WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- Convention, regulations, and transient provisions signed at Paris May 20, 1875
- Senate advice and consent to ratification May 15, 1878
- Ratified by the President of the United States May 28, 1878
- Ratifications exchanged at Versailles December 20, 1875; by the United States at Paris August 2, 1878
- Entered into force January 1, 1876; for the United States August 2, 1878
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States September 27, 1878
- Superseded in part (arts. 7 and 8 of convention; arts. 6, 8-12, 15, 17, 18, and 20 of regulations) by convention of October 6, 1921[1]
20 Stat. 709; Treaty Series 378
[TRANSLATION]
His Excellency the President of the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, His Excellency the President of the Argentine Confederation, His Majesty the King of Denmark, His Majesty the King of Spain, His Excellency the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Peru, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, His Excellency the President of the Swiss Confederation, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, and His Excellency the President of the Republic of Venezuela, desiring international uniformity and precision in standards of weight and measure, have resolved to conclude a convention to this effect, and have named as their plenipotentiaries the following:
His Excellency the President of the United States of America: Mr. Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris;
His Majesty the Emperor of Germany: His Highness Prince Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and
- ↑ TS 673, post, vol. 2.
