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EXTRADITION TREATY-—-SIAM. Dncrmnmz 30, 1922. 1753 with such other evidence or proof as may be deemed competent in the case. ARTICLE XII. In every case of a request made by either of the High Contracting L°°°l°“`Sm°°‘ Parties for the arrest, detention or extradition of fugitive criminals, the appropriate legal officers of the country where the roceedings of extradition are had, shall assist the officers of the (government demanding the extradition before the respective judges and magis- _ trates, by every legal means within their power; and no claim what- °"“"’°“·‘““°"· ever for compensation for any of the services so rendered shall be made against the Government demanding the extradition; provided, however, that any oiHcer or officers of the surrendering Government so giving assistance, who shall, in the usual course of their duty, receive no salary or compensation other than specific fees for services performed, shall be entitled to receive from the Government demanding the extradition the customary fees for the acts or services performed by them, in the same manner and to the same amount as though such acts or services had been performed in ordinary criming proceedings imder the laws of the country of which they are 0 cers. ARTICLE XIII. The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting ;;£,Sx?°°°“° °"`°°m°°' Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional methods and shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at Bangkok as soon as possible. ARTICLE XIV. The present Treaty shall remain in force for a period of ten D"”°°"‘ years, and in case neither of the High Contracting Parties shall ave given notice one year before the expiration of that period of its intention to terminate the Treaty, it shall continue in force until the expiration of one year from the date on which such notice of termination shall be given by either of the High Contracting Parties. In witness whereof the above named Pleni otentiaries have signed S'“°“""°°‘ the present Treaty and have hereunto aiiixes their seals. Done in duplicate at Bangkok this thirtieth day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-two. . [SEAL.] Enwaxn E. Buonm [SEAL.] . Dnvmvoxesiz AND IVHEREAS the said 'I`reaty has been duly ratified on both ch§,{‘§,{}°“""“" °" parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Bangkok, on the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; Pm} U H NOIV, therefore, be it known that- I. Calvin Coolidge, President of me ° ` 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 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 to he aiiixed. DONE at the city of W'ashington, this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eighth. Canvnw Coomnon By the President: CHARIIES E. Hnomas Secretafy of State.