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On the recordFebruary 24, 1881
To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to advising and consenting to the ratification thereof, a convention for the extradition of criminals, between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia, signed at Bogota on the 3d of January, 1881.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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