New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05
By the President;
HAMILTON FISH
(E4narg of
4 PRNCLANATLON.
1y TIE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES
OF AMENIEA.


Sd TIE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
Convention and protocol between the United
States OF America and Sweden and Nor
uraizatjOn.-Signed Nav q.
1859: ratified December IL. 1870; Ex.
changed June Il, 1871: proclaimed Janu-
airy II, 1872.
WHEREAS. A convention and protocol be-
| tween the United States Of Amsrica and his
Majesty the King Of Sweden and Norway
were concluded and signed by their respec-
tive pienipOtentiaries, at the city of
Stockholm, on the tweIty-sixth day of May,
1863, which convention and protocol as
amended by the Senate Of the United States
ana being in the English and Swedish
languages, are word Tor word as follows:
The President OF the United States of
America and his Majesty the King of
Sweden and Norway, led by the wish to
regulate the citizenship of those persons
who enigrate from the United States of
America TO Sweden and NORWAY, and their
dependencies and territories, and from
Sweden and Norway to the United States
Of America, have resolved to treat on this
subject. and have for that purpose APP
pointed PienipOtentiaries to conclude a con
ventiOn, that is to say: The President OF the
United States Of America, Joseph j. Bart
lett Minister Resident, and his Majesty the
King OF Sweden and Norway Count Charles
Wachtmeister, Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs: who have agreed to and signed the
following articles:
ARTICLE I.
Citizens of the United States of America
VINO have resided in Sweden or Norway Tor
a continuous period Of at least tive years,
and during such residence have become and
are lawfully recognized as citizens of Nor
way or Sweden, shall be held by the gov
eminent Of the United States to be Swedish
or Norwegian citizens, and shall be treated
as such.
Reciprocallv, citizens of Sweden or Nor
way VINO have resided in the United States Of
America for continuous period Of at least
five Years, and during such residence have
become naturalized citizens of the United
Stat 8, shall be held by the government OF
Sweden and Norway to be American citi-
zens, and shall be treated as such.
The declaration Of an intention to become
citizen of the one or the other country hats
not for either party the effect Of citizenship
legally acquired.
ARTICLE Il.
a recognized citizen of the one party. on
returning to the territory OF the other, re-
mains liable to trial and punishment Tor an
action punishable by the laws Of his
original country and committed before his
emigration, but not tor the emigration itself |
SAVING always the limitations established |
by the laws of his original country and any
other remission OF liability to punishment. |
ARTICLE III.
II a citizen Of the one party, who has be- |
come q recognized citizen OF the other |
party, takes up his abode once more in his |
original country and applies to be restored |
70 MS former citizenship, the government !
o. the last named country IS authorized to |
receive him again as a citizen. on such con
aitlons as the said government may think /
proper
ARTICLE ".
The convention for the mutual delivery
II criminals, fugitives from justice. in Ger
tain cases, concluded between the United
States on the one part, ana Sweden and
y oTEay on the other part, the tweutv-t5rs5
1t March, 1869. remains i'll force without
change.
ARTICLE :.
The present convention shall 90 into ef-
lec- Immediately on the exchange Of ratlii,
and shall continue in force for ten
: ear. II neither party shall have given
he other SIX months previous notice of it.
intention then to terminate the same il
shaL further remain in force until the end
II Twelve months after either of the con-
-Tac-ng parties shall have given notice l..
lie 0:her OF such Intention
ARTICLE II.
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