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 1090 CONVENTION WITH PARAGUAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1859. ARTICLE v1. ARTICULO vx. Edch Pm? *° Each of the high contracting par- Cada una. de las altas partes conlQ{;f’n‘;K°§§f ties shall compensate the commis- tratantes, compensara al Commonto pay the um- sioner it may appoint the sum of ado que llegue a nombrar con la Pm- money he may stipulate for his ser- suma de dinero que pednere por sus vices, either by instalments or at the servicios sea é. plazos convemdos 6 expiration of his task. In case of en conclusion de sus tareas. En the appointment of an umpire, the caso de nombrarse un tercero en amount of his remuneration shall be discordia le pagaran por mitad sus equally home by both contracting honorarios ambas partes contraparties. tantes. ARTICLE vu. ARTICULO vu. Convention _ The present Convention shall be La presente Convencion sera ra- ` earlier if possible, by the govern- Excelencia el Senor Presidente de ment of the United States of Amer- la Republica del Paraguay, y por ica and by the President of the el G-obierno de los Estados Unidos Republic of Paraguay within twelve de America dentro de quince meses days from this date. The exchange de esta fecha, 6 antes si fuere posiof ratihcations shall take place in ble. E1 cambio delasratificaciones, the city of Washington. tendra lugar en la ciudad de Washin ton. Siz¤¤*¤¤*¤» In faith of which, and in virtue Cin fé de lo cual, y en virtud de F°b' 4* 185% of our full powers, we have signed nuestros plenos poderes, hemos firthe resent Convention in English mado la presente Convencion en and Spanish, and have thereunto set Espanol y en Ingles, y la hemos se- 0ur respective seals. llado con nuestros respectivos sellos. Done at Assumption, this fourth Fecho eu la Asuncion el dia cuaday of February, in the year of our tro de Febrero en el ano de Nues- Lord one thousand eight hundred tro Senor de mil ochimtos [ochocienand fifty-nine, being the eighty-third tos] cincuenta y nueve, el cuadrayear of the independence of the gesimo setimo de la Iudependencia United States of America, and the Nacional del Paraguay y el octagesiforty-seventh of that of Paraguay. mo tercio de la de los Estados Unidos de America. JAMES B. BOWLIN, san.] [SEAL.] NICOLAS VASQUEZ, NICOLAS VASQUEZ. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] JAMES B. BOWLIN. E¤¤l¤}¤S° of And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts rutxtications,. . ., . ’ March 7, 186,, and the respective ratxfications of the same were exchanged at W ashington, on the seventh instant, by Lewis Cass, Secretary of State of the United States, and Senor Don José Berges, Special Commissioner of the Republic of Paraguay, on the part of their respective governments: MPr¤, Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President ”° 12’1860' of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention 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 thereotl In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atiixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] sixty, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-fourth. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Law. CASS, Secretary of State.
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