL.
And whereas. the said additional article
has been duly ratified on both parts, and
the respective Publications OF the same
were exchanged at st. Petersburg on the
twenty first day of September last by Cas-
sius M. Clay, Esquire, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipOtentiary of the United
States, and Vladimir de Westmann, acting
minister of foreign affairs of his Majesty
the Emperor OF all the Russias, on the part
of their respective governments:
Now. therefore, be it known that I, An
drew johnson, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
additional article 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 cit
liens thereof.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set
nv hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this ff-
teenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and of the Independence Of the
United States the ninety third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President;
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary Of State.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES To THE
| TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED
| STATES AND CHINA. OF JUNE Is