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ding to the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba which was adopted on the twentyfirst of February 1901, an appendix in the words and letters of the eight enumerated articles of the above cited act of the Congress of the United States;

And whereas, by the establishment of the independent and sovereign government of the Republic of Cuba, under the constitution promulgated on the 20th of May, 1902, which embraced the foregoing conditions, and by the withdrawal of the Government of the United States as an intervening power, on the same date, it becomes necessary to embody the above cited provisions in a permanent treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba;

The United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, being desirous to carry out the foregoing conditions, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a treaty to that end,

The President of the United States of America, Herbert G. Squiers, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Ha

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la Constitución de la República de Cuba que fué adoptada el 21 de Febrero de 1901 un Apéndice que contiene palabra por palabra y letra por letra los ocho Artículos enumerados de la Ley del Congreso de los Estados Unidos arriba mencionada;

Y por cuanto, en virtud de haberse establecido el gobierno independiente y soberano de la República de Cuba bajo la Constitución promulgada en Mayo 20 de 1902 en la que se incluyeron las precedentes condiciones y de haberse retirado en esa misma fecha, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos como poder interventor, se hace necesario incorporar las estipulaciones arriba indicadas en un tratado permanente entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Cuba;

Deseando los Estados Unidos de América y la Rcpública de Cuba dar cumplimiento á las condiciones antedichas, han nombrado al objeto como plenipotenciarios para llevar á cabo un tratado con ese fin,

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América á Herbert G. Squires, Enviado Extraordinario Ministro Plenipotenciario en la Habana,

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Y el Presidente de la República de Cuba á Carlos de Zaldo y Beurmann, Secretario de Estado y Justicia; quienes después de haberse exhibido mutuamente sus plenos poderes que encontraron estar en buena y debida forma, han convenido en los siguientes Artículos:

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