CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. JULY 4, 1868. 685 Arvrxonn VII. Amzxoono VII. The present convention shall be La presente convencion sera rati- Ratitications ratified by the President of the ticada. por el Presidente de la re- ’Q‘°"°’g*’° °*‘ United States, by and with the pdblica. Mexicana, con aprobacion c mg ' advice and consent of the Senate del Congreso de la misma, y por el thereof, and by the President of the Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Mexican republic, with the appro· con el consejo y aprobaeion del bation of the Congress of that re- Senado do los mismos, y las ratifipublic, and the ratitications shall be caciones se cangearan en Washingexchanged at Washington within ton dentro de nueve mcses contados nine months from the date hereof, desde la fecha de la convencion, 6 or sooner if possible. antes, si fuere posible. En fe de lo In witness whereof the respective cual,los respectivos plenipotenciarios plenipotentiaries have signed the la hemos firmado y sellado con same and have affixed thereto the nuestros sellos respectivos. Hecho seals of their arms. en Washirigton el dia cuatro de Done at Washington, the fourth Julio, del aio del Senor mil ochoci- Signature. day of July, in the year of our Lord entos sesenta y ocho. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. r.. s. M. ROMERO. 1.. s. M. ROMERO. ln. s.l WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [L. s.l And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same have this day been exchanged: _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of P"°°l’·m“‘°“‘ the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good Faith by the United States and the citizens thereofi In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be afltixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-third. [SEAL.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. Smwann, Secretary of State.