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 TR.EATY—GREAT BRITAIN. APRIL 12, 1905. 2903 Su plementary convention between the United States and Great Britain AP"] ]2· ‘9°5· _ flbr the extradition of criminals. Signed at London, April 12, 1.905; J ratiyication advised by the Senate December 13, 1905; ratiyied by the President December 21, 1906,* ratified by Great Britain ZVo¢vember 14, 1906,* ratifications exc/zanged at IVas/lington December 521, 1906; proclaimed February 12, 1907. . BY THE PnEs1DENT or THE U MTED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Supplementary Convention between the United States of *’*°¤mbl°· America and_Great Britain enlarging the list of crimes on account of which extradition may be granted between the two countries was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at London, on the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, the prjginal of which Supp ementary Convention, is word for word as 0 ows: THE President of the United States of America and His Majesty the C°¤"**°*i¤8 Parties King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of enlarging the list of crimes on account of which extradition may be granted under the Conventions concluded between the United v01. 26, p. mos. States and Great Britain on the 12th July, 1889, and the 13th Decem- v01.az,p. ism. ber, 1900, with a view to the better administration of `ustice and the prevention of crime in their respective territories and jurisdictions, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention for this pur- · pose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States, the Honourable Joseph Hodges *""¤*P°‘°”***’*"°$· Choate, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of His Britannic Majesty; And his Britannic Majesty, the Most Honourable Henry Charles ` Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, His Majesty’s I Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles:- AnTrc1.E I. The following crimes are added to the list of crimes numbered 1 to ${3**;; ¤d<{;gé 10 in the Ist Article of the said Convention of the 12th July, 1889,`p' ' and to the list of crimes numbered 11 to 13 in Article I of the Supple- versa, p.1864. mentary Convention concluded between the United States and Great Britain on the 13th December, 1900, that is to say: 14. Bribery, defined to be the offering, giving or receiving of B'“’°’Y- bribes made criminal by the laws of both countries. 15. Offences, if made criminal by the laws of both countries, against B““k"“F"°Yc bankruptcy law. I vox, xxxrv, rr 3--5