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AGREEMENT—PORTUGAL. JULY 15, 1882. 981 Agreement with reference to the Oonventionfor the exclum e o manet mum.; cfpostal-orders between the United States and Portugag, cdncludedldit Washington, July 15, 1882; executed December 14, 1882; approved by the President December 18, 1882. Whereas Article 11 of the Convention for the exchange of money by Preamble. means of postal-orders between the United States and Portugal, concluded at Washington, July 15, 1882, stipulates that “The ratincations of the present Convention shall be exchanged prior to the tirst day of December, 1882"; and Whereas the said Convention, having been approved by the President of the United States on the 15th day of July, 1882, has thereby been duly ratined on the part of the United States, and one copy thereof, bearing such approval, has been transmitted to and received by the Government of Portugal; but Whereas the Government of Portugal, through its Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has notified the Government of the United States that, in view of the stipulation contained in Article 3 section 2, of the said Convention, that, “in addition to the fee mentioned in this article no other charge, tax, commission, or impost shall be collected for the issue, transmission, distribution, or payment of money- orders provided for in this Convention," which stipulation exempts the receipts upon money-orders from any stamp tax whatsoever, it cannot put the said Convention into operation without parliamentary approval thereof, and that it will ask for such approval so soon as the Cortes shall convene: Now, therefore, the undersigned, Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster- _Contractingpu~· General of the United States of America, in virtue of the powers vested *1***- in him by law, and Viscount das Nogneiras, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Portugal, in the name of his Government, and by virtue of the powers which he has formally presented to this eifect, have agreed, That in lieu of Article 10 of the said Convention, which is in these Previous conven- Wordsz “The present Convention shall take efect on the iirst day of tim m<¤iiii¤d· January 1883, and shall continue in force until twelve months aber dther of the contracting parties shall have notiiied to the other its in- ‘mtio¤ to terminate it," shall be substituted the following: Anrrome 10. The present Convention shall take ei't on the first day of July, 1883, Commencement. and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the con- Duration. _ traetiug parties shall have notiiied to the other its intention to terminate it · And’have furthermore agreed that in lieu of Article 11 of the said Convention, which is in these words: “The ratitlcations of the present . Convention shall be exchanged priorto the first day of December, 1882,” shall be substituted the following: Anmonn 11. The ratihcatious of the present Convention shall be exchanged prior Exchange of to the first day of June, 1883. ’°°‘°°“*"°““‘ This apeemeut shall be ratitied before the nrst day of May, 1883. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present agreement and have anixed thereto their seals.