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 916 TREATY WITH COSTARICA. JULY 10, 1851. July 10, 1851. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Costarica was concluded and signed in the city of Washington, by their respective Plenipotentiaries, on the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and Spanish languages, is, word for word, as iollows: TREATY Of Friendship, Oommerce, and Navigation, between the United States of America and the Republic of Oostarica. In the name of the Most Holy En el Nombre de la Santissima Trinity. Trinidad. Preamble. Commercial intercourse having Habiendo traiico comercial estabeen for some time established be- blecido hace algun tiempo, entre la tween the United States and the Republica de Costarioa y los Esta- Republic of Costarica, it seems dos Unidos, ha parecido convenigood for the security as well as the ente, para la seguridad, como tamencouragement of such commercial bien para el fomento de sus mutuos intercourse, and for the maintc- intereses,y para la conservation de nance of good understanding be- Ia buena inteligencia entre la mentween the United States and the cionada Republica y los Estados said Republic, that the relations now Unidos, que las relaciones que ahora subsisting between them should be existen entre ambas partes, sean regularly acknowledged and con- reeonocidas y eonfirmadas formalfirmed by the signature of a treaty mente, por medio de un Tratado de of amity, commerce, and uaviga- Amistad, Comercio, y Navegacion. tion. Negotiatom. For this purpose they have Con este objeto, han side nomnamed their respective Plenipoten- brados los respectivos Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: ciarioe, a saber: The President of the United Por su Excelencia el Presidente States, Daniel W€bStG1‘, Secretary de lu. Republica de Costarica, el of State; Senor Don Felipe Molina, Enviado And his Excellency the Presi- Extraovdinario y Ministro Plenipodent of the Republic of Costarica, tenciario dc dicha Republica cerca Sebor Don Felipe Molina, Envoy del Gobierno do los Estados Uni- Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- dos ; potentiary of that Republic to the Y por el Presidente de los Esta- United States; dos Unidos, Daniel Webster, Secretario de Estado; Who, after having communicat- Quienes, despues de haberse coed to each other their full powers, munieado mutuamente sus plenos found to bein due and proper form, poderes, y halladolos en debida y have agreed upon and concluded regular forma, han acordado y conthe following articles: cluido los articulos siguientes. Amrrom I. Armouto I. State of amity There shall be perpetual amity Habra una perpetua amistad en-
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