Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-17

! on the twenty-sixth day of Iarch, one thous-
! and eight hundred and forty bur, which Con-
/ vention, being in the Frenchtnd English Lam
guages, is, word for word, a{follows:
Contention for The mutual bolition Of the
4 droI doubaine and tara on emigration
bet,csen the United STATES If .an'erica and
/ the Grand Ducay Of Hese.
! The United States of Amerih on the one part,
and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke OF
Hesse, on the other part, beirk equally DESTROYS
of removing the restrictions which exist in their
Territories upon the acquisitiin and transfer Of
property by their respective citizens and sub
Ijects, have agreed to enter iato negotiation for
this purpose.
For the attainment Of this desirable object, the
President Of the United States of America has
conferred full payvers ON Henry Wheaton, their
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
|tiary at the Court Of His Majesty the King of
Prussia, and his Royal Highness ihe Grand Duke
lot Hesse upon Baron Schaefer- Bernstein his
Chamberlain, Colonel, Aidde-camp, and Minis
ter Resident near His Majety the King of Prus-
STA, who, after having exchmged their said full
powers, found in due and proper form, have
agreed to the following antilles;
ART. /. Every kind OF dot d'aubaine droit
de retraite, and droit de deractlon, or tax on
emigration, is, hereby, and sail remain abolish
ed, between the two contraiting parties, their
States citizens, and subjects. respectively.
ART. Q. Where, on the oath of any person
holding real property within the territories of
one party, such real properly, would, by the
laws of the land, descend on aspbject or citizen
Of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage,
such citizen or subject shall be allowed term
of two years to sell The same-which term may
be reasonably prolonged according TO circum-
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without molestation, and exempt from all duties
| of detraction on the part Of he Government of
the respective States.
ART. 3. The citizens or iubjects of each of
the contracting parties shall have power to dis.
pose of their personal properS within the States
of the other, by testament, donation or other
wise, and their heirs, beingcitizens OF subjects
! of the other contracting parry, shall succeed to
their said personal property whether by tesla
ment, or alb intestato and MY take possession
thereof, either BY themselyesor by others acting
for them, and dispose Of the anne at their pleas
ure, paying such duties onlj as the inhabitants
of the country where the saidproperty lies shall
be liable to pay in like cases.
ART. In case Of the absence of the heirs,
the sarle care shall be taken Professionally, OF
such real or personal propertyas would be taken
in like case OF property belonging to the ma
tives of the country, until the lawful owner, OF
the person who has right 10 sell the same, ac-
cording to article second, may take measures to
receive or dispose Of the inheritance.
Arr. g. II any dispute should arise between
shall be decided, in the last resort, according TO
the laws and BY the judges of s,e country where
the properly is situated.
ART. 8. This Convention shall he ratified by
the President Of the United States of America,
by and with the advice and consent of their SEN
ate, and by His ROYAL Highnsss The Grand Duke
ed at Berlin, within theterm of six months from
the date of the signature hereof, or sooner, il
possible.
In faith of which. the respective Plenipoten-
tiaries have signed the above articles, both il,
French and English, and have thereto affixed
their seals, declaring, nevertheless, that the
signing in both languages shall not hereafter be
cited as precedent, nor in any way operate to
the prejudice of the contracting parties
Done in quadrupleata, in the city of Berlin.
On the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud
forty-four, and the sixty-eighth Of the Indepen-
dence of the United States of America
HENRY WHEATON, TL.s.
BARON LIE SCHAEFFER-BERNsTEIN LIS.
And whereas the said Convention has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the respective
notifications Of the same having been exchanged,
to-wit: at Berlin, on the sixteenth day of Octo-
Der, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four,
by Theodore S. Fay, Charge d. Affaires AID interim
Of the United States, and Baron de .schaeffer-
Bernstein, Chamberlain, Colonel, Aid-de-camp,
and Minister Resident of His Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of IIesse near the Court of his
Majesty the King Of Prussia, on the par! of their
respective Governments:
Now, therefore, be ii known, that /, JAMES
X. Polk, President Of the United States OF A.
merica, have caused the said Convention to be
made public, TO the end that the same, and every
clause and article thereof may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith, by the United States
and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States
to be affixed
Done at the City Of Washington, this eighth
day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty
sEAL.l five, and of the Independence OF the
United States the sixty-ninth.
JAMES K. POLK.
BY the President:
JAMEs BUCHANAN, Secretary Of State.