Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
OFFICIAL.
By The President of the United States Of america.
A PROCLAMATION.

of America and the Kingdom Of Bavaria was con-
| cluded and signed at London, by their respective
Penipotentaries, on the twelfth day Of September,
one thousand eight hundred and 6ftythree; which
Convention, being in the English and German Ian
guages, 1.-THE English only is here copied is word
for word as follows:
Convention for the mutual ertraon Of ugiires from JUS
tes in certain cases. concluded bssween he Government
the United States, the part, and Kingdom Of
| Bavaria the other part.
The United States Of America and his Majesty the King
Of Bavaria actuaed by equal desire TO further the ad
mnisraton of justice and TO prevent the commission OF
crimes in their respective countries, taking into consde
ration that of communication between
Europe and America facilitate the escape of offenders and
that consequently provision ought to be made in order
that the ends Of justice shall not be defeated have de-
termned to conclude arrangement destined to regulate
the to be observed in all with reference to
the exradition of such individuals having committed
any of the offences hereafter enumerated In country,
shall have taken refuge within the territories of the other
The constitution and laws Of Bavaria however, not al
lowing the Bavaran Government to surrender their
subjects for trial before foreign court Of justice strict
reciprocity requires that the Government Of the United
States shall be held equally free from any obligation to
surrender citizens Of the United States.
For which purposes the high contracting Powers have
appointed their Plenipotentiares:
The President Of the United States James Buchanan,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Penpotentay of the
United States at the Court of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
His Majesty the King of Bavaria Augustus Baron de
Cetto his said Maesty's chamberlain Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Penpotentiary at the Court of her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Br
tain and Ireland knight commander Of the order for
merit of the Bavaran Crown and of the order for merit of
St. Michael knight grand of the royal Grecian
order Of our Saviour:
Who after reciprocal communication Of their respective
full powers found in good and due fsrm have agreed to
| the following articles
ARTICLE l.
The Government Of the United States and the Bavaran
Government promise and engage upon mutual requisi
tions by them their minister's officers, authorities
respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons
who being charged with the crime Of murder, assault
with intent to commit murder, piracy, arson,
robbery forgery the u.terance of forged papers or
the fabrication circulation Of counterfeit money whe
her coin or paper money the embeEzlement OF public
moneys committed within the jurisdiction Of either party
shall seek asylum shall be found within the terri
tories Of the other provided TINT this shall only be done
upon such evidence Of crninaiy as according to the
laws of the place where the fugitive person charged
shall be found, would justify his apprehension and com
committed and the respective judges and other mags-
trates of the two Governments shall have power jurs
dicton, and authority, upon complaint mado under
OATH to issue for the apprehension Of the fug
tive person charged that he may be brought before
such judges other magistrates respectively to the end
that the evidence ocrminaty may be heard and cons
and if on such hearing, the evidence be deemed
sufficient to sustain the charge shall be the duty Of the
examining judge magistrate to certify the same to the
proper executive authority that issue for
the surrender Of such fugitive
The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall
be borne and betrayed by the party who makes the
QUESTION and receives the fugitive.
ARTICLE H.
The stipuatons Of this Convention shall be applied to
other States Of the German Confederation which may
hereafter declare its accession thereto.
ARTICLE III.
None of the contracting parties shall he bound to de-
liver up its own citizens subjects under the stpula-
tions of this Convention.
ARTICLE Nv.
Whenever any person accused of any Of the crimes
enumerated in this Convention shall have committed
crime in the territories Of the State where he has
sought asylum shall be found, such person shall
not be delivered up under the spulaons of this Con-
venon until he shall have been tried and shall have re-
ceved the punishment due to such crime shall
have been acquitted thereof
ARTICLE v.
The present Convention shall continue in force until
the first of January one thousand eight hundred and
eight; and if neither party shall haua given the
previous notice Of its intention then to
terminate the same it shall further remain in force until
the end Of twelve months after either of the hjRh
tracing parties shall have given notice to the other Of
such Intentions each of the high contracting parties
serving itself the right of giving such notice to the
other ut any time after the expiration of the said first day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and ftyeght
ARTICLE vi.
The present Convention shall be ratified by the Presi-
dent BY and with the advice and Of the Senate
of the United Staes and by the Government Of Bavara
and the ratification shall be exchanged in London within
fifteen months from the date hereof sooner ifpossibe
In faith whereof the respective penpotentaries have
signed this Convention and have hereunto affixed their
| seals.
Done in duplicate in London the twelfth day Of Sep
tember, thousand eight hundred and fifty three
and the seventy year of the independence Of the
United States JAMES BUCHANAN, r.. s.
AUG DE CETTO, Il. 81
And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified
exchanged at London the first instant by James
Buchanan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenpo-
entisry of the United States and Augustus Baron de
Cetto Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotenary
Of his Majesty the King Of Bavaria at the Court of the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland on the
part of their respective Governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that /, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President Of the United States Of America 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 eighteenth day Of
November in the year Of our Lord one thousand
II. s. eight hundred and fty-four and Of the inde-
pendence Of the United States Of America the
seventy ninth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the Presidents
W. L. MARCY, Secretary Of State.
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