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580 CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. 1843. ARTICLE V. Mexico tgp, As this new arrangement, which is entered into for the accommoua ¢W¤ wd ahdiy tion of Mexico, will involve additional charges of freight, commission, g:;,f°:t“,::,::' Sec., the Government of Mexico hereby agrees to add two and a half to miie); per centum on each of the aforesaid payments on account of said ¤lWz¤¤· charges. ARTICLE VI. New convcn. A new Convention shall be entered into for the settlement of all tion to beonter- claims of the Government and citizens of the United States against the

2,3*;:;*;%,9 Republic of Mexico, which were not finally decided by the_late com-

,;; ,,;,3,,,, on mission which met in the city of Washington, and of all claims of the Mexico. Government and citizens of Mexico against the United States. ARTICLE VII. g,,m¤,mj,,,,,, The ratitications of this Convention shall be exchanged at Washingwhen to be ex- ton within three months after the date thereof, provided it shall arrive °l"‘“g°d· at Washington before the adjournment of the present session of Congress-and if not, then within one month after the meeting of the next Congress of the United States. In faith whereof, we, the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and of the Mexican Republic, have signed and sealed these presents. Done at the city of Mexico on the thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and in the sixty-seventh year of the In ependence of the United States of America, and in the twenty-third year of that of the Mexican Republic. WADDY THOMPSON, (1.. s.) J. MA. DE BOCANEGRA, (1.. s. M. E. DE GOROSTIZA, (r.. s. CONVENTION FOR THE SURRENDER OF CRIMINALS, _mv.s.1a4a. Between the United States of America and His Majesty the a itiesns ° wlgjungjp Mag of the French. (a) Alprill , ISA4. gffgjlpfgwglt Tm: United States of America and his Majesty the King of the of me United French having judged it expedient, with a view to the better adminis·· ?gg(¤¤» AP¤l30· tration of justice, and to the prevention of crime within their respective P,°‘,,mbj,,_ territories and jurisdictions, that persons charged with the crimes heremafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up; the said United States of America and His Majesty the King of the French have named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a convention for this purpose; that is to say, the President of the United States of America, Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the King of the French,_the Sreur Pagect, officer of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, his Minister Plempotentiary, ad interim, in the United States ta) See notes of the treaties-arid convedtion;-vhh;`mrIc;—ante, page 6.