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 INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION. JUNE 21, 1926. 2(11 {Tl'llDllatlon) PROC~VERBAL of the deposit of ratifications of the InternAtional Sani. l~tltlcatloll8 depc»- tari Convention signed at Paris on June 21, 1926, by Bel,lum Spain fa Majesty thelQ.ng of the. BeIgfalU! France, Great Britain: fa Majesty the Kini of 81l&1n Monaoo, aDd Soudan. The President of the "FreDcn Republic . Hfa Majesty the King of Qreat Britain, Ireland and British territories beyond the aeas, Em~ror Of IDdia His Serene Hi~ne8a the Prince Of Monaco The Governor General repreaenting the sovereign authority Of Soudan, Pursuant to Article 170 of the International Sanitary C<m~ention signed at Pa.ris ,June 21, 1926t j,he instrument of ratifications of that InternAtional Act by: Hfa Majesty the ,l\.lng of the Belgians Hfa Majesty the King of Spain The President of the Frencn Republic His Majesty the King of. Great nritain, Ireland and British territolies beyond the seas, EmJlt'l'Or of India. Hfa Serene Highness the Prinoe of Monaco The Governor General representing the sovereign authority of Soudan. found to be in good and due form, have been deposited in the archives of the Government of the French Republict,.in the name of His Majesty the King of the lSelgians by His Excellency Baron GAII'J'IlIlB D'HlIlSTBOT Hfa Ambassador at Paris; by by by by His Majesty the Kin.e; of Spain His Excellency Mr. \,lUINONE8 DII LIION His Ambassador at Paris The President of the French RepUblic Mr. BRIAND, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French RepUblic His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British territories be~nd the 88as, Emperor of India Hii ce1lency Marquis CUWII is Ambassador at Paris, His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco Count de MALlIlVILLJI.t His Minister at 1"aris; The Governor General rej>resenting the sovereign authority of Soudan by His Excellency Marquis CBlIlWII, Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty at Paris, R The instrument of ratifications of His Majesty the King of Spain contains the ~t101110 following reservations: First reservation on Article 18 oj the Convention. "The Government of His Catholic Majesty declares that ratification of the International Sanitary Convention is not to be construed to mean that Spain recognizes a Jigime or entity acting 88 Government of a signatory or adhering Power when that Jigime or entity is not recognized by Spain 88 the Government of that Power; it further declares that the participation of Spain in the Interna- tional Sanitary Convention does nM involve any contractura.l ob!i~tion on the part of Spain to a signatory or adhering Power represented by a regtme or entity which Spain does not recognize as repreeentiIlJ the Government of that Power until it is represented by a Government recognused by Spain." Second BumxJlion. "The Government of Bis Catholic Majesty reserves to itself the right to decide whether, from the standpoint of the measures to be appUed to a foreign district, it is to De. considered 88 infected and to decide what measures shall be appliea under special circumstances to arrivals in its own ports." Reservations to Article 49 oj the COnrJemlon. "The Government of His C~tholic Majestr, while approving in principle the recommendations in Article 49 of'the ConventIOn and feeling desirous of hereafter succeeding in freely delivering bills of health and reducing consular fees for. the visa of said bills of health, under the head of reciprocity, 80 that they shall represent only the cost of tile service rendered, can not refrain from calling atten- tion to the fact tl1at at present the law in force in Spain does not xnake it possible to grant those CQncessions which in any event could only be granted in accordance with the law of Spain." "It is further i:leclared that the instrument of ratifications by His Catholic Majesty does not apply to the Spanish territories in the Gulf of Guinea which shall form the subject of a special adhesion as provided in Articles 171 and 172 of the Convention when the sanitary measures that are contemplated shall have been promulgated for thOile territories."

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