The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-19
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THURSDAY. p .u.!.NfARcH i

The following is the new treaty
between the United States and the
North German. Confederation. which
was Submitted ito theitSennte' for
ratification on the 11th inst. |
+? The TPresident of the United
States, and his Majesty, the King of
Prussia, in the name Of the, North
Germanr Confederation, led by q
wish to regulate the citizenship of
those persons who emigrate from
the North G erman Confederation G to
the United States Of America, and
from the United States to the ter
ritory of the North German Confed-
Grafton, had resolved. to treat on
this subject, and have for that pur-
pose appointed plenipotentiaries to
conclude. a convention; that is to
say, for the President Of the United
States of America, Geo. Bancroft,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from said States,
near the King of Prussia and the
North German Confederation, and
for his Majesty the King of Prussia,
Reinhard KONG, Privy Counsellor
Of Legation, who have agreed to
and signed the following, articles:
Article /. Citizens of the North
German Confederation who have
become naturalized citizens of the
United States of America, and shall
have resided uninteruptedly within
five years, shall be held. by the
North German Confederation to be
American citizens, and shall be
treated as such. Reeiprocally, citi-
zens of the United States of Ameri-
ca who became .naturalized citizens
of the North German Confederation,
and shall have!resided uninterrupt-
edly within the North German Con-
federation five years, shall be held
by the United States to be North
German. citizens, and shall be treat
ed as such. The declaration of an
intention to become citizen of one
or the other country has not for
either party the effect of naturali-'
zation. y, =
Z Article 2. IA naturalized citizen
of one party on his return to the
territory Of the other party, remains
liable to trial, and punishment. for
action punishable s3by the laws of
his origiLa1 country, and commit
ted before his emigration, having
always the limitation established by
the laws Of the original country.
Article 5. The Convention for
the mutual delivery of criminals, fu-
gitiyes from justice. in certain ca
ses, concluded between the United
States on the one part, and Prussia
and the other States of Germany,
on the other part, the 10th day of
June 1852, is hereby extended to all
the States Of the North German
Confederation.
Article 4. If a German natural
lied in America, renews his resi-
dence in North Germany, without
intent to return to America, he shall
be held to have renounced his natu-
ralization. in the United States Re
ciprocally, if an American, natural
ized in North Germany, ,renews his
residence in the United States, with
ont intent to. return, to North Ger
many, he shall be held to have re-
nounced his naturalization to North
Germany. Theinten not to return,
may be held to exist when the per-
son naturalized in one country re-
sides more than two years in. the
other country. -'
Article 5. The present Conven-
ton shall go into effect imm ediately
on the exchange and ratification,
and shall continue in force ten
years. If,neither party shall have
given to the, other six months pre-
vious notice of its intention then to
terminate the-same, it shall further
remain in force until end Of
twelve months after either of the
contracting parties shall have given
notice to the other of such inter
vention.
Article 6. The present conven-
ton shall be ratified by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate of the United
States, and by his Majesty the King
of Prussia, in the name of the North
German confederation, and ratifca-
tions shall be. exchanged at Berlin
within six months from the date
thereof. In faith whereof the Plen-
ipotentaries have signed and sealed
this Convention at Berlin, the 22d
of February, 1868.
[Seale GEORGE BANCROFT. e. 7
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