NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89-497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— "... the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence. . . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof." For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 |