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 SPAIN, 1834. 719 Asrrronm I. Her Majesty the Queen Regent and Governess, in the name and in Sum to be paid behalf of Her Catholick Majesty Donna Ysabel the 2d, engages to pay W **1** Un i ****1 w the United States, as the balance on account of the claims aforesaid, Sm"' the sum of twelve millions of rials vellon in one or several inscriptions, as preferred by the Government of the United States, of perpetual rents, on the great book of the consolidated debt of Spain, bearing an interest of five per cent. per annum. Said inscription or inscriptions shall be issued in conformity with the model or form annexed to [S"° **720*] this convention, and shall be delivered in Madrid to such person or persons as may be authorized by the Government of the United States to receive them, within four months after the exchange of the ratifications. And said inscriptions, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed by the Government of the United States among the claimants entitled thereto, in such manner as it may deem just and equitable. ARTICLE II. The interest of the aforesaid inscription or inscriptions shall -be paid Interest. in Paris every six months, and the first half-yearly payment is to be made six months after the exchange of the ratiiioations of this convention. Anrrcmt III. The high contracting parties, in virtue of the stipulations contained Cancellation of in article first, reciprocally renounce, release, and cancel all claims claims. which either may have upon the other, of whatever class, denomination, or origin they may be, from the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, untill the time of signing this convention. Anrxcnm IV. On the request of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Oatholick Maj- List of claims. esty at Washington, the Government of the United States will deliver to him, in six months after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, a note or list of the claims of American citizens against the Government of Spain, specifying their amounts respectively, and three years afterwards, or sooner if possible, authentic copies of all the documents upon which they may have been founded. Asrrcnm V. This convention shall be ratified, and the ratiiicax ions shall be ex- Betiiieetiene changed, in Madrid, in six months from this time, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed these Signatures. articles and atiixed thereto their seals. Done in triplicate at Madrid, this seventeenth day of February, one Date. thousand eight hundred and tbirty-four. C. P. VAN NESS. L.s. Jose DE HEBEDIA. [L.B.i