CONVENTION WITH THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. Nov. 25, 1850. 587 TREATIES . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Nov. 25, 1850. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a general convention of friendship, reciprocal establishments, F*¤¤¤¤bl°· commerce, and for the surrender of fugitive criminals, between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, in the city of Berne, on the twenty- fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty; which convention, as subsequently amended by competent authorities of the respective governments, and being in the English and French languages, is word for word as follows : The United States of America Les Etats Unis d’Amérique et and the Swiss Confederatiomequally la Confederation Suisse également animated by the desire to preserve animés du désir de maintenir et and to draw more closely the bonds de reserrer de plus en plus les liens of friendship which so happily exist d’amitié qui existent si heureusebetween the two republics, as well mententrelesdeuxrépubliquesainsi as to augment, by all the means at que d’accroftre, par tous les moyens their disposal, the commercial inter- a leur disposition, les relations comcourse of their respective citizens, merciales de leurs citoyens respechave mutually resolved to conclude tifs, ont de part et d’autre résolu de a general convention of friendship, conclure un traité général d’amitié, reciprocal establishments, commerce, d’établissemens réciproques, de comand for the surrender of fugitive merce et d’extradit.ion des criminels. criminals. For this purpose, they have ap- A cet elfet, ils ont nommé pour pointed as their plenipotentiaries, to leurs plénipotentiares, savoir: Negotiators. wit: The President of the United Le President des Etats Unis, A. States, A. Dudley Mann, special Dudley Mann, agent spécial des agent of the United States on a Etats Unis en mission auprés de la mission to the Swiss Confederation; Confederation Suisse, et le Conseil and the Swiss Federal Council, Fédéral Suisse, Henri Druey, Pre- Henry Druey, President of the sident de la. Coufédération Suisse, Swiss Confederation, Director of Directeur du Department Politique, the Political Department, and Fred- et Frédéric Frey-Hérosée, membre crick Frey-Hérosée, member of the du Conseil Fédéral, Directeur du Federal Council, Director of the Department du Commerce et des Department of Commerce and of Péages, lesquels, nprés s’étre com- Tolls; who, after a communication muniqué leurs pleins pouvoirs· reof their respective full powers, have spectifs, sont convenus des articles agreed to the following articles : suivans: Anrrcma 1. ARTICLE 1. _ Respective cit- The citizens of the United States Les citoyens des Etats Unis *°°‘P° gx of America and the citizens of Swit- d’A.mérique et les citoyens de 1a;ty_ g eq
