Smyrna times., 1871-07-05
Approved, A July Is, 1870.
By the President Of the United States ,
Amcrtca
PIP AMATTnAr

/ A PR 0CLANATION.
, Whereas a convention between tbe U,,,s6 Sat-.
OF America and her Majesty the Queen of ,ho
! United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland c,r
'he suppression OF the African slave trade with in
structIons for the ships of the Unitad Stntes md
BRUSH naVes employs to prevent that trade. and
regulations tor the mixed courts of iustica ,boro
unto annexed, was concluded and spned at W,vL
nEon, by their respective plehipotcntiarics nm tho
/ 'll DAY o April, 1862 and whereas a convent;o,
/ auultIonaI thereto, and intructions thereunto AN
neXed, were concluded and signed at W,shintor b.,
I'e" respective penIpotenllarles, the Sd dtv or
June last, the originals Of which addit,onaI co,yn
ton and instructions are word for word a. foIIows
A0dthonaI COnucntiOn to the C0nrenfion Re,,,.or
inc United States and Great Britain of tbe IN of
APTtL 1862. Respecting the african Slave JroSs
me United States of America and her Majesty
the queen OF the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, having come to the conclusinr tht -
Is no longer necessary to maintain the three ,,,xd
courts OF Juctice established at Sierra Leone a. ,L
cape OF Good Hope, and at New York, IN pnrsn-
ance of the treaty concluded at Washington nm tbo
lh day OF April, 1862, for the suppression or tho
african slave trade, they have resolved 10 conclude
an additional convention for the purpose of maxine
the requisite notifications of the sasd treot, IS
nave named as their plenipoientaries thai is IN
say: lhe President Of the United States of Amor
ica, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and her
maJestY the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
- '''"'' anu IlcIdhu, EDWARD hOrntOn, ESQUIRE.
companion OF the order Of the Bath and her Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Penipotentiarv to the
united States Of America, who, nfter having com
munIcated to each other their respective full powers
found m good and due form, have agreed upon and
concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE l.
Everything contained in the treaty concluded NJ
w washington on the 7th of April IS62 between the
Chted states of America and her NJ sstv the /
3need OF the United kIngdnm of Great HrI,atn and y
Telahd Inr the suppression of the African slaye h
Irade, and IN the annexcs \ and B thereto which
en'es 10 the establishment Of three mixed courts of
usilcc at Sierra Leone, the ipe OF C:oo5 Homo
ma at New York, TO hear and decide MI c,srs of
capture o! vessels which may be bronpht b.forc II
mem as having been engaged in the African slnve Ii
taue' OF as having been fitted out for the puruoses e
heteoi' as well as to the compOsitnn nrisdIcon =,
hu moue Oi procedure of such courts shall Gems. ~
ma determine as regards the said mixed courts g,
rom ana aiter the exchange of the ratification, of II
nc present additional convention exceDt in so fr oh
egards any act proceeding done or taken in v;r III
le tnercoi' before hrs additional convention sboIl
: oHclally communicated 10 the said mixed conrts
Justicc The said courts shall nevertheless have l.
'e power and 1t shall be their duty, TO proceed ="
u" al practicable dispatch to the final determine ~
on OF all causes and proceedings which NAV be ~ ~
'noi"g' ana undetermined in them, or either of M
"' at tne time OF receiving notice OF the ratifca
ON Of this convention. 10
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ARTICLE II.
The jurisdiction heretofore exercised bv tho sa;d
xed courts IN pursuance oF the provisions of the of
10 treaty shall, after the exchange of the ratca nm
ms OF the present additional convention be cxer col