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 1896 TREATY, FRIENDSHIP, ETC.,-AUSTRIA. JUNE 19, 1928. [RATU'ICATION] HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States of America, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Pt!!~tlon by the KNOW YE, That whereas a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights between the United States of America and the Republic of Austria was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Vienna on the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the original of which Treaty is hereto annexed: AND WHERK\~, the Senate of tie Un.;ted StJates of A~erica by their resolution of February 11, 1929, (two-thirds of ti!e Senators present concurring therein) did advi'i'~ and consent to the ratifiJaticn of the said Treaty subject to the following reservation and understanding to be set forth in an exchange of notes between the High Contracting Parties so as to make it ~lain that this condition is understood and accepted hy each of them: Ante, p. 1883. "That the sixth paragraph of Article VII shs.ll. remain in force for twelve mun~hs frl)m th£. date or exchange of ratifications, and if not tben terminated on ninety days' previous notice shall remain in force until either of the high contracting parties shall enact legisla- tion in(!ons1.stent th.~rewith 'When the same shall automatically lapse at the end of sixty davs from such enactment, and on such lapse each high contracting p'arty shall enjoy all the rights which it would have possessed had such paragraph not been embraced in this treaty." i Exchan6e of notes. AND WHEREAS, the said reservation and understanding was ac- cepted by the two Governments in an exchange of notes dated January 20, 1931, between the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at Vienna and the Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, subject on the part of the Republic of Austria to ratification, the originals of which notes are word for word as follows: " EXCELLENCY: "Referring to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Right.3 signed by the United States and Austria Uti June 19, 1928, I have the honor to inform you that the United States Senate on Feb-