New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-22
A PROCLAMATION by the President of
the United States of America.


Whereas, a treaty concerning the citizen
ship of emigrants between the United States
of America and his Majesty the King OF
Wurttemberg, was concluded and signed
by their respective plenipOtentiaries. at
Stuttgart, on the twenty-seventh day OF
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
which treaty, being in the English and
German languages, is word Tor word as fol
lows:
The President of the United States of
America and his Majesty the King of Wurt-
temberg, led by the wish to regulate the
citizenship of those persons who emigrate
from the United States of America to Wurt-
temberg, and from Wurttemberg to the ter
ritOry of the United States Of America, have
resolved to treat on this subject, and have,
for that purpose. appointed plenlpotentlar1es
to conclude a convention, that is to say:
The President Of the United States Of Amer
lea. George Bancroft Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister PlenipOtentiary, and his MaJes-
ty the King of Wurttemberg, his Minister
of the royal house and of foreign affairs,
Charles Baron VarnbuIer, who have agreed
to and signed the following articles:
ARTICLE 1.
Citizens of Wurttemberg, who have be-
come or shall become naturaliZed citizens of
the United States of America, and shall
have resided uninterruptedly within the
United States for five years, shall be held
by Wurttemberg to be American citizens,
and shall be treated as such. ReciprOcally,
citizens of the United States Of America who
have become or shall become naturalized
citizens of Wurttemberg, and shall
have resided uninterruptedly within Wurt-
temberg five years, shall be held by the
United States to be citizens of Wurttemberg,
and shall be treated as SUCH The declara-
ton of an intention to become citizen Of
the one or the other country has not for
either party the effect of naturalization.
ARTICLE II.
A naturalized citizen of the one party on
return to the territory of the other party
remains liable to trial and punishment for
an action punishable by the laws of his
original country and committed before his
established by the laws of his original
country, or any other remission Of liability
to punishment.
The convention for the mutual delivery
OF criminals, fugitives from Justice. in GER
tain cases, concluded between Wurtte,nberp
and the United States the sixteenth June
1852, thirteenth October, 1853, remains in
force without change.
ARTICLE IA.
1t Wurttemberger, naturalized in Amer
lea, reneWS his residence in Wurttemherr
without The intent to return to America he
snail be held to have renowned his natur
allzatlon III the United States. Recinro-
cally, II an American naturalized in Wrt
temberg. renews his residence in the I-nited
states without the intent to return to Wurt
temberg, he shall be held to have renounced
ms naturalization in Wurttemberg. The
intent not TO return may be held to exist
"nen the person naturalized in the one
country resides more than two wears in the
Other country.
ARTICLE V.
i ne present convention shall 90 INFO
eHect immediately on the exchange of rati-
ncatl0ns, and shall continue i'll force for ten
years. IL neither party shall have given 10
!he other SIX months previous notice of IT'S
intention then to terminate the same II
snail further remain in force until the end of
twelve months after either of the biub CON
tracing parties shall have given notice 70
the other of such intention.
ARTICLE VI.
The present convention shall he ratified
oy ms Majesty the King of Wurttemberg.
WIN the consent of the Chambers of the
klnSdom, and by the President bv and with
me sdVlce ana consent of the Senate of the
ohiteu states, and the Publications shall be
exchanged at Stuttgart as soon as possible.
"Ithln Twelve months from the date hereof.
IN 1alth whereof the plenipotentiaries
nave signed and sealed this convention.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
lsEAL.] GEORGE BANCROFT.
And whereas the said treaty has been