New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-19
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH.
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMAllON.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
Convention between the Uuited States of
America aud the United States of Mexico.
Extension OF the duration of the Joint
Commission for Settlement of claims.
Signed April 10, 1871; ratified December
Is, 1871; Publications exchanged Febru-
airy g. 1872; proclaimed February 8, 1872.
WHEREAS, A convention between the
United States of America and the United
States of Mexico was concluded and signed
by their respective plempOtentiaries, at the
city of Mexico on the nineteenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aud 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 Origi-
mated since the signing of the treaty of
Guadalupe HidalgO, on the second of Feb
ruary, 1913, by mixed commission limited
W GuuuLt Two y ears anu SIX IIlOuJuS from
the day et the first meeting of the commits
sioners; and whereas doubts have arisen as
to the practicability 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
Isl,
upon the best mode OF ettecting this object,
that is to say: The President Of the United
States of America, Thomas H. Nelson, ac-
credited as Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America to the MeXicen 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 I.
The high contracting parties agree that
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 enc
year from the day when the functions OF the
said commission would terminate according
to the convention referred to, or for a
shorter time if it should be deemed sutfi-
Gent by the commissioners, or the umpire,
in case Of their disagreement
1t is agreed that nothing contained in this
article shall in alywise alter or extend the
time originally fixed in the said convention
for the presentation Of claims to the mixed
commission.
ARTICLE II.
The present convention shall be ratified,
and the ratification shall be exchanged at
Washington, as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the above mentioned
plenipotentiaries 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 H. ENLSON.
MANUELAZPIROZ.
EaI whereas tie said convention has been