New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-16

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It and renounce the citizenship obtained BY
naturalization, such remuneration il
allowed, and NO fixed period Of residenc.
shall be required for the recognition of hi
recovery Of citizenship in his Origina
country.
! ARTICLE v.
The present convention shall 90 into effec,
Immediately on the exchange of ratitica
tons, and shall continue in force ten wears
Ii neither party shall have given to tn,
other six months previous notice Of its in
tention then to terminate the same, it slal
remain in force until the end OF twelve
months after either Of the contracting par
ties shall have given notice of such inten
| ton.
ARTICLE VI
| The present convention shall be ratified
by his Royal Highness the Grand Duke OF
Baden, and by the President, by and with
the advice and consent Of the Senate Of the
United States, and the ratifcations shall bt
exchanged at Carlsruhe rs soon as possible
In faith whereof, the plenipOtenriaries
have signed and sealed this convention.
| Carlsruhe, July ~. 1868.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
| And whereas the said treaty has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the respec
tive ratiticatiOns were exchanged ut Berlin
| on the seventh ultiInO:
Now, therefore, be it known that l.
| Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
treaty to be made public, to tho end that
the same, and every clause and article
| thereof may be observed and fulfilled with
! good faith by the United States and the citi-
zens thereof.
In witness whereof. have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
| States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington, this tenth
day of January, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy. and
of the Independence of the United States
the ninety fourth. L. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION by the President OF
| the United States of America.
| Convention between the United States and
| Belgium. Naturalization. Concluded, No
vcmbep l6. 1863; Exchanged, July TO-
1869; Proclaimed. July 30, 1869.
| WHEREAS. A convention regulating the
| citizenship of those persons who emf CRATE
from the United States of America to Bel
| GUM, and from Belgium to the United
| States of America, was concluded and
| signed by their respective plenipotentiaries
at Brussels ON the sixteenth day Of Novem
DER, elSntecH Huuureu anu slAty eight, tIle
| original OF which convention, being III the
| English and French languages, is word tol
word as follow:
The President of the United States OF
| America and his Majesty the King of the
Belgians, led by the wish to regulate the
| citizenship of those persons who emf CRATE
! from the United States of America to Bel
| GUM, and from Belgium to the United
| States of America, have resolved to make a
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| pointed for their plenipOtentiaries. namely:
| The President OF the United States, OF
| America, Henry Shelton Sanford. citizen
| of the United States, their minister resident
! near his Majesty the King OF the Belgians:
and his Majesty the King OF the Belgians.
the Sieur Jules Wander Stichelen, grand
! cross OF the Order of the Dutch Lion, etc,
his minister of foreign affairs: who,
after having communicated to each other
proper form, have agreed upon the follow
ing articles:
ARTICLE I.
Citizens of the United States who NAV OF
shall have been naturalized in Belgium will
be considered by the United States as citi-
zens of Belgium. Reciprocally, Belgians
who may or who shall have been natural
lied in the United States will be considered
10y Belg ium as citizens of the United States
ARTICLE III.
Citizens of either contracting party, IN
case OF their return to their orig inal country,
can be prosecuted there for crimes mis-
demeanOrs committed before naturalization
saving to them such limitations as are es-
tablished by the laws of their original
country.
Naturalized citizens of either contracting
Il, tal tiv-n IN,
the country which has naturaized them,
can not be held to the obligation of mill
tary service in their original country, or
to incidental obligation resulting theretrom,
in the event of their return to it, except IN
cases of desertiOn from organized and EN-
bodied military or naval service, or those
that may be assimilated thereto by the laws
OF that country.
ARTICLE ".
Citizens of the United States naturalized
in Belgium shall be considered by Belgium
as citizens of the United States when they
shall have recovered their character as citi-
zens OF the United States, according to the
laws of the United States. ReciprOcally,
Belgiaus naturalized in the United States
shall be considered as Belgians by the
United States when they shall have recov-
cred their character as Belgians according
to the laws of Belgium.
ARTICLE v.
The present convention shall enter into
execution Immediately after the exchange
of notifications, and shall remain in force
for ten years. IT, at the expiration OF that
period, neither of the contracting parties
shall have given notice six months in adj
vance of its intention to terminate the same,
it shall continue in force until the end OF
twelve months after one OF the contracting
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Of such intention.
ARTICLE VI
The present convention shall be ratified
by the President OF the United States, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. and by his Majesty the King OF the
Bclgians, with the consent of Parliament,
and the notifications shall be exchanged at
Brussels within twelve months from the
date hereof or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective pleni-
pOtentiaries have signed the same, and
affixed thereto their seals.
Made in duplicate at Brussels, the six
teenth of November, one thousand eight
HIS. SANFORD.
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective notifications were exchanged at
Brussels, the tenth instant:
Now, therefore, be it known that l, q. s.
Grant, President of the United States OF
America, have caused the said convention
to be made public, to the end that the same
and every clause and article thereof may he
observed and fulfilled with good faith by
the United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, l haV G hereuntO set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington, this
thirtieth day of July, in tie year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and