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2852 SMUGGLING CONVENTION-CHILE. MAY 27,1930. _.. ;:...M=B,,--Y'l7=.: .. ..:.1930:.:=... _ Convention between the United States of America and Chile for prevention of smuggling of intoxicating liquors. Signed at Washington, May 27, 1930; ratification ad'lJiaed by the Senate, June 28,1930; ratified by the Presifknt, July 21, 1930; ratified by Chile, October 2, 1930; ratifica- tions exchanged at Washington, November 25, 1930; proclaimed, November 26, 1930. Convention with BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Chile to prevent smug- • ~Iing <!( intoxica~ing WHEREAS a Convention between the United States of Amenca liquors mto the Umted • 8~~le. and the Republic of Chile to aid in the prevention of tbe smuggling of Contracting Powers. Plenipotentiaries. alcoholic beverages into the United States was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Wasbington on the twenty- seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, the origi- nal of which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and the Presi- dent of the Republic of Chile, being desirous of avoiding any difficulties which might arise be- tween the Governments of the two countries in connection with the laws in force in the United States on the subject of alcoholic beverages, have decided to con- clude a convention for that pur- pose, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries : The President of the United States of America: Mr. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and The President of the Republic of Chile: His Excellency Senor Don Carlos G. Davila, Am- bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile in Wash- ing!~n; Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America y el Presi- dente de la Re:publica de Chile, deseosos de eVltar cualesquiera dificultad que pudiera surgn- en- tre los gobiernos de los dos paises con motivo de las leyes vigentes en los Estados Unidos de America en materia de bebidas alcoh6licas, han decidido celebrar un Convenio con ese objeto, y han nombrado como sus Plenipotendarios res- pectivos: El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America: AI Senor Henry L. Stimson, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de America; y El Presldente de la RepUblica de Chile: A Su Excelencia Senor Don Carlos G. Davila, Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario de Chile en Washington; Quienes habiendose comunica- do sus plenos poderes, encontran- dolos en buena y debida forma, han convenido en 10 siguiente: