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 672 CON SULAR CONVENTION-NETHERLANDS. MAY 23, 1878. the day on which one of the parties tot na afloop van een jaar, te rekeshall have given such notice for its nen van den dag waarop eene der termination. Partiien haar zal hebben opgezegd. Aurrcrn XVII. ABTIKEL XVII. Ratification and The present convention shall be De tegenwoordigeovereenkomst <*>>¤<=h¤¤€¤· ratitied, and the ratiiications there- zal werden bekrachtigd en de ratiof shall be exchanged at the city of iicatien daarvan zullen worden. Washington, within six months uitgewisseld te Washington, binfrom the date hereof, and sooner if nen zes maanden te rekenen van possible. hare dagteekening en zoo mogelijk vroeger. Sig¤¤»t¤¤<>¤- In testimony whereof, the re- Ten blijke waarvan de wederspective plenipotentiaries have zijdsche gevohnagtigde deze oversigned this convention, and have eenkomst hebben onderteekend en hereunto affixed their seals. met hun zegel bekrachtigd. Done in duplicate at Washing- Gedaan in duplo te Washington ton, in the English and Dutch lan- in de Engelsche en de Nederlandguages, on the twenty-third day of sche taal op den drie en twintigsten May, in the year of Grace, one Mei van het jaar des Heeren achtthousand eight hundred and seven- tien honderd acht en zeventig. ty-eight. _ WILHAIM BIAXWELL Evnrs. [SEAL.] WILLIAWI MAXWELL EVARTS. [SEAL.] R. voN Pnsmz,. [SEAL.] R. vox PESTEL. [SEAL.] And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratincations of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight l hundred and seventy-nine, P*`°°]**mm°”· Now therefore be it known, that, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, 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 fulnlled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness 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 first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-nine, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and fourth. RUTHERFOBD B. HAYES By the President, WILLIAM MAXWELL EVABTS, Secretary of State.