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 CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEB. 8, 1867. 473 General Convention of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, and for the Surrender of Fugitive Criminals. between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic ; Signed at Santo Domingo February S' 1867; RatMed bg President of United States July 31, 1867; Ex: changed at Santo Domingo October 5, 1867 ; Proclaimed by President of United States October 24, 1867. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Feb. 8, 1867. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, a general convention of amity, commerce, and naviga- Preamble. tion, and for the surrender of fugitive criminals, between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at the city of Santo Domingo, on the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- seven, which convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word, as follows: The United States of America La Reptiblica Dominicana ylos and the Dominican Republic, equally Estados Unidos de América, igualanimated with the desire of main- mente animados del deseo de mantaining the cordial relations, and of tener las cordiales relaoiones que extightening, if possible, the bonds of isten entre ambos paises, de estrefriendship between the two coun- char, si es posible, sus lazosnde amistries, as well as to augment, by all tad, y de aumentar por todos los the means at their disposal,the com- medics que estan a su alcanoe las mercial intercourse of their respec- relaciones comerciales de sus retive citizens, have mutually resolved spectivos ciudadanos, mtituamente to conclude a general convention of han resuelto celebrar un convenio amity, commerce, and navigation, general de arnistad,comercioynaveand {br the surrender of fugitive gacion, y de entrega de reos profucriminals. For this purpose they gos. Con este fin han nombrado C9¤¤¤¢¢i¤S have appointed as their plenipoten- por sus plenipotenciarios, a saber: el p“m°°’ tiaries, to wit: the President of the Presidente de la Repniblica Domi- United States, John Somers Smith, nicana, a José Gabriel Garcia, Secommercial agent of the United cretario de Estado en el Despacho States at the city of Santo Domin- de Relaciones Exteriores, y a Juan go, and the President of the Domi- Ramon Fiallo, ex Secretario de Esnican Republic, José Gabriel Gar- tado en el de Hacienda; y el Presicia, Secretary of State in the De- dente de 1osEstados Unidos, aJohn partment of Foreign Relations, and Somers Smith, agente comercial Juan Ramon Fiallo,ex-Secretary of de los Estados Unidos en Santo the Treasury, who, after a commu- Domingo, los cuales, despues de hanication of their respective full berse comunicado sus respectivos powers, have agreed to the following plenos poderes, han oouvenido eu articles: los articulos siguientes: