MODIFICATIONS MADE BY THE CONGRESS OF BOLIVIA TO THE TREATIES OF SEPTEMBER 23, AND DECEMBER 30, 1902. BOLIVIAN LEGATION IN PERU, Lima, November 2, 1903. MR. MINISTER: Under date of October 22 last, and under No. 28. his excellency Dr. Eliodoro Villazou, minister for foreign relations of Bolivia, writes me as follows: MR. MINISTER: Confirming the telegram which I addressed to you, I have the pleasure to hand you a copy of the laws of the honorable National Congress, by which were approved the treaties of September 23 and December 30, 1902, celebrated with the republic of Peru: "JOSÉ MANUEL PAUDO, constitutional president of the republic. "Whereas the National Congress has sanctioned the following law, the National Congress decrees: "The treaty celebrated between the republic of Bolivia and Peru on September 23, 1902, through Messrs. Eliodoro Villazou, minister of foreign affairs, and Felipe de Osma, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Peru, is hereby approved with the modification, which at the time of the interchange of ratifications must be set forth in the following terms: In the first article, instead of saying as far as the snow field of Palomani,' it must say, 'as far as the point in which the present frontier line coincides with the River Suchez.' * "Let it be communicated to the executive for the constitutional purposes. "Hall of the honorable National Congress, in session, La Paz, October 19, 1903. Anibal Capriles, Vencancio Jiminez, Demetrio F. Córdova, Faustino A. Quiroga, D. S., César Salinas, D. S. "I therefore promulgate it, that it may be considered as a law of the Republic and obeyed as such. La Paz, October 22, 1903." "JOSÉ MANUEL PAUDO, constitutional president of the republic. "Whereas the National Congress has sanctioned the following law the National Congress decrees: "SOLE ARTICLE. The arbitration treaty between Bolivia and Peru, respecting the demarcation of boundaries, celebrated in this city on December 30, 1902, between the minister for foreign relations of Bolivia, Dr. Eliodoro Villazou, and his excellency the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Peru in Bolivia, Dr. Felipe de Osma, is hereby approved with the alteration introduced in the approval of the treaty of September 23 of the same year, as regards the first clause. "Let it be communicated to the executive for the constitutional purposes. "Hall of the honorable National Congress, in session, La Paz, October 19, 1903. Aníbal Capriles, Venencio Jiminez, Demetrio F. de Cordoba, Faustino A. Quiroga, D. S., Cesar Salinas, D. S. "I therefore promulgate it, that it may be considered as a law of the republic and obeyed as such. La Paz, October 22, 1903. 66 I repeat to you the assurances of my highest consideration. TO SEÑOR DON José Manuel BRAUN, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Bolivia in Lima. I have the greatest pleasure in communicating to your excellency the foregoing note, and beg to repeat the assurances, etc., To His Excellency SEÑOR DR. JOSÉ PARDO, Minister for Foreign Relations of Peru. J. M. BRAUN. |