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In witness whereof the undersigned, Jonkheer R. de Marees van Swinderen, minister of foreign affairs of her majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, and Doctor J. de J. Paul, special delegate of the government of the United States of Venezuela, duly authorized by her majesty the Queen and by the vice president constitutionally charged with the presidency of the Republic have affixed their signatures to the present protocol, which shall be submitted to the ratification of the competent powers and of which an exact translation in Dutch and in Spanish shall be made and signed by the two plenipotentiaries.

Done in duplicate at The Hague, April 19, 1909.

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TREATY BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE COLONY OF SURINAM.

Signed, May 5, 1906; proclaimed by the Netherlands, July 11, 1908.

Sa Majesté la Reine des PaysBas et le Président des Etats-Unis du Brésil, animés du désir de resserrer les liens d'amitié qui existent heureusement entre les deux nations et d'éviter les contestations qui pourraient s'élever si la frontière entre le Brésil et la colonie de Surinam n'était pas déterminée conventionnellement, ont résolu de conclure un traité à cet effet et ont nommé pour Leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Sa Majesté la Reine des PaysBas, Monsieur Frédéric Palm, Ministre-Résident des Pays-Bas au Brésil et

Le Président des États-Unis du Brésil, Monsieur José Maria da

Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, and the President of the United States of Brazil, desirous of strengthening the bonds of friendship which happily exist between the two nations, and of avoiding contests which might arise if the boundary between Brazil and the colony of Surinam was not conventionally determined, have resolved to conclude a treaty to this effect, and have named for their plenipotentiaries, to wit:

Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, Mr. Frederic Palm, minister resident of the Netherlands in Brazil and

The President of the United States of Brazil, Mr. Jose Maria

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Signed at Washington, March 2, 1909; Proclaimed, April 24, 1909.

The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Italy, considering it appropriate to supplement by an additional agreement the commercial agreement signed between the two governments at Washington, on February 8, 1900, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Robert Bacon, Secretary of State of the United States; and

His Majesty the King of Italy, His Excellency the Baron Mayor des Planches, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington,

Who, after an exchange of their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles:

1 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 523.

ARTICLE I.

It is agreed on the part of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Tariff Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, that the rates of duty heretofore imposed and collected, under the said Act, on Italian sparkling wines upon entering the United States, including the island of Porto Rico, shall be suspended during the continuance in force of this agreement, and, instead, the following duties shall be imposed and collected, to wit:

On all sparkling wines, in bottles containing not more than one quart and more than one pint, six dollars per dozen; containing not more than one pint each and more than one-half pint, three dollars per dozen; containing one-half pint each or less, one dollar and fifty cents per dozen; in bottles or other vessels containing more than one quart each, in addition to six dollars per dozen bottles on the quantities in excess of one quart, at the rate of one dollar and ninety cents per gallon.

ARTICLE II.

It is reciprocally agreed on the part of Italy, in consideration of the provisions of the foregoing article, that during the term of this additional agreement the duty to be assessed and collected on mowers and tedders, included in item No. 240, paragraph "f," of the customs tariff of Italy, products of the industry of the United States, imported into Italy, shall not exceed the rate of four lire per one hundred kilograms.

ARTICLE III.

When official notification of His Majesty's ratification shall have been given to the government of the United States, the President of the United States shall publish his proclamation, giving full effect to the provisions contained in article I of this agreement. From and after the date of such proclamation this agreement shall be in full force and effect, and shall continue in force until the expiration of one year from the time when either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same.

In winess whereof we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this agreement, in duplicate, in the English and Italian texts, and have affixed hereunto our respective seals.

Done at Washington, this second day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and nine.

ROBERT BACON. [SEAL]

E. MAYOR DES PLANCHES. [SEAL]

SANITARY CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER POWERS.1

Signed at Washington, October 14, 1905; Ratified, May 29, 1906; Proclaimed, March 1, 1909.

The presidents of the republics of Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, United States of America, and Venezuela:

Having found that it is useful and convenient to codify all the measures destined to guard the public health against the invasion and propagation of yellow fever, plague and cholera, have designated as their delegates, to wit:

Republic of Chile, Sr. Dr. D. Eduardo Moore, professor of the Medical Faculty, Hospital Physician;

Republic of Costa Rica, Sr. Dr. D. Juan J. Ulloa, Ex-Vice-President, Ex-Minister of the Interior of Costa Rica, Ex-President of the Medical Faculty of Costa Rica;

Republic of Cuba, Sr. Dr. D. Juan Guiteras, member of the Superior Board of Health of Cuba, director of the "Las Animas" Hospital, professor of General Pathology and Tropical Medicine of the University of Havana, and Sr. Dr. D. Enrique B. Barnet, Executive Chief of the Health Department of Havana, member and secretary of the Superior Board of Health of Cuba:

Republic of Ecuador, Sr. Dr. D. Serafin S. Wither, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General of Ecuador in New York, and Sr. Dr. D. Miguel H. Alcívar, member of the Superior Board of Health of Guayaquil, Professor of the Medical Faculty and Surgeon of the General Hospital of Guayaquil ;

Republic of the United States of America, Dr. Walter Wyman, Surgeon General of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States; Dr. H. D. Geddings, assistant Surgeon General of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States, and representative of the United States at the Sanitary Convention of Paris; Dr. J. F. Kennedy, secretary of the Board of Health of the State of Iowa; Dr. John S. Fulton, secretary of the Board of Health of the State of Maryland; Dr. Walter D. McCaw, Major, Surgeon in the United States Army; Dr. J. D. Gatewood, Surgeon in the United States Navy; Dr. H. L. E. Johnson, member of the American Medical Association (member of the Board of Trustees);

1 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 518.

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