Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 810.51/685

The Secretary of State to the Chargé d’Affaires of Peru ⁶

At the instance of the Secretary of the Treasury the Department of State transmits herewith for the information of the Chargé d’Affaires of Peru a copy of a Spanish translation of the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act now prevailing in fifteen States of the Union. By virtue of a resolution of the Buenos Aires Conference, the Central Executive Council is directed to circulate material looking toward uniformity of national laws governing negotiable instruments.

Department of State,
Washington , July 8, 1916.

6. The same, mutatis mutandis, to the other Latin American members of the Diplomatic Corps at Washington.