The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-18


fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, February 2, 1869.
By the President of the United States
of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas a convention between the
United States of America and the re-
public of Mexico, for the purpose of
regulating the citizenship of persons
who may emigrate from one country
to the ether. was concluded and
signed by their respective plenipo-a
tentiaries, at the city of Washington,
on the tenth day OF July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
| dred and sixty eight, which conven-
| ton as amended, aud being in the
| English aud Spanish languages. is
word for word as follows:
The President of the United States
of America and the President of the
republic of Mexico. being desir0us Of
regulating the citizenship of persons
who emigrate from Mexico to the
United States of America, and from
the United States of America to the
republic of Mexico, have decided to
treat on this subject, and with this
object have named as plenipoteutia.
ries, the President of the United
| States, William H. Seward, Secretary
of State; and the President of Mexi-
co, Matias Romero, accredited as en-
voy extraordinary and minister plepl-
potentiary of the republic OF 1lexlco
! near The governmeut of the United
States; who, after having commune
Gated to each other their respective
full powers, found In good .nd due
form, have agreed upon the following
articles: sk 1888
ARTICLE 1. s
Those citizens of the United States
who have been made citizens of the
Mexican republic by naturalization,
and have resided without interrup-
ton in Mexican territory five years,
d shall hesheld by the UnitediSt as
citizens of the Mexican repn bic, and
shall be treated as such. Reeiproe
. cally, citizens of the Mexican re
Epublic who have become eiti-
zens of the United States, and
who have resided uninterrupted
| " in the territory of the United States
! for FIVE years, shall be held by the
! republic of Mexico. as citizens of the
United States, and shall be treated as
!. such. The declaration of an inten
ton to become citizen of the one or
) the other country has not for either
: party the effect of naturalization
: This article shall apply as well t.
those already naturalized in either ol
the countries contracting as to those
, hereafter naturalized
ARTICLE II.
I. Naturalized citizens of either Of tn,
!. contracting parties, on return to tn
), territory OF the other, remain liable t.
trial and punishment for an actiol
punishable by the laws of his orIgina
country, and committed before hi
g emigration: saving always the limita
tiOns established by his original coun
try.
ARTICLE III. ~
The convention for the surrende
# in certain cases of criminals, fugi
tiYes from justice. concluded betWee'
the United States of America of tn
one part, and the Mexican republi
on the other part, on the eleyent
!, day of December, one thousand eigh
u hundred and sixty-one, shall renal
In full force without any alteration
s2as3 sa ARTICLE Nv.
c, If o citizen of the United State
naturaIized in Mexico renews his res
denee in the United States withot
4 the intent to return to Mexico, b
shall be held to have renounced b
naturalization in Mexico. ReciprC
caliy, If Mexican naturalized in I'll
- United States renews h;1sresidence
Mexico without the IN sent TO retuI
- to the United States, be shall be hel
N. to have renounced his natutallzatiC
In the United States.
:, "a The intent not to return may
., held to exist when the person natl
es. rallied In the one country resides
the other country more than tV
. years, but this presumption may