ARTICLE XIV. The present treaty shall go into effect thirty days after the exchange of ratifications. This Treaty repeals Articles XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XVII of the Treaty of November 25, 1850, between the Swiss Confederation and the United States of America; and the provisions in those Articles shall henceforward apply only to demands for extradition pending at the time when the present Treaty goes into effect. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. After the denunciation of this Treaty by either of the Contracting Governments, the Treaty shall still remain in force for six months after the day of denunciation. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the foregoing Articles, and have affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, in the English and French languages, the 14th day of May 1900. 1906. RECIPROCITY." JOHN HAY [SEAL.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. [SEAL.] Whereas the Government of Switzerland decreed the removal, on and after January 1, 1906, of all differential customs duties from the products of the soil and industry of the United, States, and granted to the same the benefit of the Swiss conventional tariff rates, by which action in the judgment of the President reciprocal and equivalent concessions are established in favor of the said products of the United States: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the third Section of the Tariff Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, do hereby suspend during the continuance in force of the said concessions by the Government of Switzerland the imposition and collection of the duties imposed by the first Section of said Act upon the articles hereinafter specified, being the products of the soil and industry of Switzerland; and do declare in place thereof the following rates of duty provided in the third Section of said Act to be in force and effect from and after the date of this Proclamation, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice, namely: Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, five per centum ad valorem. Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon. a Terminated on October 31, 1909, by the provisions of the Payne tariff act of 1909. 24449-VOL 2-10-35 Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs. Upon paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and statuary, fifteen per centum ad valorem. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirtieth. By the President: ELIHU ROOT Secretary of State. 1908. THEODORE ROOSEVELT ARBITRATION CONVENTION. Signed at Washington, February 29, 1908; ratification advised by the Senate, March 6, 1908; ratified by the President, May 29, 1908; ratifications exchanged at Washington, December 23, 1908; proclaimed, December 23, 1908. I. Differences to be submitted. II. Special agreement. ARTICLES. III. Duration. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Swiss Confederation, signatories of the Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on the 29th July, 1899; Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of that Convention the High Contracting Parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding Agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment; Have authorized the Undersigned to conclude the following arrangement: ARTICLE I. Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of the 29th July, 1899, provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence, or the honor of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties. ARTICLE IL In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is understood that such special agreements on the part of the United States will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Switzerland, by the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, with the advice and consent of the Federal Assembly. ARTICLE III. The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of the ratifications. ARTICLE IV. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the Government of the Swiss Confederation in accordance with its constitution and laws. The ratifications of this Convention shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and it shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications. Done in duplicate in the English and French languages, at Washington, this twenty-ninth day of February, in the year 1908. ELIHU ROOT [L. S.] [L. 8.] TEXAS." CLAIMS CONVENTION. Concluded April 11, 1838; ratification advised by the Senate June 13, 1838; ratified by the President June 21, 1838; ratifications exchanged July 6, 1838; proclaimed July 6, 1838. I. Indemnity to United States. II. Payment of indemnity. ARTICLES. III. Ratifications. Alcée La Branche, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States of America, near the Republic of Texas, acting on behalf of the said United States of America, and R. A. Irion, Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, acting on behalf of the said Republic, have agreed to the following articles: ARTICLE I. The Government of the Republic of Texas, with a view to satisfy the aforesaid reclamations for the capture, seizure, and confiscation of the two vessels aforementioned, as well as for indemnity to American citizens who have suffered injuries from the said Government of Texas, or its officers, obliges itself to pay the sum of eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars ($11,750) to the Government of the United States of America, to be distributed amongst the claimants by the said Government of the United States of America. ARTICLE II. The sum of eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, ($11,750,) agreed on in the first art [icle,] shall be paid in gold or silver, with interest at six per cent., one year after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention. The said payment shall be made at the seat of Government of the Republic of Texas, into the hands. of such person or persons as shall be duly authorized by the Government of the United States of America to receive the same. ARTICLE III. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged in the city of Washington, in the space of three months from this date, or sooner if possible. The admission of Texas into the United States December 29, 1845, rendered the treaties concluded in 1838 obsolete. In faith whereof the parties above named have respectively subscribed these articles, and thereto affixed their seals. Done at the city of Houston on the eleventh day of the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] 1838.@ ALCÉE LA BRANCHE. CONVENTION FOR MARKING BOUNDARY. Concluded April 25, 1838; ratification advised by the Senate May 10, 1838; ratified by the President October 4, 1838; ratifications exchanged October 12, 1838; proclaimed October 13, 1838. ARTICLES. III. Ratification. I. Boundary line. II. Jurisdiction. Whereas the treaty of limits made and concluded on the twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, between the United States of America on the one part and the United Mexican States on the other, is binding upon the Republic of Texas, the same having been entered into at a time when Texas formed a part of the said United Mexican States; And whereas it is deemed proper and expedient, in order to prevent future disputes and collisions between the United States and Texas in regard to the boundary between the two countires as designated by the said treaty, that a portion of the same should be run and marked without unnecessary delay: The President of the United States has appointed John Forsyth their Plenipotentiary, and the President of the Republic of Texas has appointed Memucan Hunt its Plenipotentiary; And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I. Each of the contracting parties shall appoint a commissioner and surveyor, who shall meet, before the termination of twelve months from the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, at New Orleans, and proceed to run and mark that portion of the said boundary which extends from the mouth of the Sabine, where that river enters the Gulph of Mexico, to the Red River. 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 convention, 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. • Treaties with Texas rendered inoperative by admission of Texas into the United States. |