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EXTRADITION-LITHUANIA. MAY 17, 1934. 3077 Supplementary extradition treaty between the United States oj America _ May 17.1934. and Lithuania. Signed at It'ashington, May 17, 1934; ratification advised by the Senate, June 15, 1934; ratified by the President, August 18, 1934; ratified by Lithuan1~a, November 14, 1934; ratifications ex- changed at Washington, January 8, 1935; proclaimed, January 9,1935. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. W S1 t Etd't'Ttbt th U 'ted Supplementary Ex- HEREASauppemenary xraIIon reay eween e ru tradition Treaty with States of America and Lithuania was concluded and signed by their Lithuania. respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the seventeenth day Preamble. of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the original of which Supplementary Treaty is word for word as follows: The United States of America and the Re:public of Lithuania desiring to promote the cause of justice by enlargmg the list of crimes on account of which extradition may be granted under the Treaty- con- cluded between the United States of America and the Republic of Lithuania on April 9, 1924, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Treaty for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States of America, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and The President of the Republio of Lithuania, Milms Bagdonas, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Republic of Lithuania at Wash- ington' Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I Contracting Powers. Y01. 43, p. 1835. Plenipotentiaries. The following crimes are added to the list of crimes numbered 1 .Additi0!ls to extra- . A.1IIfh 'dT fA '191924 f dltahle ('rimes. to24m rtlce 0tesal reaty 0 prl, , on account 0 Vol. 43 , p. 1837. which extradition may be granted, that is to say: 25. Crimes and offenses against the bankruptcy laws. Bankruptcy law vio- C. dif tte d' fT latwlIs. 26. nmes an 0 enses, or a mpte cnmes or o. enses, l\arcotic drug traffic. against the laws relating to the traffic in narcotic drugs. ARTICLE II The present Treaty shall be considered as an integral part of the ('onsi'!ereol part of said Extradition Treaty of April 9, 1924, and Article II of the last- former 1 reaty. mentioned Treaty shall be read as if the list of crimes therein con- tained had originally comprised the additional crimes specified and numbered 25 and 26 in the first Article of the present Treaty. The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting . Exchange of ratitlca- Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional methods, tlOns. and shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at W·ashington as soon as possihle.