New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21

competent authorities, aud make a reouest
in writing for the deserters, supporting ii
| by an official extract OF the register of the
! vessel and the list of the crew, or by other
| official documents, to show that the men
| whom they claim belong to said crew Upon
such request alone thus supported, and
| without the exaction of any oath from the
| Consuls, the deserters mot being citizens of
| the country where the demand is made
either at the time of their shipping or of
their arrival in the port) shall be given up
to the Consuls. All aid and projections
shall be furnished them for the pursuit,
seizure and arrest of the deserters, who
shall be taken to the prisons of the country
and there detained at the request and at
the expense of the Consuls, until the said
Consuls my find an opportunity of sending
them away.
If however, such opportunity should not
present itself within the space of three
months, counting from the day of the ar
rest the deserters shall be set at liberty,
and shall rot again be arrested for the same 9
cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement to che
contrary between the owners, freightera
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea bv
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced bv
stress of weather, shall be settled by the
SOu5ttS U6l6Fdly COuSuASt f1G6 JOQSuIS and
Consular Agents of the respective countries
If, however, any inhabitant of the country.
or citizen or subject of third power, shall
be interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local authOri-
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of a vessel belonging to the
Government, or owned by citizen of one
OF the two contracting parties being wreck
ed, or cast on shore, on the coast of the
other, the local authorities shall inform the
Consul General, Consul, Vice Consul, OBJ
Consular Agent of the district of the occur
renee, or if there be no such consular
agency, they shall inform the Consul Gen
eral, Consul, Vice Consul or Consular
Agent of the nearest district.
All proceedings relative to the salvage
Of American vessels wrecked or east on
shore in the territorial waters of the Ger
man Empire shall take place in accordance
with the laws of Germany; and, reoipro-
cally, all measures of salvage relative to,
German vessels wrecked or cast on shore in
the territorial waters of the United States
shall take place in accordance with the
laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have in both
countries to intervene only to superintend
the proceedings having reference to the re-
pair and reTictualing, or, if necessary, to
the sale of the vessel wrecked or cast ca
shore.
For the intervention of the local author
tiles no charges shall be made except such
as in similar cases are paid by vessels OF
the nation.
In case of a doubt concerning the nation
ality of a shipWrecked vessel, the local
shall have exclusively the direc--
ton of the proceedings provided for il. this
article.
All merchandise and goods not destined
wreck takes place shall be free Of all duties.
ARTICLE XVII.
With regard to the marks or Labels OF
goods, or Of their packages and also WITH
regard to patterns and marks of manufac-
ture and trade, the citizens of Germany
shall enjoy in the United States of America,
and American citizens shall enjoy in Ger
many, the same protection as native ciJi~
zens.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall remaiz iG
force for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the ratiti-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Ber-
lin within the period of six months.
In case neither party gives notice, twal78
months before the expiration of the said
period of ten years, of its intention not to
renew this convention, it shall remain ia
force one year longer, and SO on, from yeap
to year, until the expiration of year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
IN faith whereof the plenipotentiartlg
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh of December, 1871.
GEORGE BANCROFT,
The undersi gned met this day IN order 90
effect the exchange of the notifications OF
the Consular Convention, signed on tho
eleventh day of December 1871, betweeg
-he United States OF America and GeS~
many.
Before proceeding to this act, the under
signed Envoy Extraordinary and Ministey
of the United States OF
America declared
l. That in accordance with the instrua-
lion given him by his government, with t&e
advice and consent of the Senate the ex-
preston property" used in the English
ext of articles three and nine, is to be coz
truede as meaning and intending &ea2
,state."
2. That, according to the laws and 1G0
of the United States, article
EN- applies not only to persons of the Inal@
lex but also 60 persons of the female sex
After the undersigned, President of the,
'ttice Of the Chancellor OF the Empire had
expressed his concurrence with this declare
.tIon, the acts OF ratification, found to be ia
,ood and due form, were exchanged, ana
he present protocol was in duplicate,
Xecut6Q.
Berlin, the twenty-ninth of April, 1879,
GEORGE BANCROFT
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention nae
zen duly ratified on both parts, and the
notifications of the same were.
xchange at Berlin on the twenty-nfnt32
ay of April last
Now, therefore, be it known thaG I,
Ulysses s. Grant, President of the United
tates Of America, have caused the said
and protocol to be made public
0 the end that the same, and every clauso
nd part thereof, may be observed and full
He'd with good faith by the United States.
nd the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereuqto ess
~ hand, and caused the seal of che 5JuiteeI
tates to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this tfrs2
ay OF June, in the year of our Lord ono
lousand eight hundred and seventy.two.
nd OF the independence of the United
tates OF America the ninetY-sixth
u. S. CRANE
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State,
a PROCLAMATION.
PIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED sr45Eso