796 PUBLIC TREATIES. VENEZUELA, 1859. JM-14»1859· CONVENTION imrwrzicu THE UNITED s'1‘AT12s OF AMERICA AND *1*111:121;-
- "?- PUBLIC or VENEZUELA. FOR s12TrL1
- 1112NT OF Aviss ISLAND CLAIMS,
CONCLUDED AT vAL1sNo1A JANUARY 14, 1859; 1:A*r1v1oA’r1oNv Anvisicn BY SENATE. w1’rH AM12NDMEN’r. JUNE 26, 1860; RA'l`IFlCA'l`ION Am rs12p
- sgl§(nNA1‘1c FEBRUARY 21, 1861; RATIFIED BY 1>Rns1D1sN’r 1·‘1se1
- 1‘A1<Y
Convention between the United States and Venezuela for settlement ry" Ares Island claims. Negotiatci-s. Edward A. Turpin, Minister Resident of the United States of America-, and Luis Sanojo, Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Relations of the Govemment of Venezuela, being duly authorized to form an equitable agreement for the satisfaction of the damages and losses sustained by Philo S. Shelton, Sampson and Tappan, and Lang and Delano, in consequence of the evictions of their agents and employees from the Aves Island by the forces of Venezuela, have agreed upon the following articles: Aariomaa I. Sum to b,, ,,,,;,1 The Government of Venezuela obliges itself to pay to the Government to the Un ated of the United States, or to its Minister Resident in Venezuela, the gross $¤¤0¤· sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, United States currency, ($130,000,) of which said sum, one hundred and five thousand dollars ($105,000) is in liquidation of the claims of Shelton, Sampson and Tappan, and is to be distributed among themselves, and the residue, that is to say,Itwenty-gv; thousand dollars, ($25,000,) is in liquidation of c aims of ang an elano. Anrromax II. m'I;r¤¤¤ ¤f pay- The said guar of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, shall be " · pai in the o owing terms: For Shelton, Tappan and Sampson: lst June _ ... .. . .. 2, 500 1859. 1st August ... . ...,. i , . ...,, 2, 500 1st October . . , .,,,,__ . , _,,_____ 2, 500 1st December .. 2, 500 $10, 000 For Shelton & Co.: For Lang & Delano : 1860. { 30 June $7, 500 2, 000 31 December ... . . . 7, 500 2, 000 ———- $15, 000 -1-... $4, 000 1861 {30 June 10,000 2,000 ' 31 December . . . 10,000 2, 000 —;—— 20, 000 —-..- 4, 000 1862, { 30 June 10,,000 2,500 3] December. .,.,_,,,,, 10,000 2, 500 — 20, 000 -—-- 5, 000 1863 {30 June .. . . 10,000 3,000 ` 31 December . . . 10, 000 3,000 30.1.,,.. mt ·‘*°»°°° *— ‘*·°°° .. . . 3 000 186* { 31 December .. . 10; 000 3: 000 t-- 20, 000 i-- 0, 000 $05, 000 $25, om
