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TREATY WITH RUSSIA. Manor! 30, 1867. 543 aforesaid, the United States Hgfée Cession, les Etats—Unis s’engagent et il1€U¤i¥6d States to pay at the treasury in Washing- payer a la Tresorerie a Washington [g;,E[;°€d°d ton, within ten months after the ex- dans le terme de dix mois, apres Y change of the ratiiicatious of this Pécliange des ratitications de cette convention, to the diplomatic rep- convention, sept millions deux cent resentative or other agent of his mille dollars en or, au Represen- Majesty the Emperor of all the tant diplomarique ou tout autre Russias, duly authorized to receive agent de Sa Majesté l’Empereur de the same, seven million two hundred toutes les Russies diiment autorisé thousand dollars in gold. The ces- a recevoir cette somme. La ces- Territory sion of territory and dominion herein sion du Territoire avec droit de ;""[°d d°°l’“°d made is hereby declared to be free souverainete faite par cette conven- bzrgijlérgf and unencumbered by any reserva- tion, est declaree libre et dégagee v¤¤i<>¤S.i>riV§— tions, privileges, franchises, grants, de toutcs reservations, privileges, £§”’fm"°h‘s°s‘ or possessions, by any associated franchises, ou possessions par des l companies, whether corporate or in- compagnies Russes ou tout autre, corporate, Russian or any other, or legalement constituées ou autreby any parties, except merely pri- ment, on par des associations, sauf vate individual property holders; simplement les propriétaires posseand the cession hereby made, con- dant des biens privés individuels et Cessicn couveys all the rights, franchises, and la cession ainsi faite transfere tous `"YS wh"' privileges nowbelonging to Russia les droits, franchises et privileges in the said territory or dominion, appartenant actuellenient a la Rusand appurtenances thereto. sie dans le dit Territoire et ses dependances. ARTICLE VII. ARTICLE vu. lVhen this convention shall have been duly ratiiicd by the President Lorsque cette convention aura Ratiticetions, of the United States, by and with éte dument ratitiee par Sa Majeste gg b° °" the advice and consent of the Sen- 1’Empereur de toutes les Russies g ` ate, on the one part, and on the oth- d’une part, et par le President des er by his Majesty the Emperor of Etats-Unis avec l’avis ct le consenteall the Russias, the ratifications shall ment du Senat, de l’autre, les rabe exchanged at Washiiigton within tifications en seront échangées at three months from the date hereoi Washington dans le terme de trois or sooner, if possible. mois, a compter du jour de la signa- In faith whereof, the respective ture, ou plus tot si iaire se peut. plenipotentiaries have signed this En foi de quoi les plénipoten— convention, and thereto affixed the tiaires respectifs ont signe cette conseals of their arms. vcntion et y ont apposé le sceau de Done at Washingtoin, the thirtieth leur armes. day of March, in the year of our Fait ei Washington le 18-30 jour Lord one thousand eight hundred de Mars de l’an de Notre Seignand sixty-seven. eur mil huit cent soixante sept. [L. s.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [L. s.] EDOUARD DE STOECKL. [L. s.] EDOUARD DE STOECKL. [L. s.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and Excliquge of the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Wasliington m°‘H°’m°"S' on this twentieth day of June, by William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, and the Privy Counsellor Edward de Stoeckl, the Envoy Extraordinary of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, on the part of their respective governments, _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW Jormson, President of P'°°lam”‘°”· the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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