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 TREATY WITH PARAGUAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1859. 1099 of America, or to its representative sentante en la Republica del Parain the Republic of Paraguay, the guay,la declaraciou oticial accordada oflicial declaration agreed upon in en este articulo. this article. ARTICLE XVI. ARTICULO XVI. The present treaty shall be rati- El presente Tratado sera ratitica- when to be tied by his Excellency the President do por Su Excelencia el Presidente T9-ml°d· of the United States of America de la Republica del Paraguay denwithin the term of fifteen months, or tro de doce dias, y por Su Excelenearlier if possible, and by his Excel- cia el Presidente de los Estados lency the President of the Republic Unidos de America dentro del terof Paraguay within twelve days from mino de quince meses de esta fecha, this date, and the ratifications shall 6 antes si there posible, y las ratinbe exchanged in Washington. caciones seran cangeadas en Washin¤t0n. In witness whereof, the respective cEn testimonio de lo cual, los Sis¤¤¤¤r¤¤. plenipotentiaries have signed it and Plenipotenciarios respectivos lo han F°b' 4’ 1g5g` affixed thereto their seals. firmado y sellado con sus sellos. Done at Assumption, this fourth Hecho en la Asuncion el dia cuaday of February, in the year of our tro de Febrero en el aio de Nues- Lord one thousand eight hundred tro Sehor de mil ochocientos cinand fifty-nine. cuenta y nueve. JAMES B. BOWLIN, [sen,.] LS.] NICOLAS VASQUEZ, NICOLAS VASQUEZ. [snAL.]’ LS.] JAMES B. BOWLIN. And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts,‘and Exchange ot the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington, ;};f;f1“§‘°,‘§g,0_ 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: Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President Proclamation, of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made Mmm mv IS"- 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 aliixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, [SEAL.] and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-fourth. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Lew. CAss, Secretary of State. vox,. x11. TREAT.-141