New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-31

| DF al OLlGlaI extract OF LnG register OF TIE
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
| ConsuIs, the deserters (n0t 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
| 10 the C0nsuls. 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 tnd an Opportunity oosending
| 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 bv
the vessels of the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced bv
sstress of weather, shall he settled by the
COnsuls General, COnsuls, Vice COnsuls and
Consular Agents of the respective countries.
Ii, 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 q 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 il there be no such consular
agency. they shall inform the Consul Gen
eraI, 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 to intervene only to superintend
the proceedings having reference to the re-
pair and revictualing, 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 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
authorities shall have exclusively tie direc-
ton OF the proceedings provided for in this
article.
oAll 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 to the marks or labels of
goods, or of their packages, and also with
regard to patterns and marks of manufao-
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-
zens.
ARTICLE XVII.
The present convention shall remain in
force for. the space of ten years counting
from the day OF the exchange of the ratif-
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 wear 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.
biie undersigned met this day in order to
effect the exchange of the ratifcatious 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
PienipOtentiary Of the United States of
America declared
l. That in accordance with tie instruc-
ton given him by his government, with the
advice and consent OF the Senate, the ex-
preston property" used in the English
ext Of articles three and nine. is to be con
'trued as meaning and intending " real
estate"
2. That, according to the laws and the
constitution OF the United States, article
en- applies not only to persons Of the male
ex but also co persons of the female sex
After the undersigned President of the IF
Hlce OF the Chancellor OF the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this declar-
tion, the acts Of ratification, found to be in
.ood and duo form, were exchanged, and
he present protocol was in duplicate :
Xecuted.
Berlin, the twenty-ninth of April, 1872. E
GEORGE BANCROFT. ID
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has
cen duly ratified on both parts, and the
notifications of the same we're
xchange at Berlin on the twenty ninth
ay of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that /,
Ulysses 5. Grant, President of the United
tates OF America, have caused the said
onventiOn and protocol to be made public,
the end that the same, and every clause
nd part thereof may be observed and full
lied with good faith by the United States,
nd the citizens thereof
In witness whereof / have hereunto set
" hand, and caused the seal of the United
tates to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this first
ay OF June, in the year Of our Lord one
lousand eight hundred and sevanty-two,
nd OF the independence of the United
tate8 Of America the ninety sixth
L. s. GRANT
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION. y
I SIZE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 81
OF AMERICA.
convention between the United States of
America and the Austro-Huugarian Mon \
archy. Naturalization. Sigued Septem-
Der 20, 1870; ratified March ri, 1871; rati-
hcations exchanged July H. 1871; pro. n
claimed August l, 1871.