720 CONVENTION WITH DENMARK. APRIL 11, 1857. _ secured, the United States agree to pay to the government of Denmark, 1,%:* ;h‘2gi_ once for all, the sum of seven hundred and seventeen thousand eight hun- ’dred and twenty-nine rix dollars, or its equivalent, three hundred and ninety-three thousand and eleven dollars in United States currency, at London, on the day when the said convention shall go into full eH`ect, as herein afterwards provided. Citizens or the ARTICLE IV. It is further agreed that any other or further privileges, United €*?'°9€h*° rights, or advantages which may have been, or may be, granted by Dengiijlgiiegcs gm? mark to the commerce and navigation of any other nation at the Sound ed by Denmark and Belts, or on her coasts and in her harbors, with reference to the transit gzycggfggrcc °f by land through Danish territory of merchandise belonging to the citizens ` or subjects of such nation, shall also be fully extended to, and enjoyed by, the citizens of the United States, and by their vessels and property in that uarter. Convention of q Airrxcmt V. The general convention of friendship, commerce, and navi-
- §’g;1t2‘?m183r%_ gation, concluded between the United States and his Majesty the King
(,1.,,;% bg again in of Denmark, on the twenty-sixth of April, 1826, and which was abrogated ¤"<>¤¤¤· on the nfteenth of April, 1856, and the provisions contained in each and v°l` vm' P` 340 all of its articles, the fifth article alone excepted, shall, after the ratification of this present convention, again become binding upon the United States and Denmark; it being, however, understood, that a year’s notice shall suffice for the abrogation of the stipulations of the said convention hereby renewed. _ When conven- Anrxctn VI. The present convention shall take effect as soon as the gg2C? wks laws to carry it into operation shall be passed by the governments of the contracting parties, and the sum stipulated to be paid by the United States shall be received by, or tendered to, Denmark; and for the fulfilment of these purposes, a period not exceeding twelve months from the signing of this convention shall be allowed. _ But if; in the interval, an earlier day shall be fixed upon and carried into effect for a free navigation through the Sound and Belts in favor of any other power or powers, the same shall simultaneously be extended to the vessels of the United States and their cargoes, in anticipation of $5;* gh',?, the payment of the sum stipulated in Article III.; it being understood, ’` however, that in that event the government of the United States shall also pay to that of Denmark four per cent. interest on the said sum, from the day the said immunity shall have gone into operation until the principal shall have been paid as aforesaid. Ratification. ARTICLE VII. The present convention shall be duly ratified, and the exchange of ratifications shall take place in Washington within ten months from the date hereof, or sooner if practicable. In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, in duplicate, and have thereunto aflixed their seals. Siwwlres- Done at Washington, this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nfty-seven, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-first. LEIVIS CASS. [L. s.] TORBEN BILLE. [L. s.] Exchange of And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, mm°"t‘°”S‘ andthe respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in the city of Washington on the twelfth instant, by Lewis Cass, Secretary of State of the United States, and W. de Raaslofi, his Danish Majesty’s charge d’aH`aires and consul-general in the United States, on the part of their respective governments: Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, 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}
