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


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aud irieRuly nations I; and the search |
shall, 10 all cases, be made by an off.
Ger holding rank not lower than that
of lieutenant in the navy, or by the |
officer who at the time shall be second |
in command of the ship by which such
search 10 made.
ARTICLE. Ill.
The commander OF any ship of the |
two navies, duly authorized as aforc.
said, who may detain any merchant
vessel in pursuance of the tenor of the
present Instructions, shall leave on
board the vessel so detained the mas
ter, the mate, the boatswain, two or
three at least Of the crew, and all the
cargo. The captor shall, at the time
of detention, draw up in writing q de-
claraiion, whIch shall exhibit the state
in which be found the detained weasel,
such declaration shall be signed. by
himself, and shall be given or s=pt in
with the vessel detained, to be pro-
duced as evidence in the proper court.
He shall deliver to the master of the
detained vessel signed and certified
list Va tuo papers IOQuu Ou uOhi " tu1
same, as well as a certificate of the
number of negroes or other persons
destined for slavery, who may have
been found on board at the moment of
detention.
In the declaration which the captor
is hereby required to make, as well as
in the certified list of the papers seized,
and in the certificate of the number of
negroes or others destined for slavery
who may be found on board the, vessel
detained, he shall insert his own name
and surname, the, name of the captur-
ing ship, and the latitude and longi.
tude of the place where the detention
shall have been made.
The officer in charge of the detained
vessel shall, at the time of delivering
I the vessels papers and certificate of
the commander into court, deliver also
| certificate, sigred by himself, and
verified on oath, stating any changes
which may have taken place in respect
| to the vessel, her crew, and her cargo,
between the time of her detention and
the time of delivering in such paper.
| Where a detained vessel is handed
over to cruiser of her own nation, an
officer in charge, and other necessary
Witnesses and proofs, shall accompany
| the vessel.
| ARTICLE w.
All negroes or others necessary wit.
nesses excepted) who may be on board
either an American or a British detain.
ed vessel, for the purposes OF beiue
consigned to slavery, shall be handed
" over by the commander of the captur
ing ship to the nearest British au.
thority.
ARTICLE V.
In case any merchant vessel detained
in pursuance of the present instruc
tions shall prove to be unseaworthy
or IN such q condition as not to b.
taken in for adjudication as directed b,
the additional convention of this date
the commander of the detaining cruise
may take upon himself the respousi
hility of abandoning or destroying her
provided the exact causes which mad
such a step imperatively necessary b
stated in a certificate verified ON oath
Such certificate shall be drawn up an
formally executed by him in duplicat
at the time, and shall be received q
prima f4cie evidence of the facts there
in stated, subject to rebuttal by cou nte
proof. a@
= Iu case OF the AUaHOOunent OF Qt
-struction of a detained vessel, the mas
. ter and crew, together with the paper
found on board, and other necessar
proofs and witnesses, and one of th
j. certificates mentioned in the precedin
paragraph of this article, shall be ser
; and delivered at the earliest possibl
moment to the proper court befol
s which the vessel would otherwise hay
. been sent. Upon the production ,
the said certificate, the court may prt
, coed to adiudicate upon the detentio
of the vessel in the same manner as
the vessel had been sent in.
The negroes or others intended
be consigned to slavery shall be hand'
: over to the nearest British authorit
= The updersigned plenipotentiar,
}, have agreed, in conformity with Il
J 1y,h article of the additional conve
ton, signed by them on this day, tn
> the present instructions shall be a
nexed to the said convention, and
- considered an integral part thereof.
Done at Washington,s the third di
of June, in the year of our Lord o
Thousand eight hundred and sevent
s EsEAL 1 HAMILTON FISH.
= fssAL. EDwD. THORNTON.
u And whereas the said addition
"a convention has been duly ratified
"a both parts, and the respective rattle
"a tions of the same were exchanged
'e London on the 10th instant
r Now. therefore, be it known that
q Ulysses S, Grant, President of {
10 United States of America, have csus
~ the said additional convention to
20 made public, to the end that the saH
III and every clause and part thereof. a
nj be observed aud ful6iled with 60
In faith BY the United S:atesss and
pn citizens thereof. .s sdg sas.s a@A
er In. wisness whereof i have hereul
o. set my hand and eansed the seal Of
at United States. to be Affixed
Il Done at the city. of W Washington, Z
sci the sixteenth day OF 8
oyt ts tember. in the year OF 1
.od Lord toae Thousand eli
'er TsEAL i hundred aud seventy, ant
ed the. Independence of
mo United States of Amer
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