28 TREATY PROVISIONS BELATING TO FISHERIES 



Article V. 



The present treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws required to 

 carry it into operation .shall have been passed by the Imperial Parlia- 

 ment of Great Britain and by the Provincial Parliaments of those 

 of the British North American colonies which are affected by this 

 treaty on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States 

 on the other. Such assent having been given, the treaty shall remain 

 in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into opera- 

 tion, and further until the expiration of twelve months after either 

 of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its 

 wish to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties 

 being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said 

 term of ten years, or at any time afterwards. 



It is clearly understood, however, that this stipulation is not in- 

 tended to affect the reservation made by Article IV of the present 

 treaty, with regard to the right of temporarily suspending the opera- 

 tions of Articles III and IV thereof. 



Article VI. 



And it is hereby further agreed that the provisions and stipula- 

 tions of the foregoing articles shall extend to the island of New- 

 foundland, so far as they are applicable to that colony. But if the 

 Imperial Parliament, the Provincial Parliament of Newfoundland, 

 or the Congress of the United States shall not embrace in their laws, 

 enacted for carrying this treaty into effect, the colony of Newfound- 

 land, then this article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make 

 provision by law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies 

 aforesaid, shall not in any way impair the remaining articles of this 

 treaty, 



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Done in triplicate, at "Washington, the fifth day of June, anno 

 Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 



W. L. Marcy. [ l -s.] 



Elgin & Kincardine, [l. s.] 



[Note. — This treaty was put into effect by President's procla- 

 mations of March 16 and Dec. 12, 1855; British Act of Feb. 19, 

 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. cap. 3), and Newfoundland Act of July 7, 

 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. cap. 2). It was terminated by notice from 

 the United States on March 17, 1866. (Joint Resolution, 32d 

 Congress, 2nd Session, approved January 18, 1865. See For. 

 Pel. 1865, Part I, p. 93.) The Commission authorized by Article 

 I to designate the places reserved from the common right of 

 fishing met in August 1855 and ceased to exist by the termina- 

 tion of the treaty. Nearly all the work had been accomplished 

 when the Commission dissolved. (Treaties in Force, 1904, p. 

 328.)] 



TREATY OF MAY 8, 1871. 



[Ratifications exchanged, June 17, 1871.] 



The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being 

 desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of all causes of dif- 

 ference between the two countries, have for that purpose appointed 



