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 CLAIMS CONVENTION-MEXICO. AUGUST 16, 1927. In witness whereof the a.bove- mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and affixed their respective seals. Done in duplicate at the City of Washi.n2'ton, in the English and Spanisb languages, this six- teenth dsy of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven. En testimonio de 10 cual, los supra-dichos Plenipotencisrios Is han firmado, fij ando en ells sus sellos respectivos. Hecha por duplicado, en ingles y en castellano, en la ciudad de Washington el dia diez y seis de sgosto del afio de mil novecientos veintisiete. FRANK B KELLOGG MANUEL C. TELLEZ. [SEAL] [SEAL] 2455 Signaturee. AND WHEREAS h 'd C. hbd1ifid Ratifications ex· teSal onventlOn as een u y rat e on changed. both parts, and the ratifications of tho two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the tweifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; Proclamatlot.. NOW THEREFORE, be it known that I, Calvin Coolidge, Presi- dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the cit:b;ens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] twenty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-second. By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG Secretary oj State. S. Res. 352. CALVIN COOLIDGE IN TH!I SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, F ebruar1l 17. 1~S7. ReIIolution of the Whereas it is provided by Article VI of the General Claims Convention, concluded ~r~oF::~ between the United States and Mexico on September 8, 1923, that the com- tion. mission created .pursuant thereto to pass on claims to which the convention relates shall hear, examine, and decide within three years from the date of its first meeting, all claims filed with it which arose prior to the signing of the convention, whichperiod of time will expire on August 30, 1927; and Whereas Article VIII of the convention provides that all such claims filed with the commission shall be considered and treated as fully settlAd, barred, and thenceforth inadmissible provided they have been heard and decided by the Ilommission; and Whereas it has been brought to the knowledge of the Senate that it will not be possible for the commission to hear, examine, and decide in the manner con- templated by the convention within the time specified by Article VI of the convention all the claims which have been filed with said commission in accord- ance with the terms of the convention; and Whereas it is in the Interest of both Governments fully to hear, judicially deter- mine, and settle all such claims: Therefore be it Ruolved, That the President be, !'one is hereby, requested, in his diacretion, to negotiate and conclude with the Mexican Government such agreement as may be necessary and appropriate for the extension of the life of the General Claims Commission between the United States and Mexico, in order to permit of the hearing, examination, and decision of all claims coming within the jurisdiction of the said commission under the terms of the said convention of sePtem 1923, and to make such further arrangement as in his judgment may be d appropriate for the expeditious adjudication of said olaims. Pa.esed the Senate, February 17, 1927. Attest: EDWIN P. THAYER Secretq.ry.

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