New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-06

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in writing for the deserters, supporting it
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 exaGtiOn Of any oath from the
Consnls the deserters tn0t 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 protection
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 not again be arrested for the same
cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement to the
| contrary between the owners, freighters
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
| stress of weather, shall be settled by the
| C0nsuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and
Y
If, however, any lnhabitant of the country,
or citizen or subject of a 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, or
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, cast on
shore in the territorial waters of the Ger
man Empire shall take place in accordance
with the laws of Germany; and, recipro-
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 tn intervene only to superintend
the proceedings having reference to the re-
PAIR and reyictualing, or, if necessary, to,
the sale of the vessel wrecked or cast on
shore.
For the intervention of the local author
tiles no charges shall he made except such
as IN similar cases ae paid by vessels of
the nation,
In Csc Of a doubt concerning the nation
atty OF a shipwreuked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direc-
ton Of the proceedings provided for in this
article,
All merchandise and goods not destined
tor consumption in the country where the
wreck takes place shall be free of all duties.
ARTICLE XVII.
With regard 10 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 citi-
ZenB
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall remain in
force for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange Of the ratifi-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Ber-
lin within the period of six months.
In case neither party gives notice, twelve
months before the expiration Of the said
period of ten years, of its intention not to
renew this convention, it shall remain in
force one year longer and so on, from year
to year, until the expiration of a year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice
IN faith whereof the plenipotentiaries
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh Of December, 1871.
GEORGE BANCROFT
The undersigned met this day in order to
effect the exchange Of the notifications of
the Consular Convention, signed On the
eleventh day of December, 1871, between
the United States OF America and Ger
many.
Before proceeding to this act, the under
signed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the United States of
America declared
/. That in accordance with the instruo-
ton given him by his government, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, the ex-
preston property" used in the English
text of articles three and nine, is to be con
3trued as meaning and intending "reai
estate"
D That, according to the laws and the
constitution of the United States, article
zen applies not only to persons of the male
sex but also 20 persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President of the
office of the Chancellor OF the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this decIar-
ttion, the acts Of ratification, found to be in
GOOD and due form, were exchanged, and
he present protocol was in duplicate
executed.
Berlin, the tWentV-Dinth of April, 1872
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