MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ.

1853.

DECLARATION OF ACCESSION TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS, FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, OF JUNE 16, 1852, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND PRUSSIA AND OTHER STATES OF THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION.

Dated December 2, 1853; proclaimed January 26, 1854.

Whereas a treaty for the reciprocal extradition of fugitive criminals, in special cases, was concluded between Prussia and other States of the Germanic Confederation on the one hand, and the United States of North America on the other, under date of June 16th, 1852, at Washington, by the Plenipotentiaries of the contracting parties, and has been ratified by the contracting Governments; and whereas, in the second article of the same, the United States of North America have declared that they agree that the stipulations of the aforesaid treaty shall be applicable to every other State of the Germanic Confederation which shall have subsequently declared its accession to the treaty: Now, therefore, in accordance therewith, the Government of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, hereby declares its accession to the aforesaid treaty of June 6th, 1852, which is, word for word, as follows:

[The original declaration here includes a copy, in German, of the treaty of June 16, 1852.]

and hereby expressly gives assurance that each and every article and stipulation of this treaty shall be faithfully observed and enforced within the territory of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

In testimony whereof the undersigned Grand Ducal Minister of State, in the name of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, has executed this declaration of accession, and caused the seal of the Grand Ducal Ministry of State to be thereunto affixed.

Done at Neustrelitz, the 2d day of December, 1853. [SEAL.]

P. V. KANDORFF, Grand Ducal Minister of State. DRISCHOW.

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MEXICO.

1828."

TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded January 12, 1828; ratification advised by the Senate April 4, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832.

ARTICLES.

I. Boundary.

II. Boundary line.

III. Commissioners.
IV. Ratification.

The limits of the United States of America with the bordering territories of Mexico having been fixed and designated by a solen treaty, concluded and signed at Washington on the twenty-secon day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hur dred and nineteen, between the respective Plenipotentiaries of the Government of the United States of America on the one part, an of that of Spain on the other; and whereas the said treaty having been sanctioned at a period when Mexico constituted a part of the Spanish monarchy, it is deemed necessary now to confirm the validity of the aforesaid treaty of limits, regarding it as still in force at binding between the United States of America and the United Mex can States:

With this intention, the President of the United States of Ameri has appointed Joel Roberts Poinsett their Plenipotentiary, and the President of the United Mexican States their Excellencies Sebastiar Camacho and José Ygnacio Esteva;

And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:

ARTICLE I.

The dividing limits of the respective bordering territories of the

same as were agreed and fixed upon by the above-mentioned treaty

th

Washington, concluded and signed on the twenty-second day of Fe ruary, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the tw

a The commission referred to in this treaty was never appointed. The ac sion of Texas and the war between the United States and Mexico rendered t

treaty inoperative.

high contracting parties will proceed forthwith to carry into full effect the third and fourth articles of said treaty, which are herein recited, as follows:

ARTICLE II.

The boundary line between the two countries west of the Mississippi shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea, continuing north along the western bank of that river to the thirty-second degree of latitude; thence by a line due north to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude one hundred west from London and twenty-three from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude forty-two north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea: the whole being as laid down in Melish's map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred eighteen. But if the source of the Arkansas River shall be found to fall north or south of latitude forty-two, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude forty-two, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea, all the islands in the Sabine, and the said Red and Arkansas Rivers, throughout the course thus described, to belong to the United States of America; but the use of the waters and the navigation of the Sabine to the sea, and of the said rivers Roxo and Arkansas, throughout the extent of the said boundary on their respective banks, shall be common to the respective inhabitants of both nations.

The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the territories described by the said line; that is to say, the United States hereby cede to His Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the territories lying west and south of the abovedescribed line; and, in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any territories east and north of the said line; and, for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said territories forever.

ARTICLE III.

To fix this line with more precision and to place the landmarks which shall designate exactly the limits of both nations, each of the contracting parties shall appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who shall meet before the termination of one year from the date of the ratification of this treaty, at Natchitoches, on the Red River, and proceed to run and mark the said line, from the mouth of the Sabine to the Red River, and from the Red River to the river Arkansas, and to ascertain the latitude of the source of the said river Arkansas, in conformity to what is above agreed upon and stipulated, and the line of latitude forty-two to the South Sea. They shall make out plans and keep journals of their proceedings; and the result agreed upon

by them shall be considered as part of this treaty, and shall have the same force as if it were inserted therein. The two Governments will amicably agree respecting the necessary articles to be furnished to those persons, and also as to their respective escorts, should such be deemed necessary.

ARTICLE IV.

The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington, within the term of four months, or sooner if possible.

În witness whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signe the same and have hereunto affixed our respective seals.

Done at Mexico this twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in the fiftysecond year of the Independence of the United States of America. and in the eighth of that of the United Mexican States.

[SEAL.]

SEAL.

[SEAL.]

J. R. POINSETT.

S. CAMACHO.

J. Y. ESTEVA.

1831.o

TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded April 5, 1831; ratification advised by the Senate Ap 4, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications er changed April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832.

The time having elapsed which was stipulated for the exchang of ratifications of the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed in Mexico on the twelfth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, and both Republics being desirous that it should be carrie into full and complete effect, with all due solemnity, the President of the United States of America has fully empowered, on his part. Anthony Butler, a citizen thereof, and Chargé d'Affaires of the sand States in Mexico; and the Vice-President of the United Mexican States, acting as President thereof, has, in like manner, fully en powered, on his part, their Excellencies Lucas Alaman, Secretary of State and Foreign Relations, and Rafael Mangino, Secretary of the Treasury;

Who, after having exchanged their mutual powers, found to be ample and in form, have agreed, and do hereby agree, on the follo ing article:

The ratifications of the treaty of limits concluded on the twelft of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall be exchanged at the city of Washington within the term of one year counting from the date of this agreement, and sooner should it be possible.

• This extension treaty expired with the treaty of 1828.

The present additional article shall have the same force and effect as if it had been inserted, word for word, in the aforesaid treaty of the twelfth of January, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, and shall be approved and ratified in the manner prescribed by the Constitutions of the respective States.

In faith of which the said Plenipotentiaries have hereunto set their hands and affixed their respective seals. Done in Mexico, the fifth of April of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the fifty-fifth of the independence of the United States of America, and the eleventh of that of the United Mexican States.

[SEAL.] SEAL.]

SEAL.]

A. BUTLER.
LUCAS ALAMAN.
RAFAEL MANGINO.

1831.

TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded April 5, 1831; ratification advised by the Senate March 23, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832.

The United States of America and the United Mexican States, desiring to establish upon a firm basis the relations of friendship that so happily subsist between the two Republics, have determined to fix in a clear and positive manner the rules which shall in future be religiously observed between both, by means of a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation. For which important object the Presi

"The operation of this treaty was suspended by war between the parties in 1846-47, but was revived with some exceptions by article 17 of the treaty of February 2, 1848. Article XXXIII was abrogated by the second article of the treaty of December 30, 1853, and the entire treaty was finally terminated November 30, 1881, by virtue of notice given by Mexico."-J. C. Bancroft Davis' Notes to Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 1234. Atocha v. U. S. (8 Ct. Cls., 427).