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 862 CONVENTION--UNITED STATES OF MEXICO. APRIL 19, 1871. and finding them sufficient and in mostrado sus respectivos poderes y due form, have agreed upon the fol- de haherlos hallado bastantes y en lowing articles :— debida forma, han convenido en los articulos siguientes : -— Axcrrcnn I. Anrfcuno I. _ iDumtion_0f_ The high contracting parties agree Las altas partes contratantes conlggeggggizlgg that the term assigned in the con- vienen en que el término senalado en _c1a;ms,€Xm,dCd vention of the 4th of July, 1868, la convencion de 4de Julio de 1868, W °¤° Y6¤¤`· above referred to, for the duration arriba citada, para la duracion de v°l· XV- P- 683- of the said commission, shall be ex- dicha comision, sea prorogado por tended for a time not exceeding one un tiempo que no exceda de un aio, year from the day when the functions contado desde el dia en que, segun of the said commission would term- la. convencion citada, deberian terinate according to the convention minar las funciones de la misma referred to, or for a shorter time if comision, 6 por un tiempo menor it should be deemed sufficient by the que sea bastante a juicio de los commissioners, or the umpire, in case comisionados, 6 del arbitro en caso of their disagreement. de discordia entre ellos. It is agreed that nothing contained Queda convenido, que por este in this article shall in any wise alter articulo no se alteran 6 prorogan or extend the time originally fixed de ningun modo los terminos prein the said convention for the pre- fijados en la citada convencion para sentation of claims to the mixed la presentacion de reclamaciones commission. ante la comision mixta. Anricnn II. Anrfcmo II. V$then_this con- The present convention shall be La presente convencion sera rati-
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` be exchanged at Washington, as cangeadas en Washingtoii, a la soon as possible. mayor brevedad. Signature. In witness whereof the above- En fe de lo cual los plenipotenmentioned plenipotentiaries have ciarios arriba nombrados firman signed the same and atlixed their la presente convencion, poniendo respective seals. en ella sus scllos respectivos. Done in the city of Mexico the Hecha en México el dia diez y 19th day of April, in the year one nueve de Abril del afio mil ochothousand eight hundred and seventy- cient0s setenta y uno. one. [sen.] THOMAS H. NELSON. [ssrn,.] MANUEL AZPIROZ. [sean.] MANUEL AZPIROZ. [ssrn.,] THOMAS H. NELSON. Ragigmtiou, And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratincations of the same have been exchanged: pmimmon, Now, therefore, be it known that I, Umssns 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 thereofl In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States of America the ninety- sixth. By the President: U. S. GRANT. HAMILTON Frsu, Secretary of State.