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 C 2000 CON VENTION —GREAT BRITAIN. Arm:. 11, 1908. Ar>r¤¤»19<¤¤· Obnvention between the United States and Great Britain relati t0 fisheries in United States and Oanadian waters. Signed at %shington, April 11, 1908* ratifcation advised by Senate, April 17, 1908; ratifed by the President, May 11, 1908,· ratified by Great Britain, May 12, 1908 · ratijieations ezvehanged at Washington, June 4, 1908; proclaimed, duly 1, 1908. By run Pnmmmur or rm: Umrnn Srxrns or America. A PROCLAMATION. um}  Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and vqrtsgmm the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, providing for the ' adoption of uni orm and effective measures for the protection, preservation, and ropagation of the food fishes in the waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada, was concluded by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the original of which Convention is word for word as follows: couawuugpmm. The United States of America and His Majesty Edward the Seventh, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, and Emperor of India, equally recognizing the desirability of uniform and eifective measures for the protection, preservation, and propagation of the food fishes in the waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of _ Canada, have resolved to conclude a Convention for these purposes, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries: Yl¢¤¤><¤¤¤¤¤¤•=¤- The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States; and ’ C His Britannic Majesty, the Right Honorable James Bryce, O. M., His Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington; Who, having exchanged their full powers, found in due form, have agreed to and signed the following articles: Awrxcnm I. H{;¤_¢g·l;=]$·i;•i{)¤Fi¤¤· The times, seasons, and methods of fishing in the waters conti ous mapqegmmerie ol to the United Sltages and Canada as speci ed in Article IV oilthis j.',,'}‘,f*‘f‘?,'{,${f’· Convention, an the nets, engines, ar, ap aratus, and a liances P which may be used therein, shall be ged andpdetermined bypiiniform and common international regulations, restrictions, and provisions; and to that end the High Contracting Parties agree to appoint, within three months after this Convention is proclaimed, a Commission to be known as the International Fisheries Commission, consisting of one person named by each Government.
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IP*·°*¤·*=*<>¤·* Mm- It shall be the duty of this International Fisheries Commission mmmiobcmpmi within six months after being named, to prepare a system of unifomi