Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-11-13
No. ..
ny THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED srArEs
OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Nv lIt L lt~lutlll
j. &. BANCROFT DAVIS,
acting secretary Of STATE.

y PKOCLA M ALTON.
Whereas by the Thirty-thiId Article of
Treaty concluded at Washington oh the Stn
uay OF May, 1874. between the Uuitsd
States and her britannia Majesty, ii WAS
provided that "Artces XVIII to XIV IN
elusive, and Article xxx OF this Treaty
shall take effect as soon As the laws reuuir-
ed TO carry them into operation shall have
been passed by the InpeI ial Parliament Of
Great Britain, 10y the Parliament OF Ctna-
da, and 10y the Legislature OF Prince Ell
wards Island on the one hand, and by the
Congress Of the United States on the 9th
er;"
Aud whereas by the INST section of an
Act entitled AN act to carry into effect the
provisions Of tue Treaty between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain signed in the
city of Washington the eighth day of May,
eighteen hundred aud seventy one, relat.
ing To the hsheries,' il is provided "lhat
whenever tue President OF the United
States shall receive satisfactory evidence
that the Imperial Parliament of Great Brit
ain, the Parliament Of Canada, and the
Legislature OF Prince Edwards Island.
have passed laws on their part TO give full
effect 10 the provisions Of the Treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
signed at the city Of Washington on the
eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and
seventy-Une, az contained in Articles eigh-
tecnth to twenty ifth inclusive, and Arti-
Gle thlrtielh OF said treaty, he is hereby au-
| hOrized to issue his proclamation decar-
ing that he has such evidence;'
And whereas the Secretary Of State OF the
United States aud Her Britannia Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Washing ton have recorded in
| protocol a conference held bv them al the
| Department OF State in Washington on the
| 9TH day of June, 1873, in the following lau-
| guage:
protocol of a conference held al Washing
ton, on the seventh day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
three.
"Whereas II is provided by Article
XXXIlI of the Treaty between Her Maj
esty the Queen of the United Kingdom OF
Great Britain aud Ireland, and the United
States Of America, signed at Washington
Oh the Sih OF May, 1871, as follows:
"'ARrICLE XXXIII
"'Tho foregoing Articles, XVIII, to
| XIV, inclusive, aud Article xxx Of this
Treaty shall lake effect as soon as the laws
required 10 carry them InlO operation shall
have been passed by the Imperial Parlia-
ment of Great Britain, by the Parliament
of Canada, and by the Legislature of Prince
| Edwards Island on the one hand, and by
| the Congress of the United States on the
! other. Such assent having been given, the
| said articles shall remain in force for the
| period OF ten years from the date at which
|
ther, until the expiration of two years af-
| ter either Of the High Contracting Parties
shall have given notice To the other of its
wish TO terminate the same each of the
High Contracting Parties being at liberty
to give such notice to the other at the end
OF the said period of ten years, or at an Y
time alterward:'
"And whereas, in accordance with The
stipulatons of the above rected Article.
an Act was passed by the Imperial Parlia-
ment OF Great Britain in the 35th and 3Gih
years of the reign of Queen Vic
toria, intituled AN Act to carry into effect
a Treaty between Her Majesty and the
United States of America:
"And whereas AN Act was passed hv the
Senate aud House OF Commons in Canada
in the fifth session of the First Parliament,
held in the thirty-hlth year of Her MaiRs-
TVS reign, aud assented TO in Her Majesty S
name, by the Governor General, ON the
fourteenth day of June, 1872, intituled AN
Act relating 10 the Treaty OF Washington,
lS7l:'
"And whereas an Act was passed by the
Legislature of Prince Edwards Island and
assented to by the Lieutenant Governor Oi
that Colony on the 29h day of June, 1872,
intituled An Act relating TO the Treaty OF
Washington, lS7l:'
And whereas ar Act was passed by the
senate and House of Representatives OF
the United States of America in Congress
assembled, and approved on the first day
of March. 1873, by the President Of the
United States, intituled AN act to carry in
10 effect the provisions OF the Treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain.
signed in the city of Washington the eighth
day OF May, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, relating to fisheries :
1.-The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Sec
rotary of State of the United States, and
the Right Honorable Sir Edward Thorn
ton, one of Her Majesty's Most Honoura-
BILE Privy Council, knight Commander OF
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Her Britannia Majestv's Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minlster Plenipotentlary TO the