Northern Ireland, September 15, 1934; Syria, November 28, 1934; Lebanon, November 28, 1934; Australia, February 18, 1935; Morocco, March 13, 1935; Tunis, March 13, 1935; and Rumania, March 25, 1935;
And whereas the said Convention has since become effective with respect to Germany, Austria and Poland, by the deposit of ratifications, and with respect to Bolivia, Brazil with reservations, Chile, Iraq with a reservation and the Sudan, by adherence, and will become effective with respect to Italy on December 13, 1935, by deposit of ratification made on August 15, 1935, and with respect to Turkey on November 14, 1935, by adherence notified on July 17, 1935;
Deposit of ratification by United States, with reservations. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on the part of the United States of America, whose instrument of ratification thereof was deposited with the Government of the Netherlands on July 25, 1935, subject to the two reservations made by the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the time of signing the Convention, to wit:
(1) With reference to article 61 no amendments to the convention will be binding on the Government of the United States of America or territory subject to its jurisdiction unless such amendments be accepted by the Government of the United States of America;
(2) The Government of the United States of America reserves the right to decide whether from the standpoint of the measures to be applied a foreign district is to be considered as infected, and to decide what requirements shall be applied under special circumstances to aircraft and personnel arriving at an aerodrome in the United States of America or territory subject to its jurisdiction;
And whereas the said Convention, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 63 thereof, and subject to the two aforesaid reservations, will come into force with regard to the United States of America on November 22, 1935;
Proclamation. Now, therefore, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that, subject to the reservations aforesaid, the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America, and the citizens thereof on and after November 22, 1935.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtieth.
By the President:
- Cordell Hull
- Secretary of State.
