HUMANITARIAN HEALTH AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA CONCERNING THE QUARANTINE INSPECTION OF VESSELS ENTERING PUGET SOUND AND WATERS ADJACENT THERETO AND THE GREAT LAKES VIA THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER By note dated October 23, 1929, the American Minister at Ottawa, under instructions from his Government, informed the Canadian Government, in reply to its note of October 10, 1929, that the United States accepted the terms of the proposed arrangement between the two Governments to provide for the acceptance by each Government of the quarantine inspection of the other in respect of vessels from foreign ports entering Puget Sound and adjacent waters or the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River. The terms of the agreement as set forth in the Canadian note are as follows: His Majesty's Government in Canada is prepared, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 56 and 57' of the international sanitary convention signed at Paris the 21st June, 1926, to agree with the Government of the United States of America that vessels from foreign ports destined for both Canadian and United States ports located on the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Haro, Rosario, Georgia, Puget Sound, or their tributaries or connected waters, or so destined to ports on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, shall undergo quarantine inspection by the quarantine officers of that Government having jurisdiction over the primary port of arrival, and when cleared from quarantine in accordance with the provisions of the said international sanitary convention shall receive free pratique, the document granting such pratique to be issued in duplicate, that the original shall be presented upon entry at the primary port of arrival, and that the duplicate shall be presented to the proper quarantine 'Articles 56 and 57, in translation, are as follows (U. S. Treaty Series, No. 762, p. 93): ARTICLE 56 International coasting traffic will come under special regulations, to be agreed upon by the countries concerned. Nevertheless the provisions of Article 28 of the present Convention shall be applicable to them in all cases. ARTICLE 57 The Governments, taking into account their peculiar situation, may conclude special agreements amongst themselves, in order to make the sanitary measures prescribed by this Convention more efficacious and less cumbersome. The text of such agreements shall be communicated to the International Office of Public Hygiene. 80059-29-3 13 officers upon secondary arrival and entry at the first port under the jurisdiction of the other Government, and shall be accepted by that Government without the formality of quarantine re-inspection, provided that cases of quarantinable disease have not been prevalent in the ports visited and have not occurred on board the vessel since the granting of the original pratique, and provided further that the observance of the provisions of Article 28' of the said convention shall not be modified by such agreement. The full text of the agreement effected by this exchange of notes will be published in due course in the Executive Agreement Series, one of the publications of the Department of State, No 1 of which series is expected shortly to appear. 'Article 28, in translation, is as follows: All ships, except those employed in national coastwise service, must be periodically deratised, or be permanently kept in such a condition that rat population is reduced to the minimum. In the first case they receive Deratisation Certificates, and in the second Deratisation Exemption Certificates. Governments shall make known through the International Office of Public Hygiene those of their ports possessing the equipment, and personnel necessary for the deratisation of ships. A deratisation certificate or a deratisation exemption certificate shall be issued only by the sanitary authority of the aforesaid ports. The certificate shall be valid for six months. One additional month however may be allowed in the case of a ship proceeding to its home port. If no valid certificate is produced, the sanitary authority at the ports mentioned in the second paragraph of this Article may after inquiry and inspection: (a) Directly perform the deratisation of the vessel, or cause it to be done under its direction and supervision. When completed to its satisfaction it shall issue a dated deratisation certificate. It shall decide on each case what process shall be employed practically to exterminate the rats on board, particulars of the mode of deratising applied and of the number of rats destroyed must be entered on the Certificate. Destruction of rats must be accomplished in a manner that will as far as possible save the ship and cargo (if any) from injury. The operation must not last longer than 24 hours. In the case of vessels in ballast, it must be done before loading. All charges on account of these operations of deratisation and all claims, if any, for damages shall be settled according to the terms of Article 18. (b) Issue a Deratisation Exemption Certificate stating the date and grounds if it is satisfied that the ship is maintained in such a condition that the rat population is reduced to a minimum. The deratisation and deratisation exemption certificates shall be drawn up as far as possible in a uniform manner. Forms of such certificates will be prepared by the International Office of Public Hygiene. The competent authority of each country undertakes each year to furnish the International Office of Public Hygiene with a statement of the measures taken under this Article and the number of ships which have been subjected to deratisation, or which have been granted deratisation exemption certificates, at the ports referred to in the second paragraph of this Article. The International Office of Public Hygiene is requested to take in accordance with Article 14 all steps for the interchange of information as to the action taken under this Article and the results obtained. The provisions of this Article do not affect the rights accorded to sanitary authorities by Articles 24-27 of this Convention. The Governments shall see that all requisite and practicable measures are taken by the competent authorities to accomplish the destruction of rats in ports and the dependent and neighboring parts as well as on lighters and coastwise vessels. CHANGE TO BE NOTED IN THE LIST OF THE HUMANITARIAN TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES On page 18 of the First Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, July 1929, there should be added the following: Canada: Agreement between the United States and Canada concerning the quarantine inspection of vessels entering Puget Sound and waters adjacent thereto and the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River Signed at Ottawa October 10 and October 23, 1929. Effective October 23, 1929. Text: USEA3, No. 1. British Guiana OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS 4 The Government of Great Britain notified the Secretariat of the League of Nations on September 23, 1929, that British Guiana had acceded to the international convention for the suppression of the traffic in obscene publications signed at Geneva September 12, 1923. The accession was registered with the Secretariat on September 23, 1929. Iraq The Government of Iraq adhered, as from April 26, 1929, to the convention for the suppression of the traffic in obscene publications signed at Geneva September 12, 1923. Article 10 of this convention is as follows: Ratification of or adhesion to the present Convention shall ipso facto, and without special notification, involve concomitant and full acceptance of the Agreement of May 4th, 1910, which shall come into force on the same date as the Convention itself in the whole of the territory of the ratifying or adhering Member of the League or State. On October 8, 1929, the French Ambassador informed the Secre tary of State that the director general of the police of Baghdad has been charged, for Iraq, with the functions set forth in Article 1 of the agreement of May 4, 1910, relative to the suppression of the circulation of obscene publications and that the Government of Iraq wishes the commissions rogatory to be transmitted through the diplomatic channel. Greece On October 10, 1929, the Secretariat of the League of Nations an nounced that the Greek Government had deposited with the Secre U. S. Executive Agreement Series. 'See the bulletin for July 1929, First Supplement, p. 9; for August 1929, p. 10. tariat the instrument of its ratification of the international convention for the suppression of the traffic in obscene publications signed at Geneva September 12, 1923. Turkey The Turkish instrument of ratification of the international convention for the suppression of the traffic in obscene publications, signed at Geneva September 12, 1923, was deposited with the Secretariat of the League of Nations on September 12, 1929. OPIUM INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION 5 Siam. On October 12, 1929, the Secretariat of the League of Nations stated that on depositing with the League Secretariat the Siamese Government's instrument of ratification of the convention, protocol, and final act adopted by the Second Opium Conference of the League of Nations and signed at Geneva on February 19, 1925, the Siamese delegate made the following declaration: On proceeding to the deposit of the instrument of ratification the Siamese delegate declares that the royal ratification is given without any reservation and that consequently the declaration made by the Siamese representative when signing the final act should be considered as null and void. SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY CONVENTION Cuba. The Secretariat of the League of Nations has informed the Government of the United States that Cuba has no objection to raise to the reservation made by the Government of the United States on the occasion of its accession to the international slavery convention, signed at Geneva, September 25, 1926. Haiti. The Government of Haiti has informed the Secretary General of the League of Nations that it has no objection to the reservation of the United States to the slavery convention. Yugoslavia. On September 28, 1929, Yugoslavia's instrument of ratification of the international slavery convention of September 25, 1926, was deposited with the Secretary General of the League of Nations in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 thereof. 'See the bulletin for September 1929, p. 13. ECONOMIC AVIATION CONVENTION RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF AERIAL NAVIGATION 1 By a communication dated October 14, 1929, the Secretary General of the International Commission for Air Navigation informed the Secretary of State of the signatures of the Union of South Africa, September 24, 1929, and the Netherlands, October 11, 1929, to the protocol dated June 15, 1929, relative to amendments to the convention relating to the regulations of aerial navigation, signed at Paris on October 13, 1919. ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR THE REGULATION OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT On October 22, 1929, the Canadian Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the Government of Canada concurred in the terms of the arrangement concerning the admission of civil aircraft, the issuance of pilots' licenses, and the acceptance of certificates of airworthiness for aircraft imported as merchandise, which had been under negotiation between the two governments. The new arrangement is an elaboration of the existing understanding between the two countries governing the flight of American aircraft into Canada, which has been extended from time to time since 1920 for periods of six months. Besides adding certain provisions, it makes the arrangement reciprocal and of indefinite duration. The substantive provisions are as follows: 1. All state aircraft other than military, naval, customs and police aircraft, shall be treated as civil aircraft and as such shall be subject to the requirements hereinafter provided for civil aircraft. 2. Subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter contained and set forth, Canadian civil aircraft shall be permitted to operate in the United States and, in like manner, civil aircraft of the United States shall be permitted to operate in the Dominion of Canada. 3. Canadian aircraft, before entering the United States, must be registered and passed as airworthy by the Canadian Department of National Defense and must bear the registration markings allotted to it by that Department. Aircraft of the United States, before entering Canada, must be registered and passed 1See the bulletin for September 1929, p. 14. |