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To the Senate and House of Representatives.
I transmit to Congress a copy of a special Treaty between the United States and His Majesty the King of Hanover for the abolition of the State Dues, which was signed at Berlin on the 6th of November last. In this Treaty, already approved by the Senate
and ratified on the part of the United States, it is stipulated that the sums specified in Articles III and IV to be paid to the Hanoverian Government, shall be paid at Berlin on the day of the exchange of the ratifications. I therefore recommend that seasonable provision be made to enable the Executive to carry this stipulation into effect. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, 12th February, 1862.