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 476 PUBLIC TREATIES. day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and both Republics being desirous that it should he carried into full and Ng,g,,,,;,,tm_ complete edect, with all due solemnity, the President of the United States of America has fully empowered, on his part, Anthony Butler, a citizen thereof, and Charge d’Aiiaires of the said States in Mexico; and the Vice-President of the United Mexican States, acting as President thereof, has, in like manner, fully empowered, on his part, their Excellencies Lucas Alanian, Secretary of State and Foreign Relations, and Rafael Mangino, Secretary of the Treasury; Who, after having exchanged their mutual powers, found to be ample and in form, have agreed, and do hereby agree, on the following article: Time for ratitica- The ratiiications of the treaty of limits concluded on the twelfth of ¤i¤¤ ¤f ¤‘¢¤·*Y °*` January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall be ex. 1828 °"°”"‘1°‘l‘ changed at the city of Washington within the term of one year, counting from the date of this agreement, and sooner should it be possible. Effect of uddi- The present additional article shall have the same force and effect as ti<>¤¤1Mti<=i¤- if it had been inserted, word for word, in the aforesaid treaty of the twelfth of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and Ratineatiens. shall be approved and ratified in the manner prescribed by the Constitutions of the respective States. Signatures. In faith of which the said Plenipotentiaries have hereunto set their hands and aiiixed their respective seals. Done in Mexico, the fifth of D¤*¤· April of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the fifty- nfth of the Independence of .the United States of America, andthe eleventh of that of the United Mexican States. A. BUTLER. {L. s. LUCAS ALAMAN. L. s. RAFAEL MAN GIN O. [L. s. MEXICO, 1831. April 5, 1831. TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION WITH MEXICO, CON- -———— CLUDED AT MEXICO APRIL 5, 1831; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE MARCH 23, 1832 · RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT WASHINGTON APRIL 5, 1832; PROCLAIMED APRIL 5, 1832. [The operation of this treaty was suspended by war between the parties in 1846-47, pggqas revived, with some exceptions, by Article XVII of the treaty of February 2, A treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the United Mexican States. _ Contracting par- The United States of America and the United Mexican States, desir- happily subsist between the two Republics, have determined to fix in a clear and positive manner the rules which shall in future be religiously observed between both, by means of a treaty of amity, commerce, and _ navigation. For which important object the President of the United N°H°¤°*°”- States of America has appointed Anthony Butler, a citizen of the Ullitéd States and Charge d’AH`aires of the United States of America near the United Mexican States, with full powers; and the Vice-President of the United Mexican States, in the exercise of the executive power, having conferred like full powers on His Excellency Lucas Alaman, Secretary of State for Home and Foreign Affairs, and His Excellency Rafael Mangino, Secretary of the Treasury; And the aforesaid Plenipotentiaries, after having compared and exchanged in due form their several powers as aforesaid, have agreed upon the following articles:
 * '°°· ing to establish upon a firm basis the relations of friendship that 0