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Treaty Series No. 656

Agreement between the United States of America and Portugal, Signed at Lisbon September 14, 19204

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Portuguese Republic, being desirous of extending for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 6, 1908, extended by the Agreement concluded between the two Governments on June 28, 1913, shall remain in force, have authorized the undersigned, to wit:

  • The President of the United States of America:
    His Excellency Colonel Thomas H. Birch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near the Portuguese Republic,
  • The President of the Portuguese Republic:
    His Excellency João Carlos de Melo Barreto, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

to conclude the following Agreement:

Article I

The Convention of Arbitration of April 6, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Portugal, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the said Convention on November 14, 1908, which period, by the Agreement of June 28, 1913, between the two Governments, was [Page 425] extended for five years from November 14, 1913, is hereby renewed and continued in force for a further period of five years from November 14, 1918.

Article II

The present Agreement shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the Portuguese Republic, in accordance with the constitutional laws of the Republic, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Lisbon as soon as possible.

Done in duplicate, in the english and portuguese languages, at Lisbon, this fourteenth day of September one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

  • Thos. H. Birch
  • João Carlos de Mello Barreto
  1. In English and Portuguese; Portuguese text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, Mar. 7, 1921; ratified by the President, Mar. 22, 1921; ratified by Portugal, Sept 16, 1921; ratifications exchanged at Lisbon, Sept. 29, 1921; proclaimed, Oct. 31, 1921.↩