Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-10-01
OFFICIAL.



DErARrHHsr or SrArH, SxrrsxnxR &c, 1855
Numerous inquiries having been addressed TO this De-
partmsnt on the subject the following j. published fof
the German States are Of similar tenor:
ITranslatedl
Extract from tho laws of Prussia Of December 81 lSA2
corning the oss Of the quality Of Prussian subject
Is. The quality of Prussian subject Is lost: ~
J. By discharge upon the subjects request
?. BY sentence of the competent authorityj
3 By living ten years in foreign country;
a. BY the marriage Of female Prassian subject with TO-
reigner
49, The discharge has be asked from the police autho-
ry OF the in which the subjects domc is situated
ana Effected by document made out by the authority
g,ll The discharge cannot be granted:
10 male subjects who between seventeen arr twenty
hve years Of age until they have got certificate of the mill
their appcaon Tor discharge is not made merely to avoid
the fulfilling Of their military duty in the standing army
To actual soldiers belonging either tho standing army
or the reserve, TO officers Of the militia public unc
tonaries before their being discharged from service;
B. TO subjects having formerly served officers in the
ary employees with the rank Of or civil nctionass
before they have got the consent Of their former chief
GERS after their having been eonyoked for actual
is. TO subjects wishing to emigratc into State of tho
German condeaey the discharge may be refused If they
cannot that the said State is willing
(Sec Act Of the German Confederation Is, No let Al
TO- For other than those specified in ~ II and
49, the discharge cannot be refused in time peace For the
time of war special regulations will be made.
20 Tho document Of discharge eects, the Of
its delivery the loss of the quality Prussian subject
II. Ii there special exception, the discharge
prehends aso the wife and the children that still
under their fathers authority.
o. Subjects living in foreign country may lose their
quality Prussans by declaration Of the police authority
Of Prussa they do not obey within the time fixed to them
the express summons for returning to their country.
49, Subjects who either leave States without per-
mission, aud do not return within years. leave
States with permission, but do within ten years
after the expiration granted by the said permission,
loso their quality as Prussan subjects.
"a. En.crng into public seyrice foreign STATE.
The entering Of subject into public service in foreign
State is allowed only after his discharge has been
granted to him. Any body who has obtained it is permitted
to do so without restriction.
rs. subject which, l. either takes public service in
foreign State with immediate permission appoint
ed in our States by foreign Power in Office established
with permission for instance that CONSUL
cial agent, &c., remains in his quality a Prussian
20. Gtaerot disposition.
Subjects who emigrate without having obtained their dig
charge, violate BY their entering into public service in
foreign State the disposition of a. to be punished
cording to the laws existing in that respect
Given under our hand and seal, Berlin this 31s Of Decs
Il. 81 Der, 1912. FREDERICK WILLIAM.
E,traet from Mc Constitution Of P,ussia Of 1850
Tit. III. Rights Of the Prussans.
ART H. The right to emigrae cannot be restricted by che
State, except with respect to the duty of military service.