New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12

States, shall be held by the government Of
Austria and Hungary to be American citi-
zens, and shall be treated as such.
Reciprocally, citizens of the United States
OF America who have resided in the terrific
Eies Of the Austr0-Hungarlan Monarchy IN
interruptedly at least five years, and during
such residence have become naturalIZed
citizens of the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy
shall be held by the United States to be
citizens of the Austro-H Hungarian Monarchy
and shall be treated as such.
The declaration of an intention to become
q citizen Of the one or the other country has
not for either party the effect of naturaliza-
ton.
ARTICLE II.
A naturalized citizen of the one party, on
return to the territory of the other party,
remains liable to trial and punishment for
an action punishable by the laws of his
original country committed before his emf
grafton, saving always the limitation estab-
Iished by the laws of his original country
and any other remission of liability to pun
ishment.
In particular, q former citizen Of the
AustFo- Hungarian Monarchy, who, under
the first article, is to be held as an American
citizen, is liable to trial and punishment, &C
cording to the laws Of Austro-HungarY. for
nonfulflment OF military duty:
!. Ii he has emigrated, after having
Seen drafted at the time of CONSUMPTION,
and thus having become enrolled as
recruit for service in the standing army.
9 If he has emigrated while he stood
in service under the flag or had leave
of absence only for a limited time.
g. If, having a leave of absence for an
unlimited time, or belonging to the reserve
or to the militia he has emigrated after
having received a call into service, OF after
a public proclamation requiring his appear
ance, or after war has broken out.
On the other hand, q former citizen OF the
Austro-H Hungarian Monarchy naturalized IN
the United States, who by or after MS
emigration has transgressed the legal pro
visions on military duty by any acts or
omissions other than thosesabove enumer-
atea i'll the clauses numbered one, Two and
three can, on his return to his original
country, neither be held subsequently to
military service nor remain liable to trial
aud punishment for the non-fulhllment of
his military duty.
ARTICLE III.
The convention for the mutual delivery
of criminals, fugitives from justice, con-
oluded on the third of July, 1856, between
the government of the United States Of
America on the one part and the AustrO-
Hungarian Monarchy on the other part, as
well as the additional convention, signed
on the eighth of May, 1848, to the treaty Of
commerce and navigation concluded be-
tween the said governments on the twenty
seventh of August, 1929, and especially the
stipuIatOns of Article Nv. of the said ad-
dtional convention concerning the deliVery
of the deserters from the ships OF war and
merchant vessels remain in force without
change.
The emigrant from the one state, who,
according to Article |. is to be held as a
citizen of the other state, shall not, on his
return to his original country, be con-
strained to resume his former citizenship;
vet if he shall Of his own accord re-acqulre
1t. and renounce the citizenship obtained
nv naturalization, such q remuneration Is
allowable, and no fixed period Of residence
shall be required for the recognition of his
recovery Of citizenship in his original coun-
try.
The present convention shall go into eff
feet Immediately on the exchange of rat;f-
cations, and shall continue in force ten
wears. II neither party shall have given to
the other ak months previous notice OF its
intention then TO terminate the same, it
sbalI further remain in force until the end
of twelve months after either of the con
tracing parties shall have given notice to
the other of such intention.
ARTICLE VI.
The present convention shall be ratified
nv the President Of the United States, by
and with the consent of the Senate OF the
United States and by his Majesty the En-
peror of Austria, etc, KING OF hungary,
with the constitutional consent Of the two
legislatures Of the Austro-Hungarian Mon
arehv and the notifications shall be ex-
changed at Vienna within twelve months
from tho date hereof.
In faith whereof the plenipotentiaTies
have signed this convention as well in Ger
man as in English and have thereto atxed
their seals.
Done at Vienna the twentieth day of Sep
+ember. in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy, in the nine
Fv-fft6 YEAR of the independence of the
United States of America, and IN the TWEEN
fv-aecopd year of the reign of his imperial
>'I'' -0' JOHN JAY.
BEUST.
And whereas the said convention has
been duIy ratified on both parts, and the
Tesnective notifications of the same were ex-
nhanged at Vienna, on the fourteenth day
of July, 1871. by John Jay, Envoy Exrraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotentlary OF the
United States, and Count Frederick Ferdl-
nand de Beust, Minister for Foreign Affairs
of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, etc,
nm tho mart of their respective governments:
Now therefore, be it known that L,
TrIvsses s. Grant. President OF the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention to be made public, to the end
that the same, and every clause and article
thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the eItl'
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
INV hand and caused the seal Of the United
don Done at the city Of Washington this first
.day Of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seyenty. one :;
YOdnOaOdaDna of the United
States of America the ninety-sixth.
0'''o' u. S. GRANT.
HAMrLroN FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION.