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 55 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-PROPERTY-MAY 27, 1936 1101 Supplementary convention between the United States of America and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand respecting tenure and disposition of real and personal property. Signed at Washington May 27, 1936; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States June IS, 1938; ratified by the President of the United States July 6, 1938; ratified by His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of Great Britain and Northern Ireland August 2, 1938; in respect of New Zealand December 18, 1939; and in respect of Australia September 2, 1940; ratifications exchanged at Washington March 10, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States March 17, 1941. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a supplementary convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, amending Article IV and the second paragraph of Article VI of the convention concerning the tenure and disposition of real and personal property signed at Washington on March 2, 1899, [1 was signed by their respec- tive Plenipotentiaries for the United States of America on the one part, and for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Dominion of New Zealand on the other part, at Washington on the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, the original of which supplementary conven- tion is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of amending Article IV and the second paragraph of Article VI of the Convention concerning the tenure and disposition of real and personal property signed at Washington on the 2nd March, 1899, have agreed to conclude a supplementary Convention for that purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America: Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, For Great Britain and Northern Ireland: The Right Honorable Sir Ronald Lindsay, P. C., G. C. M. G., K. C. B ., C. V. O., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary at Washington; t [Treaty Series 146; 31 Stat. 1939. See also the supplementary conventions of January 13, 1902 (Treaty Series 402; 32 Stat. 1914) and October 21, 1921 (Treaty Series 663; 42 Stat. 2147).] May 27, 1936 [T. S. 964] Plenipotentaries.

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