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 1 PROCLAMATIONS. 667 Win force for seven years from the date at which it may come into ¢* * operation ; and further, until the expiration of twelve months after “ * either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of “ * its wish to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties mbeing at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said Mcerm of seven years, or at any time thereafter :’ “And whereas the said Convention has been approved and proclaimed by His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, and has been ratiiied grtiglt duly proclaimed on the part of the Government of the United es: “And whereas an act was passed b the Senate and House of Be resentatives of the United States of yAmerica in Congress assembled. AMW- 20c` entitled ‘An act to carry into eifect a Convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, . signed on the thirtieth day of January eighteen hundred and seventy— live,' which was approved on the 15th day of August in the year 1876: "And whereas an act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, entitled ‘An act to carry into effect a Convention between His Majesty the King and the United States of America, signed at Washington on the 30th day of January, 1875,’ which was duly approved on the 18th day of July, in the year 1876: “And whereas the ratincations of the said Convention have been exchanged as provided in Article VI: ` ‘ “The undersigned, William Hunter, Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, and the Honorable Elisha H. Allen, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chancellor of the Kingdom, Member of the Privy Council of State, and his Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, duly authorized for this purpose by their respective Governments, have met together at Washington, and having found the said Convention has been approved and proclaimed by His Majesty-the King of the Hawaiian Islands and has been ratilied and duly proclaimed on the part of the Government of the United States, and that the laws required to carry the said Treaty into operation have been passed by the Congress of the United States of America on the one part and by the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands on the other, hereby declare that the Con- _ vention aforesaid, concluded between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands on the 30th.day of J anuary, 1875, will take effect on the date hereof :" · Now, therefore, I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of the premises, do declare that the said Convention 41... Convention ns been approved and proclaimed by His Majesty the King elm-en to be in <·1·- of the Hawaiian Islands, and been ratified and duly proclaimed on the °’*“'°“· part of the Government of the United States, and that the necessary legislation has been passed to carry the same into effect, and that the ratiiicatgns of the Convention have been exohan ged as provided in Article I. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ Done in the city of Washington this ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and nrst: U S GRANT By the President: W. Hnwrmn, Acting Secretary of State.