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BILATERAL EXTRADITION TREATIES
Supplementary extradition treaty between the United States of America and Estonia.
Signed at Washington, October 10, 1934;
Ratification advised by the Senate, February 6, 1935;
Ratified by the President, February 14, 1935;
Ratified by Estonia, December 5, 1934;
Ratifications exchanged at Tallinn, May 7, 1935;
Proclaimed, May 9, 1935.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS a Supplementary Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Estonia was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the original of which Treaty is word for word as follows:
The United States of America and the Republic of Estonia, being desirous of enlarging the list of crimes on account of which extradition may be granted under the Treaty concluded between the two countries on November 8, 1923, with a view to the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within their respective territories and jurisdictions, have resolved to conclude a supplementary Treaty for this purpose and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit:
The President of the United States of America; Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and
The President of the Republic of Estonia; Mr. Charles Kuusik, Acting Consul General of the Republic of Estonia in the City of New York,
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE I
The following crimes are added to the list of crimes numbered 1 to 25 in Article II of the said Treaty of November 8, 1923, on account of which extradition may be granted, that is to say:
26. Crimes and offenses against the bankruptcy laws.
ARTICLE II
The present Treaty shall be considered as an integral part of the said extradition Treaty of November 8, 1923, and Article II of the last mentioned Treaty shall be read as if the list of crimes therein contained had originally comprised the additional crimes specified and numbered 26 in the first article of the present Treaty.
ARTICLE III
The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional methods, and shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Tallinn as soon as possible.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have hereunto affixed their seals.
DONE in duplicate at Washington, this tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.
CORDELL HULL
[SEAL]
CHARLES KUUSIK
[SEAL]
AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged at Tallinn on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public to the end that the same may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-ninth.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
[SEAL]
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.
49 Stat 3190, 1935 WL 30036 (U.S. Treaty)
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