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 CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM. NOVEMBER 16, 1868. 7 e9 Anricnn VI. Amrronn VI. The present convention shall be La présente convention sera rati— Convention yatined by the President of the fiée par le President des Etats-Unis, gh:¤*°b° ”·°i‘ United States, by and with the de l’avis et du consentement du e ` advice and consent of the Senate, Sénat, et par sa Majesté le Roi des and by his Majesty the King of Belges, du consentement des Cham- 'the Belgians, with the consent of bres du Royaume, et les ratifications Parliament, and the ratincations en seront échangésa Bruxelles dans shall be exchanged at Brussels le délai de douze mois ou plus tot si within twelve months from the date faire se peut. A hereofi or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, the respective En foi de quoi les plénipotenti- E¤¤¤¤*i<>¤· plenipotentiaries have signed the aires respectifs ont signé la présente same, and affixed thereto their seals. convention et y ont apposé leur cachets. Made in duplicate at Brussels, Fait en double original a Bruxthe sixteenth of November, one elles, le seize Novembre mil huit thousand eight hundred and sixty- cent soixante huit. eight. g H. S. SANFORD. JULES VANDER STICHELEN. [SEAL.] [sent,.] And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, Bstitication. and the respective ratitications were exchanged at Brussels, the tenth instant: , Now, therefbre, be it known that I, U. S. GRANT, President of the Proclamation. 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 thereof. In witness whereoi I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixed. Done in the city of Washington, this thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, [ssrn,.] and of the Independence of the United States the ninety- fourth. U. S. GRANT. By the President : Hsmrtron Frsn, Secretary of State.