its good offices to secure the listing of the bonds on the stock exchange in Helsingfors. 8. Cancellation and Surrender of Demand Obligations. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the payment to the United States of cash in the sum of $9,315.27 as provided in paragraph 1 of this Agreement and the delivery to the United States of the $9,000,000 principal amount of bonds of Finland first to be issued hereunder, together with satisfactory evidence of authority for the execution of the Agreement and the bonds on behalf of Finland by its Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, the United States will cancel and surrender to Finland, at the Treasury of the United States in Washington, the obligations of Finland in the principal amount of $8,281,926.17, described in the preamble to this Agreement. 9. Notices. Any notice, request, or consent under the hand of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall be deemed and taken as the notice, request, or consent of the United States, and shall be sufficient if delivered at the Legation of Finland at Washington or at the office of the Minister of Finance in Helsingfors; and any notice, request, or election from or by Finland shall be sufficient if delivered to the American Legation at Helsingfors or to the Secretary of the Treasury at the Treasury of the United States in Washington. The United States in its discretion may waive any notice required hereunder, but any such waiver shall be in writing and shall not extend to or affect any subsequent notice or impair any right of the United States to require notice hereunder. 10. Compliance with Legal Requirements. Finland represents and agrees that the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of the bonds issued or to be issued hereunder have in all respects been duly authorized and that all acts, conditions, and legal formalities which should have been completed prior to the making of this Agreement and the issuance of bonds hereunder have been completed as required by the laws of Finland and in conformity therewith. 11. Counterparts. This Agreement shall be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall have the force and effect of an original. In Witness Whereof Finland has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, thereunto duly authorized, and the United States has likewise caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by the Secretary of the Treasury, as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, with the approval of the President, all on the day and year first above written, subject, however, to the approval of Congress, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved February 9, 1922, as amended by the Act of Congress 2 42 Stat. 363. approved February 28, 1923,3 notice of which approval, when given by Congress, will be transmitted in due course by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the Legation of Finland at Washington. The Government of the Republic of Finland, Envoy Extraordinary and The Government of the United States of America, The Government of the Republic of Finland, hereinafter called Finland, for value received, promises to pay to the Government of the United States of America, hereinafter called the United States, or order, on the 15th day of December, the sum of Dollars ($ ), and to pay interest upon said principal sum semiannually on the fifteenth day of June and December in each year, at the rate of three per cent per annum from December 15, 1922, to December 15, 1932, and at the rate of three and one-half per cent per annum thereafter until the principal hereof shall have been paid. This bond is payable as to both principal and interest in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of value, or, at the option of Finland, upon not less than thirty days' advance notice to the United States, in any bonds of the United States issued after April 6, 1917, to be taken at par and accrued interest to the date of payment hereunder. This bond is payable as to both principal and interest without deduction for, and is exempt from, any and all taxes and other public dues, present or future, imposed by or under authority of Finland or any political or local taxing authority within the Republic of Finland, whenever, so long as, and to the extent that, beneficial ownership is in (a) the Government of the United States, (b) a person, firm, or association neither domiciled nor ordinarily resident in Finland, or (c) a corporation not organized under the laws of Finland. This bond is payable as to both principal and interest at the Treasury of the United States in Washington, D.C., or, at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This bond is issued under an Agreement, dated May 1, 1923, between Finland and the United States, to which this bond is subject and to which reference is made for a further statement of its terms and conditions. '42 Stat. 1324. In Witness Whereof, Finland has caused this bond to be executed in its behalf at the City of Washington, District of Columbia, by its Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, thereunto duly authorized. The Government of the Republic of Finland: By Dated, December 15, 1922. Envoy Extraordinary and (Back) The following amounts have been paid upon the principal amount of this bond: Date Amount paid EXTRADITION Treaty signed at Helsinki August 1, 1924 Senate advice and consent to ratification February 16, 1925 Ratified by Finland March 21, 1925 Ratifications exchanged at Helsinki March 23, 1925 Entered into force March 23, 1925 Proclaimed by the President of the United States March 24, 1925 44 Stat. 2002; Treaty Series 710 The United States of America and Finland desiring to promote the cause of justice, have resolved to conclude a treaty for the extradition of fugitives from justice between the two countries and have appointed for that purpose the following Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Charles L. Kagey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Finland, and The President of the Republic of Finland, Hj. J. Procopé, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I It is agreed that the Government of the United States and the Government of Finland shall, upon requisition duly made as herein provided, deliver up to justice any person, who may be charged with, or may have been convicted of, any of the crimes specified in Article II of the present Treaty committed within the jurisdiction of one of the High Contracting Parties, and who shall seek an asylum or shall be found within the territories of the other; provided that such surrender shall take place only upon such evidence of criminality, as according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed. 1TS 871, post, p. 734. ARTICLE II Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of the present Treaty, who shall have been charged with or convicted of any of the following crimes: 1. Murder, comprehending the crimes designated by the terms parricide, assassination, manslaughter when voluntary, poisoning or infanticide. 2. The attempt to commit murder. 3. Rape, abortion, and the carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of twelve years.2 4. Abduction or detention of women or girls for immoral purposes. 5. Bigamy. 6. Arson. 7. Wilful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads, which endangers human life. 8. Crimes committed at sea: (a) Piracy, as commonly known and defined by the law of nations, or by statute; (b) to do so; Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea or attempting (c) Mutiny or conspiracy by two or more members of the crew or other persons on board of a vessel on the high seas, for the purpose of rebelling against the authority of the Captain or Commander of such vessel, or by fraud or violence taking possession of such vessel; (d) Assault on board ship upon the high seas with intent to do actual bodily harm. 9. Burglary, robbery with violence, and larceny when the amount stolen exceeds two hundred dollars or Finnish equivalent. 10. Forgery or the utterance of forged papers and including the forgery or falsification of the official acts of the Government or public authority, including Courts of Justice, or the uttering or fraudulent use of any of the same. 11. The fabrication of counterfeit money, whether coin or paper, counterfeit titles or coupons of public debt, created by National, State, Provincial, Territorial, Local or Municipal Governments, bank notes or other instruments of public credit, counterfeit seals, stamps, dies and marks of State or public administrations, and the utterance, circulation or fraudulent use of the above mentioned objects. 12. Embezzlement committed within the jurisdiction of one or the other party by public officers or depositaries, and embezzlement by any person For an amendment to art. II, para. 3, see supplementary treaty of May 17, 1934 (TS 871), post, p. 735. |