New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-08

years from the day of the exchange Of rsti.
fcstiOns; but in case neither party shall
have given to the other one years previous
notice of its intention to terminate the
same, then this treaty shall continue u
force for ten years longer, and So on.
The present treaty shall be ratified, and
the ratifications exchanged IN the capital OF
Ecuador, within two months from the day
on which the session Of the coming Con
gress of Ecuador ehall terminate. which
will be in October, 1873.
In testimony whereof. the respective
Plenipotentiaries have signed the present
treaty in duplicate, aud have hereunto NJ
fixed their seals.
Done in the city Of Quito, capital OF the
Republic of Ecuador, this twenty-eighth
day of June. one thousand eight hundred
and Seyenty-twO.
FRANCISCO JAVlER LEON.
And whereas the said treaty has been
dulv ratified on both parts. and the respec-
tive notifications we're exchanged At Quito
on the twelfth of November last:
Now, therefore, be ID known that !,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
| treaty to be made public, to the end that
the same, and every clause and article
thereof, may DO observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal Of the United
| States to be affixed.
7 Done in the city of Washington this TWEEN
ty-fourth day of December. in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy three, and of the independence of
| the United States Of America the ninety
| eighth. y. j. GRAhI.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH.
Secretary Of State.
! Additional articles of agreement between
the PostGfice Departments of the United
States of America and Newfoundland,
establishing an exchange OF postal cards
l tween the two countries.
ARTICLE l.
! For the purpose of providing additional
! facilities of mail communication between
! the United States and Newfoundland, 1t Is
hereby mutually agreed that United States
postal cards mailed ut any postoffice IN the
| United States and addressed to NewfOund.
land. and Newfoundland postal cards mailed
! at any pOstoffice in Newfoundland and ad
| dressed to the United States, when prepaid,
| an additional postage of one cent. by afti 4
| ing thereto an ordinary one cent postage
! stamp of tho country II origin in addition
I to tho stamp printed or Impressed on the
! card. ehall be reciprocallv forwarded and
delivered IN the country Of destination. tree
! of charge. Postal cards not 90 prepaid will
I not be forwarded in tho male between the
two countries.
ARTICLE II.
The regulations and instructions govern
| ing the use and treatment of postal cards
! in the domestic mails Of the United States
and Of Newfoundland, respectively, shall
| apply equally to the postal cards mailed in
either couatSy aud addressed to the Other
! country.
ARTJcLB IN.
Each country will retain 70 its own ns<
the postage il collects at the prescribed rate
I on postal esrds forwarded 50 the othes
| country.
ABrtcLR ".
! The present articles shall b considered
I additional to- those agreed upon between
| the two offices on the thirteenth and TWEEN
tieth Of November. A. d. 1872. and shall
come into operation on the first Of October;
1873.
In witness whereof che Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States of America and
the Postmaster General Of Newfoundland
bave hereto set their hands and affixed theil
seals, at the date set opposite to each 30
John A. ;. CRESWELL.
| Postmaster General Df the United States.
August q 1873.
Postmaster General of Newfoundland.
September Is, 1873.
I hereby approve the aforeeoing eonven
ton, and in testimony thereof have caused
the seal Of the United States TO be affixed
u. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
W. HUNTER,
| Acting Secretary Of State.
| Washington. September 20. 1873.