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 Ql~ARAXTIXE INSPECTION OF VESSELS-CANADA. Exchange oj notes between the United States and the Dominion oj Canada concerning quarantine inspection oj vessels entering Puget Sound and waters adjacent thereto or the Great Lakes 1-ia the St. Lawrence Ritler. Signed October 10 and 23, 1929. The Secretary oj State Jor External Affairs to the American ;Minister DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANADA No. 132 OTTAWA, 10th October, 1929 SIR, 2573 October 10. 1~. October 23. 19211. With reference to your note No. 480 of the ~{Oth September, inti- tiO~U ~= mating that the Public Health authorities of your Government were in certain waters. agreeable to an exchange of notes for the purpose of establishing an ad22:13, 11 June 2014 (UTC)~:Ji~;: arrangement between our Governments to provide for the acceptance anee or. by each Government of the quarantine inspection of the other in respect of vessels from foreign ports entering Puget Sound and ad- jacent waters or the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River, in the terms suggested in my note No. 45 of the 2nd May last, I have the honour to state that His Majesty's Government in Canada is pre- pared, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 56 and 57 of Vol. 45. p. 2612. the International Sanitary Convention signed at Paris the 21st June, 1926, to agree with the Government of the United States of America that vessels from foreign ports destined for both Canadian and United States ports located on the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Haro Rosario, Georgia, Puget Sound, or their tributaries or connect;{ waters, or so destined to ports on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River shall undergo quarantine inspection by the quarantine officers of that Government having jurisdiction over the primary port of arrival, and when cleared from quarantine in accordance 'with the provisions of the said International Sanitary Convention shall re- ceive free pratique, the document granting such pratique to be issued in duplicate, that the original shall be presented upon entry at the primary port of arrival, and that the duplicate shall be presented to the proper quarantine officers upon secondary ttrrival and entry at the first port under the jurisdiction of the otht)r Government, and shall be accepted by that Government without the formality of quarantine re-inspection, provided that cases of quarantinable disease have not been prevalent in the ports visited and have not occurred on board the vessel since the granting of the original pratique, and provided further that the observance of the provisions of Article 28 of the said Convention shall not be modified by such agreement. It will be understood that on the receipt of a note from you ex- pressing your Government's concurrence In this agreement, it shall become effective and the necessary administrative steps in connection with its operation shall be taken. Accept, Sir, the renewed assuranc('s of my highest consideration. W. H. WALKER For Secretary of State for E.rlernal .Affairs. The Honourable WILLIAM PHILLIPS Minister oj the United States oj America Fnited States Legation, Ottawa
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