ARTICLE V.
The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Brittanic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, at the expiration of six months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.
Done at Washington the fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES BUCHANAN. [L.S.] RICHARD PARKENHAM. [L.S.]
NOTE.—This treaty was concluded at Washington, June 15, 1846, ratifications were exchanged July 17, 1846, and it was proclaimed Aug. 5,1846.