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 2732 AGREEMENT-BELGIUM. OC'I'OBER 4, 1929. October " 1929" Agreement between the United States and Belgium for the erection of certain memorials in Belgium by the American Battle Monuments Oommission. Signed at Paris, October 4-, 1929; ratified by the Presi- dent, January 11, 1930; ratified bv. Belgium, April 8, 1930; ratifi- cations exchanged at Brussels, April 17,1930; proclaimed, April 23, 1930. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Erec~ ~cB~ WHEREAS an Agreement between the United States of America memor urn. and Belgium covering the erection by the American Battle Monuments Commjssion of certain memorials in Belgium in accordance with and Vol. 42, p.l500. by authority of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, approved March 4, 1923, entitled "An Act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe, and for other purposes", was signed at Paris on October 4, 1929, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and French lan- guages, is word for wOI>d'as follows; AGREEMENT CONCLUDED ,BE- ACCORD CONCLU ENTRE LES TWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS GOUVERNEMENTS DES ETATS- OF THE UNITED STATES OF UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET DE LA AMERICA AND BELGIUM BELGIQUE CONCERNANT COVERING THE ERECTION BY L'ERECTION EN BELGIQUE DE THE AMERICAN BATTLE MON- MONUMENTS COMMEMORA- UMENTS COMMISSION OF TIFS PAR LA COMMISSION CERTAIN MEMORIALS IN BEL- AMERICAINE DES MONU- GlUM. MENTS DE GUERRE. Oontractl~ Powers. This Agreement made at Paris, on October 4, 1929, by and be- tween the Government of the United States of America, repre- sented by General John J. Per- shing, of the American Battle Monuments Commission, party of the first part, and the Royal Belg!an Government, represented by Baron E. de Gaiffier d'Hes- troy, Belgian Ambassador in Paris, part.y of the second part, for the acquisition by the Royal Belgian Government of lands intended as sites for monuments which the American Battle Monu- ments Commission is to erect in Belgium, in accordance with and by authority of the Act of Con- gress of the United States approved March 4th., 1923, entitled" An act for the creation of an Ameri- can Battle Monuments Commis- Le present Accord, conclu a Paris, Ie 4 octobre, 1929, entre Ie Gouvernementde8Etas-Unisd'A- merique, represente par Ie Gene- ral John J. Pershing, de la Commission Americaine des Mo- numents de Guerre, d'une part, et Ie Gouvemement Royal BeIge represente par Mr. Ie Baron E. de Gaiffier d'Hestroy; Ambassa- deur de Belgique a Paris, d'a1Jtre part, pour l'acquisition, par Ie Gouvernement Royal BeIge, de terrains devant servir d'emplace- ments pour les monuments que la Commission americaine des monuments de guerre se propose d'eriger en Belgique, en vertu de la loi du Congres des Etats-Unis, approuvee Ie 4 mars 1923, inti- tulee "Loi pour la creation d'une Commission americaine de Monu- ments de guerre en vue d'eriger