EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, July 26, 1882_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I transmit herewith to the Senate, for consideration with a view to
ratification, a supplementary convention between the United States and
the French Republic, signed at Washington on the 19th instant, extending
the term of duration of the commission organized under the convention of
January 15, 1880, between the two countries.