Where, on the decease of any person, holding real estate within the territories of one Party, such real estate, would by the laws of the land descend on a citizen or subject of the other were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all duties of detraction on the part of the Government of the respective States.

The capitals and effects which the citizens or subjects of the respective Parties, in changing their residence shall be desirous of removing from the place of their domicil shall likewise be exempt from all duties of detraction or emigration on the part of their respective Governments.

ART: 11.

The present Treaty shall continue in force until the tenth of June, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and further until the end of twelve months after the Government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on the one part, or that of the United States on the other part, shall have given notice of its intention of terminating the same, but upon the condition hereby expressly stipulated and agreed, that, if the Grand-Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin shall deem it expedient or find it compulsory during the said term, to levy a duty on paddy or rice in the husk, or augment the duties upon leaves, strips or stems of tobacco, on whale-oil and rice, mentioned in Article VIII. (eighth) of the present treaty the Government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin shall give notice of one year to the Government of the United States before proceeding to do so; and at the expiration of that year or any time subsequently the Government of the United States shall have full power and right to abrogate the present treaty by giving a previous notice of six months to the Government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin or to continue it (at its option) in full force until the operation thereof shall have been arrested in the manner first specified in the present Article.

Now therefore the Undersigned L. de Lutzow, President of the privy Council and first Minister of His Royal Highness, on the part of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and A. Dudley Mann, special Agent on the part of the United States, invested with full powers to this effect, found in good and due form, have this day signed in triplicate, and have exchanged this declaration. The effect of this agreement is hereby declared to be to establish the aforesaid treaty between the High Parties to this declaration, as fully and perfectly, to all intents and purposes, as if all the provisions therein contained, in the manner as they are above explicitly stated, had been agreed to in a separate treaty, concluded and ratified between them in the ordinary form. In witness whereof the above named plenipotentiaries have hereto affixed their names and seals.

Done at Schwerin, this 9th (ninth) day of December, 1847.

1853.

November 26, 1853, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin acceded to the extradition treaty of 1852 between the United States and Prussia and other States of the Germanic Confederation, page 648.

MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ.

(SEE NORTH GERMAN UNION.)

1853.

December 2, 1853, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz acceded to the extradition treaty of 1852 between the United States and Prussia and other States of the Germanic Confederation, page 648.

MEXICO.

1828.

TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded January 12, 1828; ratification advised by the Senate April 4, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832. (Treaties and eclaimed Conventions, 1889, p. 661.)

This treaty of three articles confirmed the boundaries set out in the treaty with Spain, 1819, and provided for a commission to run the line, which was never appointed. The accession of Texas and the war with the United States and Mexico rendered the treaty inoperative.

1831.

TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded April 5, 1831; ratification advised by the Senate April 4, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 663.)

This single article extended the time for the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of 1828, and expired with it.

1831.@

TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded April 5, 1831; ratification advised by the Senate March 23, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 664.)

This treaty of thirty-four articles was suspended during the war between the United States and Mexico, 1846-47, but was revived in general by the Treaty of 1848, and finally denounced by Mexico November 30, 1881.

1835. TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded April 3, 1835; ratification advised by the Senate January 26, 1835; ratified by the President February 2, 1836; ratifications exchanged April 20, 1836; proclaimed April 21, 1836. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 675.)

This single article extended the time for the appointment of the commission to fix the boundary provided for in the Treaty of 1828, but it was never appointed.

a Federal case: Atocha v. U. S., 8 Ct. Cl., 427.

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1839.

CLAIMS CONVENTION."

Concluded April 11, 1839; ratification advised by the Senate March 17, 1840; ratified by the President April 6, 1840; ratifications exchanged April 7, 1840; proclaimed April 8, 1840. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 676.)

By this treaty of fourteen articles a commission of four members and an umpire named by the King of Prussia was directed to be appointed to adjust the claims of United States citizens against Mexico. The commission held its first session in Washington, D. C., August 25, 1840, and terminated its duties February 25, 1842.

1843.

CLAIMS CONVENTION.

Concluded January 30, 1843; ratification advised by the Senate March 2, 1843; ratified by the President; ratifications exchanged March 29, 1843; proclaimed March 30, 1843. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 680.)

This treaty of seven articles provided for the payment of the awards rendered by the commission under the Treaty of 1839.

1848.

TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS, AND SETTLEMENT.

(TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO.)

Concluded February 2, 1848; ratification advised by the Senate, with amendments, March 10, 1848; ratified by the President March 16, 1848; ratifications exchanged May 30, 1848; proclaimed July 4, 1848. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 681.)

a Federal case: Gill v. Oliver's Executors, 11 How., 529.

b Federal cases: Cross v. Harrison, 16 How., 164; Judson v. Corcoran, 17 How., 612; McKinney v. Saviego, 18 How., 235; U. S. v. Auguisola, 1 Wall., 352; U. S. v. Moreno, 1 Wall., 400; U. S. v. Yorba. 1 Wall., 412; Townsend v. Greeley, 5 Wall.. 326; In re Atocha, 17 Wall., 439; Basse v. Brownsville, 22 Law. Ed., 420, 154 U. S., 610; Botiller v. Dominguez, 130 U. S., 238; Seabury v. Field, 1 McAllister, 1: Friedman v. Goodwin, 1 McAllister, 142; Tobin v. Walkinshaw, 1 McAllister, 186; Tripp v. Spring, 5 Sawy., 209; Atocha v. U. S., 8 Ct. Cl., 427; Crystal Springs Land and Water Co. v. Los Angeles. 76 Feb. Rep., 148; In re Rodriguez, 81 Fed. Rep., 337; Hooker v. Los Angeles, 188 U. S., 314; Sena v. U. S., 189 U. S., 233.

The United States of America, and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two Republics, and to establish upon a solid basis relations of peace and friendship, which shall confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of both, and assure the concord, harmony and mutual confidence, wherein the two Peoples should live, as good Neighbors, have for that purpose appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries; that is to say, The President of the United States has appointed Nicholas P. Trist, a citizen of the United States, and the President of the Mexican Republic has appointed Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo Couto, and Don Miguel Atristain, citizens of the said Republic; who, after a reciprocal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection of Almighty God, the author of Peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic.

ARTICLE I.

There shall be firm and universal peace between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, and between their respective Countries, territories, cities, towns and people, without exception of places or persons.

ARTICLE II.

Immediately upon the signature of this Treaty, a convention shall be entered into between a Commissioner or Commissioners appointed by the General in Chief of the forces of the United States, and such as may be appointed by the Mexican Government, to the end that a provisional suspension of hostilities shall take place, and that, in the places occupied by the said forces, constitutional order may be reestablished, as regards the political, administrative and judicial branches, so far as this shall be permitted by the circumstances of military occupation.

ARTICLE III.

Immediately upon the ratification of the present treaty by the Government of the United States, orders shall be transmitted to the Commanders of their land and naval forces, requiring the latter, (provided this Treaty shall then have been ratified by the Government of the Mexican Republic and the ratifications exchanged) immediately to desist from blockading any Mexican ports; and requiring the former (under the same condition) to commence, at the earliest moment practicable, withdrawing all troops of the United States then in the interior of the Mexican Republic, to points that shall be selected by common agreement, at a distance from the sea-ports not exceeding thirty leagues; and such evacuation of the interior of the Republic shall be