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By The President Of The United States Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY ne President Of The United States of America.
APROCLAMATION.
whereas a convention supplemental TO tn,
convention of May Is, $50, between the United
States of America and Her Majesty the Queer
/ OF the United Kingdom of Great Britain anC
ireland, concerning naturalization, con
! cluded and signed at Washington by their re-
I specuye ple2Spotentiaries, on the twenty-third
I day OF February, 1871, which supplemental con-
We ntion Is word for word as follows:
whereas by the second article of the conyen-
ton between the United States of America and
| Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and Ireland, for regulating the
cllzenshp of citizens and subjects of the con-
tracing parties who have emigrated. or NAV
Cmlgrate from the dOminiOns OF the one TO those
q The other party signed at London. on the 18th
q May, 1870. IL was stipulated that the manner
in which the remuneration by such citizens and
subjects ofthcr naturali cation, and the resump-
uonof their native allegiance may be made and
publicly declared, should be agreed upon BY the
governments Of the respective countries, the
President OF the United States of America and
Her Majesty the QuC en- of the United Kingdom
OF Grtat Britain ana Ireland, for the purpose of
tnecting such agreement, have resolved To con-
GUIDE supplemental convention, and have
named astheir plOnipotentiaries, that Is 10 say,
the President OF the United States OF America,
hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and Her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thorn
tor; Knight Commander o. the most honorable
order OF the Bath, and her envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to the United States
OF America, who have agreed Is follows:
ARTICLE L.
ANY person, being originally a citizen of the
United States, who had previously to MAY 18th
1870, been naturalized as British subject, NAV
at any time before August 10th, 1872, and any
British subject who, at the date first aforesaid.
had been naturaliZed a citizen within the
United States, may, at any time before May
I'm, 1872, publicly declare his remuneration of
such naturalization by subscribing an instru-
menti in writing, substantially in the form here
unto appended. and designated as Annex A.
:, SUCH remuneration; by an original citizen Of
the United States. of British nationality, shall
within the territories and jurisdiction of the
United States, be made in duplicate. in the
presence of any court authorized by law for the
time being TO admit aliens to naturalization or
before the clerk or prOthOnotary of any such
court: IL the declarant be beyond the terri
tories of the United States, it shall be made in
Ofhcer of the United States. One of such dupli-
Gates shall remain of record in the custody of
the court or officer in whose presence it was
made; the other shall be- without DELAY trans
mltted to the Department of State.
such remuneration, If declared by an original
British subject, of his acquired nationality as a
cluZen OF the United States, shall If the declar-
ant be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, be made in duplicate, in the
presence OF justice of the peace: ii elsewhere
in Her Britannia Majesty's dOminions, in tripli-
criminal jurisdiction, OF any justice of the
peace, or Of any other officer for the time being
authorized by law, in the place in which the
declarant Is, to administer an oath for any
judicial or other legal purpose; if out of Her
MaJestys dominions, in triplicate, in the
presence OF any officer in the diplomatic or con-
sular service of Her Majesty.
ARTICLE III.
The contracting parties hereby engage to
communicate each TO the other, from time to
time, lists Of the persons who. within their re-
spective dOminiOns and territories, or before
their diplomatic and consular officers, have
declared their remuneration of naturalization,
with the dates and places of making such
declarations, and such information as to the
abode OF the declarants, and the times and
places Of their naturalization, As they may have
furnished.
ARTICLE III.
The present convention shall be ratified by
the President of the United States, by and with
and by Her Britannia Majesty, and the ratifica-
IL ms shan be exchanged at Washington soon
ar may be convenient.
In witness whereof the respective plenipOten-
tiaries have signed the same, and have affixed
thereto their respective seals.
Done al Washington, the twenty-third day Of
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seyenty-One.
(sEAL.l HAMILTON FISH,
lSEAL.l EDw'D THORNTON.
ANNEX A.
i, a. B., of insert abOdel, being originally a
citizen of the United States Of America. for a
British subject and having become naturalized
within the dOmlnions OF Her Brittanic Majesty
a. British subject, Tor as a citizen within the
United States of America,l do hereby renounce
my naturalization a British subject, Tor cit-
zen OF the United States I and declare that il Is
nay desire to resume my nationality as a citizen
OF the United States, Tor British subject.l
(Signed) A. b.
Made and subscribed to before me, in
insert country or other subdivision, and State,
province, colony, legation consulate,l this
- day Of -, 1S-. (Signed) EFF,
Justice Of he PeGcs Tor other title
lsEAL. "a. HAMILTON FISH,
lsEAL. EDw'D THORNTON.
And whereas the said supplemental conven-
ton has been 1ly ratified on both parts, and the
respective notifications of the same were ex-
changed in this city on the fourth day OF May,
1911, by Hamilton Fish, Secretary OF State OF
the United States, and 8 Edward Thornton, h.
G. B.. Her Britannia Maiesty's envoy eHtraOrd
nary and minister p'eniIot ntiarv accredit ii 10
this government, on the part Of their respective
governments:
Now, therefore, be IL known that I, ULYSSES
). GRANT, President OF the United States of
America, have caused the said supplem entail
conye ntion 10 be made public % the end that
the same and every clause and article thereof
may be observed and fulflled with good faith by
the United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof 1 have hereuntO set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
To be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this fifth day
of May, in the year of our Lord one
lsEAL.1 thousand eight hundred and seventy
one, and of the Independence of the
United States Of America the ninety
fifth. L. s. GRANT
BY the President:
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