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 832 CONVENTION —-AUS'I`RO—HUNGARIAN MONARCHY. JULY 11, 1870. Anrrcms XVII. ARTIKEL XVII. to 'Ihe present convention shall re- Gegenwaertige .Convention sol] long main in force for the space of ten zehn (10) Jahre In Kraft bleiben, years from the date of the exchange angefangen vom Tage des Austanof the ratifications, which shall be sches der Ratifikationen, welcher in made in conformity with the re- Gcmacssheit der bctredenden Ve1·- spective constitutions of the two fassungen in beiden Laendern zu countries, and exchanged at Wash- Washiiigton, und binnen zehn (10) ington within the period of ten (10) Monaten oder frueher, wenn moegmonths, or sooner if possible. lich, stattfinden soll. In case neither of the contracting Im Falle als keiner der vertraparties gives notice before the ex- genden Theile vor dem Ablaufe des piration of the said term of its inten- erwaehnten Zeitraumes die Absicht tion not to renew this convention, it kundgeben sollte, die Convention shall remain in force a year longer, I nicht zu verlaengern, so soll dieselbe and so on, from year to year, until ein (1) Jahrlaengerin Kraft bleiben, the expiration of a year from the und so weiter, von Jahr zu Jahr, bis day on which one of the parties shall zum Ablaufe eines Jahres von dem have given such notice. Tage an, an welchem einer der Si8`¤**m'°· In testimony whereof, the respect- vertragenden Theile sie gekuendigt ive Plenipotentiaries have signed haben wird. this Convention and hereunto af- Urkund dessen haben die beiderfixed their respective seals. seitigen Bevollmaechtigten diese Convention unterzeichnet und der- Done in duplicate at Washington, selben ihre Siegel beigedrueckt. the eleventh day of July, in the year In zweifacher Ausfertigung geof our Lord one thousand eight hun- seheheu zu 1Vashington, den elften dred and seventy. Juli, eintausend achthundert und [SEAL. HAMILTON FISH. siebenzig. [sum,.} LEDERER. [simian.] LEDERER. [simon.] HAMILTON FISH. And whereas the Senate, by their resolution of the twelfth of May, 1871, did advise and consent that the period within which it was stipulated in the said convention that the ratifications thereof should be exchanged might be extended for a period of three months ; Ratification. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged, in this city, on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1871, by Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, and Baron Lederer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, &c., accredited to this government on the part of their respective governments: Proclamation. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President 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 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 Washington this twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- [SEAL.] one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-fifth. U. S. GRANT. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of Slate.