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 2456 CONVENTION-BELGIUM. DOOEMBER 9, 1925. December 9, 1925. COnvention b~t11Men tM Unma State.s and BelgirJ,j'l for prevention oj 3muggling of intozitating l~8. Signed at Washington, Decem- ber 9, 19~0; r~ion adV'Uled by tM 8enat~, March·$, 19S6; rati- fied by tM PresUlent, March 30, 1926; ratified by Belgium, Decem- 'bIr 0, 191!7; ratifications 'tXChanged at WashingiO'fI" Janoory 11, 1918; proclaimed, JanUlt1'1l11, 19~8. By THIIPRESlDENT OF THII UNITED STATIIS OJ' AY::iiRICA. A PROCLAMATION. Convention with • • • Belgium to prevent WHEREAS a Convention between the Umted States of Amencb smuggling cr Intoxlcat· dHiM. th Kin f th ll",l"': th Ii Ing liquors Into the an S aJesty e ng0 e ~.ans to prevent e 8m~ ng United States. of alcoholic liquors into the United States was C9ncluded and SIgned by their respective Plenipotentiaries at 'Washington on the ninth day of December, one thousand nme hundred and twenty-five, the original of which Convention, being in the English and French languages, is 'Word for word as follows: Contractlni Powers. Tl. - n..• ..!..l f th U· d Le n....t_·d dEU· .lR I .J:1~ent 0 e mte .a; ~l ent 88 tau.,.. ms Statal of America- and His Maj- d'~ue et Sa. Majeste Ie Roi esty the JPDgof $he Belgians, des. B~88, .dMireux d'6viter being: <lelirou.i of 8ovoidin~ any toutes difficulUs qui pour:ra.ient di1Ilculties which IPight a.nse be- survenir entre leurs pays 1'6180- tween them in connection with tivement aux lois en V1g1.!eur aux the laws in force in the United Etats-Unis sur Ie sujet des bois- States on the subject of alcoholic sons. aloooliques, ont dooid6 de beverages have decided to con- conclure une conven4-jon l\ cette clude & Convention for that &:; fin et ont design~ pour ~tre leurs posez and ~v4!8oppointed as. plwpotentiaires: Plempotentlanea: . Plenipot.-tlartee. The President of the United Le ~ident· des Etats-Unis States of Ameno.: Mr. Frank B. d'.Am6rique: M. .Frank B. Kel- KenoggJ.~taii-otState of t.he logs, SecretaUe d'Etat des Etats- United ~tates; and Ums; et HiIJ Ma~ty -the King of the Sa M&i88~ Ie Roi des Belges: B~: Baron de Cartier de M.leBarondeCartierdeMarchi- MarcJdanne, His Majesty's Am- anne, Ambass&deur Extraordi- bassador Extraordinary and Plen-· naire et PMnipoientiaire fie Sa ipotentiary to the United St..'\tes Majes~ aux Etats-Unis d'Am6r- of America. ... ique. Who, having communicated Lesque1s apris s'6lil'CcommuxP- their full powers found in ~d qu61eurs P\ems pouvoirs \rouves and due form,· have agree<1 as en bonne et due forme, sont con- follows: venus des articles suivants: ARTICLE I. Territorial lurladio- ThH·hCo . p-..... tIonretsined. e .lg. ntractms IUliles respectively retain theIr rights and claims, without prejudice by reason of this agreement, with respect to the extent of their ter- ritorial jurisdiction. ARTICI$ I. Lee HauWs Parties Contra.c- tantes liserve...t respectivement leurs droite et revendications quant l\ l'~tendue de leur juri- diction territori!'le, sans que I 'ar- rangement actuel y porte pr~ju­ dice.

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