New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-29
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SItMILTON FIsP9.
Secretary eli StaSRs

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| By SI3Es PRESIDENT OF THE UNIPXgp syaYEs
a)P AMERICA.
| Convention between the United States Of
| America and the United States of Mexico.
Extension OF the duration of the Joint
} Commission for Settlement ole claims.
! Signed April 49, 1871; ratified December
Is, 1871: Publications exchanged Febru-
| airy 8, 1872; proclaimed February s, 1872.
! WHEREAS, a convention between the
United States of America and the United
| States of Mexico was concluded and signed
| BY their respective plenipOtentiaries, at the
| city of Mexico, on the nineteenth day of
april, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aid seventy one, for extend
ing the time limited by the convention be-
tween the two countries of the fourth of
| July, 1868, for the termination of the pro-
ceedings Of the joint commission provided
for by the latter instrument; which conven-
ton. being in the English and Spanish Ian
guages is word for word as follows
Whereas, A convention was concluded on
the fourth day Of July, 1868, between the
United States of America and the United
States of Mexico, for the settlement
Of outstanding claims that have orgi-
mated since the signing of the treaty of
Guadalupe HidalgO, on the second of Feb
rGary, 1913, by a mixed commission limited
to endure two years and six months from
the day ct the first meeting of the commits
sioners; and whereas doubts have arisen as
to the practicabiIity of the business OF the
said commission being concluded within
the period assigned:
The President of the United States of
America and the President of the United
States of Mexico are DESTROYS that the time
originally fixed for the duration of the said
commission should be extended, and to this
end have named plenipotentiaries to agree
upon the best mode of etFecting this object.
that is to say: The President of the United
States of America, Thomas II. Nelson, &C
credited as Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister PlenipDtentiAry Of the United States
Of America to the MeXcen Republic; and the
President of the United States of Mexico,
Manuel Azpiroz, Chief Clerk and in charge
of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of
the United States of Mexico; who. after
having presented their respective powers,
and finding them sufficient and in due form,
have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE 2
The high contracting parties agree shat
the term assigned in the convention of the
fourth of July, 1868, above referred to- for
the duration of the said commission, shall
be extended for time not exceeding ne
year: from the day when the functions Of the
said commission would terminate according
tD the convention referred to, or for a
shorter time if it should be deem2d suffi-
Gient by the commissioners, or the umpire,
in case Of their disagreement.
1t is agreed that nothing contained in this
article shall in anywise alter or extend the
time originally fixed in the said convention
for the presentation of claims to she mixed
commissions
ARTICLE H. o
eThe present convention shall he ratified,
and the ratification shall be exchanged at
Washington, as soon az possible.
In witness whereof the above mentioned
pleDipotentiaries have signed the same and
affixed their respective seals.
Done in the city of Mexico the nineteenth
day of April, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy one.
THOMAS Fl. ENLSOE,
MANUEL APPROX
And Ebeseas the said eoayeaston has been