PROOLAMATIONS. 847 ` No. 7. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THB UNITED STATES OFAMHRICA. my 29, 1874.' A PBOCLAMATION. Whereas by the thirty-third article of a treaty concluded at Washing- P'°'*“"!!°· mon on the Sth day of May, 1871, between the United Stews and Hex- v°l‘"“*P 863* Britennic Majesty, it was provided that "Articles XVIII to XXV, in- ·* clu ivo, and Article XXX of this treaty, shall take effect as soon as the “ laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by “ the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, " and `by the Legislature of Prince Edward’s Island, on the one hand,
- and by· the Congress of the United States, on the other :"
‘ And whereas it is provided by Article XXXII of the treaty aforesaid “that the provisions and stipulations of Articles XVIII to XXV “ of this treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the colony of Newfoundland,
- so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial Parliament, the Leg-
“ islature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the United States, shall “ not embrace the colony of Newfoundland in their laws enacted for “ carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this article shall be of “ no eifect ; bntthe omission to make provision by law .to give it etfeot, “ by either; of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair “ any other articles of this treaty :" And whereas by the second section- of on act, entitled “An Actto 1s1s,c1¤. 213, vo!. “ carry into effect the provisions of the treaty between the United States ¤’“· P· *8* “ and Great Britain, signed in, the city of Washington the Sth day of
- May, enghteen hundred and seventy-one, relatingto the §sheries," it is
provides : -
- That whenever the colony of Newfoundland shall give its consent
“ to the application of the stipulations and provisions of the said articles ' “ eighteenth to twenty-fifth of said treaty, inclusive, to that colony, and · “ the Legislature thereof and the Imperial Parliament shall pass the “ necessary laws for that purpose, the above-enumerated- articles, being " the produce of the tlsheries of the colony of Newfoundland, shall be “ admitted into the United States free of duty, from and after the date of “ a proolamation..by the President of the United States, declaring that •¢ he has satisfactory evidence that the said colony of Newsibundland has li consented, in a due and proper manner, to have the Erovisions of the " said articles eighteenth to twentyhfth, inclusive, oft e said treaty ex- ·* tended to it, and to allow the United States the full benefits of all the •‘ stipulations therein contained, and shall be so admitted free of duty so
- ‘ long as the said articles eighteenth to twenty-ilfth, iuoluslve, and article
“ thirtieth of said treaty, shall remain in force,(aocordlug to the terms “ and conditions of article thirty-third of said treaty :" And whereas the Secretary of State of the.United States and Her Britannio Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington have recorded in a protocol of a conference held by them at the Department of State in Washington on the 28th day of May, 1874, in the following language: - {Protocol of a conferenodheld at Washington on the twenty-eighth day of - May, one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour. “ Whereas it is provided by Article of the treaty betwoeutbe " United States of America and Her Majeety the Queen of the United “ Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, signed at Washington on the ." Sth of May, 1871, as follows: ‘· _ ¢* *A.nr1oLm XXXII. _ ‘* ‘ It is further agreedthat theprovisions and stipulations of Articles “ ‘ XVIII to·XXVof this treaty, iuc1usive,sholl extend to the colony of
