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The President of the United States of America, Herschel V. Johnson, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the United States of America in Mexico; and

The President of the United Mexican States, Señor Genaro Estrada, Under Secretary of State in charge of Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE I

The High Contracting Parties agree that the term assigned by Article VI of the convention of September 8, 1923, as extended by Article I of the convention concluded between the two Governments on August 16, 1927, for the hearing, examination and decision of claims for loss or damage accruing prior to September 8, 1923, shall be and the same hereby is further extended for a time not exceeding two years from August 30, 1929, the day when, pursuant to the provisions of the said Article I of the convention concluded between the two Governments on August 16, 1927, the functions of the said Commission would terminate in respect of such claims; and that during such extended term the Commission shall also be bound to hear, examine and decide all claims for loss or damage accruing between September 8, 1923, and August 30, 1927, inclusive, and filed with the Commission not later than August 30, 1927.

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Norte América al Señor Herschel V. Johnson, Chargé d'Affaires ad-interim de los Estados Unidos de Norte América en México; y

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos al Señor Genaro Estrada, Sub-secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Encargado el Despacho;

Quienes, después de haberse comunicado mutuamente sus Plenos Poderes respectivos, hallándolos en buena y debida forma, han convenido en en los siguientes Artículos;

ARTÍCULO I

Las Altas Partes Contratantes convienen en que el plazo designado por el Artículo VI de la convención del 8 de septiembre de 1923, según quedó extendido por el Artículo I de la convención concluída entre los dos Gobiernos el 16 de agosto de 1927, para la audiencia, examen y decisión de reclamaciones por pérdida o daños acaecidos antes del 8 de septiembre de 1923, se prorrogue, y por la presente nuevamente se prorroga, durante un plazo que no exceda de dos años, contados desde el 30 de agosto de 1929, día en que, según las disposiciones de dicho Artículo I de la convención concluída entre los dos Gobiernos el 16 de agosto de 1927, terminarían las funciones de tal Comisión, por lo que toca a esas reclamaciones; y que durante el término de esta prórroga, la Comisión continuará obligada a oír, examinar y decidir cualesquiera reclamaciones por pérdida o daños acaecidos entre el 8 de septiembre de 1923 y el 30 de agosto de 1927, inclusive, siempre que hayan sido presentadas a la Comisión en fecha no posterior al 30 de agosto de 1927.

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AND WHEREAS, the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Mexico on the tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] twenty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States. of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth. HERBERT HOOVER

By the President:
HENRY L. STIMSON
Secretary of State

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SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, AUGUST 17, 1929

RATIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT, SEPTEMBER 25, 1929, IN PURSUANCE

OF SENATE RESOLUTION OF MAY 25. 1929

RATIFIED BY MEXICO, OCTOBER 4, 1929

RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 29, 1929
PROCLAIMED, OCTOBER 31, 1929

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