730 CONVENTION—FRANCE. FEBRUARY 8, 1883. Done at the City of Washington Fait a la ville de Washington cc the eighth day of February in the huitieme jour de Fevrier de l’an de year of our Lord, one thousand grace mil huit cent quatre vingteight hundred and eiglity-three. trois. FREDK. T. FRELINGHITYSEN. [SEAL.[ Tn. RoUsrAN. [sEAL. PwC1am3mm` And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratiiied on both parts. and the ratiiications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of W`ashington on the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three: Now,—I.herefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention 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 of America and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the City of Wash- [SEAL.] ington this tweiityhfth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh. · CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President: FREDK. T. Fnnrmcuuvsniv, ` Secretary of State. DECLARATION AS T0 AMENDMENTS LN ARTICLE I. [The Secretary of State to the French Minister.] ' _ DEPARTMENT or STATE, WASHINGTON, February 24, 1883. Santo am(md_ Sm: I have the honor to inform you that the Senate of the United mmm_ States has consented to the ratification of the convention concluded on the Sth instant, for extending the term of the French and American Claims Commission, with the following amendment, viz: “ Article 1, paragraph 3. After the word ‘dea:h’ at the end of line 2, insert the word ‘or’, and in lines 3 and 4 strike out the words ‘retirement or cessation of the functions’. Requesting you to do me the favor of advising me at your earliest convenience as to the views of your Government in regard to the proposed amendments, _ I beg you to accept, Sir, a. renewed assurance of my highest consid- » eration. Fnnnx. T. Fummanuvsnn. Mr. THEODORE Rousrn, efrc., rho., etc. [The French Minister to the Secretary of · State.] LEc»Arro1v mc FRANCE AUX Eucrs-Ums, WAsn1Ne:roN, le 27 Février 1883. Monsieur le SECRETAJRE D’ETAT: · J’ai regu la lettre que vous m’avez fait Phonneur de m’écrire le 24 de ce mois en m’annoncaut que le Sénat avait consenti a la ratiiication de la Convention conclue le 8 Février pour prolonger le terme de la Commission dcs réciamations Franco-Américaines, sous la reserve de la modification suivante: · . " Article 1, paragraphe 3, apres le mot ‘mort’ insérer le mot ‘ou’ et supprimer dans les lignes suivantes les mots *départ ou cessation de fouctious."’ .
