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(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes 

 into force, this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the 

 Members. 



'2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual 

 form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have 

 not ratified the revising Convention. 



ARTICLE 12 



Tlie French and English texts of this Convention shall both be 

 authentic. 



RESERVATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERN3IENT 



The above convention was ratified by the United States Government, 

 with the following reservations : 



''That the United States Government understands and construes 

 the words 'maritime navigation' appearing in this Convention to mean 

 navigation on the high seas only. 



"That the provisions of this Convention shall apply to all territory 

 over which the United States exercises jurisdiction except the Panama 

 Canal Zone, with respect to which this Government resei^ves its 

 decision." 



RATIFICATION OF TREATY 



Note. — The ratification of this treaty was deposited on October 29, 1938, and became 

 effective on October 29. 1939. While some of the provisions of this treaty appear to be 

 self -executing, it would seem that, in order to make effective the provisions of the treaty 

 as a whole, enabling legislation to this end must be passed. To date no such enabling 

 legislation has been enacted. 



