848 PROGLAMATIONS " ‘ Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial Par- “ ‘ liament, the Legislature 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 eifect, then this
- * article shall be of no eifect; but the omission to make provision by
,** * law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall
- * not in any way impair any other articles of this treaty :’
“And whereas an act was passed by the Senate and House of Repre “ sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled and “ approved on the first day ot',March, 1873, by the President of the United °‘ States, entitled ‘An Act to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty '"betwcen the United States and Great Britain signed in the city of
- 4* Washington the eighth of May, 1871, relating to iisher·ies,’ by which
“ act it is provided: “ ‘Section 2. That whenever the colony of Newfoundland shall give its “ ‘ consent to the application of the stipulations and provisions of the " ‘ said articles eigb teenth 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 aboveenumerated arti °* ‘ cles, being the produce of the iisheries of the colony of N ewioundland, “ ‘ shall be admitted into the United States free of duty from and after
- • * the date of a proclamation by the President of the United States, de
<* * claring that he has satisfactory evidence that the said colony of New~ ‘“*foundland has consented, in a due and proper manner, ·to‘ have the
- * provisions of the said articles eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive,
“ ‘ of the said treaty extended 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 a the said articles eighteenth to “ ‘ twenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth, of said treaty, shall " ‘ remain in force, according to the terms and conditions of article
- ‘ • thirty-third of said treaty :’ `
“And whereas an act was passed by the Governor, Legislative Council, ' " and Assembly of Newfoundland, in legislative session convened, "in " the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty’s reign, and assented to by Her “ Majesty on the twelfth day of May, 1874, intituled ‘An Actto carry “ *into edect the provisions of the treaty of Washington as far as they “ ‘relate to this colony :’ ‘ _
- The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United
“ States, and the Right Honorable Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her “ Majesty’s most honorable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the “ most honorable Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy “ Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of . **America, duly authorized for this purpose by their respective govern-
- ‘ ments, having met together at Washington, and having found that the
“ laws required to carry the Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and "Articles XXX and XXXII, of the treaty atoresaid into operation, have •‘ been passed by the Congress of the United States on the one part, •‘ and by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament " of Canada, and by the Legislature of Prince Edward’s Island and the “ Legislature of Newfoundland on the other, hereby declare that Articles` “ XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX, of the treaty between
- the United States of America and Her Britannic Majest shall take
" effect in accordance with Article XXXIII of said treaty between the °‘ citizens of the United States of America and Her Majesty’s subjects in “ the colony of Newfoundland, on the iirst day of June next. “ In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this protocol, and “ have hereunto affixed their seals. ‘ lions in duplicate at Washington, this twenty-eighth day of May, L “ [1.. s. ¢* HAMILTON FISH. “ [L. s. “EDWD. (l‘HORNTON.”
