Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1869

' TREATY—ORANGE FREE STATE. Ocronmz 28, 1896. _ 1817 And whereas the said treaty as amended by the Senate of the United P'°°‘°m”°¤- States has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the‘ two Governments were exchan ed in the City of Washington on the 20th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; Now, therefore, be it known that I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof, as amended, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty~iirst day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and [SEAL ] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred ' and twenty-third. WILLIAM MoKINLEY By the President: JOHN HAY Secretary of State.