1724 AGREEMENT-FRANCE. JULY 17, 1919. conclusion of a definitive treaty, maintenue jus%u’a la conclusiqn or until one of the parties shal d’un traité de mtif, ou ]usqu,a have declared its intention to re- ce que l’une des Parties ait denoimoe it; which declaration claré a l’autre son intention dy shall be made at least three- renoncer, laquelle declaration '1‘;m¤_r¤<l¤¤¤<1t¤rd•- months before hand. And in devra étre faite au mo1ns trois °ii].°—iur”ii°§»i°t°°ti°°°°'°` case the present arrangement mois d’avance. Et, dans le cas o_u d,§§gg'§’,f§,°,;u‘;f °""" should remain without such dec- la présente Convention 'viendrait ` laration of its discontinuance by a continuer sans cette declaration either party, the extra duties par Pune ou Pautre Part1e,_ les specified in the lst and 2d arti- droits extraordmaires specifies cles, shall, from the exp1ration dans les ler et 2e articles seront, of the said two years, be, on both a Pexpiration des d1t8S deux ansides, diminished by one—fourth nées, diminués, de part et d’autre, of their whole amount, and, d’un quart de leur montant, et afterwards by one—fourth of the successivement d’un quart dudit said amount from year to year, montant, d’année en année, aussi so long as neither party shall longtemps qu’auc1me des Parties have declared the intention of re- n’aura déclaré son intention diy nouncing it as above stated." renoncer, ainsi qu’il est dit cidemus.” ARTICLE II. ARTICLE II.
The present Agreement shall Le present accord, ratiié par le
be ratiiied by the President of the President des Etats-Unis d Amé- United States of America by and rique avec l’avis et le consentewith the advice and consent of ment du Sénat, et par le Présithe Senate thereof, and by the dent de la République francaise, President of the French Re- deviendra exécutoire au moment public, and shall become effective de l’échan e des ratifications qui upon the exchange of ratiiica· se fera a V§ashington aussitfit que tions which shall take place at possible. Sigmms Washington as soon as possible. Done in duplicate at Washing- Fait a Washington en double ton in the English and French exemplaire en langues anglaise languages this 17th day of July et frangaise, le 17 juillet mille one thousand nine hundred and neuf cent dix neuf. nineteen. [sun.] Fnxm; L. Pom: [sux,.] J nssmmim eh§xili•i·i°°u°n° °x And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratihed on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the Citygf Washington, on the tenth day of January, one thousand Pmmmmm mne hun d and twenty-one, ` how, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and eve article and clause thereof ma be observed and fulfilled with gooldyfaith by the United States andy the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done in the District of Columbia this twelfth day of January in` the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sean.] twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-fifth. W nn I By the President: O0 Ow WILSOY Noimax H. Davis Acting Secretary of State.
