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 SPECIAL CLAIMS CONVENTION-MEXICO. AUGUST 17,1929. 2419 ARTICLE II ARTICULO II The. present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washing- ton as soon as possible. Esta Convenci6n se ratificara. Exchange of ratiftca- en cuanto sea posible canjeandose tIODS. las ratificaciones en Washington. In witness whereof the above mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and affixed their respective seals. Done in dUI?licate at the city of Washington, ill the English and Spanish languages, this seven- teenth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. En testimonio de 10 cual, los Signatures. supradichos Plenipotenciari08 Ia han firmado fijando en elll). sus sellos respectivos. Hecha por duplicado, en ingIes y en castellano, en la ciudad de Washington, el dia diez y siete de agosto del aiio de mil novecientos veintinueve. W. R . CASTLE, JR MANUEL C. TELLEZ [SEAL] [SEAL] AND WHEREAS, the said Convention has been duly ratified on Ratifications ex- both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were ex- changed. changed in the city of Washington on the twenty-ninth day of Octo- ber, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, Presi- Proclamation. 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 citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this thirty-first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] twenty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth. By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary oj State. S. Res. 73. HERBERT HOOVER IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. May 16 (calendar day, May 25),1989. Whereas it is provided by Article I of the convention concluded between the sI~tiO~utg!rlz United States and Mexico on August 16, 1927, extending the duration of the negotiation of the Con- General Claims Commission provided for in the convention of September 8, vention. 1923, that "the term assigned by Article VI of the convention of September 8, 1923, for the hearing, examination, and decision of claims for loss or damage accruing prior to September 8, 1923, shall be, and the same hereby is, extended for a time not exceeding two years from August 30, 1927, the day when, pur- suant to the provisions of the said Article VI, the functions of the said com- mission would terminate in respect of such claims"; and Whereas it is further provided by Article I of the convention of August 16, 1927, that" during such extended term the commission shall also be bound to hear, examine, and decide all claims for loss or damage accruing between September 8, 1923, and August 30, 1927, inclusive, and filed with the commission not later than August 30, 1927"; and Whereas it is provided by Article VII of the special claims convention concluded between the United States and Mexico on September 10, 1923, that the com- mission created pursuant thereto to pass on claims to which the convention relates "shall be bound to hear, examine, and decide, within five years from the date of its first meeting, all the claims filed"; and