Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-12-10

Convention BE tween the Unit ed STATES
and Great Britaiu
By ne President Of Tie United States ef America
A PROCLAMATION

By ne President of TIC United States ef America
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a convention between the United states
If America and her Majesty the Queen ct the Unite,
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland. for regu
latng the citizenship Of citizens at the United States
he haze emigTatsd or no may sIn,ersts ir!an the
and of British SUBJECTS who hsl emigrated OF who
NAV enligrste from the British d.minions 10 the
at London by their respective plenpotentiaries,
the thirteenth day Of NAV last the original Of which
The President Of the United States Of America and
her Majesty the Qaeen Of the United Kingdom Of
late the citizenship Of citizens of the United States of
America who have emgrsted who may emigrate
mnions and of British subjects who have emisrsted
Gr who may emigrste from The British dominions 10
aaeonvention for that pprPo.e and have named as
afr c nite sses II h@sr Jshn n asb rs M
sg esSsTe snyoy sniraarnsry and minister Psn
Britsnnc Majesty: and her Majesty the queen 0. the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain and ireland, the
Of Clarendon, Baron HYDE Of Hindon, peer Of The
United Kingdom = msmber Of her Britannia ma
nst noble Order of the Garter. Knight Grand Gross
e the most honorable Order Of the Bath her Britain
mic MaJestys principal secretary of state Tor foreign
afflirs; who, after having communicated to each
other their respective full powers, found 10 be in
COED and due form, have agreed upon and concluded
c;,i,.rs o, the Nh hRT, sfd,s l.; .ri
lccome, or shall become: and are naturaLed accord
ing to law within the British domininns as British
H. he held 10y the United States to be in ali respsc.
and for all purposes British subjects, and shall be
treated as snch 10y the United States.
keciprocally, British subjects who have become or
Si & naI aTe naturAzed sscGdns G law
81, shall snhieSt to the provisions OF Artele II De
purposes citizens of the United States, and shall be
treated as such by Great Britain.
ARTICLE Ill.
Such citizens Of the United states aforesaid who
nave become aud are naIurallzcd within the domin-
shall he at Liberty to renSGncs their nat%rsii9ston
and TO resume their nationality citizens Of the
publicly declared within two years after the ex.
chang 81 the racations Of the present convention.
and naturaized as citizens within the CDita.l
States shall he at liberty to Ienounee their naurali
within aSn sg n SSefEs o
and Pui deare Uni sia Ge Msy be
the governments of the respective countries.
II any such citizen of the United States afcre.
iannic Majesty, should renew his residence in The
United States the United States government may
that government may think 1t to impose' reami ii
INN to tne sharaeteE and ffylfses Of citizen Of the
case, claim him as British subject on account of his
former naturalization
aforesaid naturalized in the United States should
renew his residence within the dominions Of her
on his own application and on such conditions as
that government may think At TO impose. readmit
him to the cha racter and privileges of British sub
JeCt, and the United States shall not, IA that case
claim him a citizen Of the United Slater on
account Of his former naturalization.
ARTICLE Nv.
The present convention shall he ratified by the
President Of the United States, by and with the AL
wee and consent u the Senate thereof, and by her
Britannia Majesty and the notifications shall be ex
changed az London as soon as may be within twelve
months from the date hereof.
In witness whereof the respective plenpUtentarie.
have signed the same and have affixed thereto their
respective seals.
Done at London the thirteenth day of May in the
year OF our Lord Que thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
I.EAL JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY
IskAL.I CLARENDON.
And whereas the said convention has been duly
ratified on both parts and the respective ratiicatons
vi the same were exchanged at London ON the 10Th
instant
Now. therefore, lie il known thai /, Ulysses :
Grant, President Of the United States OF America
have caused the said convention to be made public
To the end that the same and ella and par
thereof may be- observed and fulfilled with good faith
ly the United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set INV hand
and caused the seal of the United States To he AFT xed
Done at the city u Washington this 10th ,lay of
September. in the year of our Lord one
SEAL thousand eight hundred and seventy and of
the Independence of the United States OF
America the ninety-hfth.
4. :. GRANT
HAMILTON FISH. Ssrrsf1TY Of Star,