2652 Term or dmat!on. 1",1 '4 . Oontinuance. TREATY-LATVIA. APRIL 20, 19'28. ARTICLE XXX. Except as provided in the third paragraph of this Article the pres- ent Treaty shall remain in full force for the term of ten years from the date of the exch~ of ratifications, on which date it shall begin to take eft'ect in all of Its provisions. If within one year before the expiration of the aforesaid period of ten years neither High Contracting Party notifies to the other an intention of modifying! by change or omission, any of the provisions of any of the articles In this Treaty or of terminating it upon the expiration of the aforesaid periodl the Treaty shall remain in full force and eft'ect after th. aforesaid ~riod and until one year from such a time as either of the High Contracting Parties shall have notified to the other an intention of modifying or terminating the Treaty. 1Io~1mITarmstroBot (talk) 01:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)Oftgro~: The sixth and seventh paragraphs of Article VII and Articles X porta and shipP'ing. and XII shall remain in force for twelve months .:from the date of Ant<, pp . 2644 ,2645. exchange of ratifications, and if not then terminated on ninety days' previous notice shall remain in force until either of the High COn- tracting Parties shall enact legislation inconsistent therewith when the same shall automatically lapse at the end of sixty days from such enactment, and on such lapse each High Contracting Party shall enjoy all the rights which it would have _possessed had such paragraphs or articles not been embraced in the Treaty. Exchange or ratl1lca· t!ODll. 8lgnatDl'llll . Protocol. ARTICLE XXXI. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Riga as soon as possible. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed their seals hereto. Done in duplicate, at Riga, this 20th day of April, 1928. [SEAL] F. W. B. C-oLEHAN [SEAL] A. BALODIS PROTOCOL. ACCOMPANYING TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND CONSULAR RIGHTS. Agreelll:ent or plenl· At the moment of signing the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and ra::~~?re!ty~m. Consular Rights between the United States of America and the Republic of Latvia, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, duly authorized by their respective Governments, have agreed as follows: TransltduM80lelyto 1. The provisions of Article XVI do not prevent the High Con- ~~ ;!!:f;~~ne:rpen. tracting Parties from levying on traffic in transit dues intended solely Ant<, p. ~7. to defray expenses of supervision and administration entailed by such transit, the rate of which shall correspond as nearly asj0ssible with the expenses which such dues are intended to cover an shall not be higher than the rates charged on other traffic of the same class on the same routes. Meaninl or "con· 2 . Wherever the term "consular officer" is used in this Treaty it ·u1%n~~P~~7. shall be understood to mean Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and Consular Agents to whom an exequatur or other document of recognition has been issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article XVII. Llmltatlonofexemp- 3. In addition to consular officers, attach~, chancellors and secre- tion at any ~st. taries, the number of employees to whom the privileges authorized by AnU, p. 2\;i8. Article XIX shall be accorded shall not exceed five at anyone post. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol and affixed thereto their respective seals. Done in duplicate, at Riga, this 20th day of April, 1928. [SEAL] F. W . B . Coleman [SEAL] A. Balodis.
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