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756 CONVENTION WITH PERU. Dncnmsmt 4, 1868. ARTICLE VIL Amrcuro VII°. convention, The present convention shall be La presente convencion sera rati. g:,°“*°b°“*i‘ ratined by the President of the ficada por el Presidente del Peru ` United States, by and with the con- con la aprobacion del Congreso y sent of the Senate thereof, and by por el Presidente de los Estados the President of Peru, with the ap- Unidos con la aprobacion y consen. probation of the Congress of that timiento del Senado de los mismos, republic, and the ratifications will y las ratificaciones seran canjeadas be exchanged in Lima, as soon as en Lima tan pronto como sea posimay be, within six months of the ble, dentro de seis meses de esta date hereotl fecha. A1vrrcL¤ VIII. Amreono VIII?. _This conven- The high contracting parties de- Las dos altas partes contratantes t‘Q::§3;u”€:§°£ clare that this convention shall not declaran que esta convencion no ggfgupg GMM, be considered as a precedent ob- constituye un precedente obligatorio ligatory on them, and that they re- para ellas, y que quedan en permain in perfect liberty to proceed tecta libertad para proceder de la in the manner that may be deemed manera que crean mas conveniente most convenient regarding the dip- en las reclamaciones diplomaticas lomatic claims that may arise in the que pudieran occurrir en adelante. uture. Execution. In witness whereof the respective En testimonio de lo cual los resplenipotentiaries have signed the pectivos plenipotenciarios lo han same in the English and Spanish tirmado y lo han sellado con sus languages, and have atiixed thereto respectivos sellos. the seals of their arms. Done in Lima, the fourth day of Hecho en Lima a los cuatro dias December, in the year of our Lord del mes de Diciembre del anno del one thousand eight hundred and Sefior de mil ochocientos sesenta y sixty-eight. ocho, escrita en espanol é inglés. ALVIN P. HOVEY. L. s. J. A. BARRENECHEA. [L. s.] J. A. BARRENECHEA. L. s.} ALVIN P. HOVEY. [L. s.] P*‘°°l¤¥¤°·¤°¤· And whereas the said convention has been duly ratined on both parts, and the respective ratitications of the same were exchanged at Lima on the 4th of June last: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Umssms S. GRANT, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth. -[snaL.] U. S. GRANT. By the President: J. C. Bmcnorr Davxs, Acting Secretary of State.