New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-07
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A PROCLAMATION
BIZ sDE PRESIDENT OF THE Cx11Er srAr
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a PROCLAMATION
| BIZ s1E PRESIDENT OF THE Cyy1Er STATE
OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS, BY the thifty-thif1 article o
! q treaty concluded at Washington on tn,
1 eighth day OF May. 1871, between the United
States and Her Britannia Majesty. it wa.
provided that ARTICLES XVIII to XIV in
elusive, and article XXX OF this treaty shall
| take effect as soon rs tho laws required e
! carry them into operation shall have beer
passed by the Imperial Parliament Of Grea,
Britain, by the Parliament of Canada and
by the Legislature Of Prince Edward'e
Island on the one hand, and by the Congress.
Of the United States on the other"
And whereas by the first section Of an
act entitled IAN act to carry into effect the
provisions of the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, signed in the city
of Washington the eighth day of May.
eighteen hundred and seventy.one, relating
| to the fsheries,' it is provided that when
/ ever the President Of the United States
| ahall receive satisfactory evidence that the
Imperial Parliament OF Great Britain, the
Parliament Of Canada and the Legislature
of Prince Edwards Island have passed laws
on their part to give full effect 10 the pro-
visions Of the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain signed at the city
of Washington on the eighth day Of May,
| eighteen hundred and seventy-one. 40 con.
tanned Ii articles eighteenth TO twenty fifth,
inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty,
he is hereby authorized to issue bis procla-
nation declaring that he has such eyi.
| dence;"
! And whereas the Secretary Of State of the
United States and her Britannia Majesty g
| ENJOY extraordinary and MINISTER pleni.
| potentiary at Washington have recorded
| in protocol q conference held by them at
| the Department OF State in Washington, on
/ the seventh day o; June. 1873, in the fol.
| lowing language:
! 'Protocol of conference held at Washing.
ton. on the seventh day of June, one
| thousand eight hundred and seventy
three.
"Whereas it is provided by article
| XXXIII OF the treaty between her Majesty
! the Queen Of the United Kingdom of Great
| Britain and Ireland, and the United States
| of America. signed at Washington On the
eighth OF May. 1871, as follows:
"ARr1cLE xxxnI.
':The foregoing articles, XVIII to XIV,
| inclusive, and article XXX Of this treaty
shall take effect a. soon as the laws re-
| quired to carry them into operation shall
have been passed by the Imperial Parlia-
ment of Great Britain. by the Parliament
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
the date at which they may come
into operation, and further. until the
expiration of two years after either of the
high contracting parties ehall 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 any time afterward; and
"Whereas, In accordance with the stipu-
lati0ns Of the above recited article, an act
was passed by the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain, in the thirty fifth and thirty.
sixth years Of the reign OF Queen Victoria,
entitled IAN act to carry into effect treaty
between Her Majesty and the United States
of America and
"Whereas. An act was passed bv the Sen.
ate and House Of Commons Of Canada. in
the fifth session Of the first Parliament.
held in the the thirty.ffth year OF Her
Majesty's reign. and assented to in Her
Majesty's name, by the Governor General,
on the fourteenth day Of June, 1872, emit.
tied an act relating 20 the treaty OF Wash.
ihgton. ls71;' and
'.Whereas, An act was passed by the
Legislature of Prince Edwards Island, and
assented to by the Lieutenant Governor Of
that colony. on the twenty-ninth day of
June, 1872. entitled AN act relating to the
treaty Of Washington. l6l;'
''And whereas. an act was passed By the
Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America IN Congress as.
sembled. and approved on the first day of
March, 1873, by the President of the United
States, entitled IAN act to carry into effect
the provisions Of the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain, signed in
. fho Oil duvy Of
May, eighteen hundred and seventy.vne,
relating to tisheries:'
1.-THE undersigned. Hamilton Fish, Secre.
tary of State of the United States. and the
right honorable Sir Edward Thornton, one
OF her Majesty's most honorable privy
council, knight Commander of the most
honorable Order Of the Bath. her Britannia
Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to the United States of
America, duly authorized for this purpose
by their respective governments, having
met together at Washington, and having
found that the laws required to carry the
articles XVIII to XIV, inclusive, and ar.
ticle XXX of the treaty aforesaid into oper-
alton, have been passed by the Imperial
Parliament Of Great Britain, by the Par.
lament of Canada. and by the Legislature
Of Prince Edwards Island on the one part,
and by the Congress of the United States
tu tUo OtucIs ucACuy uVCAdAO lAuu a. lAtiVo
XVIII to XIV. inclusive, and article xxx
OF the treaty between her Britannia Majesty
and the United States of America OF the
eighth Of Nav. 1871. will take effect on the
first day of July next.
lin witness whereof the undersigned have
signed this protocol, and have hereuntO at.
fixed their seals.
"Done in duplicate at Washington. this
seventh day of Jnne. 1873.
"HAMILTON FISH.
EDWARD THORNTON.'
Now. therefore. /, Ulysses S. Grant, Pres.
ident Of the United States of America, in
pursuance Of the premises. do hereby de.
clare that have received satisfactory evil
deuce that the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain. the Parliament of Canada
and the Legislature of Prince Edwards
Island have passed laws on their part to
give full effect to the provisions Of said
Treaty as contained in articles eighteenth to
twenty fifth, inclusive, and article thirtie:h
OF said treaty.
in testimony whereof have hereuntv set
nv hand and caused the sea! Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this first
day OF July, in the year OF our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and sevenry.three,
and of the independence Of the United
States Of America the uinety-seventh.
U. S. GRANT.
BIZ the President:
HaNIIrcS FfSIi