Resolved, by the Senate of the United States, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein,) That they do consent to, and advise the ratification of the convention between the French Republic and the United States of America, made at Paris, the eighth day of Vendemaire, of the ninth year of the French Republic; the thirtieth day of September, anno Domini, eighteen hundred:

Provided, the second article be expunged, and that the following article be added or inserted:

It is agreed, that the present Convention shall be in force for the term of eight years, from the time of the exchange of the ratifications.