376 TREATY WITH MEXICO. 1828. ARTICLE FOURTH. Ratifications, The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be ex- Whvn w be ex- changed at Washington, within the term of four months, or sooner if °b°"g°d‘ possible. In witness whereoh we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed the same, and have hereunto afiixed our respective seals. Done at Mexico, this twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, and in the eighth of that of the United Mexican States. J. R. POINSETT, (1.. s.) S. CAMACHO, (1.. s.) J. Y. ESTEVAN, (1.. s.) ADDITIONAL ARTICLE To the Treaty of Limits concluded between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, on the 12th day of January, 1828. Treaty oflan, The time having elapsed which was stipulated for the exchange of 1% 182*% ¤'¤· ratifications of the Treaty of Limits between the United Mexican States °"°d' andthe United States of America, signed in Mexico on the 12th of January, 1828; and both Republics being desirous that it should be carried into full and complete effect, with all due solemnity, the President of the United States of America has fully empowered, on his part, Anthony Butler, a citizen thereof, and Charge d’Affaires of the said States in Mexico; And the Vice-President of the United Mexican States, acting as President thereof, has, in like manner, fully empowered on his part their Excellencies Lucas Alaman, Secretary of State and Foreign Relations, and Rafael Mangino, Secretary of the Treasury, who after having exchanged their mutual powers, found to be ample and in form, have agreed, and do hereby agree, on the following article: R,,m,,,,,i,,ns' The ratificaticns of the Treaty of Limits, concluded on the 12th when to be cx- January, 1828, shall be exchanged at the City of Washington, within °h°“g°d· the term of one year, counting from the date of this agreement, and sooner should it be possible. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and effect as if it had been inserted word for word in the aforesaid treaty of the 12th of January, of 1828, and shall be approved and ratified in the manner prescribed by the Constitutions of the respective States. In faith of which, the said Plenipotentiaries have hereunto set their hands and affixed their respective seals. Done in Mexico, the fifth of April, of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the fifty-fifth of the Independence of the United States of America and the eleventh of that of the United Mexican States. A. BUTLER., (1.. s.) LUCAS ALAMAN, (1.. s.) RAFAEL MANGINO, (1. s)
