Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 2.djvu/416

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CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. JANUARY 23, 1924. 17 63 If such modifications have not been eed u on before the ira- '*"*?*F’ *° '°P°° H tion of the term of one year mentionedaiglliove, tgie Treaty sha]l6Iel) . iléieiiiiiiiiidiins mt If no notice is given on either side of the desire to propose media- t°Cg§'g,“g$,';Q8*Q,i{,g cations, the Treaty shall remain in force for another year, and so on tions proposed. automatically, but subject always in respect of each such eriod of a year to the right on either side to propose as rovided above three months before its expiration modifications in tllb Treaty, and to the provision that if suc modifications are not agreed upon before the close of the period of one year, the Treaty shall lapse. ARTICLE VI. In the event that either of the High Contracting Parties shall be o¤'§d1i%g'pigvi;i,•?•d’bg prevented either by judicial decision or legislative action from giv- }§g,’;§;§§vE§g°t}§}g§ °' 1ng full effect to the provisions of the present Treaty the said Treaty shall automatically lgpse, and, on such lapse or whenever this Treaty shall cease to be m orce, each High Contractintgngarty shall enjoy all tliegiglhts which it would have possessed had 'l‘reaty not been cone u e . The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of .,.E§?‘° °° mm' the United States of America, by and with the a vice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shaH be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. _ IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective Plenipotentiaries have S’g°°t°'°°‘ signed the present Convention in duplicate and have thereunto affixed their seals. DONE at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. [sEAL.] CHARLES EvANs Hucrms [sEA1..] A. C. GEDDES AND WHEREAS the noaa Convention noo been any mason on .,$;;.§{°¤"°¤* ·==· both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington on the twenty-second day of Ma , one thousand nine hundre and twenty-four; P od ti IJOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Calvin Coolidge, Presi- "°° °"' dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have liereimto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washiniton this twenty-second day of May in the year of our ord one thousand nine hundred and [sEAL.] twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eighth. CALVIN Coonmon By the President: CHARLES E. Hoorms Secretary ofSta.te.