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 MULTILATERAL-BILLS OF LADING-AUGUST 25, 1924 233 Convention and protocol of signature thereto, between the United States August 25, 1924 of America and other powers respecting bills of ladingfor the carriage [T. . No. 31] of goods by sea. Concluded at Brussels, August 25, 1924; signed on the part of the United States of America, June 23, 1925; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States, subject to two understandings, May 6, 1937; ratified by the Presidentof the United States, subject to the said understandings, May 26, 1937; ratification of the United States of America deposited at Brussels, June 29, 1937; proclaimed, November 6, 1937. Together with related papers. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a convention for the unification of certain rules relating to bills of lading for the carriage of goods by sea and a protocol of signature thereto, dated and opened for signature at Brussels on August 25, 1924, were signed on various dates thereafter by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Germany, Belgium, Chile, Spain, Estonia, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with a reservation, Hungary, Italy, Japan (the convention only), with reservations, Poland and the Free City of Danzig, Ru- mania and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugo- slavia), the originals of which convention and protocol of signature in the French language are word for word as follows: International con- vention, etc., respect- ing bills of lading for the carriage of goods by sea. Preamble. Contracting parties. CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE POUR L'UNIFICATION DE CERTAINES REGLES EN MATIERE DE CONNAISSEMENT SIGNEE A BRUXELLES, LE 25 AOUT 1924. LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE ALLEMANDE, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE, SA MAJEST. LE ROI DES BELGES, LE PRBSI- DENT DE LA REPPUBLIQUE DU CHILI, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE CUBA, SA MAJESTYLE ROI DE DANEMARK ET D'ISLANDE, SA MAJESTY LE ROI D'ESPAGNE, LE CHEF DE L'ETAT ESTONIEN, LE PRESIDENT DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, LE PRESIDENT DE LA RfEPUBLIQUE DE FIN- LANDE, LE PRESIDENT DE LA RBPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, SA MAJESTYLE ROI DU ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE ET D'IRLANDE ET DES POSSESSIONS BRITANNIQUES AU DELA DES MERS, EMPEREUR DES INDES, SON ALTESSE SERENISSIME LE GOUVERNEUR DU ROYAUME DE HONGRIE, BA MAJESTB LE ROI D'ITALIE, SA MAJEST] L'EMPEREUR DU JAPON, LE PRESIDENT DE LA R]PUBLIQUE DE LETTONIE, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU MEXIQUE, BA MAJESTELE ROI DE NORVEGE, SA MAJESTY LA REINE DES PAYS-BAS, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU PEROU, LE PRESIDENT DE LA RBPUBLIQUE DE POLOGNE, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUB PORTUGAIBE, BA MAJESTi LE ROI DE ROUMANIE, SA

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