TREATY WITH MADAGASCAR. Fnsnusnr 14, 1867. 493 In cases of mutiny or desertion, the local authorities shall, on applica- 06*6*****- tion, render all necessary assistance to the American consul to bring back the deserters and to re-establish discipline, if possible, among the crew of a merchant vessel. Aurora VII. In case of a shipwreck of an American vessel on the Shipwrocb coast of Madagascar, or if any such vessel should be attacked or plundered in the waters of Madagascar adjacent to any military station, her Majesty engages to order the governor to grant every assistance in his power to secure the property and to restore it to the owner or to the United States consul, if this be not impossible. ARTICLE VIII. The above articles of treaty, made in good faith, shall Treaty, when be submitted to both the government of the United States of America *0 l*° *¤°“l°d$ and her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar for ratification, and such ratincations be exchanged within six months from date of ratification, at Antananarivo. Should it, at any future time, seem desirable, in the interest of either may be stof the contracting parties, to alter or add to the present treaty, such alter- “"°d· ations or additions shall be effected with the consent of both parties. Duplicate originals of this treaty, with corresponding text in the English and Malagasy languages, which shall he both of equal authority, have been signed and sealed at Antananarivo this day. SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLE TO § IL P. S. — Should there be any business of the Queen requiring the ser- Supplemsn. vices of such laborers, they shall be permitted to leave without giving m'Y*”*°l°· previous notice. The sentence in article II, stating that previous notice see p. 492. must be given, refers only to laborers leaving on their own account. J. P. FINKELMEIER, san. RAINIMAHARAVO, san,. Chief Secretary of State, 16 vtra. ANDRIAN TSITOHAIN A, 16 vim. RAFARALAHIBEMALO, Ikad of the Oivilians. Axuusgmmrvo, 14th February, 1867. _ And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and Batitication. the respective ratifications were exchanged at Antananarivo on the eighth of July last: Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW J omrsou, President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereofl In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be a.xed. Done in the city of Washington this first day of October, in the year p,.,,,;,,,,,;,,,,, of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the independence of the United States the ninety-second. [sen,.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. Smwann, Secretary of State.
