By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Supplementary Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico for the purpose of adding [Page 673] the crime of bribery to the list of crimes or offenses on account of which extradition may take place between the two countries, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Mexico, on the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, the original of which Supplementary Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows:
The United States of America and the United States of Mexico being desirous to add the crime of bribery to the list of crimes or offenses on account of which extradition may be granted under the Convention concluded between the two countries on the 22nd day of February, 1899, with a view to the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime in their respective territories and jurisdictions, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to-wit:
- The President of the United States of America, Powell Clayton, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of said United States at Mexico, and
- The President of the United States of Mexico, Don Ignacio Mariscal, Secretary of Foreign Relations.
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following
Article.
The following crime is added to the list of crimes or offenses numbered 1 to 20 in the second Article of the said Convention of February 22, 1899, on account of which extradition may be granted, that is to say:
Bribery, defined to be the giving, offering or receiving of a reward to influence one in the discharge of a legal duty.
The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the City of Mexico as soon as possible.
It shall come into force ten days after its publication in conformity with the laws of the High Contracting Parties, and it shall continue and terminate in the same manner as the said Convention of February 22, 1899. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention in duplicate and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at the City of Mexico, in the English and Spanish languages, this twenty-fifth day of June one thousand nine hundred and two.
| [seal.] | Powell Clayton |
| [seal.] | Igno. Mariscal |
And whereas the said Supplementary Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Mexico on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Supplementary Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
[Page 674]In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
[seal]
By the President:
John Hay
Secretary of State.