The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-03-04
ARTICLE Ill.

merchant vessel searched by q British
cruissr being detained az having being
engaged in the African slave trade, or
as having been fitted out fer the pur-i
pose thereof, che shall be sent to New
York or Key West, whichever shall be |
most accessible for adjadicatios. or
shall be handed over to an United
States cruiser, If one should be avail |
aJIe in the neighborhood of the cap
ture aud that in the corresponding
case of q British merchant vessel
searched by United States cruiser
being detained as having been engaged
| in the African slave trade, or az having
been fitted out for the purposes there
of, she shall be sent for adjudication
to the nearest or most accessible Brit-
/ ish colony, or shall be handed over to
q British cruiser, if one should be
/ available in the neighborhood of the
capture. q
All the witnesses and proofs neces-
sary to establish the guilt Of the mas
ter, crew, or other persons found on
board of any such vessel, shall be sent
aud handed over with the vessel itself,
in order to be produced to the court
before which such vessel or persons
may be brought for trial.
All negroes, or others, Unnecessary
witnesses excep,ed) who may have
been on board either an American or q
British vessel for the purpose of being
consigned to slavery, shall be handed
over to the nearest British authority
They shall be Immediately set at lib
erty, and shall remain free, her Bri-
tanic Majesty guaranteeing their lib
erty. With regard to such of those
negroes, Or Others, as may be sent
L.. ~
sary Witnesses, the. government to
which they may have oeen delivered
shall set them at liberty as soon as their
testimony shall no longer DE required ,
and shall guarantee their liberty.
When detained vessel is handed
over to a cruiser of her own nation, an
officer in charge, and other necessary
, witnesses and proofs, shall accompany
the vessel.
/; ARTICLE w
, 1t is mutually agreed ehat the in
, structiou for the ships ofShe navies ci
both nations destined to prevent the
: African slave trade, which are annexed
/: to this convention, shall form an inte
gral part thereof, and shall have the
i. same force and effect as if they had
d been annexed to the treaty of the 7tt
I, of April, 1862, in lieu of the in
{ structions forming annex to tha
treaty.
d ARTICLE v.
|. In all other respects the stipulationi
il of the tresty of April I, 1862, shal
p remain in force and effect until termin
l. ated by notice given by one of the higt
u contracting parties to the other, in th'
= manner prescribed by Article XII.
u ARTICLE vi.
/. The high contracting parties engag
o to communicate the present convention
,r to the mixed courts of justice, and Il
lie the officers in command of their res
d pective cruiser, and to give them th
,, requisite instructions in pursnanc
le thereof, with the least possible deisy
10 ARTICLE VII.
ID The present additional conventio
e, shall have the same duration as tb
d, treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, an
D. The additional article thereto of th
I'd l7,h of February, 1868. 1t shail b
~ ratified, and the rati6catious shall b
s. exchanged at London as soon as po.
I'd sible. 9
n In witness whereof the respectiy
plenipotentia have signed the same
aud havs affixed thereto their respet
tive seals. .afs
tv Done at Washington, the 81 day
III June, in the year of our Lord or
ed thousand eight hundred and seventy.
ty TsEAL HAMILTON FISH.
OF seal EDWARD THORNTON.
lie, ANNEX to the Additional Couventic
TO, between the United States of Ame
OF ics and Great Britain, for the Su
.ra preston of the African Slave Trad,
nd signed at Washington the Third Dd
all of June, 1870.
en- Instructions for the Ships of the Unit
ar States and British ndvies employed
,r. prevent the African slave trace.
~ ARTIcLE /.
nd The commander of any ship belon
ed ing to the Uuited States or Britt
of navy, which shall be furnished wi
d. these Instructions, shall have rig
as to search and to sdetain any Unit
or States or British merchant vessel viii,
ad- shall beactaally engaged, or suspect
lily TO be engaged, in the African sia
rts trade, or to be fitted out for the pt
err poses thereof, or TO have been engsg
be in such trade during the voyage
.ti- which she may he met with by sn
ma ship of the United. States or Britt
ich navy and such commander sh
in thereupon bring or send snch merchs
J of vessel (save in the case provided for
ion Article v of these instructions) as so
possible for judgment, IN the mani
provided for BY Article III OF the
ditional convention of this date, u
sed is TO say :: = se.ss p
nee In the case of an Amerfcan yes
aty searched aud detained as aforesaid
,;6. British cruiser, she shall be sent
.on. New York or Key West, whfche
! of shall be most accessible, or be han.
on over TO an United States cruiser, If
rec should be available In the neighb
tera hood of the capture.
via In case ofa British vessel searched
"a detaised ~ aforesaid by United Sts
red cruiser, she shall be sent TO the neal
AID Or most accessible British colony,
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