New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-24
PROTOCOL
DONE AT STOCKHOLM, NAY %, 1869.

DONE AT STOCKHOLM, NAY 26, 1869.
The undersigned met today to sign the
| convention agreed upon If conformity with
| their respective full poWcs, relating to the
| citizenship Of those PRISONS who emf
CRATE from the UnitedStates OF America
| to Sweden and Norway and from Sweden
and Norway to the U4ted States of Amer
lea; on which occasinl the following OBJ
| servations, more eAetly defining and ex-
planning the contlts of this convention,
were entered in IL following protocol:
/. Relating tone first article of the con-
| ventiOn,
United State of America has been dis
charged froT his American citizenship, or,
On the ottf SIDE, II SWede or Nor
| waoian bas0een discharged from his Swed-
;sh or N0Tegian citizenship, in the man
ner Iegay prescribed by the government
of his iginal country, and then in the
| other luntry in a rightful and perfectly
| valid amer acquires citizenship, then an
addir nal Ave years residence shall no
IonD be required; but a person who has in
| tina manner been recognized as citizen of
| thSther country shall, from the moment
| tFte0f, be held and treated as Swedish or
| Rrwegian citizen, and. reciprocally, as a
| 5izen of the United States.
:, Relating to the second article of the
If former Swede or Norwegian, who,
under the first article, is to be held as an
adopted citizen of the United States of
America. has emigrated after he has at
tanned the age when he becomes liable to
military service, and returns again to his
original country, it is agreed that he re
mains liable to trial and punishment for an
action punishable by the laws of his original
country and committed before his emigra-
ton, but not for the act of emigration it
self, unless thereby have been committed
any punishable action against Sweden or
Norway, or against d Swedish or Norwegian
citizen, such as non-fulfllment of military
service, or desertion from the military
force or from ship, saving always the
limitation established by the laws of
the original country, and any other
remission Of liability to punishment; and
that he can be held to fulfil, according to
the laws his military service, or the remain
ing part thereof.
3. Relating to the third article of the
convention.
1t is further agreed that if a Swede or
Norwegian, who has become a naturalized
.itizen of the United States, renews his
in Sweden or Norway withoutthe
intent to return to America. he shall be held
1y the government of the United States to
nave renowned his American citizenship.
le held to exist when the person so nat
IraIized resides more than two years in
sweden OF Norway.
JOSEPH J. BARTLETT.
And wherea. the said convention and |
PROTOCOL as amended have been duly rati- |
led on both parts, and the respective rati-
cations Of the same were exchanged at |
stockholm on the fourteenth day of June, |
4 the year one thousand eight hundred |
nd spventT-One. by c. C.. Andrews, Min
ster Resident of the United States, and |
count e. NaChtmeister, Minister of State
or Foreign Affairs of his majesty the King
{ Sweden and Norway;
And whereas the Senate, by their res0lu-
ion Of the eighth instant (tWo-thirds of the
enat0r5 present GOnCurTing), did advise
nd consent to the said exchange, notwith
landing said exchange was delayed beyond
be time appointed therefor, and resolved
nat the said exchange may be regarded as
aid as if It had taken place within the
me mentioned in tie resolution of the
enate On the subject, of the ninth Of De !
amber. 1870:
Now. therefore, be IL known that I, |
'lysses S. Grant, President of the United |
tates of America, have caused the said !
invention and prOt0coLto be made public,
} the end that the same, and every clause
nd article thereof, may be observed and !
llh!Ied with coed faith by the United
tate8 and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto SEE
~ hand and caused the seal of the United
ates to be affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington this
velfth day Of January, in the year of our
ord one thousand eight hundred and
sventy-swo, and of the independence Of
lie United States Of America the ninetyo
xth.
b. she President:
HAMILTON FISH,