The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-24
ARTICLE xviii.

Persons shall be delivered up ao-
cOrding to the provisions cf this con-
vention. who shall be charged with
any Of the following crimes, tO-Wit:
murder Cincluding assassination, par
ricide, infanticide, and pOisOnlng); at
tempt to commit murder; Fape; for
gerry; the counterfeiting of money;
arson; robbery with violence. intimi-
dation, or forcible entry of an inhab-
tied house; piracy; embezzlement by
public officers, or by persons hired or
salaried, to the detriment of their en-
ployers, when these crimes are subject
tOinfamous punishmeBt.vrorl edTi
ARTICLE xxx.
On the part of each country the
surrender shall be made ONLY by the
authority of the executive thereof
The expenses Of the detention and de-
livery, effected in virtue of the pre-
ceding articles, shall be at the cost Of
the party making the demaRdrOumT
Article xxxN
The provisions Of the aforegoing
articles relating 10 the surrender Of
fugitive criminals shall not apply TO-
Offenses committed before the date
hereof nor to those Of political
character.
ARTICLE XXI.
This convention Is concluded for
the term Of eight years, dating from
the exchange of the Publications; and
if one year before the expiration of
that period neither Of the c0ntractinR
parties shall have announced, BY an
official notification, its intention TO
the other to arrest the operations Of
said conventions, il shall continue
binding for twelve months longer, and
so on, from year to year, until the ex-
piration Of the twelve months which
will follow a similar declaration, what
ever the time at which it may take
place. i. ....t7 -.
ARTICLE XXI. q 7ai iHl
This convention shall be submitted
on both sides to the approval and tati-
fication Of the respective competent
authorities Of each OF The contracting
parties, and the Publications shall be
exchanged at Santo domingo a. soon
as circumstances she'll admit.
In faith whereof. the respective
psenipotentiaries have signed che
sforegoing articles, in the English and
Spanish languages, aud they have here's
unto affixed their seals. a3f
Done in duplicate, &C the city of
Santo Domingo, this eighth day Of
February, ia the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and six-seven.
l.. s JNO. SoMERs SMITH.
L. 3 JOSE g. GAROIA r
L. JUAN r. FIALLO. rir.
And whereas the said convention
has been duly ratified on both parts,
and the respective ratifications Of the
same were exchanged at the city Of
Santo Domingo On the fifth instant:
/ Now, therefore, be IL known that
/ l, Andrew johnson, President Of
the United States Of America, have
caused the said convention 10 be made
public, TO the end that the same, aud
every clause and article thereof, may
be observed aud fulfilled with good
faith BY the Uaited States and tho
citizens thereof. 1rshI.81H
In witness whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States 70 be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington,
this tWenty-fourth day Of DO
tober, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
SEAL. and sixty seven, and Of tho
independence OF the United
States Of America the ninety
second. l a1 hHr fat 4u1
ANDREW Johnson.
by the President: brn1t adi III
WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD, EillaIins 1
Secretary Of STATE.