New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-01-25
CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES.
By DE President Of The United States of
America.

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America.
A PROCLAMATION.
WARRRAs a convention concerning the
citizenship of emigrants between the
United States of America and the Grand
DUchy of Hesse, was concluded and
signed by their respective plenipoten-
tiaries at Darmstadt on the first day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and
sxty-eight which convention being in the
English and German languages, is word
for word as follows:
Whereas an agreement was made on the
twenty-second Of February, 1868, between
the United States OF America aud the North
German Confederation, 70 regulate the
citizenship of those persons who emigrate
from the United States Of America to the
territory of the North German Confeder-
aion and from the North German Oonfeder-
alton to the United States Of America, and
whereas this agreement by publication in
the bulletin of the laws of that Confeder-
alton has obtained binding force in the
parts OF the Grand Duchy Of Hesse, belong
ing to the North German Confederation, 1t
has seemed proper in like manner to
establish regulations respecting the citizen
ship of such persons as emigrate from the
United States of America TO the parts Of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse, not belonging TO
the North German Confederation and from
the above described parts of Hesse to the
United States OF America.
The President of the United States OF
America and his Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Hesse and by Rhine have therefore
resolved TO treat on this subject, and for
that purpose have appointed plenipotenti.
aries TO conclude a convention, that is to
say, the President of the United States of
America, George Bancroft, envoy extra
ordinary and minister pleBipotentisry, and
his Royal Highness the Grand Duke OF
Hesse aud by Rhine, etc., DIR. Frederick
Baron Won Lindelof. president Of his coun.
Gil of state, minister of justice, and actual
privy counsellor, who have agreed to and
signed the following articles;
ARTICLE l..
Citizens of the parts Of the Grand Duchy
Of Hesse not included in the North German
become natnralized citizens Of the United
States of America, and shall have resided
uninterruptedly within the United States
five years, shall be held by the grand ducal
Hessian government to be American citi.
zens, and shall be treated as such.
ReciprOcally Citizens of the United
States Of America, who have become, or
shall become naturalized citizens Of the
above described parts Of the Grand Duchy
Hesse, and shall have resided uninterrupi-
eddy therein five years, shall be held by the
United States 70 be citizens Of the Grand
DHchE Hesse, and shall be treated as such.
The declaration OF an intention TO become
d citizen of The one or the other cOuntry,
has not for either party the effect Of natur-
ahzation.
ARTICLE III.
A nasuraliged citizen Of the one party on
return TO the teKritory OF the other party,
remains liable TO trial and punishment for
an action punishable by the laws Of his
emigration, saving always tia limitation
established By The laws Of his original
country.
AHE1ctz III.
Tho convention for the mutual delivery
Of cElmiuals, fugifives nom justice, in ser-
taiD caeess Concluded between the United