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SLAVE TRADE AND IMPORTATION INTO AFRICA OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS (GENERAL ACT OF BRUSSELS)

• General act signed at Brussels July 2, 1890
• Ratifications deposited at Brussels July 2, 1891, and January 2, February 2, and March 30, 1892^[1]
• Senate advice and consent to ratification of general act and protocol of January 2, 1892, with a statement, January 11, 1892^[2]
• Ratified by the President of the United States January 19, 1892
• Ratification of the United States deposited at Brussels, with a statement, February 2, 1892^[2]
• Entered into force August 31, 1891; for the United States April 2, 1892
• Proclaimed by the President of the United States April 2, 1892
• Provisions relating to duties on spirituous liquors revised by conventions of June 8, 1899,^[3] and November 3, 1906^[4]
• Replaced, as between contracting parties to the later conventions, by the convention of September 10, 1919,^[5] revising the general acts of Berlin and Brussels (except for the stipulations contained in article 1 of the 1919 convention) and by the convention of the same date on the subject of the liquor traffic in Africa^[6]

27 Stat. 886; Treaty Series 383

 

General Act

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In the Name of God Almighty

The President of the United States of America; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Den-

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1. For texts of protocols of these dates recording ratifications, see pp. 161, 165, 169, and 170.
2. For text of U.S. statement, see p. 169.
3. TS 389, post, p. 226.
4. TS 467, post, p. 551.
5. TS 877, post, vol. 2.
6. TS 779, post, vol. 2.

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