I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a convention concluded between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic on the 20th of November last, for further extending the time for the duration of the joint commission respecting claims, originally fixed by the convention between the United States and Mexico signed on the 4th of July, 1868, and extended by those of the 19th of April, 1871, and 27th of November, 1872, between the same parties.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, December 8, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a convention between the United States of America and the Ottoman Empire, relative to the naturalization of citizens and subjects of the two countries, signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Constantinople on the 11th of August last. A copy of the correspondence which accompanied the convention on the subject is herewith transmitted.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, December 8, 1874.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a report, dated the 8th instant, with accompanying papers,[88] from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the requirements of section 208 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
U.S. GRANT.