And it is declared that neither the pretense that war dissolves all treaties, nor any other whatever, shall be considered as annulling or suspending the solemn covenant contained in this article. On the contrary, the state of war is precisely that for which it is provided; and during which its stipulations are to be as sacredly observed as the most acknowledged obligations under the law of nature or nations.

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ARTICLE XXIII.

This treaty 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 Mexican Republic, with the previous approbation of its General Congress; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the city of Washington, or at the seat of government of Mexico, in four months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if practicable.

In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in quintuplicate, at the city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, on the second day of February, in the

And whereas the said treaty, as amended, has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Queretaro on the thirtieth day of May last, by Ambrose H. Sevier and Nathan Clifford, Commissioners on the part of the Government of the United States, and by Senor Don Louis de la Rosa, Minister of Relations of the Mexican Republic, on the part of that Government:

Now, therefore, be it known, that I, James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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 witness 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 fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and

forty-eight, and of the Independence of the

United States the seventy-third.

[L. S.]

By the President:

JAMES BUCHANAN,

JAMES K. POLK.

Secretary of State.

ARTICLES REFERRED TO IN THE FIF. TEENTH ARTICLE OF THE PRECEDING TREATY.

First and Fifth Articles of the unratified Convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic of the 20th Nov. 1843.

ARTICLE I.

All claims of citizens of the Mexican Republic against the government of the United States. which shall be presented in the manner and time hereinafter expressed, and all claims of citizens of the United States against the government of the Mexican Republic, which for whatever cause were not submitted to, nor considered nor finally decided by, the commission, nor by the arbiter appointed by the convention of 1839, and which shall be presented in the manner and time hereinafter specified, shall be referred to four commissioners, who shall form a board, and shall be appointed in the following manner, that is to Constitution-37

say: Two commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Mexican Republic, and the other two by the President of the United States, with the approbation and consent of the senate. The said commissioners, thus appointed, shall, in presence of each other, take an oath to examine and decide impartially the claims submitted to them, and which may lawfully be considered, according to the proofs which shall be presented, the principles of right and justice, the law of nations, and the treaties between the two republics.

ARTICLE V.

All claims of citizens of the United States against the government of the Mexican Republic, which were considered by the commissioners, and referred to the umpire appointed under the convention of the eleventh April, 1839, and which were not decided by him, shall be referred to, and decided by, the umpire to be appointed, as provided by this convention, on the points submitted to the umpire under the late convention, and his decision shall be final and conclusive. It is also agreed, that, if the respective commissioners shall deem it expedient, they may submit to the said arbiter new arguments upon the said claims.

INDEX.

[References are to articles, sections, and pages, re-
spectively.]

ABANDONED CHILDREN-state may provide for,
Art. 4, Sec. 22, p. 97.

ABSENCE of governor, duties devolve on lieuten-
ant-governor, 5, 16, p. 147.

of chief justice, selection pro tempore, 6, 2, p. 155.
of judge from state, 6, 3, p. 160.

of judicial officer when a forfeiture of office, 6, 9,
p. 202.

of citizen on public business not to affect resi-
dence, 20, 12, p. 407.

ACCOUNT of receipts and expenditures to be pub-
lished, 4, 22, p. 97.

ACCOUNTABILITY-of municipal officers, 11, 5, p.

248.

ACCUSED-rights of, 1, 13, p. 20.

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY-rights of aliens, 1,
17, p. 54.

ACT OF LEGISLATURE-to embrace but one sub-
ject, 4, 24, p. 101.

ACTION-corporations may sue and be sued, 12, 4,
p. 330.

where may be sued, 12, 14, p. 334.