New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27

the United States
In entering the foreign charges on the
letter-bill in the money Of the despatching
office, the cent of the United States and five |
centesimi Of Italy shall be taken as equiva-
lent.
1t is also understood that the quarterly |
account shall be paid, respectively, in gold,
and in the dissemination Of the money Of |
the creditor Office.
Signed at Washington, the first day Of |
May, 1869, and at Florence, the twentyrfth |
day OF May, 1869.
JOHN A. j. CREsWELL,
Postmaster General. |
G. BARBAvARA,
Director General of Posts. |
ADDITIONAL CONVENTION to the con-
yention for the ameliOratiOn of the postal
intercourse between the United States of
America and the Swiss Confederation,
signed at Berne the eleventh day OF Oc-
tober, A. D. 1867. 5-.ess, .ss..r
An additional convention between the
General Post Office Of the United States of
America and the General Post Office OF the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, having established a reduced charge
Of six cents per ounce or per thirty grammes
for the sea conveyance across the Atlantic
of letters sent in closed mails through the
United Kingdom, the undersigned, duly au-
thorized by their respective governments,
have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE L.
The single rate of letter postage on the
direct correspondence, exchanged between
the two administrations by closed mail via
England, subject to the reserve mentioned
in article seven Of the convention OF Octo-
Der IL. 1867 .~sllall be as follows: 5,-cssr
l. On letters from the United States, ten
cents.
Q On letters from the Swiss Confedera-
ton. fifty centimes.
And for the sea conveyance of letters in
closed mails across the waterszOf the At
lantic Ocean the United States Office shall
| receive six cents per ounce or per thirty
grammes.
The conditions of articles 5 and Is Of the
| convention between the United States OF
| America and the Swiss Confederation,
signed at Berne the eleventh day Of Ooto-
| ber A. u. 1867, SO far as they are contrary
to the preceding article, are repealed.
| ARTICLE III.
The present convention, which shall be
| considered as additional to the convention
of the eleventh of October. 1867. shall come
| into operation on the first of May, 1870.
| Done in duplicate and signed in Berne the
| seventh day OF February, one thousand
| eight hundred and seventy, and IN Wash
ington the thirteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred seventy.
| (sEAL.l JOHN. A. J. CRESWELL.
Postmaster General of the United States.
The Department of Posts.
IsEAL.1 +. CHALET VENEL.
1 hereby approve the aforegoing conven-
fion. and in testimony thereof. l have
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed. ADJ. -sf
fsEALl I. s. GRANT.
| By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
Washington. April 3D. 1870.
the United States OF America.
Whereas. 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 for 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 emlgratt
from the United States of America to Nurt
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 plenipotentiarle'
! ! 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 Males
| ty the King of Wurttemberg, his Minister
Of the royal house and of foreign affairs
Charles Baron Varnbuler, who have agreed
to and signed the following articles:
ARTICLE 1.
, Citizens of Wurttemberg, who have be
, come or shall become naturaliZed citizens o
the United States Of America, and shall
have resided uninterruptedly within tn
United States for five years, shall be helt
by Wurttemberg to be American citizens
| and shall be treated as such. ReciprOcally
citizens of the United States of America VIII
have become or shall become naturalizet
citizens of Wurttemberg, and shall
! have resided uninteruptedly within Wurt
= temberg five years, shall be held by tn
I United States to be citizens of Wurttemberg
, and shall be treated as such. The declara
] ton of an intention to become citizen 0
!. l the one or the other country has not TO
! either party the effect of natur alization.
). ARTICLE II.
e naturalized citizen of the one party OF
l. return to the territory of the other part,
e remains liable to trial and punishment TO
8 an action punishable by the laws OF NJ
: original country. and committed before nj
Q emigration; saving always the limitation
= established by the laws OF his orlgma
country, or any other remission OF haplllt.
to punishment.
q ARTICLE III.
n The convention for the mutual deliver
a of criminals fugitives from justice, III Gel
d tain cases, concluded between Wurttember
: and the United States the sixteenth june
IS 1859, thirteenth October, 1853, remains /
force without change.
n ARTICLE IA.
If Wurttemberger, naturalized in Amer
. ica renews his residence in Wurttember
;, without the intent to return to America, h
= shall be held to have renowned his natul
!, alzation in the United States. ReciprC
:, cally, if an American naturaliZed in Wur1
temberg renews his residence in the Unite
States without the intent to return to Wurt
temberg, he shall be held to have renounce
= his naturalization in Wurttemberg. III
II intent not to return may be held TO eXls
u when the person naturalized in the on
+ country resides more than two years Ill tn
IL other country.
70 ARTICLE v.
The present convention shall go int
effect Immediately ON the exchange Of rat
tications, and shall continue in force for tie
e ! years. If neither party shall have given t
n the other six months previous notice OF ii
I, intention then to terminate the same.
II shall further remain in force until the end c
twelve months after either of the high cor
'e tracing parties shall have given notice t
l. the other Of such intention.