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 AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article 6 of the said draft convention that the formal ratifications thereof shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations for registration and in Article 7 that, subject to the provisions of Article 5, the convention shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the rati- fications of two Members of the International Labor Organization have been registered with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and that thereafter the convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered; AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article 5 of the said draft convention that the convention shall not come into force until after the adoption by the International Labor Conference of a draft convention revising the convention fixing the minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment, 1919, and a draft convention revising the convention concerning the age for admission of children to nonindus- trial employment, 1932; Adtion by Inter- AND WHEREAS a draft convention revising the convention fixing the national Labor Con- fdraft conven o minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment, 1919, and a draft convention revising the convention concerning the age for admission of children to nonindustrial employment, 1932, were adopted by the International Labor Conference at its twenty- third session on June 22, 1937; sujSect. ratifictin AND WHEREAS the aforesaid draft convention fixing the minimum understandings. age for the admission of children to employment at sea, 1936, was duly ratified on the part of the United States of America subject to under- standings as follows: "That the United States Government understands and con- strues the words 'maritime navigation' appearing in this Conven- tion to mean navigation on the high seas only. "That the provisions of this Convention shall apply to all territory over which the United States exercises jurisdiction except the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands and the Panama Canal Zone, with respect to which this Government reserves its decision."; taRegistration o ce- AND WHEREAS the ratifications of the said draft convention by tainratifications;om- ing into force. Norway, Belgium, subject to subsequent decisions regarding applica- tion to the Belgian Congo and to territories under Belgian Mandate, Brazil and Sweden were registered with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations on July 7, 1937, April 11, 1938, October 12, 1938 and January 6, 1939, respectively, and by such registrations the said draft convention became a formal convention between Norway and Belgium on April 11, 1938, which came into force, pursuant to Article 7 thereof, between Norway and Belgium on April 11, 1939, twelve months after the date on which the ratification of Belgium was regis- tered with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and, pur- suant to the same article, will come into force for Brazil on October 12, 1939 and for Sweden on January 6, 1940; 1710 TREATIES [54 STAT.

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