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 1512 CONV ENTION —MEXICO—BOUNDA.RY. Maxon 1, 1889. ¥¤°¤i·i8°°· Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico to facilitate the carrying out of the principles contained in the treaty of November 12, 1884, and to avoid the dificulties occasioned by reason of the changes which take place in the bed oi the Rio Grande and that of the Colorado River. Signed at Was ington, March 1, 1889; ratification advised Ma 7, 1890,- ratified by the President of Mexico October 31, 1889; ratified by the President of the United States December 6, 1890; ratifica/tions exchanged December 24, 1890; proclaimed December 26, 1890. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. the United States of Mexico to facilitate the carrying out of the principles contained in the treaty of November 12, 1884, between the same High Contracting Parties and to avoid the difliculties occasioned by reason of the changes which take place in the bed of the Rio Grande and that of the Colorado River, in that portion thereof where they serve as a boundary between the two Republics, was con— eluded and signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the aforesaid High Contracting Parties at the city of Washington, on the iirst dayof March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, and as amended by the Senate of the United States is word for word as follows: °°¤°’•°“¤¢l>¤'**°·· The United States of America Los Estados Unidos de Amé- and the United States of Mexico, rica y los Estados Unidos Mexidesiringlto facilitatethe carrying canos, deseando facilitar la ejecuout of the principles contained in cion de los principios contenidos the treaty of ovember 12th, en el tratado de doce de Noviem· 1884, and to avoid the difficulties bre de mil ochocientos ochenta y occasioned _ by reason of the cuatro, y evitar las dificultades changes which take place in the ocasionadas con motive de los bed of the R10 Grande and that of cambios que tienen lugar en el the Colorado River, in that por- cauce de los rios Bravo el Norte tion thereof where they serve as a y Colorado, en la parte que sirven boundary between the two Re- de limite entre lasdos Republicas, publics, have resolved to con- han resuelto concluir un tratado clude a treaty for the attainment que satisfaga estos objetos, y han of these objects, and have ap- nombrado sus respectivos lenipointed as their respective Pleni- potenciarios: potentiaries:
 * '°•”‘*°· Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and