eclaration shall be made at least six months
beforehand.

And in case the present arrangement should remain without such
declaration of its discontinuance by either party, the extra
duties specified in the 1st and 2d articles shall, from the
expiration of the said two years, be, on both sides, diminished
by one-fourth of their whole amount, and, afterwards by
one-fourth of the said amount from year to year, so long as
neither party shall have declared the intention of renouncing it
as above stated.

ARTICLE VIII.

The present convention shall be ratified on both sides, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged within one year from the date
hereof, or sooner, if possible. But the execution of the said
convention shall commence in both countries on the first of
October next, and shall be effective, even in case of
non-ratification, for all such vessels as may have sailed bona
fide for the ports of either nation, in the confidence of its
being in force.

In faith whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed
the present convention, and have hereto affixed their seals, at
the city of Washington, this 24th day of June, A. D. 1822.

John QUINCY ADAMS [l.s.]
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE [l.s.]

SEPARATE ARTICLE.

The extra duties levied on either side before the present day, by
virtue of the act of Congress of 15th May, 1820, and of the
ordinance of 26th July of the same year, and others confirmative
thereof, and which have not already been paid back, shall be
refunded.

Signed and sealed as above, this 24th day of June, 1822.

John QUINCY ADAMS [l.s.]
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE [l.s.]

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PLATE LIV.

_March 4, 1825--March 4, 1829._

John Quincy Adams President of the United States 1825. [Rx].
Peace and friendship.

PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

[_Sixth President of the United States of America._]

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1825. Bust of
President John Quincy Adams, facing the right.

PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP. Two hands clasped in token of amity; on the cuff
of the left wrist three stripes, and buttons