in the other country more than two years, but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary. ARTICLE V. un pais resida en el otro mas de dos ARTICULO V.o When this take effect and The present convention shall go La presente convencion comeninto effect immediately on the ex- zará á tener efecto inmediatamente convention shall change of ratifications, and it shall despues del cange de sus ratifica- how long remain remain in full force for ten years. ciones y durará vigente por diez in force. If neither of the contracting par- años. Si ninguna de las dos parties shall give notice to the other tes contratantes notificare á la otra six months previously of its inten- con seis meses de anticipacion su tion to terminate the same, it shall deseo de terminar, la convencion further remain in force until twelve permanece vigente hasta doce memonths after either of the contract- ses despues de que una de las partes ing parties shall have given notice contratantes haya notificado to the other of such intention. deseo á la otra. tal when to be exchanged. The present convention shall be La presente convencion será rati- Ratifications, ratified by the President of the ficada por el Presidente de la reUnited States by and with the ad- pública Mexicana con aprobacion vice and consent of the Senate del Congreso de la misma república, thereof, and by the President of the y por el Presidente de los Estados Mexican republic with the approval Unidos con el consejo y consentiof the Congress of that republic, miento del Senado de los mismos and the ratifications shall be ex- Estados Unidos, y las ratificaciones changed in Washington within nine se cambiaran en Washington denmonths from the date hereof. tro de nueve meses contados desde esta fecha. In faith whereof, the plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this convention at the city of Washington this tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [L. s.] [L. S.] En fé de lo cual los plenipoten- And whereas the said convention, as amended, has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same have this day been exchanged: Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-third. ANDREW JOHNSON. [SEAL.] By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Ratification. Proclamation. Convention between the General Post-Office of the United States of America July 28, 1868. and the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. THE general post-office of the United States of America and the general post-office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of establishing and maintaining an exchange of mails between the United States on the one side and the Straits Settlements and the British East Indies on the other, by means conjointly of the line of United States mail packets plying between San Francisco and Hong Kong "and of the line of British mail packets plying between Hong Kong and Singapore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Aden, the undersigned duly authorized for that purpose have agreed upon the following articles: Preamble. to include ARTICLE I. There shall be a direct exchange of mails between the of- Exchange of fices of New York and San Francisco on the one part, and the offices of mails; Singapore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Aden, on the other, compris ing letters, newspapers, prices current, book packets, and packets of pat- what; terns or samples originating in the United States and addressed respectively to the Straits Settlements, or to the British East Indies, or originating in the British East Indies or the Straits Settlements, respectively, and addressed to the United States. how con These mails shall be conveyed by United States mail packets between San Francisco and Hong Kong via Yokohama, and by British mail pack- veyed. ets between Hong Kong and Singapore or the Indian ports. Rates of post of letters. ARTICLE II. The postage to be collected in the United States, upon paid correspondence addressed to the Straits Settlements or the British age, and weight East Indies, shall be ten cents per single letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion, two cents each on newspapers or prices current, and eight cents per four ounces on book packets, or packets of patterns or samples; and the postage to be collected in the Straits Settlements or the British East Indies, upon paid correspondence addressed to the United States, shall be ten pence per single letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion, and four pence per four ounces for newspapers, prices current, book packets or packets of patterns or samples. correspond The correspondence thus paid shall be delivered at the place of desti- Delivery of nation, whether in the United States or in the British Possessions, free from all charge whatsoever. Letters posted in either country unpaid or insufficiently paid shall, nevertheless, be forwarded and shall be charged at the place of destination with a rate of postage of the same amount that would be chargeable on a letter of like weight, posted for despatch in the opposite direction, together with a fine of six pence in the Straits Settlements or the British East Indies, or of twelve cents in the United States. ARTICLE III. The exchange of the correspondence referred to in Article II., preceding, shall not give rise to any accounts between the British and the United States post-offices. Each office shall keep the postage which it collects. ence. Unpaid let ters. Each office to keep postage. Letters, &c. ARTICLE IV. Every letter, newspaper, price current, book packet or packet of patterns or samples, despatched from one office to the other, how paid. shall be plainly stamped in red ink with a stamp bearing the words "paid all" on the right-hand upper corner of the address, and shall also bear the dated stamp of the office at which it was posted. Dead letters, &c. Detailed regulations. Convention, when to commence, and how to terminate. Signature. Approval. ARTICLE V. Dead letters, newspapers, &c. which cannot be delivered from whatever cause shall be mutually returned, without charge, monthly, or as frequently as the regulations of the respective offices will permit. ARTICLE VI. The two offices may, by mutual consent, make such detailed regulations as shall be found necessary to carry out the objects of this arrangement, such regulations to terminate at any time on a reasonable notice by either office. ARTICLE VII. This convention shall come into operation on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and shall be terminable at any time on a notice by either office of six months. Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the twenty-eighth day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and in London on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyeight. [SEAL.] ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster-General. MONTROSE, Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] By the President: ANDREW JOHNSON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Amendatory Treaty to the Treaty of June 9, 1863, between the United ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: August 13, 1868. Preamble. WHEREAS to the treaty of the ninth of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, between the United States and the Nez Percé tribe of Vol. xiv. p. 647. Indians, an amendatory treaty was concluded at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, by and between Nathaniel G. Taylor, commissioner, on the part of the United States, Contracting and Lawyer, head chief, and Timothy and Jason, chiefs, of the Nez parties. Percé tribe of Indians, on the part of said tribe of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which amendatory treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Whereas certain amendments are desired by the Nez Percé tribe of Indians to their treaty concluded at the Council Ground in the valley of the Lapwai, in the Territory of Washington, on the ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three; and whereas the United States are willing to assent to said amendments; it is therefore agreed by and between Nathaniel G. Taylor, commissioner, on the part of the United States, thereunto duly authorized, and Lawyer, Timothy, and Jason, chiefs of said tribe, also being thereunto duly authorized, in manner and form following, that is to say: Reservation. 648. ARTICLE I. That all lands embraced within the limits of the tract set apart for the exclusive use and benefit of said Indians by the 2d article Vol. xiv. pp. 647, of said treaty of June 9th, 1863, which are susceptible of cultivation and suitable for Indian farms, which are not now occupied by the United States for military purposes, or which are not required for agency or other buildings and purposes provided for by existing treaty stipulations, shall be surveyed as provided in the 3d article of said treaty of June 9th, 1863, and as soon as the allotments shall be plowed and fenced, and as soon as schools shall be established as provided by existing treaty stipulations, such Indians now residing outside the reservation as may be decided upon by the agent of the tribe and the Indians themselves, shall be removed to and located upon allotments within the reservation: Provided, however, That in case there should not be a sufficient quantity of Allotments. suitable land within the boundaries of the reservation to provide allotments for those now there and those residing outside the boundaries of the same, then those residing outside, or as many thereof as allotments can not be provided for, may remain upon the lands now occupied and improved by them, provided, that the land so occupied does not exceed twenty acres for each and every male person who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years or is the head of a family, and the tenure of those remaining upon lands outside the reservation shall be the same as is provided in said 3d article of said treaty of June 9th, 1863, for those |