The people of the Dominican Republic, having, thi'ough their government, expi'ess^
their desire to be incorporated into the United States, as one of the Territories thereof,
in order to provide more effectually for their security and prosperity ; and the United
States being desirous of meeting the wishes of the people and government of that re-
public, the high contracting parties have determined to accomplish, by treaty, objects
so important to their mutual and permanent welfare.
For this purpose the President of the United States has given full powers to
and the President of the Dominican Kepublic has given full powers to
and the said plenipotentiaries, after having communicated to each other their respect-
ive full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol-
lowing articles :

Article I.
The Dominican Republic, acting subject to the wishes of its people, to be expressed
a8 hereinafter provided within four months from the date hereof, renounces all rights
of sovereignty, and ^11 existence as an independent sovereign nation, and cedes to the
United States all its domains, to be held by them in full sovereignty and to be an-
nexed to the United States as one of their Territories, subject to the same donstitu-
tional provisions with their other Territories. It also cedes to the United States the
absolute fee and property in all the public edifices, custom-Iionses, fortifications, bar-
racks, ports, harbors, navy, and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and
accoutrements, archives, public documents, and other property (public lands not
herein enumerated alone excepted) of the said Dominican Republic, of which a sche-
dule is annexed to this treaty.
AllTlCLE II.
