The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-19

by the President Of tho United States Of America;
Convention between the United States and Bel
eium. Naturalizatiun. Concluded, NoAember
IL, 1855; Exchanged, July 10, lSea, Proclaimed
July -. lSG9.
Whereas = convention regulating the citizen
ship 81 those persons who omigrate from the Unit
Ell States % America t. Belgium, and from Bel
gium to the Emitted States 81 America. was con-
cluded and signed by their respective plenipoten-
tiari.S at Brussels GA the sixteenth DAY II Novem-
her, eighteen hundred and -iNty-right. the origi-
Ral of which convention being in the English and
French languages is word for word as follows:
The President u the United States of America
and his Majesty the King Of the Belgians. led by
the wish to regulate the citizenship Of thos. pr
sons who emt-raie from the United States %
America 20 Belgium and from Belgium 10 the
United States II America, have resolved 20 make
a convention On this subject, and have appointed
for their plcnipoteutiarios namely: The Presi-
dent of the United States q America, Henry
sheldon Sanford, a citizen u the United States,
their minister resident near his Majesty the King
~ the . lgians, and his Majesty the King u the
Belsians. the Sieur jules Wander S~iichlcn, grand
cross of the order II the Dutch Dion, &c., &c., &C.
his minister IT foreign affairs; who. after having
communicated 60 each other their full powers,
found 10 be in good and proper form, nave agreed
upon the following articles:
ARTICLE J.. Citizens cf the United States who
may ar shall have been natui allied in Belgium
will Ice oousidetef by the United States 10 he citi-
zens Of Belgium. Reciprocslly. Belgian- who
may or shall have been nAtHrallzed in the United
States shall Zee considered by Belgium TO bo citi-
zen- 81 the United states.
ARTICLE II. Citizers Il either contracting par
ty, in case Of their return To their original coun-
Try, can he prosecuted tr their crimes CT misde-
mcanoTs committed before naturalization. saving
to them such limitations a. are established by the
] laws Of their original country.
ARTICLE III. NaturaliZed citizens Of either
contracting party who shall have resided nv.
years in theoouniry which has naturalized them,
cannot he held To the obligation of military SER
vice in their original country, or to incidental
/ .hlaW4FfsFs razal4Ffr aAarafrsfas in he. eNaRf of
their return 70 IL, except in cases q deseTtion
from orSaeized and embodied military or naval
service, OF those that may be a>similated thereto
by the laws Of that country.
ARTICLE ". Citizens II the United States ma
I turalizel in Eelgium shall be considered by Bel
gium a. citsZpu- of the United States when they
shall have recovered their character as citizens Of
the United States according to the laws Of the
United States. Rceiprocaily Relgians naturalized
in the United States shall be considered by the
United States a. Belgians when they shall have
recovered their character a. Bclgians accordingt to
TIT laws II Belgium.
ARTICLE v. The present convention shall en-
ter into execution Immediately after the exchange
~ notifications, and shall remain in force for ten
years. II, at the expiration Of that period, nci'
Their ~ the contracting parties shall have given
notice six months in advance ui is intention to
terminate the came, it shall continue in force I'M
iii the end II twelve monthspftrr one Of the CON
tracing parties shall have given notice 10 the
Other Of such intention.
Article VI. The present convention shall be
ratified b, the President of tho United States. by
and with the consent and advice Of the Senate,
and ly his majesty the King u the Belgians with
the consent # Parliament, aud the ratifcstions
shall be exchanged NJ 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 and six
ty-eiEht.
rSeal.l II. :. SANFORD.
Seal Ii WANDER STICHELEN.
And whereas tho said convention has been Only
ratified ON both parts, and the respective r~atiioa-
tions were exchanged at Brussels, the tenth inst
ant:
Now, therefore be il known that ], L. s. Grant
President OF the United States Of America, hay q
cssued the said convention to 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 vitnes whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United States I,
be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington. this thirtieth
day Of July. IN the year -four Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-Line sud Of the lnde-
~pendence Of the United States the ninety-fourth.
lSeall L. :. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary 81 State.