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 NE¥V GRANADA, 1846. ;$ 9 2d. The present treaty shall remain in full force and vigor for the term Duratio u of gf twenty years from the day of the axchzm e of the mtiiieatiouw and Y from the same day the treaty that was c0nc?uded between the Uinited States and Colombia, on the 13th of October, 1824, shall cease to have §3§ ? I??? notwithstanding what was disposed in the 1st point of its 31st bia?pT?g7.] 3d. §0§withspu¤diug the foregoing, if neither party notifies to the Alteration of other nts 1ute11tion of reforming any of, or ull, the articles of this treaty **° W twelve months betbra the expiration of the twenty years stipulated above, the said treaty shall couninue binding on both parties beyond the said twenty years, until twelve mouths from the time that one of the parties notifies its intention of proceeding to a reform. 4th. If any one or more of the citizens of either party shall infringe I¤m¤g¤¤¤¤¤ Of any of the articles of this treaty, such citizens shall be held personally responsible for the; same, and the harmony and good correspondence between the nations shall uot be interrupted thereby; each party engaging in no way to protect the offender, or sanction such violation. 5th. If unfortunately any of the articles contained in this treaty Reprisals an 41 should be violated or infringed in any way whatever, it is expressly d·=¤i¤f¤·¤i<>¤¤ 0* stipulated that neither of the two contracting parties shall ordniu or authorize any acts of reprisal, nor shall declare war against the other ou complaints of injuries or damages, until the said party considering itself offended shall have laid before the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proofs, demanding justice and satisfaction, and the same shall have been denied, in violation of the laws and of international right. 6th. Any special or remarkable advantage that one or the other power Special advanmay enjoy from the foregoing stipulation:. are and ought to be always K°$ understood in virtue and as in compensation of the obligations they have just contracted, and which have been specified in cbc iirst number of this article. Aurxcmc XXXVI. The present treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation shall Ratificstious. ba approved and ratified by the President of the United States, by aud with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof ; and by the President of the Republic of New Granada, with the consent and approbatiou of the Congress of the same; and the ratificatious shall be exchanged in the city of Ufashiugtou within eighteen mouths from the date of the signature thereof, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, we, the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of S¤g¤¤*¤M America and of the Republic of New Granada, have signed and scaled these presents in the city of Bogota, on the twelfth day of December, in Dam. the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. [L. s.] B. A. BIDLACK. [L. s.] M. M. MALLARINO. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. 0%.12, 1846. The Republics of the United States aud of New Granada will hold N=m<>¤¤\¤1¤p¤· and admit as national ships of one or the other, ull those that shall be provided by the respective Governments with a. patent, nssued according be its laws. The present additional article shall have the same force and vahdxty as  Effect of add.- if it were inserted, word for word, in the treaty signed this day. It shall * °¤ * ° be ratified, and the ratilications shall be exchanged at the sgxmc uma. In witness whereof, the respective Plcnipotcutmries have sxgned the same, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in the city of Bogota, the twelfth day of December, 111 the year sigunzum. 0f our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Dam. [L. s. B. A. BIDLACK. [L. S.} M. M. MALLARINO.