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 TUEATY 
 
 BETWEEN 
 
 THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, 
 
 OP FEBRUARY 3, J84ti, 
 
 INXt.UDIN'. 
 
 ARTICLES I. AND V. 
 
 Ml THE UNRATIFIED CONVENTION OF NOVEMBER 20, 184:J : 
 
 CONVENTION 
 
 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MKXIC'O, Ol'' WHW. il. l'":''J: 
 
 ACT OF CONGRESS 
 
 OF MARCH J, 1849, CREATING A COMMISSION FOR THE ADJUSTMENT Ol' CLAIM 
 PURSUANT TO SAID TREATY OF FEBRUARY 2, 1840 : 
 
 RULES AND ORDERS 
 
 ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ArP"'^' '■•,'. kY 
 SAID ACT OF CONORESS. 
 
 WASHINGTON : 
 
 J. AND G. 3. GIDEON, PRINTERS. 
 1849. 
 

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COMMISSION ON CLAIMS AGAINST MEXICO, UNDER ACT OF 
 CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1849. 
 
 TREATY 
 
 BETWEEN 
 
 THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 
 
 OF FEBRUARY 2, 1848, 
 
 INCLUDIKG 
 
 ARTICLES I. AND V. 
 
 OF THE UNRATIFIED CONVENTION OF NOVEMBER 20, 1843 : 
 
 CONVENTION 
 
 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, OF APRIL 11, 1839: 
 
 ACT OF CONGRESS 
 
 OF MARCH 3, 1849, CREATING A COMMISSION FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS, 
 PURSUANT TO SAID TREATY OF FEBRUARY 2, 1849 : 
 
 RULES AND ORDERS 
 
 ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY 
 SAID ACT OF CONGRESS. 
 
 WASHINGTON : 
 
 J. AND G. S. GIDEON, PRINTERS. 
 1849, 
 

 COMMISSION ON CLAIMS AGAINST MEXICO, UNDER ACT OP 
 MARCH 3, 1849. 
 
 Ordered, That the Secretary of this Board cause to be printed, in pamphlet form, the 
 Treaty of February 2, 1848, the Convention of the 11th April, 1839, the First and 
 Fifth Articles of the unratified Convention of November 20, 1843, the Act of Congress 
 of 3d March, 1849, under which this Board is created, and the Rules and Orders 
 heretofore established. And that 500 copies thereof be obtained for the use of claim- 
 ants and of the Board. 
 
 Office of said Commission, 
 
 Washington, 23d ^pril, 1849, 
 
TREATY 
 
 BETWEEN 
 
 THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 
 
 Treaty of peace, friendship, limits and settlement, between the United States 
 of Amei-ica and the Mexican republic. Dated at Guadalupe Hidalgo, 
 February 2, 1848; ratified by the President of the United States, March 
 16, 1848; exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, 184:8', proclaimed by the Pre- 
 sident of the United States, July 4, 1848. 
 
 In the name of Almighty God : 
 
 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 un- 
 happily exists between the two re- 
 publics, and to establish upon a solid 
 basis relations of peace and friend- 
 ship, which shall confer reciprocal 
 benefits upon the citizens of both, 
 and assure the concord, harmony and 
 mutual confidence wherein the two 
 people 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 Ihe Mexican re- 
 public has appointed Don Luis Gon- 
 zaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo Couto 
 and Don Miguel Atristain, citizens 
 of the said republic, who, after a re- 
 ciprocal com.munication of their re- 
 spective full powers, have, under the 
 protection of Almighty God, the 
 author of peace, arranged, agreed 
 upon, and signed the following 
 
 En el nombre de DiosTodo-Pode- 
 roso: 
 
 Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y 
 los Estados Unidos de America, ani- 
 mados de un sincero deseo de poner 
 termino alas calamidades delaguer- 
 ra que desgraciadamente existe entre 
 ambas republicas, y de establecer 
 sobre bases solidas relaciones de paz 
 y buena amistad, que procuren reci- 
 procas ventajas a los ciudadanos de 
 uno y otropais, j-afianzen la Concor- 
 dia, armonia y mutua seguridad en 
 que deben vivir, como buenos veci- 
 nos, los dos pueblos han nombrado a 
 este efecto sus respectivos plenipo- 
 tenciarios; a saber, el Presidente de 
 la republica Mexicana a Don Bernar- 
 do Couto, Don Miguel Atristain, y 
 Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, ciudada- 
 nos de la misma republica; y el Pre- 
 sidente de los Estados Unidos de 
 America a Don Nicolas P. Trist, ciu- 
 dadano de dichos Estados; quienes 
 despues de haberse comunicado sus 
 plenos poderes, bajo la proteccion 
 del Senor Dios Todo Poderoso, autor 
 de la paz, han ajustado, convenido, 
 y firmado el siguiente 
 
Treaty of peace, friendship, limits 
 and settlement, between the United 
 States of America and the Mexican 
 rqjublic. 
 
 Article I. 
 
 There shall be firm and universal 
 peace between the United States of 
 America and the Mexican republic, 
 and between their respective coun- 
 tries, territories, cities, towns and 
 people, without exception of places 
 or persons. 
 
 Article ll. 
 
 Immediately upon the signature of 
 this treaty, a convention shall be en- 
 tered into betv/een 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 govern- 
 ment, to the end that a provisional 
 suspension of hostilities shall take 
 place, and that, in the places occu- 
 pied by the said forces, constitution- 
 al order may here-established, as re- 
 gards the political, administrative 
 and judicial branches, so far as this 
 shall be permitted by the circum- 
 stances of military occupation. 
 
 Article III. 
 
 Immediately upon the ratification 
 of the present treaty hy the govern- 
 ment of the United States, orders 
 shall be transmitted to the command- 
 ers 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 ex- 
 changed) immediately to desist from 
 blockading any Mexican ports; and 
 requiring the former (under the same 
 condition) tp commence, at the ear- 
 liest moment practicable, withdraw- 
 
 Tratado de paz, amidad, limitea y 
 arreglo definitivo entre la republica 
 Mexicana y los Estados Unidos de 
 America. 
 
 Articulo I. 
 
 Habra paz firme y universal entre 
 la republica Mexicana y los Estados 
 Unidos de America, y entre sus res- 
 pectivospaises, territories, ciudades, 
 villas, y pueblos, sin escepcion de 
 lugares 6 personas. 
 
 Articulo II. 
 
 Luego que se firme el presente 
 tratado, habra un convenio entre el 
 comisionado u comisionados del go- 
 bierno Mexicano, y el 6 los que nom- 
 bre el General en gefe delasfuerzas 
 de los Estados Unidos, para que ce- 
 sen provisionalmente las hostilida- 
 des, y se restablezca en los lugares 
 ocupados por las mismas fuerzas el 
 orden constitucional en lo politico, 
 administrativo, y judicial, en cuanto 
 lo permitan las circunstancias de 
 ocupacion militar. 
 
 Articulo III. 
 
 Luego que este tratado sea ratifi- 
 cado por el gobierno de los Estados 
 Unidos, se expediran ordenes a sus 
 comandantes de tierra y mar previ- 
 niendo a estos segundos (siempre que 
 el tratado hay a sido yaratificadopor 
 el gobierno de la republica Mexicana, 
 y cangeadas las ratificaciones) que 
 inmediatamente alcen el bloqueo de 
 todos los puertos Mexicanos, y man- 
 dando a los primeros (bajo la raisma 
 condicion) que a la mayor posible 
 brevedad comiencen a retirar todas 
 las tropas de los Estados Unidos que 
 
mg all troops of the United States 
 then in the interior of the Mexican 
 I republic, to the points that shall be 
 i selected by common agreement, at 
 a distance from the seaports not ex- 
 ceeding thirty leagues; and such 
 evacuation of the interior of the re- 
 public shall be completed with the 
 least possible delay; the Mexican 
 government hereby binding itself to 
 afford every facility in its power for 
 rendering the same convenient to 
 the troops, on their march and in 
 their new positions, and for promot- 
 ing a good understanding between 
 them and the inhabitants. In like 
 manner, orders shall be despatched 
 to the persons in charge of the cus- 
 tom houses at all ports occupied by 
 the forces of the United States, re- 
 quiring them (under the same con- 
 dition) immediately to deliver pos- 
 session of the same to the persons 
 authorized by the Mexican govern- 
 ment to receive it, together with all 
 bonds and evidences of debts for du- 
 ties on importations and on exporta- 
 tions, not yet fallen due. Moreover, 
 a faithful and exact account shall be 
 made out, showing the entire amount 
 of all duties on imports and on ex- 
 ports collected at such custom houses, 
 or elsewhere in Mexico, by authori- 
 ty of the United States, from and af- 
 ter the day of the ratification of this 
 treaty by the government of the 
 Mexican republic; and also an ac- 
 count of the cost of collection; and 
 such entire amount, deducting only 
 the cost of collection, shall be de- 
 livered to the Mexican government, 
 at the city of Mexico, within three 
 months after the exchange of the ra- 
 tifications. 
 
 The evacuation of the capital of 
 the Mexi,can republic by the troops 
 of the United States, in virtue of the 
 above stipulations, shall bo complet- 
 ed in one month after the orders 
 
 se halldren entoncea en el interior 
 de la republica Mexicana, a puntos 
 que se elegiran de comun acuerdo, y 
 que no distaran de los puertos mas 
 de trienta leguas; esta evacuacion 
 del interior de la republica se consu- 
 mera con la menor dilacion posible, 
 comprometiendose a lavez elgobier- 
 no Mexicano a facilitar, cuanto que- 
 pa en su arbitrio, la evacuacion de 
 las tropas Americanas; a hacer c6- 
 modas su marcha y su permanencia 
 en los nuevos puntos que se elijan; 
 y a promover una buenainteligencia 
 entre ellas y los habitantes. Igual- 
 mente se libraran ordenes a las per- 
 sonas encargadas de las aduanas ma- 
 ritimas en todos los puertos ocupa- 
 dos por las fuerzas de los Estados 
 Unidos, previniendoles (bajo la mis- 
 ma condicion) que pongan inmedia- 
 tamente en posesion de dichas adu- 
 anas a las personas autorizadas por 
 el gobierno Mexicano para recibirlas, 
 entregandoles al mism.o tiempo todas 
 las obligaciones y constancias de deu- 
 das pendientes por derechos de im- 
 portaciony exportacion, cuyos plazos 
 no esten vencidos. Ademas se for- 
 mara una cuenta fiel y exacta que 
 manifieste el total monto de los dere- 
 chos de importacion y exportacion, 
 recaudados en las mismas aduanas 
 maritimas 6 en cualquieraotro lugar 
 de Mexico por autoridad de los 
 Estados Unidos desde el dia de la 
 ratificacion de este tratado por el 
 gobierno de la republica Mexicana; 
 y tambien una cuenta de los gastos 
 de recaudacion> y la total suma de 
 los derechos cobrados, deducidos so- 
 lamente los gastos de recaudacion, 
 se entregara al gobierno Mexicano 
 en la ciudad de Mexico a los tres me- 
 ses del cange de las ratificaciones. 
 
 La evacuacion de la capital de la 
 republica Mexicana por las tropas de 
 los Estados Unidos, en consecuencia 
 de lo que queda estipulado, se com- 
 pletara al mes de recibirse por el 
 
there stipulated for shall have been 
 received by the commander of said 
 troops, or sooner, if possible. 
 
 Article IV. 
 
 Immediately after the exchange of 
 ratifications of the present treaty, all 
 castles, forts, territories, places, and 
 possessions, which have been taken 
 or occupied by the forces of the 
 United States during the present 
 war, within the limits of the Mexi- 
 can republic, as about to be estab- 
 lished by the following article, shall 
 be definitively restored to the said re- 
 public, together with all the artillery, 
 arms, apparatus of war, munitions, 
 and other public property, which 
 were in the said castles and forts 
 when captured, and which shall re- 
 main there at the time when this 
 treaty shall be duly ratified by the 
 government of the Mexican repub- 
 lic. To this end, immediately upon 
 the signature of this treaty, orders 
 shall be despatched to the American 
 officers commanding such castles 
 and forts, securing against the re^ 
 moval or destruction of any such ar- 
 tillery, arms, apparatus of war, muni^ 
 tions, or other public property. The 
 city of Mexico, within the inner line 
 of entr»?nchments surrounding the 
 said city, is comprehended in the 
 above stipulations, as regards the re- 
 storation of artillery, apparatus of 
 war, &c. 
 
 The final evacuation of the terri- 
 tory of the Mexican republic, by the 
 forces of the United States, shall be 
 completed in three months from the 
 said exchange of ratifications, or 
 sooner, if possible ; the Mexican 
 government hereby engaging, as in 
 the foregoing article, to use all means 
 in its power for facilitating such eva- 
 niation, and rendering it convenient 
 
 comandante de dichas tropas las 6r- 
 denes convenidas en el presents ar- 
 ticulo 6 antes si fuere posible. 
 
 Articulo IV. 
 
 Luego que se verifique el cange de 
 las ratificaciones del presente trata- 
 do, todos los castillos, fortalezas, ter- 
 ritorios, lugares, y posesiones que 
 hayan tomado u ocupado las fuerzas 
 de los Estados Unidos, en la presente 
 •guerra, dentro de los limites que por 
 el siguiente articulo van a fijarse a 
 la republica Mexicana, se devolveran 
 definitivamente a la misma republic 
 lica, con toda la artilleria, armas, 
 aparejos de guerra, municiones, y 
 cualquiera otra propiedad publica 
 existentes en dichos castillos y forta-- 
 lezas, cuando fueron tomados, y que 
 se conserve en ellos al tiempo de 
 ratificarse por el gobierno de la re- 
 publica Mexicana el presente tra-^ 
 tado. A este efecto, inmediata- 
 mente despues que se firme, se ex-^ 
 pediran ordenes a los oficiales Ame- 
 ricanos que mandan dichos castillos 
 y fortalezas para asegurar toda la ar- 
 tilleria, armas, aparejos de guerra, 
 municiones, y cualquiera otra propie» 
 dad publica, la cual nopodra en ade- 
 lante removerse de donde se halla, 
 ni destruirse. La ciudad de Mexico 
 dentro de la linea interior de atrinche- 
 ramientos que la circundan queda 
 comprendida en la precedente esti- 
 pulacion en lo que toca d la devolu- 
 cion de artilleria, aparejos de guer- 
 ra, etc. 
 
 La final evacuacion del territorio 
 de la republica Mexicana por las 
 fuerzas de los Estados Unidos que-- 
 dara consumada a los tres meses del 
 cange de las ratificaciones, 6 antes 
 si fuere posible, comprometiendose 
 a la vez el gobierno Mexicano, como 
 en el articulo anterior, a usar de to- 
 dos los medios que esten en su poder 
 para facilitar la tal evacuacion, ha- 
 
to the troops, and for promoting a 
 good understanding between them 
 and the inhabitants. 
 
 If, however, the ratification of this 
 treaty by both parties should not take 
 place in time to allow the embarka- 
 tion of the troops of the United States 
 to be completed before the com- 
 mencement of the sickly season, at 
 the Mexican ports on the Gulf of 
 Mexico, in such case a friendly ar- 
 rangement shall be entered into be- 
 tween the General-in-Chief of the 
 said troops and the Mexican Govern- 
 ment, whereby healthy and other- 
 wise suitable places, at a distance 
 from the ports not exceeding thirty 
 leagues, shall be designated for the 
 residence of such troops as may not 
 yet have embarked, until the return 
 of the healthy season. And the 
 space of time here referred to as 
 comprehending the sickly season, 
 shall be understood to extend from 
 the first day of May to the first day 
 of November. 
 
 All prisoners of war taken on 
 either side, on land or on sea, shall 
 be restored as soon as practicable 
 after the exchange of ratifications of 
 this treaty. It is also agreed, that 
 if any Mexicans should now be held 
 as captives by any savage tribe with- 
 in the limits of the United States, as 
 about to be established by the follow- 
 ing article, the Government of the 
 United States will exact the release 
 of such captives, and cause them to 
 be restored to their country. 
 
 Article V. 
 
 The boundary line between the 
 two republics shall commence in 
 the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues 
 from land, opposite the mouth of the 
 Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio 
 Bravo del Norte, or opposite the 
 mouth of its deepest branch, if it 
 ,should have more than one branch 
 
 cerla comoda a las tropas America- 
 nas, y promover entre ellas y los 
 habitantes una buena intelligencia. 
 
 Sin embargo, si la ratificacion del 
 presente tratado por ambas partes no 
 tuviera efecto en tiempo que permita 
 que el embarque de las tropas de los 
 Estados Unidos se complete, antes 
 de que comience la estacion malsana 
 en los puertos Mexicanos del golfo 
 de Mexico ; en tal caso, se hard un 
 arreglo amistoso entre el gobierno 
 Mexicano y el General-en-Gefe de 
 dichas tropas, y por medio de este 
 arreglo se senalaran lugares salubres 
 y convenientes (que no disten de los 
 puertos mas de treinta leguas) para 
 que residan en ellos hasta la vuelta 
 de la estacion sana las tropas que aun 
 no se hayan embarcado. Y queda 
 entendido que el espacio de tiempo 
 de que aqui se habla, como compren- 
 sivo de la estacion malsana, se ex- 
 tiende desde el diaprimero de Mayo 
 hasta el dia primero de Noviembre. 
 
 Todos los prisioneros de guerra 
 tomados en mar 6 tierra por ambas 
 partes, se restituiran a la mayor bre- 
 vedad posible despues del cange de 
 las ratificaciones del presente tratado. 
 Queda tambien convenido que si al- 
 gunos Mexicanos estuvieren ahora 
 cautivos en poder de alguna tribu 
 salvage dentro de los limites que por 
 el siguiente articulo van a fijarse a 
 los Estados Unidos, el gobierno de 
 los mismos Estados Unidos exigira su 
 libertad y los hara restituir a su pais, 
 
 Articulo V. 
 
 La linea divisoria entre las dos re- 
 publicas commenzara en el golfo de 
 Mexico, tres leguas fuera de tierra 
 frente a la desembocadura del rio 
 Grande, llamado por otro nombre rio 
 Bravo del Norte, 6 del mas profundo 
 de sus brazos, si en la, desemboca- 
 dura tuviere varies brazos ; correra 
 
8 
 
 emptying directly into the sea ; from 
 thence up the middle of that river, 
 following the deepest channel, where 
 it has more than one, to the point 
 where it strikes the southern bound- 
 ary of New Mexico ; thence west- 
 wardly, along the whole southern 
 boundary of New Mexico (which 
 runs north of the town called Paso) 
 to its western termination ; thence 
 northward, along the western line of 
 New Mexico, until it intersects the 
 first branch of the river Gila ; (or if 
 it should not intersect any branch of 
 that river, then to the point on the 
 said line nearest to such branch, and 
 thence in a direct line to the same;) 
 thence down the middle of the said 
 branch and of the said river, until it 
 empties int j the Rio Colorado; thence 
 across the Rio Colorado, following 
 the division line between Upper and 
 Lower California, to the Pacific 
 ocean. 
 
 The southern and western limits 
 of New Mexico, mentioned in this 
 article, are those laid down in the 
 map, entitled "Map of the United 
 Mexican States, as organized and de- 
 fined by various acts of the Congress 
 of said republic, and constructed ac- 
 cording to the best authorities. Re- 
 vised edition. Published at JVew 
 York, in 1847, by J. Disturiiell.''^ 
 Of which map a copy is added to 
 this treaty, bearing the signatures 
 and seals of the undersigned pleni- 
 potentiaries. And, in order to pre- 
 clude all difficulty in tracing upon 
 the ground the limit separating Up- 
 per from Lower Califoinia, it is 
 agreed that the said limit shall con- 
 sist of a straight line drawn from the 
 middle of the Rio Gila, where it 
 unites with the Colorado, to a point . 
 on the coast of the Pacific ocean dis- 
 tant one marine league due south of 
 the southernmost point of the port of 
 
 por mitad de dicho rio, slguiendo el 
 canal mas profundo, donde tenga mas 
 de un canal, hasta el punto en que 
 dicho rio corta el lindero meridional 
 de Nuevo Mexico ; continuara luego 
 hacia occidente por todo este lindero 
 meridional (que corre al norte del 
 pueblo llamado Paso) hasta su ter- 
 mino por el lado de occidente ; desde 
 alii subira la linea divisoria hacia el 
 norte por el lindero occidental de 
 Nuevo Mexico, hasta donde este lin- 
 dero esta cortado por el primer brazo 
 del rio Gili ; (y si no esta cortado 
 por ningun brazo del rio Gila, en- 
 tonces hasta el punto del mismo lin- 
 dero occidental mas cercano al tal 
 brazo, y de alli en una linea recta al 
 mismo brazo;) conlinuaia despues 
 por mitad de este brazo y del Rio 
 Gila hasta su confluencia con el Rio 
 Colorado ; y desde la confluencia de 
 ambos rios la linea divisoria, cortan- 
 do el Colorado, seguira el limite que 
 separa la Alta de la Baja California 
 hasta el mar Pacifico. 
 
 Los linderos meridional y occiden- 
 tal de Nuevo Mexico, de que habla 
 este articulo, son los que se marcan 
 en la carta titulada : " Mapa de los 
 Estados Unidos de Mexico segun la 
 organizado y definido por las varias 
 actus del Congreso de dicha republica, 
 y construido por las mejores autori- 
 dades. Edicion revisada que publico en 
 JViieva Fo/7i- e?2. 1847, /. Disturnell;'*'' 
 de la cual se agrega un ejemplar al 
 presente tratado, firmado y sellado 
 por los plenipotenciarios infrascrip- 
 tos. Y para evitar toda dificultad al 
 trazar sobre la tierra el limite que 
 separa la Alta de la Baja California, 
 queda convenido que dicho limite 
 consistira en una linea recta tirada 
 desde la mitad del rio Gila en el 
 punto donde se une con el Colorado, 
 hasta un punto en la costa del mar 
 Pacifico, distante una legua marina 
 al sur del punto mas meridional del 
 puerto de San Diego, segun este 
 
San Diego, according to the plan of 
 said port made in the year 1782 by 
 Don Juan Pantoja, second sailing- 
 master of the Spanish fleet, and pub- 
 lished at Madrid in the year 1802, 
 in the Atlas to the voyage of the 
 schooners Sutil and Mexicana, of 
 which plan a copy is hereunto add- 
 ed, signed and sealed by the respec- 
 tive plenipotentiaries. 
 
 In order to designate the boundary 
 line with due precision, upon autho- 
 ritative maps, and to establish upon 
 the ground landmarks which shall 
 show the limits of both repubhcs, as 
 described in the present article, the 
 two Governments shall each appoint 
 a commissioner and a surveyor, who, 
 before the expiration of one year 
 from the date of the exchange of ra- 
 tifications of this treaty, shall meet 
 at the port of San Diego, and pro- 
 ceed to run and mark the said bound- 
 ary in its whole course to the mouth 
 of the Rio Bravo del Norte. They 
 shall keep journals and make out 
 plans of their operations ; and the 
 result agreed upon by them shall be 
 deemed a part of this treaty, and 
 shall have the same force as if it were 
 inserted therein. The two Govern- 
 ments will amicably agree regarding 
 what may be necessary to these per- 
 sons, and also as to their respective 
 escorts, should such be necessary. 
 
 The boundary line established by 
 this article shall be religiously re- 
 spected by each of the two republics, 
 and no change shall ever be made 
 therein, except by the express and 
 free consent of both nations, lawfully 
 given by the general government of 
 each, in conformity with its own 
 constitution. 
 
 puerto estd dibujado en el piano que 
 levanto el ano de 1782 el segundo 
 piloto de la armada Espaflola Don 
 Juan Pantoja, y se publico en Madrid 
 el de 1802, en el atlas para el viage 
 de las goletas Sutil y Mexicana; del 
 cual piano se agrega copia firmada y 
 sellada por los plenipotenciarios re- 
 spectivos. 
 
 Para consiguar la linea divisoria 
 con la precision debida en mapas fe- 
 hacientes, y para establecer sobre la 
 tierra mojones que pongan a la vista 
 los limites de ambas republicas, se- 
 gun quedan descritos en el presente 
 articulo, nombrara cada uno de los 
 dos Gobiernos un commisario y un 
 agrimensor que se juntaran antes del 
 termino de un ano contado desde la 
 fecha del cange de las ratificaciones 
 de este tratado, en el puerto de San 
 Diego, y procederan a seiialar y de- 
 marcar la expresada linea divisoria 
 en todo su curso hasta la desembo- 
 cadura del rio Bravo del Norte. 
 Llevaran dlarios y llevantaran pianos 
 de sus operaciones : y el resultado 
 convenido por ellos se tendra por 
 parte de este tratado, y tendra la 
 misma fuerza que si estuviese inser- 
 to en el ; debiendo convenir amisto- 
 samente los dos gobiernos en el ar- 
 reglo de cuanto necesiten estos indi- 
 viduos, y en la escolta respectiva 
 que deban llevar, siempre que se 
 crea necessario. 
 
 La linea divisoria que seestablece 
 por este articulo sera religiosamente 
 respetada por cada una de las dos 
 republicas, y ninguna variacion se 
 hara jamas en ella, sino de expreso 
 y libre consentimiento de ambas na- 
 ciones, otorgado legalmente por el 
 gobierno general de cada una de 
 ellas, con arreglo a su propia con- 
 stitucion. 
 
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 Article VT. 
 
 Articulo VI. 
 
 The vessels and citizens of the 
 United States shall, in all time, have 
 a free and uninterrupted passage by 
 the gulf of California, and by the 
 river Colorado below its confluence 
 with the Gila, to and from their pos- 
 sessions situated north of the boun- 
 dary line defined in the preceding 
 article; it being understood that this 
 passage is to be by navigating the 
 gulf of California and the river Col- 
 orado, and not by land, without the 
 express consent of the Mexican gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 If, by the examinations which may 
 be made, it should be ascertained to 
 be practicable and advantageous to 
 construct a road, canal, or railway, 
 which should in whole or in part run 
 upon the river Gila, or upon its right 
 or its left bank, within the space of 
 one marine league from either mar- 
 gin of the river, the governments of 
 both republics will form an agree- 
 ment regarding its construction, in 
 order that it may serve equally for 
 the use and advantage of both coun- 
 tries. 
 
 Los buques y ciudadanos de los 
 Estados Unidos tendran en todo 
 tiempo un libre y no interrumpido 
 transito por el golfo de California y 
 por el rio Colorado desde su conflu- 
 encia con el Gila, para sus posesiones 
 y desde sus posesiones sitas al norte 
 de la linea divisoria que queda mar- 
 cada en el articulo precedente; en- 
 tendiendose que este transito se ha 
 de hacer navegando por el golfo de 
 California y por el rio Colorado, y 
 no por tierra, sin expreso consenti- 
 miento del gobierno Mexicano. 
 
 Si por reconocimieiitos que se 
 practiquen, se comprobare la posi- 
 bilidad y conveniencia de construir 
 un camino, canal, 6 ferro-carril, que 
 en todo 6 en parte corra sobre el rio 
 Gila 6 sobre alguna de sus margenes 
 derecha 6 izquierda en la latitud de 
 una legua marina de uno 6 de otro 
 lado del rio, los gobiernos de ambas 
 republicas se pondran de acuerdo 
 sobre su construccion a fin de que 
 sirva igualmente para el uso y pro- 
 vecho de ambos paises. 
 
 Article VII. 
 
 Articulo VII. 
 
 The river Gila, and the part of the 
 Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the 
 southern boundary of New Mexico, 
 being, agreeably to the fifth article, 
 divided in the middle between the 
 two republics, the navigation of the 
 Gila and of the Bravo below said 
 boundary shall be free and common 
 to the vessels and citizens of both 
 countries; and neither shall, without 
 the consent of the other, construct 
 any work that may impede or inter- 
 rupt, in whole or in part, the exer- 
 cise of this right; not even for the 
 purpose of favoring new methods of 
 navigation. Nor ehall any tax or 
 contribution, under any denomina- 
 
 Como el rio Gila y la parte del 
 rio Bravo del Norte que corre bajo 
 el lindero meridional de Nuevo Mex- 
 ico se dividen por mitad entre las 
 dos republicas, segun lo establecido 
 en el articulo quinto, la navegacion 
 en el Gila y en la parte que queda 
 indicada del Bravo, sera libre y 
 comun a los buques y ciudadanos de 
 ambos paises, sin que por alguno de 
 ellos pueda hacerse (sin consenti- 
 miento del otro) ninguna obra que 
 impido 6 interrumpa en todo 6 en 
 parte el ejercicio de este derecho, ni 
 aun con motivo de favorecer nuevos 
 metodos de navegacion. Tampoco 
 se podra cobr ar (sino en el caso de 
 
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 tion or title, be levied upon vessels, 
 or persons navigating the same, or 
 upon merchandise or effects trans- 
 ported thereon, except in the case of 
 landing upon one of their shores. If, 
 for the purpose of making the said 
 rivers navigable, or for maintaining 
 them in such state, it should be ne- 
 cessary or advantageous to establish 
 any tax or contribution, this shall 
 not be done without the consent of 
 both governments. 
 
 The stipulations contained in the 
 present article shall not impair the 
 territorial rights of either republic 
 within its established limits. 
 
 Article VIII. 
 
 Mexicans now established in ter- 
 ritories previously belonging to Mex- 
 ico, and which remain for the future 
 within the limits of the United States, 
 as defined by the present treaty, 
 shall be free to continue where they 
 now reside, or to remove at any time 
 to the Mexican republic, retaining 
 the property which they possess in 
 the said territories, or disposing 
 thereof, and removing the proceeds 
 wherever they please, without their 
 being subjected, on this account, to 
 any contribution, tax, or charge 
 whatever. 
 
 Those who shall prefer to remain 
 in the said territories, may either 
 retain the title and rights of Mexican 
 citizens, or acquire those of citizens 
 of the United States. But they shall 
 be under the obligation to make their 
 election within one year from the 
 date of the exchange of ratifications 
 of this treaty; and those who shall 
 remain in the said territories after 
 the expiration of that year, without 
 having declared their intention to re- 
 tain the character of Mexicans, shall 
 be considered to have elected to be- 
 come citizens of the United States. 
 
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 desembarco en alguna de sus riberas) 
 ningun impuesto 6 contribucion bajo 
 ninguna denominacion 6 titulo a los 
 buques, efectos, mercancias 6 per- 
 sonas que naveguen en dichos rios. 
 Si para hacerlos 6 mantenerlos nave- 
 gables fuere necesario 6 conveniente 
 establecer alguna contribucion 6 
 impuesto, no podra esto hacerse 
 sin el consentimiento de los dos 
 gobiernos. 
 
 Las estipulaciones contenldas en 
 el presente articulo dejan ilesos los 
 derechos territoriales de una y otra 
 republica dentro de los limites que 
 les quedan marcados. 
 
 Articulo VIII. 
 
 Los Mexicanos establecidos hoy 
 en territories pertenecientes antes a 
 Mexico, y que quedan para lo futuro 
 dentro de los limites senalados por 
 el presente tratado a los Estados 
 Unidos, podran permanecer en donde 
 ahora habitan, 6 trasladarse en cual- 
 quier tiempo a la republica Mexi- 
 cana, conservando en los indicados 
 territories los bienes que poseen, 6 
 enagenandolos y pasando su valor a 
 donde les convenga, sin que por esto 
 pueda exigirseles ningun genero de 
 contribucion, gravamen 6 impuesto. 
 
 Los que prefieran permanecer en 
 los indicados territories, podran con- 
 servar el titulo y derechos de ciuda- 
 danos Mexicanos, 6 adquirir el titulo 
 v derechos de ciudadanos de los 
 Estados Unidos. Mas la eleccion 
 entre una y otra ciudadania deberan 
 hacerla dentro de un alio contado 
 desde la fecha del cange de las rati- 
 ficaciones de este tratado. Y los que 
 permanecieren en los indicados ter- 
 ritorios despues de transcurrido el 
 ano, sin haber declarado su intencion 
 de retener el caracterde Mexicanos, 
 se considerara que han elegido ser 
 ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos. 
 
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 In the said territories, property of 
 every kind, now belonging to Mexi- 
 cans not established there, shall be 
 inviolably respected. The present 
 owners, the heirs of these, and all 
 Mexicans who may hereafter ac- 
 quire said property by contract, 
 shall enjoy "with respect to it guar- 
 anties equally ample as if the same 
 belonged to citizens of the United 
 States. 
 
 Article IX. 
 
 The Mexicans who, in the territo- 
 ries aforesaid, shall not preserve the 
 character of citizens of the Mexican 
 republic, conformably with what is 
 stipulated in the preceding article, 
 shall be incorporated into the union 
 of the United States and be admitted 
 at the proper time (to be judged of 
 by the Congress of the United States) 
 to the enjoyment of all the rights of 
 citizens of the United States, accord- 
 ing to the principles of the Constitu- 
 tion; and in the mean time shall be 
 maintained and protected in the free 
 enj oy ment of their liberty and proper- 
 ty, and secured in the free exercise 
 of their religion virithout restriction. 
 
 Article X. 
 
 [Stricken out.] 
 
 Article XL 
 
 Considering that a great part of 
 the territories, which, by the present 
 treaty, are to be comprehended for 
 the future within the limits of the 
 United States, is now occupied by 
 savage tribes, who will hereafter be 
 under the exclusive control of the 
 government of the United States, 
 and whose incursions within the ter- 
 ritory of Mexico would be prejudi- 
 cial in the extreme, it is solemnly 
 
 Las propiedades de todo genero 
 existentes en los expresados territo- 
 ries, y que pertenecen ahora a Mex- 
 icanos no establecidos en ellos, seran 
 respetadas inviolablemente. Sus ac- 
 tuales duefios, los herederos dc estos, 
 y los Mexicanos que en lo venidero 
 puedan adquirir por contrato las in- 
 dicadas propiedades, disfrutaran re- 
 specto de ellas tan amplia garantia, 
 como si perteneciesen a ciudadanos 
 de los Estados Unidos. 
 
 Articulo IX. 
 
 Los Mexicanos que, en los terri- 
 rorios antedichos, no conserven el 
 caractcr de ciudadanos de la repub- 
 lica Mexicana, segun lo estipulado 
 en el articulo precedente seran in- 
 corporados en la union de los Estados 
 Unidos, y se admitiran en tiempo 
 oportuno (a juicio del Congreso de 
 los Estados Unidos) al goce de todos 
 los derechos de ciudadanos de los 
 Estados Unidos conform e a los prin- 
 cipios de la constitucion; y entre- 
 tanto seran mantenidos y protegidos 
 en el goce de su libertad y propiedad, 
 y asegurados en el libre ejercicio de 
 su religion sin restricion alguna. 
 
 Articulo X. 
 
 [Supriraido.] 
 
 Articulo XL 
 
 En atencion a que una gran parte 
 de los territorios que por el presente 
 tratado van a quedar para lo future 
 dentro de los limites de los Estados 
 Unidos, se halla actualmente ocu- 
 pada por tribas salvages, que han de 
 estar en adelante bajo la exclusiva 
 autoridad del gobierno de los Estados 
 Unidos, y cuyas incursiones sobre 
 los distritos Mexicanos serian en ex- 
 treme perjudiciales; estd solemne- 
 
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 agreed that all such incursions shall 
 be forcibly restrained by the Govern- 
 ment of the United States whenso- 
 ever this maybe necessary; and that 
 when they cannot be prevented they 
 shall be punished by the said Gov- 
 ernment, and satisfaction for the 
 same shall be exacted — all in the 
 same way, and with equal dihgence 
 and energy, as if the same incursions 
 were meditated or committed within 
 its own territory, against its own 
 citizens. 
 
 It shall not be lawful, under any 
 pretext whatever, for any inhabitant 
 of the United States to purchase or 
 acquire any Mexican, or any foreign- 
 er residing in Mexico, who may have 
 been captured by Indians inhabiting 
 the territory of either of the two re- 
 publics, nor to purchase or acquire 
 horses, mules, cattle, or property of 
 any kind, stolen within Mexican ter- 
 ritory by such Indians. 
 
 And in the event of any person 
 or persons, captured within Mexican 
 territory by Indians, being carried 
 into the territory ofthe United States, 
 the government of the latter engages 
 and binds itself, in the most solemn 
 manner, so soon as it shall know of 
 such captives being within its terri- 
 tory, and shall be able so to do, 
 through the faithful exercise of its 
 influence and power, to rescue them 
 and return them to their country, or 
 deliver them to the agent or repre- 
 sentative of the Mexican govern- 
 ment. The Mexican authorities 
 will, as far as practicable, give to 
 the government of the United States 
 notice of such captures ; and its 
 agent shall pay the expenses incur- 
 red in the maintenance and trans- 
 mission of the rescued captives ; 
 who, in the mean time, shall be treat- 
 ed with the utmost hospitality by the 
 American authorities at the place 
 where they may be. But if the gov- 
 ernment of the United States, before 
 
 mente convenido que el mismo go- 
 bierno de los Estados Unidos con- 
 tendra las indicadas incursiones por 
 medio de la fuerza siempre que asisea 
 necesario; y cuando no pudiere pre- 
 venirlas, castigara y escarmentara a 
 los invasores, exigiendoles ademas 
 la debida reparacion: todo del mismo 
 modo, y con la misma diligencia y 
 energia con que obraria, si las incur- 
 siones se hubiesen meditado 6 ejecu- 
 tado sobre territories suyos 6 contra 
 sus propios ciudadanos. 
 
 A ningun habitante de los Estados 
 Unidos sera licito, bajo ningun pre- 
 testo, comprar 6 adquirir cautivo al- 
 guno, Mexicano 6 extrangero resi- 
 dente en Mexico, apresado por los 
 Indies habitantes en territorio de 
 cualquiera de las dos republicas, ni 
 los caballos, mulas, ganados, 6 cual 
 quiera otro genero de cosas que ha- 
 yan robado dentro del territorio Mex- 
 icano. 
 
 Y en caso de que cualquier per- 
 sona 6 personas cautivadas por los 
 Indios dentro del territorio Mexicano 
 sean llevadas al territorio de los Es- 
 tados Unidos el gobierno de dichos 
 Estados Unidos se compromete y liga 
 de la manera mas solemne, en cuan- 
 to le sea posible, a rescatarlas, y a 
 restituirlas a su pais, 6 entregarlas 
 al agente 6 representanta del gobier- 
 no Mexicano ; hacienao todo esto, 
 tan luego como sepa que los dichos 
 cautivos se hallan dentro de su ter- 
 ritorio, y empleando al efecto el leal 
 ejercicio de su influencia y poder. 
 Las autoridades Mexicanas daran a 
 las de los Estados Unidos, segun sea 
 practicable, una noticia de tales cau- 
 tivos ; y el agente Mexicano pagara 
 los gastos erogados en el manteni- 
 miento y remision de los que se res- 
 eaten, los cuales entre tanto sean 
 tratados con la mayor hospitalidad 
 por las autoridades Americanas del 
 lugar en que se encuentren. Mas si 
 el gobierno de los Estados Unidos 
 
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 receiving such notice from Mexico, 
 should obtain intelligence, through 
 any other channel, of the existence 
 of Mexican captives within its terri- 
 tory, it will proceed forthwith to ef- 
 fect their release and delivery to the 
 Mexican agent as above stipulated. 
 
 For the purpose of giving to these 
 stipulations the fullest possible effi- 
 cacy, thereby aflbrding the security 
 and redress demanded by their true 
 spirit and intent, the government of 
 the United States will now and here- 
 after pass, without unnecessary de- 
 lay, and always vigilantly enforce, 
 such laws as the nature of the sub- 
 ject may require. And finally, the 
 sacredness of this obligation shall 
 never be lost sight of by the said 
 government when providing for the 
 removal of the Indians from any 
 portion of the said territories, or for 
 its being settled by citizens of the 
 United States ; but, on the contrary, 
 special care shall be taken not to 
 place its Indian occupants under the 
 necessity of seeking new homes, by 
 committing those invasions which 
 the United States have solemnly ob- 
 liged themselves to restrain. 
 
 Article XII. 
 
 In consideration of the extension 
 acquired by the boundaries of the 
 United States, as defined in the fifth 
 article of the present treaty, the 
 government of the United States en- 
 gages to pay to that of the Mexican 
 republic the sum of fifteen millions 
 of dollars. 
 
 Immediately after this treaty shall 
 have been duly ratified by the gov- 
 ernment of the Mexican republic, 
 the sum of three millions of dollars 
 shall be paid to the said government 
 by that of the United Statee, at the 
 
 antes de recibir aviso de Mexico, 
 tuviera noticia por cualquiera otro 
 conducto de existir en su territorio 
 cautivos Mexicanos, procedera desde 
 luego a verificar su rescate y entrega 
 al agente Mexicano, segun queda 
 convenido. 
 
 Con el objeto de dar a estas esti- 
 pulaciones la mayor fuerza posible, 
 y afianzar, al mismo tiempo la segu- 
 ridad y las reparaciones que exige el 
 verdadero espiritu e intencion con 
 que se han ajustado, el gobierno de 
 los Estados Unidos dictara sin in- 
 utiles delaciones, ahora y en lo de 
 adelante, las leyes que requiera la 
 naturaleza del asunto, y vigilara 
 siempre sobre su ejecucion. Final- 
 mente, el gobierno de los mismos Es- 
 tados Unidos tendra muy presente 
 la santidad de esta obligacion siem- 
 pre que tenga que desalojar a los In- 
 dies de cualquier punto de los indi- 
 cados territories 6 que establecer en 
 el a ciudadanos suyos : y cuidara 
 muy especialmente de que no se 
 ponga a los Indios que habitaban 
 antes aquel punto, en necesidad de 
 buscar nuevos hogares por medio de 
 las incursiones sobre los distritos 
 Mexicanos, que el gobierno de los 
 Estados Unidos se ha comprometido 
 solemnemente a reprimir. 
 
 Articulo XII. 
 
 En consideracion a la estension 
 que adquieren los limites de los Es- 
 tados Unidos, segun quedan descri' 
 tos en el articulo quinto del presente 
 tradado, el gobierno de los mismos 
 Estados Unidos se compromete a 
 pagar al de la republica Mexicana la 
 suma de quince millones de pesos. 
 
 Inmediatamente despues que este 
 tratado haya sido ratificado por el 
 gobierno de la republica Mexicana, 
 se entregara al mismo gobierno por 
 el de los Estados Unidos, en la ciu- 
 dad de Mexico, y en moneda de 
 
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 city of Mexico, in the gold or silver 
 coin of Mexico. The remaining 
 twelve millions of dollars shall be 
 paid at the same place, and in the 
 same coin, in annual instalments of 
 three millions of dollars each, to- 
 gether with interest on the same at 
 the rate of six per centum per an- 
 num. This interest shall begin to 
 run upon the whole sum of twelve 
 millions from the day of the ratifica- 
 tion of the present treaty by the 
 Mexican government, and the first 
 of the instalments shall be paid at 
 the expiration of one year from the 
 same day. Together with each an- 
 nual instalment, as it falls due, the 
 whole interest accruing on such in- 
 stalment from the beginning shall 
 also be paid. 
 
 Article XIII. 
 
 plata u oro del cuno Mexicano la 
 suma de tres millones de pesos. Los 
 doce millones de pesos restantes se 
 pagaran en Mexico, en moneda de 
 plata u oro del cuno Mexicano, en 
 abonos de tres millones de pesos ca- 
 da ano, con un redito de seis por 
 ciento anual : este redito comienzara 
 a correr para toda la suma de los 
 doce millones el dia de la ratificacion 
 del presente tratado por el gobierno 
 Mexicano, y con cada abono antial 
 de capital se pagara el redito que 
 corresponda a la suma abonada. Los 
 plazos para los abonos de capital cor- 
 ren desde el mismo dia que empie- 
 zan a causarse los reditos. 
 
 Articulo XIII. 
 
 The United States engage, more- 
 over, to assume and pay to the claim- 
 ants all the amounts now due them, 
 and those hereafter to become due, 
 by reason of the claims already li- 
 quidated and decided against the 
 Mexican republic, under the con- 
 ventions between the two republics 
 severally concluded on the eleventh 
 day of April, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-nine, and on the thirtieth day 
 of January, eighteen hundred and 
 forty-three; so that the Mexican re- 
 public shall be absolutely exempt, 
 for the future, from all expense 
 whatever on account of the said 
 claims. 
 
 Se obliga ademas el gobierno de 
 los Estados Unidos a tomar sobre si, 
 y satisfacer cumplidamente a los re- 
 clamantes, todas l^s cantidades que 
 hasta aqui se les deben y cuantas se 
 venzan en adelante por razon de las 
 reclamaciones ya liquidadas y sen- 
 tenciadas contra la republica Mexi- 
 cana conforme a los convenios ajus- 
 tados entre ambas republicas el once 
 de Abril de mil ochocientos treinta 
 y nueve, y el treinta de Enero de 
 mil ochocientos cuarenta y tres; de 
 manera que la republica Mexicana 
 nada absolutamente tendra que lasta 
 en lo venidero, por razon de los in- 
 dicados reclamos. 
 
 Article XIV. 
 
 Articulo XIV. 
 
 The United States do furthermore 
 discharge the Mexican republic from 
 all claims of citizens of the United 
 States, not heretofore decided against 
 the Mexican government, which may 
 have arisen previously to the date of 
 the signature of this treaty; which 
 
 Tambien exoneran los Estados 
 Unidos a la republica Mexicana de 
 todas las reclamaciones de ciudada- 
 nos de los Estados Unidos no deci- 
 didas aun contra el gobierno Mexi- 
 cano, y que puedan haberse origi- 
 nado antes de la fecha de la firma 
 
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 discharge shall be final and perpetual, 
 ■whether the said claims be rejected 
 or be allowed by the board of com- 
 missioners provided for in the fol- 
 lowing article, and whatever shall be 
 the total amount of those allowed. 
 
 Article XV. 
 
 The United States, exonerating 
 Mexico from all demands on ac- 
 count of the claims of their citizens 
 mentioned in the preceding article, 
 and considering them entirely and 
 forever cancelled, whatever their 
 amount may be, undertake to make 
 satisfaction for the same, to an 
 amount not exceeding three and one 
 quarter millions of dollars. To ascer- 
 tain the validity and amount of those 
 claims, a board of commissioners 
 shall be established by the govern- 
 ment of the United States, whose 
 awards shall be final and conclusive: 
 provided, that, in deciding upon the 
 validity of each claim, the board 
 shall be guided and governed by the 
 principles and rules of decision pre- 
 scribed by the first and fifth articles 
 of the unratified convention, con- 
 cluded at the city of Mexico on the 
 twentieth day of November, one 
 thousand eight hundred and forty- 
 three; and in no case shall an award 
 be made in favor of any claim not 
 embraced by these principles and 
 rules. 
 
 If, in the opinion of the said board 
 of commissioners, or of the claim- 
 ants, any books, records, or docu- 
 ments in the possession or power of 
 the government of the Mexican re- 
 public, shall be deemed necessary 
 to the just decision of any claim, 
 the commissioners, or the claimants 
 through them, shall, within such pe- 
 riod as Congress may designate, 
 make an application in writing for 
 
 del presente tratado: esta exonera- 
 cion es definitiva y perpetua, bien 
 sea que las dichas reclamaciones se 
 admitan, bien sea que se desechen 
 por el tribunal de comisarios de que 
 habla el articulo siguiente y cual- 
 quiera que pueda ser el monto total 
 de las que queden admitidas. 
 
 Articulo XV. 
 
 Los Estados Unidos, exonerando 
 a Mexico de toda responsabilidad por 
 las reclamaciones de sus ciudadanos 
 mencionadas en el articulo prece- 
 dente, y considerandolas completa- 
 mente canceladas para siempre, sea 
 cual fuere su monto, toman a su car- 
 go satisfacerlas hasta una cantidad 
 que no exceda de tres millones dos- 
 cientos cincuenta mil pesos. Para 
 fijar el monto y validez de estas re- 
 clamaciones, se establecera por el 
 gobierno de los Estados Unidos un 
 tribunal de comisarios, cuyos fallos 
 seran definitives y concluyentes, con 
 tal que al decidir sobre la validez de 
 dichas reclamaciones, el tribunal se 
 haya guiado y gobernado por los 
 principios y reglas de decision estab- 
 lecidos en los articulos primero y 
 quinto de la convencion, no ratifica- 
 da, que se ajusto en la ciudad de 
 Mexico el veinte de Noviembre de 
 mil ochocientos cuarenta y tres: y 
 en ningun caso se dara fallo en favor 
 de ninguna rcclamacion que no este 
 comprendida en las reglas y prin- 
 cipios indicados. 
 
 Si en juicio del dicho tribunal de 
 comisarios, 6 en el de los reclaman- 
 tes se necesitaren para lajusta deci- 
 sion de cualquier reclamacion algu- 
 nos libros, j)apeles de archivo 6 doc- 
 umentos que posea el gobierno Mex- 
 icano, 6 que esten en su poder; los 
 comisarios, 6 los reclamantes por 
 conducto de ellos, los pediran por 
 escrito (dentro del plazo que designe 
 el Congreso) dirigiendose alministro 
 
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 the same, addressed to the Mexican 
 minister for foreign affairs, to be 
 transmitted by the Secretary of State 
 of the United States; and the Mexi- 
 can government engages, at the ear- 
 liest possible moment after the re- 
 ceipt of such demand, to cause any 
 of the books, records, or documents, 
 so specified, which shall be in their 
 possession or power, (or authenticat- 
 ed copies or extracts of the same,) 
 to be transmitted to the said Secre- 
 tary of State, who shall immediately 
 deliver them over to the said board 
 of commissioners: Provided, That no 
 such application shall be made by, 
 or at the instance of, any claimant, 
 until the facts, which it is expected 
 to prove by such books, records, or 
 documents, shall have been §tated 
 under oath or affirmation. 
 
 Article XVI. 
 
 Each of the contracting parties re- 
 serves to itself the entire right to for- 
 tify whatever point within its terri- 
 tory it may judge proper so to forti- 
 fy, for its security. 
 
 Article XVII. 
 
 The treaty of amity, commerce, 
 and navigation, concluded at the city 
 of Mexico on the fifth day of April, 
 A. D. 1831, between the United 
 States of America and the United 
 Mexican States, except the addition- 
 al article, and except so far as the 
 stipulations of the said treaty may 
 be incompatible with any stipulation 
 contained in the present treaty, is 
 hereby revived for the period of eight 
 years from the day of the exchange 
 of ratifications of this treaty, with 
 the same force and virtue as if in- 
 corporated therein; it being under- 
 stood that each of the contracting 
 partiea reserves to itself the right, at 
 
 Mexicano de relaciones exteriores, a 
 quien'transmitira las peticiones de 
 esta clase el Secretario de Estado de 
 los Estados Unidos: y el gobierno 
 Mexicano se compromete a entregar 
 a la mayor brevedad posible, despues 
 de recibida cada demanda, los libros, 
 papeles de archivo 6 documentos, 
 asi especificados, que posea 6 esten 
 en su poder, 6 copias 6 extractos au- 
 tenticos de los mismos, con el objeto 
 de que sean transmitidos al Secreta- 
 rio de Estado, qui en los pasara in- 
 mediatamente al expresado tribunal 
 de comisarios. Y no se hara peticion 
 alguna de los enunciados libros, pape- 
 les 6 documentos, por 6 a instancia 
 de ningun reclamante, sin que antes 
 se hay a aseverado bajo juramento 6 
 con afirmacion solemne la verdad de 
 los hechos que con ellos se pretende 
 probar. 
 
 Articulo XVI. 
 
 Cada una de las dos republicas se 
 reserva la completa facultad de forti- 
 ficar todos los puntos que para su 
 seguridad estime convenientes en su 
 propio territorio. 
 
 Articulo XVII. 
 
 El tratado de amistad, comercioy 
 navegacion, concluido en la ciudad 
 de Mexico el cinco de Abril, delaflo 
 del Senor 1831, entre la republica 
 Mexicana y los Estados Unidos de 
 America, esceptuandose el articulo 
 adicional y cuanto pueda haber en 
 sus estipulaciones incompatible con 
 alguna de las contenidas en el pre- 
 sente tratado, quedarestablecidopor 
 el periodo de ocho aflos desde el dia 
 del cange de las ratificaciones del 
 mismo presente tratado, con igual 
 fuerza y valor que si estuviese inser- 
 to en el; debiendo entenderse que 
 cada una de las partes contratantes 
 se reserva el derecho de poner ter 
 
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 any time after the said period of eight 
 years shall have expired, to termi- 
 nate the same by giving one year's 
 notice of such intention to the other 
 party. 
 
 Article XVIII. 
 
 All supplies whatever for troops of 
 the United States in Mexico, arriv- 
 ing at ports in the occupation of such 
 troops previous to the final evacua- 
 tion thereof, although subsequently 
 to the restoration of the custom- 
 houses at such ports, shall be entire- 
 ly exempt from duties and charges 
 of any kind; the government of the 
 United States hereby engaging and 
 pledging its faith to establish, and 
 vigilantly to enforce, all possible 
 guards for securing the revenue of 
 Mexico, by preventing the importa- 
 tion, under cover of this stipulation, 
 of any articles other than such, both 
 in kind and in quantity, as shall 
 really be wanted for the use and con- 
 sumption of the forces of the United 
 States during the time they may re- 
 main in Mexico. To this end, it 
 shall be the duty of all officers and 
 agents of the United States to de- 
 nounce to the Mexican authorities at 
 the respective ports any attempt at 
 a fraudulent abuse of this stipulation 
 which they may know of or may 
 have reason to suspect, and to give 
 to such authorities all the aid in their 
 power with regard thereto; and every 
 such attempt, when duly proved and 
 established by sentence of a compe- 
 tent tribunal, shall be punished by 
 the confiscation of the property so 
 attempted to be fraudulently intro- 
 duced. 
 
 mino al dicho tratado tie comercio y 
 navegacion en cualquier tiempoluego 
 que haya expirado el periodo de los 
 ocho anos, comunicando su intencion 
 a la otra parte con un ano de antici- 
 pacion. 
 
 Articulo XVIII. 
 
 No se exig-iran derechos ni grava- 
 men de ninguna clase a los articulos 
 todos que lleguen para las tropas de i 
 los Estados Unidos a los puertos 
 Mexicanos occupados por ellas, antes 
 de la evacuacion final de los mismos 
 puertos, y despues de la devolucion 
 a Mexico de las aduanas situadas en 
 ellos. El gobierno de los Estados 
 Unidos se compromete a la vez, y 
 sobre esto empena su fe, a establecer 
 y mantener con vigilancia cuantos 
 guardas scan posibles para asegurar 
 las rentas de Mexico, precaviendola 
 importacion, a la sombra de esta es- 
 tipulacion, de cualesquiera articulos 
 que realmente no sean necesarios, 
 6 que excedan en cantidad de los que 
 se necesiten para el uso y consumo 
 de las fuerzas de los Estados Unidos 
 mientras ellas permanezcan en Mex- 
 ico. A este efecto, todos los oficiales 
 y agentes de los Estados Unidos ten- 
 dran obligacion de denunciar a las 
 autoridades Mexicanas en los mis- 
 mos puertos, cualquier conato de 
 fraudulentoabusodeestaestipulacion 
 que pudieren conocer 6 tuvieren mo- 
 tivo de sospechar; asi como de im- 
 partira las mismas autoridades todo 
 el auxilio que pudieren con este ob- 
 jeto : y cualquier conato de esta clase, 
 que fuere legalmente probado, y de- 
 clarado por sentencia de tribunal 
 competente, sera castigado con el 
 comiso de la cosa que se haya inten- 
 tado introducir fraudulentamente. 
 
 Article XIX. 
 
 With respect to all merchandise, 
 effects, and property whatsoever, 
 
 Articulo XIX. 
 
 Respecto de los efectos, mercan- 
 cias y propiedades importados en los 
 
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 imported into ports of Mexico whilst 
 in the occupation of the forces of the 
 United States, whether by citizens 
 of either republic, or by citizens or 
 subjects of any neutral nation, the 
 following rules shall be observed: 
 
 1. All such merchandise, effects, 
 and property, if imported previously 
 to the restoration of the custom- 
 houses to the Mexican authorities, 
 as stipulated for in the third article 
 of this treaty, shall be exempt from 
 confiscation, although the importa- 
 tion of the same be prohibited by the 
 Mexican tariff. 
 
 2. The same perfect exemption 
 shall be enjoyed by all such mer- 
 chandise, effects, and property, im- 
 ported subsequently to the restora- 
 tion of the custom-houses, and pre- 
 viously to the sixty days fixed in the 
 following article for the coming into 
 force of the Mexican tariff at such 
 ports respectively; the said mer- 
 chandise, effects, and propert}- be- 
 ing, however, at the time of their 
 importation, subject to the payment 
 of duties, as provided for in the said 
 following article. 
 
 3. All merchandise, effects, and 
 property described in the two rules 
 foregoing shall, during their continu- 
 ance at the place of importation, and 
 upon their leaving such place for the 
 interior, be exempt from all duty, 
 tax, or impost of every kind, under 
 whatsoever title or denomination. 
 Nor shall they be there subjected to 
 any charge whatsoever upon the sale 
 thereof. 
 
 4. All merchandise, effects, and 
 property, described in the first_ and 
 second rules, which shall have "been 
 removed to any place in the interior 
 whilst such place was in the occu- 
 pation of the forces of the United 
 States, shall, during their continu- 
 ance therein, be exempt from all 
 
 puertos Mexicanos durante el tiempo 
 que jian estado ocupados por las fu- 
 erzcts de los Estados Unidos, sea por 
 ciudadanos de cualquiera de las dos 
 republicas, sea por ciudadanos 6 sub- 
 ditos de alguna nacion neutral, se 
 observaran las reglas sisruientes: 
 
 1. Los dichos efectos, mercancias 
 y propiedades siempre que se hayan 
 importado antes de la devolucion de 
 las aduanas a las autoridades Mexi- 
 canas conforme a lo estipulado en el 
 articulo tercero de este tratado, que- 
 daran libres de la pena de comiso, 
 aun cuando sean de los prohibidos 
 en el arancel Mexicano. 
 
 2. La misma exencion gozaran los 
 efectos, mercancias y propiedades 
 que lleguen a los puertos Mexicanos, 
 despues de la devolucion a Mexico 
 de las aduanas maritimas, y antes 
 de que expiren los sesenta dias que 
 van a fijarse en el articulo siguiente 
 para que empieze a regir el arancel 
 Mexicano en los puertos; debiendo 
 al tiempo de su importacion sujetarse 
 los tales efectos, mercancias y pro- 
 piedades, en cuanto al pago de dere- 
 chos, a lo que en el indicado sigui- 
 ente articulo se establece. 
 
 3. Los efectos, mercancias y pro- 
 piedades designados en las dos reg- 
 las anteriores quedaran exentos de 
 todo derecho, alcabala 6 impuesto, 
 sea bajo el titulo de internacion, sea 
 bajo cualquiera otro, mientras per- 
 menezcan en los puntos donde se 
 hayan importado, y a su salida para 
 el interior; y en los mismos puntos 
 no podra jamas exigirse impuesto 
 alguno sobre su venta. 
 
 4. Los efectos, mercancias, y pro- 
 piedades, designados en las reglas 
 primera y segunda que hayan sido 
 internados a cualquier lugar ocupado 
 por fuerzas de los Estados Unidos, 
 quedaran exentos de todo derecho 
 sobre su venta 6 consumo, y de todo 
 impuesto 6 contribucion bajo cual- 
 
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 tax upon the sale or consumption 
 thereof, and from every kind of im- 
 post or contribution, under whatso- 
 ever title or denomination. 
 
 5. Butifany merchandise, effects, 
 or property, described in the first 
 and second rules, shall be removed 
 to any place not occupied at the 
 time by the forces of the United 
 States, they shall, upon their intro- 
 duction into such place, or upon their 
 sale or consumption there, be sub- 
 ject to the same duties which, under 
 the Mexican laws, they would be 
 required to pay in such cases if they 
 had been imported in time of peace, 
 through the maritime custom-houses, 
 and had there paid the duties con- 
 formably with the Mexican tariff. 
 
 6. The owners of all merchan- 
 dise, effects, or property described 
 in the first and second rules, and 
 existing in any port of Mexico, shall 
 have the right to reship the same, 
 exempt from all tax, impost, or con- 
 tribution whatever. 
 
 With respect to the metals, or 
 other property, exported from any 
 Mexican port whilst in the occupa- 
 tion of the forces of the United 
 States, and previously to the resto- 
 ration of the custom-house at such 
 port, no person shall be required by 
 the Mexican authorities, whether 
 general or State, to pay any tax, 
 duty, or contribution upon any such 
 exportation, or in any manner to ac- 
 count for the same to the said au- 
 thorities. 
 
 Article XX. 
 
 Through consideration for the in- 
 terests of commerce generally, it is 
 agreed, that if less than sixty days 
 should elapse between the date of 
 the signature of this treaty and the 
 restoration of the custom-houses, 
 
 quier titulo 6 denominacion, mien- 
 tras permanezcan en el mismo lugar. 
 
 5. Mas si algunos efectos, mer- 
 cancias 6 propiedades de los desig- 
 nados en las reglas primera y segun- 
 da se trasladaren a algun lugar no 
 ocupado a la sazon por las fuerzas 
 de los Estados Unidos, al intro- 
 ducirse a tal lugar, 6 al venderse 6 
 consumirse en el quedaran sujetos a 
 los mismos derechos que bajo las 
 leyes Mexicanas deberian pagar en 
 tales casos si se hubieran importado 
 en tiempo de paz por las aduanas 
 maritimas, y hubiesen pagado en el- 
 las los derechos que establece el 
 arancel Mexicano. 
 
 6. Los duenos de efectos, mer- 
 cancias, y propiedades designados 
 en las reglas primera y segunda, y 
 existentes en algun puerto de Mexi- 
 co, tienen derecho de re-embarcar- 
 los, sin que pueda exigirseles nin- 
 guna clase de impuesto, alcabala 6 
 contribucion. 
 
 Respecto de los metales y de toda 
 otra propiedad exportados por cual- 
 quier puerto Mexicano durante su 
 ocupacion por las fuerzas Ameri- 
 canas, y antes de la devolucion de 
 su aduana al gobierno Mexicano, no 
 se exigira a ninguna persona por las 
 autoridades de Mexico, ya dependan 
 del gobierno general, ya de algun es- 
 tado que pague ningun impuesto, al- 
 cabala 6 derecho por la indicada ex- 
 portacion, ni sobre ella podra exi- 
 girsele por las dichas autoridades 
 cuenta alguna. 
 
 Articulo XX. 
 
 Por consideracion a los inlereses 
 del comercia de todas las naciones, 
 queda convenido que si pasaren me- 
 nos de sesenta dias desde la fecha 
 de la firma de este tratado hasta que 
 se haga la devolucion de las aduanas 
 
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 conformably with the stipulation in 
 the third article, in such case all 
 merchandise, effects, and property 
 whatsoever, arriving at the Mexican 
 ports after the restoration of the said 
 custom-houses, and previously to 
 the expiration of sixty days after the 
 day of the signature of this treaty, 
 shall be admitted to entry; and no 
 other duties shall be levied thereon 
 than the duties established by the 
 tariff found in force at such custom- 
 houses at the time of the restoration 
 of the same. And to all such mer- 
 chandise, effects, and property, the 
 rules established by the preceding 
 article shall apply. 
 
 Article XXI. 
 
 If unhappily any disagreement 
 should hereafter arise between the 
 governments of the two republics, 
 whether with respect to the inter- 
 pretation of any stipulation in this 
 treaty, or Avith respect to any other 
 particular concerning the poUtical or 
 commercial relations of the two na- 
 tions, the said government, in the 
 name of those nations, do promise to 
 each other that they will endeavor, 
 in the most sincere and earnest man- 
 ner, to settle the differences so aris- 
 ing, and to preserve the state of 
 peace and friendship in which the 
 two countries are now placing them- 
 selves; using, for this end, mutual 
 representations and pacific negotia- 
 tions. And if, by these means, 
 they should not be enabled to come 
 to an agreement, a resort shall_ not, 
 on this account, be had to reprisals, 
 ao-gression, or hostiUty of any kind, 
 by the one republic against the other, 
 until the government of that which 
 deems itself aggrieved shall have 
 maturely considered, in the spirit of 
 peace and good neighborship, whe- 
 ther it would not be better that such 
 difference should be settled by the 
 
 maritimas, segun lo estipulado en el 
 articulo tercero; todos los efectos, 
 mercancias, y propiedades que lle- 
 guen a los puertos Mexicanos desde 
 el dia en que se verifique la devolu- 
 cion de las dichas aduanas hasta 
 que se completen sesenta dias con- 
 tados desde la fecha de la firma del 
 presente tratado, se admitiran no 
 pagando otros derechos que los es- 
 tablecidos en la tarifa que este vi- 
 gente en las expresadas aduanas al 
 tiempo de su devolucion, y se exten- 
 deran a dichos efectos, mercancias, 
 y propiedades las mismas reglas es- 
 tablecidas en el articulo anterior. 
 
 Articulo XXI. 
 
 Si desgraciadamente en el tiempo 
 
 futuro se suscitare algun punto de 
 
 desacuerdo entre los gobiernos de 
 
 las dos republicas, bien sea sobre la 
 
 inteUgencia de alguna estipulacion 
 
 de este tratado, bien sobre cualquiera 
 
 otra materia de las relaciones politi- 
 
 cas 6 comerciales de las dos na- 
 
 ciones, los mismos gobiernos, a nom- 
 
 bre de ellas, se comprometen a pro- 
 
 curar de la manera mas sincera y 
 
 empenosa a llanar las diferencias que 
 
 se presenten y conservar el estado 
 
 de paz y amistad en que ahora se 
 
 ponen los dos paises, usando al efecto 
 
 de representaciones mutuas y de ne- 
 
 gociaciones pacificas. Y si por es- 
 
 tos medios no se lograre todavia po- 
 
 nerse de acuerdo no por eso se ape- 
 
 lara a represalia, agresion ni hostili- 
 
 dad de ningun genero de una repub- 
 
 lica contra otra, hasta que el gobierno 
 
 de la que se crea agraviada haya 
 
 considerado maduramente y en es- 
 
 pii-itu de paz y buena vecindad, si 
 
 no seria mejor que la dlferencia se 
 
 terminara por un arbitramento de 
 
 comisarios nombrados por ambas 
 
 partes, 6 de una nacion amiga. Y 
 
 si tal medio fuere propuesto por 
 
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 arbitration of commissioners appoint- 
 ed on each side, or by that of a friend- 
 ly nation. And should such course 
 be proposed by either party, it shall 
 be acceded to by the other, unless 
 deemed by it altogether incompatible 
 with the nature of the difference, or 
 the circumstances of the case. 
 
 Article XXII. 
 
 If (which is not to be expected, 
 and which God forbid!) war should 
 unhappily break out between the 
 two republics, they do now, with a 
 view to such calamity, solemnly 
 pledge themselves to each other, 
 and to the world, to observe the fol- 
 lowing rules: absolutely, where the 
 nature of the subject permits, and 
 as closely as possible in all cases 
 where such absolute observance shall 
 be impossible: 
 
 1. The merchants of either re- 
 public then residing in the other 
 shall be allowed to remain twelve 
 months, (for those dwelling in the 
 interior,) and six months, (for those 
 dwelling at the seaports,) to collect 
 their debts and settle their affairs, 
 during which periods they shall en- 
 joy the same protection, and be on 
 the same footing, in all respects, as 
 the citizens or subjects of the most 
 friendly nations; and, at the expira- 
 tion thereof, or any time before, 
 they shall have full liberty to depart, 
 carrying off all their effects without 
 molestation or hinderance — conform- 
 ing therein to the same laws which 
 the citizens or subjects of the most 
 friendly nations are required to con- 
 form to. Upon the entrance of the 
 armies of either nation into the ter- 
 ritories of the other, women and 
 children, ecclesiastics, scholars of 
 every faculty, cultivators of the 
 earth, merchants, artisans, manufac- 
 turers, and fishermen, unarmed and 
 
 cualquiera de las dos partes, la otra 
 accedera a el, a no ser que lo juzgue 
 absolutamente incompatible con la 
 naturaleza y circumstancias del case. 
 
 Articulo XXII. 
 
 Si (lo que no es de esperarse, y 
 Dios no permita) desgraciadamente 
 se suscitare guerra entre las dos re- 
 publicas, estas para el caso de tal 
 calamidad se comprometen ahora 
 solemnemente, ante si mismas y ante 
 el mundo, a observar las reglas si- 
 guientes de una manera absoluta si la 
 naturaleza del objeto a que se con- 
 traen lo permite; y tan extrictamente 
 como sea dable en todos los casos en 
 que la absoluta observancia de ellas 
 fuere imposible: 
 
 1. Los comerciantes de cada una 
 de las dos republicas que a la sazon 
 residan en territorio de la otra, po- 
 dran permanecer doce meses los que 
 residan en el interior, y seis meses 
 los que residan en los puertos, para 
 recoger sus deudas y arreglar sus 
 negocios; durante estos plazos dis- 
 putaran la misma proteccion y es- 
 taran sobre el mismo pie en todos 
 respectos que los ciudadanos 6 sub- 
 ditos de las naciones mas amigas; y 
 al expirar el termino, 6 antes de el, 
 tendran completa libertad para salir 
 y llevar todos sus efectos sin moles- 
 tia 6 embarazo, sujetandose en este 
 particular a las mismas leyes a que 
 esten sujetos, y deban arreglarse 
 los ciudadanos 6 subditos de las 
 naciones mas amigas. Cuando los 
 ejercitos de una de las dos naciones 
 entren en territories de la otra, las 
 mujeres y nines, los ecclesiasticos, 
 los estudiantes de cualquier facul- 
 tad, los labradores, comerciantes, 
 artesanos, manufactureros, y pesca- 
 
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 inhabiting unfortified towns, villa- 
 ges, or places, and in general all 
 persons whose occupations are for 
 the common subsistence and benefit 
 of mankind, shall be allowed to con- 
 tinue their respective employments 
 unmolested in their persons. Nor 
 shall their houses or goods be burnt 
 or otherwise destroyed, nor their 
 cattle taken, nor their fields wasted, 
 by the armed force into whose pow- 
 er, by the events of war, they may 
 happen to fall; but if the necessity 
 arise to take anything from them for 
 the use of such armed force, the 
 same shall be paid for at an equita- 
 ble price. All churches, hospitals, 
 schools, colleges, libraries, and other 
 establishments, for charitable and 
 beneficent purposes, shall be respect- 
 ed, and all persons connected with 
 the same protected in the discharge 
 of their duties, and the pursuit of 
 their vocations. 
 
 2. In order that the fate of prison- 
 ers of war may be alleviated, all 
 such practices as those of sending 
 them into distant, inclement, or un- 
 wholesome districts, or crowding 
 them into close and noxious places, 
 shall be studiously avoided. They 
 shaU not be confined in dungeons, 
 prison- ships, or prisons; nor be put 
 in irons, or bound, or otherwise re- 
 strained in the use of their limbs. 
 The officers shall enjoy liberty on 
 ^eir paroles within convenient dis- 
 tricts, and have comfortable quar- 
 ters; and the common soldiers shall 
 be disposed in cantonments, open 
 and extensive enough for air and 
 exercise, and lodged in barracks as 
 roomy and good as are provided by 
 the party in whose power they are 
 for its own troops. But if any offi- 
 cer shaU break his parole by leaving 
 the district so assigned him, or any 
 other prisoner shall escape from the 
 
 dores que esten desarmados y resi- 
 dan en ciudades, pueblos, 6 lugares 
 no fortificados, y en general todas 
 las personas cuya ocupacion sirva 
 para la comun subsistencia y bene- 
 ficio del genero humano, podran 
 continuar en sus ejercicios, sin que 
 sus personas sean molestadas. No 
 seran incendiadas sus casas 6 bienes, 
 6 destruidos de otra manera; ni 
 seran tomados sus ganados, ni de- 
 vastados sus campos por la fuerza 
 armada en cuyo poder puedan venir 
 a caer por los acontecimientos de la 
 guerra; pero si hubiere necesidad de 
 tomarles alguna cosa para el uso de 
 la misma fuerza armada, se les pa- 
 gara lo tomado a un precio justo, 
 Todas las iglesias, hospitales, escu- 
 elas, colegios, librerias, y demas es- 
 tablecimientos de caridad y benefi- 
 cencia seran respetados; y todas las 
 personas que dependan de las mis- 
 mas seran protegidas en el desera- 
 peno de sus deberes y en la contin- 
 uacion de l^us profesiones. 
 
 2. Para aliviar la suerte de los 
 prisioneros de guerra se evitaran 
 cuidadosamente, las praticas de en- 
 viarlos a distritos distantes, inclem- 
 entes 6 malsanos, 6 de aglomerarlos 
 en lugares estrechos y enfirmizos. 
 No se confinaran en calabosos, pii- 
 siones ni pontones; no se les aher- 
 rojara ni se les atara, ni se les im- 
 pedira de ningun otro modo el uso 
 de sus miembros. Los oficiales que 
 daran en libertad bajo su palabra 
 de honor, dentro de distritos con- 
 venientes y tendran alojamientos 
 comodos; y los soldados rasos se 
 colocaran en acantonamientos bas- 
 tante despejados y extensos para la 
 ventilacion y el ejercicio, y se alo- 
 jaran en cuarteles tan amplios y 
 comodos como los que use para sus 
 propias tropas la parte que los tenga 
 en su poder. Pero si algun oficial 
 faltare a su palabra, saliendo del 
 distrito que se le ha senalado, 6 
 
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 limits of his cantonment, after they 
 shall have been designated to him, 
 such individual, officer, or other 
 prisoner, shall forfeit so much of the 
 benefit of this article as provides for 
 his liberty on parole or in canton- 
 ment. And if any officer so break- 
 ing his parole, or any common sol- 
 dier so escaping from the limits as- 
 signed him, shall afterwards be found 
 in arms, previously to his being reg- 
 ularly exchanged, the person so of- 
 fending shall be dealt with according 
 to the established laws of war. The 
 officers shall be daily furnished by 
 the party in whose power they are 
 with as many rations, and of the 
 same articles, as are allowed, either 
 in kind or by commutation, to offi- 
 cers of equal rank in its own army; 
 and all others shall be daily furnished 
 with such ration as is allowed to a 
 common soldier in its own service — 
 the value of all which supplies shall, 
 at the close of the war, or at periods 
 to be agreed upon between the re- 
 spective commanders, be paid by 
 the other party, on a mutual adjust- 
 ment of accounts for subsistence of 
 prisoners; and such accounts shall 
 not be mingled with or set off against 
 any others, nor the balance due on 
 them be withheld, as a compensa- 
 tion or reprisal for any cause what- 
 ever, real or pretended. Each party 
 shall be allowed to keep a commis- 
 saiy of prisoners, appointed by it- 
 self, with every cantonment of pri- 
 soners, in possession of the other; 
 which commissary shall see the pri- 
 soners as often as he pleases; shall 
 be allowed to receive, exempt from 
 all duties or taxes, and to distribute, 
 whatever comforts may be sent to 
 them by their friends; and shall be 
 free to transmit his reports in open 
 letters to the party by whom he is 
 employed. 
 
 algun otro prislonero se fugare de 
 ios limites de su acantonamiento 
 despues qu6 estos se les hay an fijado, 
 tal oficial 6 prisionero perdera el 
 beneficio del presente articulo por 
 lo que mera a. su libertad bajo su 
 palabra 6 en acantonamiento. Y si 
 algun oficial faltando asi a su palabra, 
 a algun soldado raso saliendo de Ios 
 limites que se le han asignado, fuere 
 encontrado despues con las armas 
 en la mano antes de ser debidamente 
 cangeado, tal persona en esta acti- 
 tud ofensiva sera tratada conforme 
 a las leyes comunes de la guerra. A 
 Ios oficiales se proveera diariamente 
 por la parte en cuyo poder esten, de 
 tantas raciones compuestas de Ios 
 mismos articulos como las que gozan 
 en especie 6 en equivalente Ios ofi- 
 ciales de la misma graduacion en su 
 propio ejercito; a todos Ios demas 
 prisioneros se proveera diariamente 
 de una racion semejante a la que se 
 ministra al soldado raso en su propio 
 servicio; el valor de todas estas 
 suministraciones se pagara por la 
 otra parte al concluirse la guerra, 6 
 en Ios periodos que se convengan 
 entre sus respectivos comandantes, 
 precediendo una mutua liquidacion 
 de las cuentas que se lleven del 
 mantenimiento de prisioneros; y 
 tales cuentas no se mezclaranni com- 
 pensaran con otras; ni el saldo que 
 resulte de ellas, se reusara bajo pre- 
 testo de compensacion 6 represalia 
 por cualquiera causa, real 6 figurada. 
 Cada una de las partes podra man- 
 tener un comisario de prisioneros 
 nombrador por ella misma en cada 
 acantonamiento de Ios prisioneros 
 que esten en poder de la otra parte; 
 este comisario visitara a Ios prision- 
 eros siempre que quiera; tendra 
 facultad de recibar, libres de todo 
 derecho 6 impueslo, y de distribuir 
 todos Ios auxilios que pueden envi- 
 arles sus amigos, y podra libremente 
 transmitir sus partes en cartas abler- 
 
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 And it is declared that neither the 
 pretence that war dissolves all trea- 
 ties, nor any other whatever, shall 
 be considered as annulling or sus- 
 pending the solemn covenant con- 
 { tained in this article. On the con- 
 i trary, the state of war is precisely 
 I that for which it is provided; and 
 during which, its stipulations are to 
 I be as sacredly observed as the most 
 acknowledged obligations under the 
 law of nature or nations. 
 
 Article XXIII. 
 
 This treaty shall be ratified by the 
 President of the United States of 
 America, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Senate thereof; 
 and by the President of the Mexican 
 republic, with the previous approba- 
 tion of its general Congress; and the 
 ratifications shall be exchanged in 
 the city of Washington, or at the 
 seat of government of Mexico, in 
 four months from the date of the 
 signature hereof, or sooner if prac- 
 ticable. 
 
 In faith whereof, we, the respec- 
 tive plenipotentiaries, have signed 
 this treaty of peace, friendship, lim- 
 its, and settlement; and have here- 
 unto affixed our seals respectively. 
 Done in quintuplicate, at the city of 
 Guadalupe Hidalgo, on the second 
 day of February, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and forty-eight. 
 
 N. P. TRIST, [l. s.] 
 
 LUIS G. CUEVAS, [l. s.] 
 BERNARDO COUTO, [l. s.] 
 MIGL. ATRISTAIN. [l. s.] 
 
 tas a la autoridad por la cual esta 
 empleado. 
 
 Y se declara. que ni el pretesto de 
 que la guerra destruye los tratados, 
 ni otro alguno, sea el que fuere, se 
 considerara que anula 6 suspende el 
 pacto solemne contenido en este ar- 
 ticulo. Por el contrario, el estado 
 de guerra es cabalmente el que se 
 ha tenido presente al ajustarlo, y 
 durante el cual sus estipulaciones se 
 han de observar tan santamente como 
 las obligaciones mas reconocidas de 
 la ley natural 6 de gentes. 
 
 Articulo XXIII. 
 
 Este tratado sera ratificado por el 
 Presidente de la republicaMexicana, 
 previa la aprobacion de su Congreso 
 General; y por el Presidente de los 
 Estados IJnidos de America con el 
 consejo y consentimiento del Senado; 
 y las ratificaciones se cangearan en 
 la ciudad de Washington, 6 donde 
 estuviere el gobierno Mexicano, a 
 los cuatro meses de la fecha de la 
 firma del mismo tratado, 6 antes si 
 fuere posible. 
 
 En fe de lo cual, nosotros los re- 
 spectivos plenipotenciarios hemos 
 firmado y sellado por quintuplicado 
 este tratado de paz, amistad, limites 
 y arreglo definitivo, en la ciudad de 
 Guadalupe Hidalgo, el dia dos de 
 Febrero del ano de nuestro Senor 
 mil ochocientos cuarenta y ocho. 
 
 BERNARDO COUTO, [l. s. 
 
 MIGL. ATRISTAIN, [l. s.^ 
 
 LUIS G. CUEVAS, [l. s.' 
 
 N. P. TRIST. [L. s." 
 
26 
 
 ARTICLES REFERRED TO IN THE FIFTEENTH ARTICLE OF THE FORE- 
 GOING TREATY. 
 
 Articles I. and V. of the unratified Convention between the United States and 
 Mexico, of the 20th Jfovember, 1843. 
 
 In Executive session, Senate of the United States, 
 
 Junell, 1848. 
 Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the first and 
 fifth articles of the unratified convention for the settlement of claims of the 
 citizens and Government of the Mexican Republic against the Government 
 of the United States, and of the citizens and Government of the United 
 States against the Government of the Mexican Republic, concluded at the 
 city of Mexico the 20th of November, 1843, as proposed to be ratified by 
 the Senate of the United States, which unratified convention is referred 
 to, and the first and fifth articles thereof made a part of the fifteenth article 
 of the treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement between the United 
 States of America and the Mexican Republic, concluded at Guadalupe 
 Hidalgo, on the 2d day of February, 1848. 
 
 ''Article I. 
 
 '' All claims of citizens of the 
 Mexican Republic against the Gov- 
 ernment of the United States, which 
 shall be presented in the manner and 
 time hereinafter expressed, and all 
 claims of citizens of the United States 
 against the Government of the Mexi- 
 can Republic, which, for whatever 
 cause, were not submitted to, nor 
 considered, nor finally decided by 
 the commission, nor by the arbiter 
 appointed by the convention of 1839, 
 and which shall be presented in the 
 manner and time hereinafter speci- 
 fied, shall be referred to four com- 
 missioners, who shall form a board, 
 and shall be appointed in the follow- 
 ing manner, that is to say : Two com- 
 missioners shall be appointed by the 
 President of the Mexican Republic, 
 and the other two by the President 
 of the United States, with the ap- 
 probation and consent of the Senate. 
 The said commissioners, thus ap- 
 
 "Articulo I. 
 
 "Todaslas reclamacionesde ciuda- 
 danos de la republica Mexicana con- 
 tra el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, 
 que se presentaren del modo y en el 
 tiempo que en adelante se espresa, 
 y todas las reclamaciones de ciuda- 
 danos de los Estados Unidos contra 
 el gobierno de la republica Mexicana; 
 que por cualquier motivo no se pre- 
 sentaron a la junta 6 que no fueron 
 examinadas 6 decididas finalmente 
 por ella 6 por el arbitro establecido 
 por la convencion de 1839, y que se 
 presentaren del modo y en el tiempo 
 que en adelante se espresara se so- 
 meteran a cuatro comisionados que 
 formaran junta, y seran nombrados 
 del modo siguiente, a saber : Dos 
 comisionados seran nombrados por 
 el Presidente de la republica Mexi- 
 cana, y los otros dos lo seran por el 
 Presidente de los Estados Unidos, 
 con consentimiento y aprobacion del 
 Senado de los mismos. Los dichos 
 
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 pointed, shall, in presence of each 
 other, take an oath to examine and 
 decide impartially the claims submit- 
 ted to them, and which may lawful- 
 ly be considered, according to the 
 proofs which shall be presented, the 
 principles of right and justice, the 
 law of nations, and the treaties be- 
 tween the two Republics." 
 
 "Article V. 
 
 *'A11 claims of citizens of the 
 United States against the Govern- 
 ment of the Mexican Republic which 
 were considered by the commission- 
 ers, and referred to the umpire ap- 
 pointed under the convention of the 
 11th April, 1839, and which were 
 not decided by him, shall be referred 
 to and decided by the umpire to be 
 appointed, as provided by this con- 
 vention, on the points submitted 
 to the umpire under the late conven- 
 tion, and his decision shall be final 
 and conclusive. It is also agreed, 
 that if the respective commissioners 
 shall deem it expedient, they may 
 submit to the said arbiter new argu- 
 ments upon the said claims." 
 
 comisionados, de ese modo nombra- 
 dos, prestaran juramento en pre- 
 sencia unos de otros, de examinar 
 y decidir imparcialmente las recla- 
 miciones que se les sometan, y que 
 legalmente deban considerarse segun 
 las pruebas que se les presentaren y 
 segun los principios de derecho y 
 justicia de la ley de las naciones y de 
 los tratados entre ambas repub- 
 licas." 
 
 " Articulo V. 
 
 " Todas las reclamaciones de ciu- 
 dadanos de los Estados Unidos con- 
 tra el gobierno de la republica Mexi- 
 cana, que fueron examinadas por los 
 comisionados y sometidas al arbitro 
 nombrado con arreglo a la conven- 
 cion de once de Abril de 1839, y que 
 no fueron por el decididas, se some- 
 teran y desidiran por el arbitro que 
 debe nombrarse conforme a este con- 
 vencion por lo relativo a los puntos 
 que se sujetaron al arbitro estableci- 
 do par la anterior convencion ; y su 
 decision sera final y definitiva. A 
 la vez se ha convenido que, si se 
 juzga oportuno por los comisionados 
 respectivos, podran someterse por 
 ellos al espresado arbitro, nuevas 
 esposiciones sobre dichas reclama- 
 ciones." 
 
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 TREATY WITH MEXICO, 
 
 FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS OF CITIZENS OF THE U. STATES. 
 
 Concluded April 11, 1839. 
 
 Convention for the adjustment of 
 claims of citizens of the United 
 States of America upon the Gov- 
 ernment of the Mexican. Republic, 
 
 Whereas a convention for the adjust- 
 ment of the claims of citizens of 
 the United States upon the Gov- 
 ernment of the Mexican Republic 
 was concluded and signed at 
 Washington on the 10th day of 
 September, 1838, which conven- 
 tion was not ratified on the part of 
 the Mexican Government, on the 
 alleged ground that the consent of 
 his Majesty the King of Prussia 
 to provide an arbitrator to act in 
 the case, provided by said conven- 
 tion, could not be obtained : 
 
 And whereas the parties to said con- 
 vention are still, and equally, de- 
 sirous of terminating the discus- 
 sions which have taken place be- 
 tween them in respect to said 
 claims, arising from injuries to the 
 persons and property of the citi- 
 zens of the United States by Mex- 
 ican authorities, in a manner 
 equally advantageous to the citi- 
 zens of the United States, by whom 
 said injuries have been sustained, 
 and more convenient to Mexico 
 than that provided by said conven- 
 tion: the President of the United 
 States has named for this purpose, 
 and furnished with full powers, 
 John Forsyth, Secretary of State 
 of the said United States; and the 
 President of the Mexican Repub- 
 lic has named his excellency Se- 
 
 Convencion para el arreglo reclama- 
 ciones de ciudadanos de los Estados 
 Unidos de America contra el Gobi- 
 erno de la Republica Meodcdna. 
 
 Por cuanto en 10 de Setiembre de 
 1838 fue concluida y firmada en 
 Washington una convencion para 
 el arreglo de reclamaciones de 
 ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos 
 de America contra el Gobierno de 
 la Republica Mexicana, cuya con- 
 vencion no fue ratificada por parte 
 del Gobierno Mexicano, fundan- 
 dose en que no podia obtenerse de 
 Su Magestad el Rey de Prusia que 
 consintiese en nombrar un arbitra- 
 dor que actuase en el caso preve- 
 nido en dicha convencion : 
 
 Y por cuanto las partes interesadas 
 en ella continuan igualmente dese- 
 osas de terminar las discusiones 
 que han tenido, con respecto a las 
 espresadas reclamaciones por da- 
 flos causados a las personas y pro- 
 piedades de ciudadanos de los Es- 
 tados Unidos per autoridades Mex- 
 icanas, de una manera igualmente 
 ventajosa a los ciudadanos de los 
 Estados Unidos que han sufrido 
 dichos daflos, y mas conveniente 
 para Mexico que la estipulada en 
 la mencionada convencion: hacon- 
 ferido el Presidente de la Repub- 
 lica Mexicana plenos poderes a es- 
 te efecto, a Francisco Pizarro Mar- 
 tinez, Enviado Estraordinario y 
 Ministro Plenipotenciario de la 
 misma Republica cerca de los Es- 
 tados Unidos; y el Presidente de 
 
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 nor Don Francisco Pizarro Marti- 
 nez, accredited as Envoy Extraor- 
 dinary and Minister Plenipotentia- 
 ry of the Mexican Republic to the 
 United States, and has furnished 
 him with full powers for the same 
 purpose : And the said plenipoten- 
 tiaries have agreed upon and con- 
 cluded the following articles : 
 
 Article I. 
 
 It is agreed that all claims of citi- 
 zens of the United States upon the 
 Mexican Government, statements of 
 which, soliciting the interposition of 
 the Government of the United States, 
 have been presented to the Depart- 
 ment of State or to the diplomatic 
 agent of the United States at Mexi- 
 co until the signature of this conven- 
 tion, shall be referred to four com- 
 missioners, who shall form a board, 
 and be appointed in the following 
 manner, namely: two commission- 
 ers shall be appointed by the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, by and 
 with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate thereof, and two commission- 
 ers by the President of the Mexican 
 Republic. The said commissioners, 
 so appointed, shall be sworn impar- 
 tially to examine and decide upon 
 the said claims according to such 
 evidence as shall be laid before them 
 on the part of the United States and 
 the Mexican Republic respectively. 
 
 Article II. 
 
 The said board shall have two sec- 
 retaries, versed in the English and 
 Spanish languages; one to be appoint- 
 ed by the President of the United 
 States, by and with the advice and 
 consent of the Senate thereof, and 
 the other by the President of the 
 Mexican Republic. And the said 
 secretariea shall be sworn faithfully 
 
 estos ha nombrado y autorizado 
 plenamente con el propio fin, al 
 honorable Senor Juan Fors3'^th, 
 Secretario de Estado de dichos 
 Estados Unidos; quienes han ajus- 
 tado y convenido en los articulos 
 siguientes: 
 
 Articulo I. 
 
 Todas las reclamaciones de ciuda- 
 danos de los Estados Unidos contra 
 el Gobierno Mexicano, acerca de las 
 cuales se haya representado solici- 
 tando la interposicion del de los Es- 
 tados Unidos, y hayan sido exhibidas 
 al Departamento de Estado 6 al agen- 
 te diplomatico de los mencionados 
 Estados Unidos en Mexico hasta que 
 esta convencion sea firmada, se pa- 
 saran a cuatro comisionados, que for- 
 maran una junta, y seran nombrados 
 de la manera siguiente : a saber, dos 
 de ellos lo seran por el Presidente de •> 
 la Republica Mexicana, y los otros " 
 dos por el de los Estados Unidos, 
 con consentimiento y aprobacion del 
 Senado de los mismos. Los dichos 
 comisionados nombrados segun se ha 
 espresado, prestaran juramento de 
 ecsaminar y fallar imparcialmente 
 sobre dichas reclamaciones, con ar- 
 reglo a las pruebas que se les presen- 
 taren por parte de la Republica Mex- 
 icana y de los Estados Unidos. 
 
 Articulo II. 
 
 La mencionada junta tendra dos 
 secretarios, versados en los idiomas 
 Castellano e Ingles; uno de los cua- 
 les sera nombrado por el Presidente 
 de la Repubhca Mexicana, y otro 
 por el de los Estados Unidos, con 
 consentimiento y aprobacion del Se- 
 nado de los mismos; y dichos secre- 
 tarios prestaran juramento de cum- 
 
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 to discharge their duty in that capa- 
 city. 
 
 Article III. 
 
 The said board shall meet in the 
 city of Washington within three 
 months after the exchange of the ra- 
 tifications of this convention, and 
 within eighteen months from the 
 time of its meeting shall terminate 
 its duties. The Secretary of State 
 of the United States shall, immedi- 
 ately after the exchange of the rati- 
 fications of this convention, give no- 
 tice of the time of the meeting of the 
 said board, to be published in two 
 newspapers in Washington, and in 
 such other papers as he may think 
 proper. 
 
 Article IV. 
 
 All documents which now are in, 
 or hereafter, during the continuance 
 of the commission constituted by this 
 convention, may come into the pos- 
 session of the Department of State of 
 the United States, in relation to the 
 aforesaid claims, shall be delivered 
 to the board. The Mexican Govern- 
 ment shall furnish all such docu- 
 ments and explanations as may be 
 in their possession, for the adjust- 
 ment of the said claims according to 
 the principles of justice, the law of 
 nations, and the stipulations of the 
 treaty of amity and commerce be- 
 tween the United States and Mexico 
 of the 5th of April, 1831; the said 
 documents to be specified when de- 
 manded at the instance of the said 
 commissioners. 
 
 Article V. 
 
 The said commissioners shall, by 
 a report under their hands and seals, 
 decide upon the justice of the said 
 claims and the amount of compensa- 
 
 plir fielmen te los deberes de su 
 destino. 
 
 Articulo III. 
 
 Se reunira la mencionada comisi- 
 on en la ciudad de Washington, den- 
 tro del termino de tres meses, conta- 
 dos desde el cange de las ratifica- 
 ciones de este convenio, y a los diez 
 y ocho meses, despues del dia en 
 que se reunire terminar^n sus fun- 
 ciones. Inmediatamente despues de 
 que las ratificaciones de esta conven- 
 cion hayan sido cangeadas, anuncia- 
 ra. el Secretario de Estado de los Es- 
 tados Unidos, en dos de los periodi- 
 cos de Washington, y otros que le 
 parezca conveniente, la epoca en que 
 dicha comision se reunira. 
 
 Articulo IV. 
 
 Todo documento que en la actua- 
 lidad se halle, 6 que en lo succesivo 
 viniere a poder del Departamiento de 
 Estado de los Estados Unidos, du- 
 rante la ecistencia de la comision es- 
 tablecida por este convenio, y sea 
 relativo a las mencionadas reclama- 
 ciones, se entregara a la comision. 
 El Gobierno Mexicano subministrara 
 cuantos documentos y aclaraciones 
 esten a su alcance, para el ajuste de 
 las espresadas reclamaciones, segun 
 los principios de justicia, el derecho 
 de gentes, y las estipulaciones del 
 tratado de amistad y comercio entre 
 Mexico y los Estados Unidos de 5 de 
 Abril de 1831; y se especificara cua- 
 les sean dichos documentos, al tiem- 
 po de pedirlos, a instancia de los 
 mencionados comisionados. 
 
 Articulo V. 
 
 Los dichos comisionados fallaran, 
 por medio de una relacion autorizada 
 con sus firm as y seUos respectivos, 
 sobre la justicia de las mencionadas 
 
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 tion, if any, due from the Mexican 
 Government in each case. 
 
 reclamaciones, y el importe a que 
 pueda ascender la compensacion de 
 que resulte deudor, en cada caso, el 
 Gobierno Mexicano. 
 
 Article VI. 
 
 Articulo VI. 
 
 It is agreed that if it should not 
 bo convenient for the Mexican Gov- 
 ernment to pay at once the amount 
 so found due, it shall be at liberty, 
 immediately after the decisions in 
 the several cases shall have taken 
 place, to issue Treasury notes, re- 
 ceivable at the maritime custom- 
 houses of the Republic in payment 
 of any duties which may be due or 
 imposed at said custom-houses upon 
 goods entered for importation or ex- 
 portation: said Treasury notes to bear 
 interest at the rate of eight per cen- 
 tum per annum from the date of the 
 award on the claim in payment of 
 "which said Treasury notes shall have 
 been issued until that of their receipt 
 at the Mexican custom-houses. But 
 as the presentation and receipt of 
 said Treasury notes at said custom- 
 houses in large amounts might be in- 
 convenient to the Mexican Govern- 
 ment, it is further agreed that, in 
 such case, the obligation of said Gov- 
 ernment to receive them in payment 
 of duties, as above stated, may be 
 limited to one half the amount of said 
 duties. 
 
 Se ha convenido igualmente, que 
 si al Gobierno Mexicano no lo fuere 
 comodo satisfacer al contado el im- 
 porte de que resultare deudor, podra 
 inmediatamente despues de pronun- 
 ciados los fallos en los diversos casos, 
 emitir hbranzas recibideras en. las 
 aduanas maritimas de la Republica en 
 pagamento de cualesquiera derechos 
 que en ellas se adeudaren 6 se impu- 
 sieren a los efectos, tanto a su im- 
 portacion, como a su esportacion- 
 Dichas libranzas estaransujetasaun 
 interes anual de ocho por ciento, des- 
 de la fecha en que se den los decre- 
 tos sobre las reclamaciones en cuya 
 satisfaccion hayan sido emitidas di- 
 chas libranzas, hasta la en que se 
 perciban en las espresadas aduanas. 
 Pero como la presentacion y recibo 
 de dichas libranzas en las menciona- 
 das aduanas en grandes sumas podria 
 no convenir al Gobierno Mexicano, 
 se ha acordado, ademas, que en tal 
 caso la obligacion de recibirlas dicho 
 Gobierno, en pagamento de derechos, 
 segun se ha espresado arriba, pueda 
 limitarse a una mitad del importe a 
 que asciendan dichos derechos. 
 
 Article VII. 
 
 It is further agreed that in the 
 event of the commissioners differing 
 in relation to the aforesaid claims, 
 they shall, jointly or severally, draw 
 up a report stating, in detail, the 
 points on which they differ, and the 
 grounds upon which their respective 
 opinions have been formed. And it 
 is agreed that the said report or re- 
 ports, with authenticated copies of 
 
 Articulo VIL 
 
 Se ha convenido ademas que, en 
 caso de no estar conformes los comi- 
 sionados con respecta a las precitadas 
 reclamaciones, estiendan junta 6 se- 
 paradamente, una relacion circun- 
 stanciada de los puntos en que sean 
 de opinion contraria, y de las razones 
 sobre que fimden sus respectivos 
 juicios. Y se ha acordado que dicha 
 relacion 6 relaciones, acompafiadas 
 
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 all documents upon which they may 
 be founded, shall be referred to the 
 decision of his Majesty the King of 
 Prussia. But as the documents relat- 
 ing to the aforesaid claims are so vol- 
 uminous that it cannot be expected 
 his Prussian Majesty would be will- 
 ing or able personally to investigate 
 them, it is agreed that he shall ap- 
 point a person to act as an arbiter in 
 his behalf; that the person so ap- 
 pointed shall proceed to Washing- 
 ton ; that his travelling expenses to 
 that city, and from thence on his re- 
 turn to his place of residence in Prus- 
 sia, shall be defrayed, one-half by 
 the United States and one-half by 
 the Mexican Republic ; and that he 
 shall receive as a compensation for 
 his services a sum equal to one-half 
 of the compensation that may be al- 
 lowed by the United States to one of 
 the commissioners to be appointed 
 by them, added to one-half the com- 
 pensation that may be allowed by 
 the Mexican Government to one of 
 the commissioners to be appointed 
 by it. And the compensation of 
 such arbiter shall be paid, one-half 
 by the United States and one-half 
 by the Mexican Government. 
 
 de copias autenticas de todos los do- 
 cumentos en que se apoyen, se refie- 
 ran a la decision de Su Magestad el 
 Rey de Prusia. Pero como los do- 
 cumentos relativos a las precitadas 
 reclamaciones son tan voluminosos 
 que no puede esperarse que Su Ma- 
 gestad Prusianaquiera 6 pueda ecsa- 
 minarlos por si, se ha convenido en 
 que nombre una persona que como 
 arbitro le represente ; que la persona 
 nombrada del modo que vaespresado 
 se trasladara a Washington; que los 
 gastos de su viage a esta ciudad, y 
 de ella al punto de su residencia en 
 Prusia, seran costeddos una mitad 
 por la Replablica Mexicana y otra por 
 los Estados Unidos; y que recibera, 
 como honorarios por sus servicios, 
 una suma igual a mitad de la que el 
 Gobierno Mexicano senalase a uno 
 de los comisionados que ha de nom- 
 brar, con otra mitad de la que por los 
 suyos seiialaren los Estados Unidos 
 a uno de los comisionados que por su 
 parte han de nombrarse ; cuyos ho- 
 norarios seran satisfechos una mitad 
 por la Republica Mexicona y la otra 
 por los Estados Unidos. 
 
 Article VIII. 
 
 Articulo VIII. 
 
 Immediately after the signature of 
 this convention, the plenipotentiaries 
 of the contracting parties (both being 
 thereunto competently authorized) 
 shall, by a joint note, addressed to 
 the Minister for Foreign Affairs of 
 his Majesty the King of Prussia, to 
 be delivered by the minister of the 
 United States at Berlin, invite the 
 said monarch to appoint an umpire to 
 act in his behalf in the manner above 
 mentioned, in case this convention 
 shall be ratified respectively by the 
 Governments of the United States 
 and Mexico. 
 
 Inmediatamente despues que los 
 plenipotenciarios de las partes con- 
 tratantes hayan firmado esta conven- 
 cion, dirigiron de mancomun, (para 
 lo cual estan ambos competentemente 
 autorizados,) por conducto del seftor 
 enviado de los Estados Unidos a 
 Berlin, a su escelencia el Ministro de 
 Relaciones Estrangeras de Su Ma- 
 gestad el Rey de Prusia, una nota 
 invitando a dicho monarca para nom- 
 brar una persona que como arbitro lo 
 represente de la manera arriba men- 
 cionada, en caso de que esta conven- 
 cion sea ratificada respectivamente 
 
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 por los Gobiernos de Mexico y los 
 Estados Unidos. 
 
 Article IX. 
 
 It IS agreed that, in the event of 
 his Prussian Majesty's declining to 
 appoint an umpire to act in his be- 
 half, as aforesaid, the contracting 
 parties, on being informed thereof, 
 shall, without delay, invite her Bri- 
 tannic Majesty, and in case of her 
 declining his Majesty the King of 
 the Netherlands, to appoint an um- 
 pire to act in their behalf, respective- 
 ly, as above provided. 
 
 Article X. 
 
 And the contracting parties further 
 engage to consider the decision of 
 such umpire to be final and conclu- 
 sive on all the matters so referred. 
 
 Article XL 
 
 For any sums of money which the 
 umpire shall find due to citizens of 
 the United States by the Mexican 
 Government, Treasury notes shall 
 be issued in the manner afore men- 
 tioned. 
 
 Articulo IX. 
 
 Se ha convenido ademas que, si 
 Su Magestad Prusiana rehusare ha- 
 cer el nombramiento de que habla 
 el articulo anterior, procederan al 
 momento que lo sepan las partes con- 
 tratantes a invitar a Su Magestad 
 Britanica, y si tambien ella se rehu- 
 sare, a Su Magestad el Rey de Ho- 
 landa, a fin que nombre un arbitra- 
 dor que le represente segun queda 
 pactado. 
 
 Articulo X. 
 
 Las partes contratantes se obligan 
 ademas a considerar como final y de- 
 cisivo el fallo del mencionado arbi- 
 trador, en todas las materias que se 
 hay an sujetado a su ecsamen. 
 
 Articulo XL 
 
 Se emitiran libranzas, en los ter- 
 minos arriba espresados, por el im- 
 porte del dinero que el arbitrador 
 encuentre que sea deudor a ciuda- 
 danos de los Estados el Gobierno 
 Mexicano. 
 
 Article XII. 
 
 And the United States agree for- 
 ever to exonerate the Mexican Gov- 
 ernment from any further accounta- 
 bility for claims which shall either 
 be rejected by the board or the ar- 
 biter aforesaid, or which, being al- 
 lowed by either, shall be provided 
 for by the said Government in the 
 manner before mentioned. 
 
 Article XIII. 
 
 And it is agreed that each Govern- 
 ment shall provide compensation for 
 the commissioners and secretary to 
 
 Articulo XIL 
 
 Y los Estados Unidos convienen en 
 descargar para siempre el Gobierno 
 Mexicano de toda responsabilidad 
 ulterior, por reclamaciones que sean 
 rechazadas, bien por la junta 6 que 
 admitidas por cualquiera de ellos, 
 haya dicho Gobierno provisto a su 
 compensacion en los terminos antes 
 espresados. 
 
 Articulo XIIL 
 
 Se ha convenido en que cada Go- 
 bierno senale a los comisionados y 
 secretarios que ha de nombrar los 
 
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 be appointed by it ; and that the 
 contingent expenses of the board 
 shall be defrayed, one moiety by the 
 United States and one moiety by the 
 Mexican Republic. 
 
 Article XIV. 
 
 This convention shall be ratified, 
 and the ratifications shall be ex- 
 changed at Washington within twelve 
 months from the signature hereof, or 
 sooner if possible. 
 
 In faith whereof, we, the plenipo- 
 tentiaries of the United States of 
 America and of the Mexican Re- 
 public, have signed and sealed 
 these presents. 
 Done in the city of Washington, on 
 the eleventh day of April, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty -nine, in 
 the sixty^third year of the inde^- 
 pendence of the United States of 
 America and the nineteenth of 
 that of the Mexican Republic. 
 [l. s.l JOHN FORSYTH. 
 [l. s.] FRAN. PIZARRO MARTINEZ. 
 
 honorarios respectivos; y que los 
 gastos contingentes de la junta sean 
 costeados, una mitad por la Repub- 
 lica Mexicana, y otra por los Esta- 
 dos Unidos. 
 
 Articulo XIV. 
 
 La presente convencion sera rati- 
 ficada, y las ratificaciones seran can- 
 geadas en Washington dentro de 
 doce meses de este dia, 6 antes si 
 fuere posible. 
 
 En fe de lo cual nosotros, los pleni- 
 potenciarios de la Republica Mexi'^ 
 cana y de los Estados Unidos de 
 America, hemos firmado y sellado 
 las presentes. 
 Fecho en la ciudad de Washington, 
 a las once dias de Abril del alio 
 del Seflor mil ochocientos treinta 
 y nueve, decimo nono de la inde- 
 pendencia de la Republica Mexi^ 
 cana, y el sexagesimo tercio de la 
 de los Estados Unidos de America. 
 
 [L.S.] 
 
 [us.] 
 
 FRAN. PIZARRO MARTINEZ. 
 JOHN FORSYTH. 
 
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 AN ACT 
 
 To carry into pffect certain stipulations of the Treaty between the United States of Ame- 
 rica and the Republic of Mexico, of the second day of February, one thousand eight 
 hundred and forty -eight. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United 
 States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint 
 three persons who shall constitute a board of commissioners, to meet at the 
 city of Washington, at some early day to be designated by the President, 
 whose duty it shall be to receive and examine all claims of citizens of the 
 United States upon the Republic of Mexico, which are provided for by the 
 treaty between said Governments of the United States and Mexico, con- 
 cluded on the second day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and 
 which may be presented to the said board of commissioners, and to decide 
 thereon according to the provisions of the said treaty, and of the first and 
 ffth articles of the unratified convention concluded at the city of Mexico, 
 on the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty- 
 three. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commissioners 
 shall have a secretary, versed in the English and Spanish languages, to be 
 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate, and the said board is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk, and to 
 make all needful rules and regulations, not contrary to the laws of the 
 United States or the provisions of said treaties, for carrying their said com- 
 mission into full effect. 
 
 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents, and pa- 
 pers, which now are or hereafter, until the close of said commission, may 
 come into the possession of the Department of State, having relation to 
 said claims, shall be delivered to the said board ; and when the said com- 
 mission shall be concluded, the journal of its proceedings, together with 
 all the records, documents, and papers which shall have come into its pos- 
 session relating to the business of said board, shall be deposited in the 
 oifice of the Secretary of State ; and the period of one year from and after 
 the organization of said board is hereby designated, within which said com- 
 missioners may, at the instance of any claimant or claimants, apply, 
 through the Secretary of State of the United States, to the Mexican minis- 
 ter of foreign affairs, for all such books, records, or documents, in the pos- 
 session or power of the Government of the Mexican Republic, as shall he 
 deemed necessary to the just decision of any claim or claims submitted to 
 said board, in conformity with the provisions of said treaty. 
 
 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State is requir- 
 ed, as soon as the President shall have designated the day for the meeting 
 of the said board, to give public notice thereof, and to cause said notice tc 
 be published in such newspapers as are authorized to publish the lawf? of 
 the United States, 
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 Sec. 5. ^ind be it further enacted, That the compensation of the re- 
 spective officers for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall 
 be as follows, namely : To each of said commissioners at the rate of three 
 thousand dollars per annum ; to the secretary of the board at the rate of 
 two thousand dollars per annum ; and to the clerk at the rate of fifteen 
 hundred dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to make provision for the contingent ex- 
 penses of said commission as to him shall appear reasonable and proper. 
 And the said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of any moneys in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 Sec, 6. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 report to the Secretary of State a list of all the several aAvards made by 
 them ; a certified copy thereof shall be by him transmitted to the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon distribute, in ratable proportions 
 among the persons in'Wh'ose favor the awards shall have been made, the" 
 amount stipulated in the fifteenth article of the said treaty, (being three 
 and one-fourth millions of dollars,) according to the proportions which 
 their respective awards shall bear to the said three and one-fourth millions 
 of dollars, first deducting such sums of money as may be due the United 
 States from said persons in whose favor said awards shall be made ; and 
 the said Secretary shall thereupon cause certificates of stock of the United 
 States to be issued to the said parties, respectively, or their legal repre- 
 sentatives, for the amount to which they may be entitled, which stock 
 shall bear an interest of six per cent, per annum until paid, and redeem- 
 able at any time at the pleasure of the United States, or pay the same in 
 money, at the option of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said board shall terminate 
 its business within two years from the day of its organization. 
 
 Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all cases arising under this 
 act where any person or persons, other than those in whose favor an award 
 has been or may be made, shall claim the amount so awarded, or any part 
 thereof, and shall within thirty days from the passage of this act, or from 
 the date of the said award, notify the Secretary of the Treasury of his, 
 her, or their intention to contest the payment of the same as awarded, and 
 shall file with the district attorney of the United States a bond, with good 
 and sulficient security, to be approved by him, for the payment of the costs 
 and damages arising therefrom, the amount so awarded, and the payment 
 of which is contested as aforesaid, shall be and remain in the Treasury of 
 the United States, subject to the decision of the courts of the United States 
 thereon ; and thereupon the said part}' so claiming the sum so awarded, or 
 any part thereof, shall be at liberty to file his bill for relief and injunction 
 in the circuit court of the District of Columbia, upon the principles which 
 govern courts of equity ; and any injunction thereupon granted by the 
 court shall be respected by the Treasury Department ; and the said case in 
 equity shall thereupon be conducted and governed in all respects as in 
 other cases in equity. 
 
 Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not go into effect 
 until from and after the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 nine. 
 
 Approved March 3, 1849. 
 
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 RULES AND ORDERS 
 
 Of the Commissioners appointed under the act of 3d March, 1849, entitled 
 ^'^n act to carry into effect certain stipulations of the treaty between the 
 United States and the Republic of Mexico, of the 2d of February, 1848." 
 
 Ordered, That all persons having claims upon the Republic of Mexico, 
 which are provided for by the treaty between the United States and the 
 said RepubUc, concluded on the second day of February, 1848, except the 
 claims named in the fifth article of the unratified convention between the 
 two Governments of November 20, 1843, to wit: "All claims of citizens 
 of the United States against the Government of the Mexican Republic, 
 which were considered by the Commissioners and referred to the umpire 
 appointed under the convention of 11th April, 1839, and which were not 
 decided by him," — do file memorials of the same with the Secretary of thia 
 Board. 
 
 Every memorial so filed must be addressed to the Commissioners, and 
 must set forth minutely and particularly the facts and circumstances 
 whence the right to prfefer such claim is derived to the claimant, and it 
 must be verified by his oath or affirmation. 
 
 And, in order that the claimants may be apprized of what is considered 
 necessary to be averred in every such memorial before the same will be 
 received and acted on, it is further — 
 
 Ordered, That in every such memorial it shall be set forth — 
 
 1. For and in behalf of whom the claim is preferred. 
 
 2. Whether the claimant is now a citizen of the United States, and if so, 
 whether he is a native or naturalized citizen, and where is now his domicil; 
 and if he claims in his own right, then whether he was a citizen when the 
 claim had its origin, and where was then his domicil; and if he claims in 
 the right of another, then whether such other was a citizen when the claim 
 had its origin, and where was then and where is now his domicil; and if, 
 in either case, the domicil of the claimant at the time the claim had its 
 origin was in any foreign country, then whether such claimant was then a 
 subject of the Government of such country, or had taken any oath of alle- 
 giance thereto. 
 
 3. Whether the entire amount of the claim does now, and did at the 
 time when it had its origin, belong solely and absolutely to the claimant; 
 and if any other person is or has been interested therein, or in any part 
 thereof, then who is such other person, and what is or was the nature and 
 extent of his interest; and how, when, and by what means, and for what 
 considerations, the transfer of rights or interests, if any such was made, 
 took place between the parties. 
 
 4. Whether the claimant, or any other who may at any time have been 
 entitled to the amount claimed, or any part thereof, hath ever received 
 any, and if any, what sum of money, or other equivalent or indemnifica- 
 tion, for the whole or any part of the loss or injury upon which the claim 
 is founded, and if so, when and from whom the same was received. 
 
 5. Whether the claim was presented to the Commissioners appointed by 
 the Governments of the United States and of Mexico, under the conven- 
 tion of 11th of April, 1839; and if so, how the same was disposed of by 
 
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 said Commissioners; and if said claim had its origin prior to said 1 1th of 
 April, 1839, and was not so presented, then what were the reasons or 
 causes why the same was not so presented. 
 
 And that time may be allowed to the claimants to prepare and file the 
 memorials above mentioned — 
 
 Resolved, That this Board will be in session on the first Monday of No- 
 vember next, and will then proceed to decide whether the memorials which 
 shall then have been filed with the Secretary are in conformity to the fore- 
 going orders, and proper to be received for examination. 
 
 And in respect to the claims excepted in the first of the foregoing rules 
 and orders, it is — 
 
 Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Board, the claims of American 
 citizens referred to in the fifth article of the unratified convention between 
 the Governments of the United States and Mexico, of 20th November, 
 1843, which article is made a part of the fifteenth article of the treaty of 2d 
 February, 1848, to wit, the claims "which were considered by the Com- 
 missioners and referred to the umpire under the convention of 11th April, 
 1839, and which were not decided by him," may now be presented to this 
 Board for final decision, upon the memorials, proofs, and documents sub- 
 mitted to said joint Commissioners, and by said Commissioners to the 
 umpire, and upon such new arguments as may be filed with the Secretary 
 in writing, addressed to the Commissioners. 
 
 And that the claimants may be apprized of what is necessary in order to 
 bring the same before this Board, for its consideration and decision, it is — 
 
 Ordered, That all persons having claims of this description do file a me- 
 morial with the Secretary of this Board, addressed to the Commissioners, 
 briefly describing the claim, and the right of the claimant to receive in- 
 demnity for the injury complained of. In all cases where the original me- 
 morial addressed to the Commissioners, under the convention of 1839, does 
 not aver the claimant, and any other person under whom the claim is de- 
 rived, to be, and at the time when the claim had its origin to have been, a 
 citizen of the United States, then the said memorial shall conform to the 
 requirements of the second of the articles of the foregoing rules relating to 
 that subject, and shall be verified by oath or affirmation. 
 
 Ordered, That, when the Board shall close its present session, it will 
 adjourn to meet in this city on the first Monday of June next, and will 
 then proceed to consider the claims referred to in the fifth article of said 
 unratified convention of 2d November, 1843, which may have been pre- 
 sented in conformity to the foregoing order, and all such cases are hereby 
 get down for hearing at that time; and if any claimant desire a longer time 
 in which to file a memorial or present arguments, he must file a written 
 motion to that effect, setting forth the reasons for the same on or before 
 said day. 
 
 Ordered, Th^t all motions and arguments addressed to the Board be 
 made in writing and filed with the Secretary, who shall note thereon the 
 time when they are received; but brief verbal explanations may be made 
 by the claimants or their agents immediately after the opening of each 
 day's session. 
 
 Ordered, That the following rules and orders, relating to testimony and 
 proofs to be advanced in support of claims which may be presented for ad- 
 judication, be and the same are hereby entablished: 
 
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 1. All testimony must be in writing, and upon oath or affirmation, duly 
 administered according to the laws of the place where the same is taken, 
 by a magistrate competent by such laws to take depositions, having no in- 
 terest in the claim to which the testimony relates, and not being the agent 
 or attorney of any person having such interest, and it must be certified by 
 him that such is the case. The credibility of the affiant or deponent, if 
 known to such magistrate, or other person authorized to take such testi 
 mony, must be certified by him, and if not known, must be certified on 
 the same paper upon oath by some other person known to such magistrate 
 having no interest in such claim, and not being the agent or attorney of 
 any person having such interest, whose credibility must be certified by 
 such magistrate. The deposition must be reduced to writing by the person 
 taking the same, or by some person in his presence having no interest, and 
 not being the agent or attorney of any person having an interest in the 
 claim, and must be carefully read to the deponent by the magistrate before 
 being signed by him, and this must be certified. 
 
 2. Depositions taken in any city, port, or place without the limits of the 
 United States, may be taken before any consul or other public civil officer 
 of the United States resident in such cit}'', port, or place, having no in- 
 terest, and not being agent or attorney of any person having an interest in 
 the claim to which the testimony so taken relates. In all other cases, 
 whether in the United States or in any foreign place, the right of the per- 
 son taking the same to administer oaths by the laws of the place must be 
 proved. 
 
 3. Every affiant or deponent must be required to state in his deposition 
 his age, place of birth, residence, and occupation, and where was his resi- 
 dence and what was his occupation at the time the events took place in 
 regard to which he deposes; and must also state if he have any, and if any 
 what, interest in the claim to support which his testimony is taken; and if 
 he have any contingent interest in the same, to what extent, and upon the 
 happening of what event he will be entitled to receive any part of the sum 
 which may be awarded by the Commissioners. He must also be required 
 to state whether he be the agent or attorney of the claimant, or of any 
 person having an interest in the claim. 
 
 4. Original papers exhibited in proof must be verified as originals by 
 the oath of a witness, whose credibility must be certified as required in the 
 first of these rules; but when the fact is within the exclusive knowledge of 
 the claimant, it may be verified by his own oath or affirmation. Papers in 
 the handwriting of any person who has deceased, or whose residence is 
 unknown to the claimant, may be verified by proof of such handwriting, 
 and of the death of the party, or his removal to places unknown. 
 
 5. All testimony taken in any foreign language, and all papers and docu- 
 ments in any foreign language which may be exhibited in proof, must be 
 accompanied by a translation of the same into the English language. 
 
 6. When the claim arises from the seizure or loss of any ship or vessel, 
 or the cargo of any ship or vessel, a certified copy of the enrolment or 
 registry of such ship or vessel must be produced, together with the original 
 clearance, manifests, and all other papers and documents required by the 
 laws of the United States, which she possessed on her last voyage from 
 the United States when the same are in the possession of the claimant, or 
 
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 can be obtained by him; and when not, certified copies of the same must 
 be produced, together with his oath or affirmation that the origmals are not 
 in his possession, and cannot be obtained by him. 
 
 7. In all cases where property of any description for the seizure or loss 
 of which a claim has been presented, was at the time of such seizure or 
 loss insured, the original poUcy of insurance, or a certified copy thereof, 
 must be produced. 
 
 8. If the claimant be a naturalized citizen of the United States, a copy 
 of the record of his naturalization, duly certified, must be produced. 
 
 Office of said Commission, 
 
 Washington, ^pril 23, 1849. 
 
 WM. CAREY JONES, Secretary, 
 
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