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 TREATY WITH THE SHAH OF PERSIA. Disc. 13, 1856. 711 And it is further understood, that if any of those consuls shall engage If P01I5U3S €¤· in trade, they shall be subjected to the same laws and usages to which gag"" tm °‘ private individuals of their nation engaged in commercial pursuits in the same place are subjected. . And it is also understood by the high-contracting parties, that the diplo- Nuinbcnof domatic and consular agents of the United States shall not employ a greater g2g2Q0L, number of domesties than is allowed by treaty to those of Russia residing the United states in Persia. to h¤"°· ARTICLE VIII. And the high contracting parties agree that the present Duration ofthis treaty of friendship and commerce, cemented by the sincere good feeling “"‘”Y‘ and the confidence which exists between the governments of the United States and Persia, shall be in force for the term of ten years from the exchange of its ratification; and it, before the expiration of the first ten years, T0 <>>if<>¤d beneither of the high contracting parties shall have announced, by official notification to the other, its intention to arrest the operation of said treaty, ter notice. it shall remain binding for one year beyond that time, and so on until the Ratifieations to expiration of twelve months, which will follow a similar notification, what-  ggggysgcd ‘“ ever the time may be at which it may take place; and the plenipoten- ` tiaries of the two high contracting parties further agree to exchange the ratitications of their respective governments at Constantinople in the space of six months, or earlier, if practicable. In faith of which, the respective plenipotentiaries of the two high con- Sig¤¤i¤Y<>S· tracting parties have signed the present treaty, and have attached their seals to it. Done in duplicate in Persian and English, the thirteenth day of Decem- Dec- 13, 1856- ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and of the Hijereh the fifteenth day of the moon of Rebiul Sany, one thousand two hundred and seventy-three, at Constantinople. CARROLL SPENCE, [L. s.] EMIN UL MOLK FARRUHK KHAN, [_L. s.] And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratined on both parts, and ragggggggg °f the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in the city of Con- gum, 13,18;}; stantinople on the 13th of June last: Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, 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 be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be afiixed. Done at the city of lVashington, this eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [1.. s.] seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-second. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Lewis CASS, Secretary of State.