1 74 PUBLI0 TREATIES. en ages th t n li shall be made in consequence of such additions and impro:smd’nt;s,·:’>ri§2merican ships’and their cargoes passing through the Sound d the Belts. _ Pilots. It is undidrlstood, however, to be optional for the masters of American vessels either to employ in the said waters, Danish pilots, at reasonable rates ilxed by the Danish Government, or to navigate their vessels without such assistance. Aarronn III. Sinn to be paid In consideration of the foregoing agreements and stipulations on the
- °D°°'”·*- part of Denmark, whereby the free and uuincumbered navigation of
American vessels through the Sound and the Belts is forever secured, the United States agree to pay to the Government of Denmark, once for all, the sum of seven hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine rix dollars, or its equivalent, three hundred and ninety-three thousand and eleven dollars in United States currency, at [see Article VI.] London, on the day when the said convention shall go into full elfect, as herein afterwards provided. ARTICLE IV. Further priv|· It is further agreed that any other or further privileges, rights, or ad- I°B“- vantages which may have been, or may be, granted by Denmark to the commerce and navigation of any other nation at the Sound and Belts, or on her coasts and in her harbors, with reference to the transit by land through Danish territory of merchandise belonging to the citizens or subjeets of such nation, shall also be fully extended to, and enjoyed by, the citizens of the United States, and by their vessels and property in that quarter. Anmxomu V. Convention of The general convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, con- $26 ¤¤¤ ¤* Ml- eluded between the United State and His Majesty the ‘King of Den- [8¤¤ DD- 167-170-] mark, on the 26th of April, 1826, and which was abrogated on the 15th of April, 1856, and the provisions contained in each and all of its articles, the 5th article alone excepted, shall, after the ratilleation of this present convention, again become binding upon the United States and Denmark; it being, however, understood that a year’s notice shall suffice for ghe abrogation of the stipulations of the said convention hereby renewe . Anrrotn VI. Wh•¤ ¤•¤v¤¤· The present convention shall take eifeet as soon as the laws to carry “°“ *° “*°°*°°°· it into operation shall be passed by the Governments of the contracting parties, and the sum stipulated to be paid by the United States shall be received by or_ tendered to Denmark; and for the fulfilment of these purposes, a period not exceeding twelve months from tho signing of this convention shall be allowed. _ But if, in the interval, an earlier day shall be fixed upon and carried into etfeet for a free navigation through the Sound and Belts in favor of any other power or powers, the same shall simultaneously be extended to the vessels of the United States and their cargoes, in anticipation of [seentiolo III.] the payment of the sum stipulated in Article III; it being understood. however, that in that event the Government of the United States shall also pay to that of Denmark four per cent. interest on the said sum, from the day the said immunity shall have gone into operation until the principal shall have been paid as aforesaid. Anrxenm VII. Balinoations. The present convention shall be duty ratilled, and the exchange of ratiiieations shall take place in Washington within ten mouths from the date hereof, or sooner if practicable.
