Cases decided in the Courts of the United States as to the obligation and construction of treaties Treaty of alliance between the United States of America and His Most Christian Majesty..... Treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and His Most Christian Majesty. February 6, 1778 Treaty of amity and commerce between their High Mightinesses, the States General of the United Netherlands, and the United States of America, to wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. October 8, 1782..... .... Convention between the Lords, the States General of the United Netherlands, and the United Page 1 2 6 12 32 50 54 Armistice declaring a cessation of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain. January 20, 1783.... 58 Treaty of amity and commerce, concluded between his Majesty the King of Sweden, and the United States of America. April 3, 1783.... Definitive treaty of peace between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty. September 3, 1783.... A Treaty of amity and commerce between his Majesty the King of Prussia and the United States of America. July, August, and September, 1785..... Treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America and his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Morocco. January, 1787 Convention between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America. November 14, 1788.... .... 106 Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, by their President, with the advice and consent of their Senate. November 19, 1794..... ... 116 Additional article to the treaty with Great Britain of November 19, 1794. May 4, 1796....... 130 Explanatory article, to be added to the treaty with Great Britain of November 19, 1794. March 15, 1798... 131 A treaty of peace and amity between the Dey of Algiers and the United States of America. September 5, 1795.... 133 .... Treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, between the United States of America and the King of Spain. October 27, 1795. 138 Treaty of peace and friendship, between the United States of America and the Bey and subjects of Tripoli of Barbary. November 4, 1796.. 154 Treaty of peace and friendship, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Tunis. ...... Treaty of amity and commerce, between his Majesty the King of Prussia and the United States of America. July 11, 1799... Page 157 . 162 Convention between the French Republic and the United States of America. September 30, 1800 178 192 193 Convention between the United States and Great Britain. January 8, 1802...... .. 196 A convention between his Catholic Majesty and the United States of America, for the indemnification of those who have sustained losses, damages, or injuries, in consequence of the excesses of individuals of either nation, during the late war, contrary to the existing treaty, or the laws of nations. August 11, 1802... 198 April 30, 1803 ...... 200 Treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic. April 30, 1803... 206 Treaty of peace and amity, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. 214 218 Treaty of peace and amity, concluded between the United States of America and his Highness ..... A convention to regulate the commerce between the Territories of the United States and his ...... Treaty of peace and amity, concluded between the United States of America and the Dey and Convention with Great Britain. October 20, 1818. 248 Decision of the Commissioners under the fourth article of the treaty of Ghent ... Decision of the Commissioners under the sixth article of the Treaty of Ghent, done at Utica, in the State of New York, June 18, 1822.... 274 Convention of navigation and commerce, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of France and Navarre. June 24, 1822 278 Treaty with Great Britain. July 12, 1822 .. 282 Altered articles of the treaty of peace and friendship, between the United States and the Bashaw 298 Convention between the United States of America and Russia. April 5-17, 1824 .... 302 306 General convention of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the Federation of the Centre of America. December 5, 1825..... General convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Denmark. April 26, 1826... Convention between the United States of America and Great Britain. November 13, 1826..... 344 Treaty with Sweden and Norway. July 4, 1827.... 316 Convention with Great Britain. August 6, 1827..... Convention between the United States of America and Great Britain. September 29, 1827 .. 362 Convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. December 20, 1827.. 366 Treaty of limits, between the United States of America and the United Mexican States. January 12, 1828 Page ... 376 Additional article to the treaty of limits, concluded between the United States of America and ... 379 Additional article to the convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, concluded at Washington, on the twentieth day of December, 1827, between the United States of America and the Hanscatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. June 4, 1828..................... 386 Treaty with Brazil. December 12, 1828.......... ...... 390 Treaty of commerce and navigation, between the United States of America and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. August 26, 1829.... .... 398 Convention between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Denmark, signed at Copenhagen the 28th March, 1830..... Treaty with the Ottoman Porte. May 7, 1830..... A treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the United Mexican States. April 5, 1831 402 ..... 408 410 430 General convention of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the Republic of Chile. May 16, 1832 434 Convention with France. July 4, 1831.. Convention between the Government of the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, to terminate the reclamations of said Government, for the depredations inflicted upon American commerce by Murat, during the years 1809, 1810, 1811, and 1812. October 14, 1832 Treaty with Russia. December 6-18, 1832 442 444 Treaty of amity and commerce between his Majesty, the Magnificent King of Siam, and the United States of America. March 20, 1833 An additional and explanatory convention to the treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, concluded in the city of Santiago, on the 16th day of May, 1832, between the United States of America and the Republic of Chile. September 1, 1833.... ..... 454 456 A treaty of amity and commerce, between the United States of America and his Majesty Seyed 458 460 Convention with Mexico. April 3, 1835 464 Treaty of peace, friendship, navigation, and commerce, between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela. January 20, 1836..... General convention of peace, friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. November 30, 1836 ... Treaty of commerce and navigation, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Greece. December 10-22, 1837 ... Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Texas, to terminate the reclamations of the former Government for the capture, seizure, and detention of the brigs Pocket and Durango, and for injuries suffered by American citizens on board the Pocket. April 11, 1838 . Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas, for marking the boundary between them. April 25, 1838 ........ Treaty with the King of the Netherlands. January 19, 1839.... 498 510 511 512 Convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States of America upon the Government of the Mexican Republic. April 11, 1839 .. A treaty, to settle and define the boundaries between the territories of the United States and the possessions of her Britannic Majesty in North America; for the final suppression of the African slave trade; and for the giving up of criminals, fugitives from justice, in certain cases. August 9, 1842.. 572 Page .... Convention, further to provide for the payment of awards in favour of claimants, under the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic, of the 11th April 1839. January 30, 1843 ... Convention for the surrender of criminals, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the French. November 9, 1843.. Postal convention, between the United States of North America and the Republic of New Granada. March 6, 1844...... ...... 578 580 584 Convention for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine, and taxes on emigration, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Wurttemburg. April 10, 1844.. 588 Treaty with China. July 3, 1844....... .... 592 Treaty of commerce and navigation, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the Belgians. November 10, 1845.... ... 606 TREATIES. TREATY-MAKING POWER. By the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION of July 8, 1778, the following provisions were made relative to treaties by the United States: Article 6, section 1. "No state, without the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any confirmed agreement, alliance or treaty with any king, prince or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatsoever, from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility." Vol. I. 5. SEC. 2. "No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue." Vol. I. 5. Article 9, sec. 1. "The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in cases mentioned in the sixth article; of sending and receiving ambassadors, entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever; of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be decided or appropriated; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas; and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures; provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts." Vol. I. 6. SEC. 6. "The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same; nor shall a question on any other point except for adjourning from day to day, be determined unless by the votes of a majority of the United States in Congress assembled." Vol. I. 8. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, article 2, section 2, provides" He (the President of the United States) shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided 1 A (1) |