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 2460 CONVENTION-BELGIUM. DECEMBER 9, 1925. fications, the convention shall remain in force for another year, and so on automatically, but sub- ject always in respect of each such period of a year to the right on either side to propose as provided above t~ months before its expiration modifications in the COnvention, and to the provision that if 8uch modifications are not &Rl'eed upon before the close of tlie J!eriod of one year, the Con- vention shall lapse. ARTICLE VI. Convention to lapee • If effect thereof pre- In the event that either of the vented by judlcllU de- H' h C. P' hall cIsIon or legislative Ig ontrac~ arti6!' ~. action. be 'prevented either by JudiCial decISion or legislative action from giving full effect to the pro- visions of the present Convention the said Convention shall auto- maticlJlly lapse, and, on such lapse or whenever this Conven- tion shall cease to be in force, each High Contracting Part, shall ~oy all the rights which It would have possessed had this Convention not been concluded. Excban&e of ratlftca- tiona. The present Convention sh~ be dull" ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate thereof, and by His Majesty the King of the Belgians in. accordance with the constitutional laws of Be1Sum; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as j>oesible. In witness whereof, the re- spective Plenipotentiaries have BIgIled the }?resent Convention in duplicate in the English and French languages and have there- unto affixed their seals. Done at the city of Washing- ton this ninth day of December1 one thousand nine hundred ana twenty-five. convention demeurera en vigueur pour une autre ann~, et ainsi de suite automatiquement; mais tou- jours, soue Ie b~nMice, pour cha- que telle ~riode d'un an, du droit pour chaque partie de-pro- poser, comme il est sp00ifi6 plus hautz des Iftodifications A. la con- vention, trois mois avant son expiration at soue Mn61lce de la clause suivant laquelle, si l'en- tente ne s'est pas faioo relative- ment A. de telles modifications avant l'acMvement de la p6riode d'un an, la convention 'lrendra fin. " ARTICLE VI. Au cas ou l'une ou l'autre des Hautes Parties Contractantes serait emp&moo par une dtScision judiciaire ou par une action legislative de donner plein effet aux clauses de la pr6sente con- vention, ladite convention, pran- drait fin automatiquement, et, en un tel cas ou au moment, quel qu'll soit, ou cetOO convention cessera d'~tre en ~eur chacune des Hautes Parties Contract- antes jouira de toue les droits qu'elle aurait possed6e si cette convention n'avait pas ~te con- clue. La Pr6sente convention sera dOment ratmoo par Ie President des Etats-Unis d'Ammque sur l'avis et avec Ie consenOOment du S6nat deS Etats-UnisJ.. et par Sa Majeste Ie Roi des .Heiges con- form6ment a lois constitu- tionn~ de 1a BeLricIue; et les ratifications seront -kh~es l Washington aussiMt que possi- ble. En foi de quoi les pl6Wpoten- tiaires respectifs ont 1& presenOO convention en. double exemplaire, en langues anglaise et fian9~ et y ont appos~ leurs cachets. Fait en la cite de Washington ce neuf d~cembre mille neuf cent vingt cinq. FRANK B KELLOGG [SEAL] B~ DE CARTIER Dil MARCHIENNII [SE.U]

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