New Orleans Republican., 1872-06-15


America and her Majesty the Queen OF the
United Kingdom of Great Britain ana Ire
land, for regulating the citizenship OF cru
zens and subjects of the contracting partles
who have emigrated, or may emigrate, from
the dOminions of the one to those OF the
other party, signed at London on the thlr-
teenth of May, 1870, 1t was stipulated that
the manner in which the remuneration by
such citizens and subircts of their natural
ization, and the resumption of their native
allegiance may be made and publicly de-
clared, should be agreed upon by the gov
ernments of the respective countries, the
President of the United States of America
and her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for
the purpose OF etfecting such agreement,
Have resolved to conclude a supplemental
convention, and have named as their plen-
ipOtentiaries, that is TO say, the President
OF the United States of America, Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State, and her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton,
Knight Commander of the most honorable
Order of the Bath, and her envoy extraOr-
dinary and minister plenipOtentiary to the
United States of America. who have agreed
as follows:
ARTICLE !.
ANY person, being originally citizen
of the United States who had pre-
viously to May 13, 1870, been naturalized as
a British subject, may, at any time before
August 10, 1872, and any British subject
who, at the date first aforesaid, had been
naturalized as d citizen within the United
States, may, at any time before May u,
1872, publicly declare his remuneration Of
such naturalization by subscribing an in
strument in writing, substantially IN the
form hereunto appended, and designated as
annex A.
Such Remuneration, by an original citizen
of the United States, of British nationality,
shall, within the territories ana jurisdiction
of the United States, be made in duplicate,
in the presence of any court authorized by
law for the time being to admit aliens to
naturalization, or before the clerk or pro-
thonotary of any such court if the declar-
ant be beyond the territories of the United
States, it shall be made in duplicate, before
any diplomatic or consular officer of the
United States. One of such duplicates
shall remain of record in the Gus
tOdy of the court or officer in whose
presence it was made; the other shall be,
without delay, transmitted to the Depart
ment Of State.
Such renunciation, if declared by an
original British subject, of his acquired ma
tionality as citizen of the United States,
shall, if the declarant be in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be
made in duplicate, in the presence OF
Justice of the peace if elsewhere in Her
Britannia Majesty's dOminiOns, in triplicate,
in the presence of any judge OF civil or
criminal jurisdiction, of any justice Of the
peace, or of any other officer for the time
being authorized by law, in the place in
which the declarant is, to administer an
oath for any judicial OF other legal purpose;
if out of Her Majesty's dominions in tripli-
cate, in the presence of any officer in the
diplomatic or consular service of Her
Majesty.
ARTICLE II.
The contracting parties hereby engage to
communicate each to the other, from time
to time, lists of the persons who, within
their respective dOiuinions and territories,
or before their diplomatic and consular
officers, have declared their renunciation
of naturalization, with the dates and places
of making such declarations, and such in
formation as to the abode of the declarants,
and the times and places of their natural
ization,. as they may have furnished.
ARTICLE III
The present convention shall be ratified
by the President of the United States, by
and with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate thereof and by Her Britannia Maj
esty, and the ratiications shall be ex-
changed at Washington as soon as may be
convenient.
In witness whereof the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed the same, and
have affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Washington the twenty-thirl
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one.
HAMILTON FISH.
EDW'D THORNTON.
ANNEX \.
!, ABB Of insert abodel, being origin
ally citizen Of the United States of Amer
lea for British subject, and having be-
come naturalized within the dominlons Of
her Britannia Majesty as British subject
Tor as q citizen within the United States OF
AmericaI, do hereby renOunce my natural
ization as a British subject Eor citizen of the
United Statesl, and declare that it is my
desire to resume my nationality as citi-
zen of the United States Tor British subjectE
(Signedj A. 3.
Made and subscribed to before me, -,
in Tinsert country or other subdivision, and
State, province, colony, legation, or consul
latel this - day Of -, l87-.
(Signed) Z. r.,
Justice Of the Peace, Tor other titlel
HAMILTON FISH,
EDW'D THORNTON.
And whereas the said supplemental con-
vention has been duly ratified on both
parts, and the respective ratitcations of
the same were exchanged in this city on the
fourth day Of May, 1871, by Hamilton Fish,
Secretary Of State of the United States, and
Sir Edward Thornton, X. G. B., Her Britain
mic Maiestys envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary accredited to this gov
ernment, on the part of their respective
governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that l. Ulysses
S. Grant President of the United States OF
America, have caused the said supplemental
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
citizens thereof.
In witness whereof / have hereuntO set
my hand, and caused the seal Of the United.
States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this fifth
day Of May, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy one,
and Of the independence Of the United
States Of America the ninetyfith.
U. ). GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary OF State.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
ESTATE OF DAVID GEORGE COOKE.