The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-22
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PROCLAMATION.
HE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI

by THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITTD
STATES OF AMERICA:
Whereas, treaty between the United States
of America and his Majesty the King Of prus.
sia In the name OF tho North German Confed.
GRAFTON, was concluded and signed by their
respective Pleui potentiaries at Berlin, on the
twenty-second day Ct February, eighteen
hundred and sixty.eight which treaty, being
in the English and German languages, is word
for word as follows:
The President Of tho United States Of
America and his Majesty the King Of Prussia
in the M me Of the North crman C,nfedera.
ton, led BY the wish to reg,lats the citizen.
ship OF those persons who smigrHte from the
North German Confederation to the United
States Of America md from tho United st les
Of America to tho territory Of the North Ger.
man Confederation have ic,olved to treat on
this subject and have for that purpose ap.
pointed plenipotentiaries to conclude cot =
ysntion; that is to say, the President Of the
United States Of America, George Bancroft.
envoy extraordinary and minis.,r plenipoten-
tiary from the said States near the King Of
Prussia and the North German COME Iteration,
and his Majesty tho King Of Prussis, Bern.
hard KONG, privy counsellor Of legation, who
have agreed to and signed the following
articles
ARTICLE
Citizens of the North German Coufedera.
tion who become naturalized citizens Of the
United States Of America and shall have re
sided unintsrruptedly within the United
States Eve years shall be held by the North
German Confederation to be American citi-
zers, and shall DO treated as such.
Reciprocally: citizens Of the United States
Of America who become nsturaliEed cititens
Of the North German Confederation, and shall
have resided unirt .rruptedly within Nor,h
Germany Eve yearl shall be held by the
Unite States to be North German either
ton Of an intention to become citizen Of the
one or the other country has not for either
petty the effect Of naturalization.
ARTICLE II.
A naturalized citizen Of the one party en-
return to the territory Of tho other party re.
mains liable to trial and Punishment for an
action punishable by the laws Of his original
country and committed before his emigration
SAVING, always, the limi ltion established by
the laws of his original ount.J.
AEr.CLs Ill,
The convention :or tho mutual delivery oil
criminals, fuyitiveI rom justice, in certain
case1, concluded between tho United State
on the one part and Prussia and other State, o
Germouy on the other part, the sixteenth da!
Of June, one thousand eight hundred an
Gi.y-two, is hereby extended to all the State
of the North German Confederation.
ARIIcLEIy.
If German naturaliZS sd In America renew
his residence in North Germany, without III,
intent to return to America, he shall DO hslt
to have renowned his naturalization In th,
United States. r; ciprocslly: II an American
naturalizsd In North Germany renews BIZ
residence in the United States, without tb,
intent to return to North Germany, he shall
be heldt have renowned his naturalization
in North Germany. II intont not to return
may be held to exist when the person natural
lied in the one country resides more than two
years in the other country.
ARTiCLEy.
The preIont convention shall go into efIec
Immediately on tho exchange Of ratification
and shall continue in force for ten year. |
neither party shall have given to the other Of,
months previous notice Of its intention theI
TO terminate the samo, 1t shall further remain
in force until the end Of twelve months afte
either of the contracting parties shall ha,
given notice to tho other Of such intention
ARTICLE VI.
Tho present convention shall be ratified b
the President by and with the advice and con
sont Of the Senate Of the United states, on
by his Majesty tho King Of Prussia in ID
mans Of the Moth German Confederation
and tho ratifcations shall DO exchanged a
Berlin within six months from the dat
hereof.
In faith whereof, the pleuip Otentisries hav
signed and sealed this convention.
BERLIN, the ed of February, 1868.
GEORGE BANCROFT. Seal.
BRRYHARD KosIG. lSeal.
And whereas the said treaty has been dul
ratified on both parts, and the respective rati
Geations have been exchanged:
Now. therefore, DO it known that /, An
drew johnson, President Of tho United State
of America, have caused the said treaty to
made public to the end that the same an
every clause and article thereof may be OF
served and fal6lled with good faith by Ii
United States and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof, have hereunto set N
. hand and caused tho zeal of the United Stat
to be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington this twent,
seventh day of May, in the year of OF
Lord one thousand eight hundred an
SEAL sixty-eight, and of the indopendsn,
Of tho United States the ninety.se
ond. ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM II. sEwAuD, Secretary Of State.