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 784; CONVENTION-BELGIUM. Mazen 9, 1880. Ancrrcnn XVI. Anrrorn XVI. Convention to The present convention shall re- La_ présente convention restera ,03; tz3m:;; m years, counting from the day of the pa.rt1rde1’echangedes ratitieations, yexch an ge of the ratincation s, which lesquelles seront données conformeshall be made in conformity with ment aux constitutions respeetnves the respective constitutions of the des deux pays, et échangées a Ratification and two countries, and exchanged at Washington dans le d_éla1 de SIX ¤¤=h¤¤8°· Washington as soon as possible mois ou plus tot Sl faire se peut. within the period of six months. Dans le cas ou aueune des parties Subject to ter- In ease neither party gives notice, n’aurait notiiié, douze mois avant mi¤*¤¤i<>¤_ °¤ °¤° twelve months before the expira- Pexpiration de la dite période de ;‘,;;‘°° “f"' tion of the said period of ten yealrs, dix ans, son intention de ne pas ' of its intention not to renew 1 is renouve er cet e conven ion, ce e- - convention, it shall remain in force ci eontinuera a rester en vigueur one year longer, and so on from encore une année et ainsi de suite year to year, until the expiration d’année en année,_jusqu’a l’expiraof a year from the day on which tion d’une année a partir du jou1· one of the parties shall have given gig 1’un%ou1’autre des parties Paura such notice. none e. In iaith whereof, the respective En fbi de quoi, les Plénipotenplenipotentiaries have signed this tiaires respectifs Pont si gnée et convention, and have hereunto scellée en double expedition. affixed their seals. Done at Washington, in dupli- Fait a Washington, le neuf Mars, cate, the ninth of March, one thou- mil huit cent quatre vingt. sand eight hundred and eighty. SiS¤¤t¤¤`°¤· WILLIAM Mnxwnm. Evsxrs [sun,.] WILLIAM Msxwnm. Evmrs [SEAL.] Mannion Dmrossn [sion.,] Mannion Dmmrossn [SEAL.] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratitications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, as authorized by Senate Resolution of January 5, 1881, and by the Belgian Government: Proelaination. 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 fulfilled with good iaith by the United States and e citizens thereof. In witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this nrst day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, and of the indepepdenc? of the United States the one hundred and fifth. HAYES smh. It. B.. By the President - WM M. Evmrs Secretary of State.
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