INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- Convention signed at Brussels March 15, 1886
- Senate advice and consent to ratification June 18, 1888
- Ratified by the President of the United States July 19, 1888
- Ratifications exchanged at Brussels January 14, 1889
- Entered into force January 14, 1889
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States January 15, 1889
25 Stat. 1465; Treaty Series 381
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The President of the United States of America, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Servia, The Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, desiring to establish, on the bases adopted by the Conference which met at Brussels from the 10th to the 14th April 1883, a system of international exchanges of the official documents and of the scientific and literary publications of their respective States, have appointed for their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
The President of the United States of America, Mr. Lambert Tree, Minister Resident of the United States of America at Brussels,
His Majesty the King of the Belgians, The Prince de Caraman, His Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Chevalier de Moreau, His Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Public Works,
His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, The Count de Villeneuve, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, Mr. de Tavira, Chargé d'Affaires ad-interim of Spain at Brussels,
His Majesty the King of Italy, the Marquis Maffei, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, the Baron de Sant'Anna, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Very Faithful Majesty,
