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Show -26- ARTICULO Xll. ' En considcracion [lla cstcnsion que adquieren los Iimites .de los C~stados-Unidos scgnn quedan dcscrito~cn cl a~·t•cnlo quu~to del prcscntc tratado, cl gobicrno de los nusmos Estados-Umdos se compromete a pagar a\ de Ia Repltblica Mexican a Ia suma de quince mill ones de pesos, de una de las _dos m.aneras.quc van a esplicarsc. El gobicrno mcxicano, al t•empo de rat~ftca~ ~ste tratado, dcclarani cual de las dos maneras de pago p!CfiCJe, y a Ia que asi elija, so arrcglar{l cl gobicrno de los EstadosUnidos al vcrificar cl pago. Primera mancra de pago. lnmcdiatamcnte dcspucs q~JC ~stc tratado haya sido ratificado por cl gobierno de Ia Rep~ ~hca Mcxicana, ::sc cntrcgani al mismo gobicrno por cl de los bsta_· dos-Unidos en Ia ciudad de 1\IC:xico, yen moncda de plata u oro del cufio mexieano, Ia suma de trcs milloncs de pesos. Por los docc milloncs de pesos restantcs, los Estados-Unidos crcn.riin un fondo pUblico, que gozanlrCdito de scis pesos. por cionto al aflo el cual rCdito hade comenzar ii correr el d1a qnc so ratifique1el presente tratado por cl gobierno de la RepUbli.ca Mexicana, y se pagarii anualmente en Ia ciudad. de \Vaslun~ton. El capital de dicho fondo pUblico sera redim1ble en Ia m1sma ciudad de 'Yashington en cualquicra Cpoca que lo disponga cl gobierno de los Estados-Unidos, con tal que hayan pasado dos afios contados desde cl cangc de las ratificaciones del prcscnte tratado, y diindosc aviso al pUblico con anticipacion de seis_.mcses. AI gobicrno mexicano sc e!ltregaran por el de los Est~dos- Unidos los bonos correspondientes ll dicho fondo, estendldos en dcbida forma, divididos en las cantidades que sciialc cl espresado gobierno mexicano y enagenables por Cste. Segunda manera de pago. Inmediatamente despucs q~te ~ste tr:'ltado haya sido ratificado por el gobicrno de Ia Republica Mexicana, se entregani al mismo gobicrno por ei de los Estados- Unidos, en Ia ciudad de l\it:xico, y en moneda de plata U Oro de cmio mcxicano, la suma de trcs millones de pesos. Los docc millones de pesos restantes sc pagaran en 1\'lt:xico en -27- ARTICLE XII. In consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth article of the present treaty, the government of the United States engages to pay to that of the Mexican Republic1 the sum of fifteen millions of dollars, in the one or the other of the two modes below specified. The Mexican government shall, at the time of ratifying this treaty, declare which of these two modes of payment it prefers, and the mode so elected by it shall be conformed to by that of the United States. First mode of paymcnt:- Jmmcdiatcly after this treaty shall have been duly rati fied by the government of the 1\Jcxican Republic, the sum of three millions of dollars shall be paid to the said government by that of the United States, at the city of Mexico, in the gold or sil vcr coin of Mexico. For the remaining t\Velvc millions of dollars, the Uuited States shall create a "stock, bearing an interest of six per centum per annum, commencing on the day of the ratification of this treaty by the government of tbc Mexican Republic, and payable annually at the city of ' '\Tashington; the principal of said stock to be rcdccmnblc there at the pleasure of the government oft he "United States, at any time after two years from the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty; six months' public notice of the intention to redeem the same being previously given. Certificates of such stock, in proper form, for snch sums as· sha!I be spcciUcd by the Mexican govcmmcnt, and transfcraU!c by the said government, shall be delivered to the same by tlwt of the Uuitcd States. Second mode of paymcnt:.-lmmcdiatcly after this treaty shall have been duly ratified by the government of the ]\[cxican Republic, the sum of three millious of dollars shall be paid to the said government by that of the United States at the city of Mexico, in the gold or sih'er coin oL\lcxico. 'l'hc remaining Lwelve millions of dollars shall be paid at the same place, and in the same coiu, in annual instalments of three millions of dollars each, together with interest on the same, at the rate of six |