The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-18
A PROCLAMATION.

BY the President Of the United State. Of America;
eium. Naturalization. Concluded, Noaen,hsr
10, ls6s; Exchanged, July 10, ls6a; Proclaimed
July 30, 1859.
Whereas a convention regulating III. citizen
ship Of those persons who emigfate from the Unit
81 States of America TO Belgium, and from Bel
GUM to tbs United States of America, was con-
cludcd and signed by their respective pleuiyoten-
tisries at Brussels on the sixteenth day II Novem-
Der, eighteen hundred and siSty-eight, the origi-
lal Of which convention being in the English aud
French languages is word for word as fullo~S
The President Of the United States of America
and his Majesty the King Of the Belgians, lsd by
the wish TO regulate the citizenship of those pr
sons Who emigrate from the United States Of
America to Belgium and from Belgium TO the
United States of America, have resolved TO make
a convention on this subject, and have appointed
for their plcnipotentiaIies namely: The Pre~i-
dent ~ the United States Of America. Henry
Sheldon Sanford, a citizen of the United States.
their minister resident near his Majesty the King
Of the Belgian-, and his Majesty the King Of the
Belgians. the Sieur jules ' lander Siichien, grand
cross of the Order Of the Dutch Dion. &c, &c, &c.
his minister of foreign affairs; who. after having
communicated to each other their full powers,
found 20 be in good and proper form, nave agreed
upon the following articles:
AkTiCLE /. Citizens Of the United States who
may or shall have been natui allied in Belgium
will be considered by the United States to be citi-
1en- of Belgium. Keciprocally. Belgian. who
may OF shall have been nsturaliz-d in the United
States shall he considered by Belgium 10 be citi-
zens If the United States.
ARTICLE III. Citizens of either contracting par
ty, ia case ~ their return 10 their original coun-
Try, can he prosecuted Tor their crimes or nlisJe-
meanors committees before naturalization, saving
to them such limitations rs are established by the
laws of their original country.
ARTICLE Ill. Naturaliz.d citizens Of either
contracting party who shall have resided five
years IN thecouniry which has naturslized them,
cannot be held % the obligation OF military ser
vice ia their original country, CT 10 incidental
obligation resulting therefronl in the event Of
their return to 1t, except IN cases Of d-rsrtion
from organized and embodied military or naval
service, Ur those that may be assimilated thereto
by the laws Of that country.
ARTICLE ". Citizens Of the United States ma
tnralized in Belgium shall be considered by bel
sium n ciiszens Of the United States when they
shall havs recovered their character as citizen, Of
the United States according to the laws Of the
United States. Reeiprocally Belgian- nsturalized
in the United States shall be considered by the
United States a. Belgians when they shall have
recovered their character as Belgians according to
tht laws Of Belgium.
ARTICLE v. The present convention shall en-
ter into execution Immediately sfier the exchange
Of notifications, aud shall remain In force for ten
years. II, at the expiration Of that period, mel.
Their Of the contracting parties shall have given
notice six months in advance Of its intention to
terminate the same, it shall continue in force I'M
til the end # twelve months .ft.r one Of the con-
tracing parties -hall have given notice 10 the
other Of such intention.
ARTICLE Vi. The present convention shall be
ratified b, the President Of the United States, by
and with the consent and advice of the Senate,
and ly his majesty the King of the Belgian, with
the consent II Parliament, and the raiIhcaiions
shall be exchanged at Brussels within twelve
months from the date hereof, or sooner IL possible.
In witness whereof, the respective plenipoten-
tiaries have signed the same, aud affixed thereto
their seals.
Made in duplicate at Brussels. the sixteenth Of
November, one thousand eight hundred aud ak
ty-eight.
[seal.l H.. s. SANFORD.
tseal JULES WANDER sTICBELEN.
And whereas the said convention has been duly
ratified on both parts. and the respective ratihca-
tions were exchanged At Brussels, the tenth inst
ant:
Now. therefore be II known that I, o.. s. Grant
President of the United States Of America. have
cAsued the laid convention 20 be made public,
ii the end that the same and every clause and
article thereof may be observed aud fulfilled in
good faith by the United States and the citizens
thereof.
In witnes whereof, / have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United States to
be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington. this thirtieih
day of July. in the year II our Lord one thousand
eight hundred ard sixty nine and Of the indie
pendence Of the United States the ninety-fourth.
[Seai1 T.. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary Of State.