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 1064 GONVENT1ON—VENEZUELA. MARCH 15, 1888. ci. 15, mn. Oonvention to remove doubts as to the meaning of Article IX of the pre- };r—*_ ceding convention and extending the time for the exchange of the ratijtcations thereojl Ooncluded at Washington March 15, 1888; ratification advised by the Senate June 18, 1888; ratified, by the President of the United States of America August 7, 1888; ratified by the President of the United States of Venezuela August _2, 1888; ratijications ewchangcd at Washington June 3, 1889; proclaimed June 4, 1889. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF ALERICA. A PROCLAMATION. rmmms. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela, to remove doubts as to the meaning of Ar•tc,p.1053. the Convention between the same High Contracting Parties, signed the fifth day of December, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-tive, and to extend the time for the exchange of the matilications thereof, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries, at the City of Washingtoii, on the tlfteenth day of March, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: Convmnrmn muwenn me Unmm Convenerés nnmmros Es1·AnosUnn>os Sruns AND Vnnnzcnm TO mmovm Y Vnn¤·:zurrA PARA nnmovmz DUDAS noums AS ro rim Mmnrnc on rm: soune m. snnrmc nc LA Convnncxon ggqgvnnrron srcnnn Dncnmmu 5, rmMA1>A rr 5 nm D1cIE:»1BRE DE 1885. rmmtit. Whereas doubts have arisen in Visto: que se han presentado respect of the true intent and dudas en cuanto al verdadero sen- Am P ww meaning of Article IX of the tido é intencion del Articnlo IX ’treaty between the United States del tratado entre los Estados Uniof America and the United States dos de America y los Estados Uniof Venezuela signed at WVashing- dos de Venezuela, tirmado en ton on the fifth day of December Washington, el 5 de Diciembre de 1885, and, in consequence of such 1885, y que a causa de tales ambiambiguities, the exchange of rati— giiedades el cambio de rat1ca— fications of said treaty has not ciones de dicho tratado no ha taken place within the period tenido lugar dentro del término therein prescribed for such ex- en él iijadoz change; And, whereas, the High Con- Vistoz que las Altas Partes Contracting Parties are desirous of tratantes desean remover toda duremoving all doubts in respect of da en cuanto al sentido é intencion the meaning and intent of said de dicho Artieulo y prorogar el Article, and of extending the time plazo para el cambio de ratificafor the exchange of ratitications of ciones del citado tratado con el iin said treaty, to the end of reaching de llegar a una honrosa y amigable ain aaxiiqlagle aind hoglorable solution solucion de las diiicultades que ac- 0 the i cu ties t at now im air tualmente al n - their good relations; P ciones; mm Sus bumms mb