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.

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