New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-07

| competent authorities, and make request
| in writing for the deserters, supporting il
| bv 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
when they claim belong to said crew. Upon
such request alone thus supported and
without the exaetion of any oath from the
Consuls, the deserters mot 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 desecter5, who
shall be taken to the prisons of the country
and there detained at the request ana az
the expense of the Consuls, until the said
Consul5 my fnd an opportunity OF sending
them away.
If however, such opportunity should nos
present itself within the space OF threes
months, counting from the day of the ar,
rest. the deserters shall be set at liberty,
and shall not aguin be arrested FOR the saAa
cause.
ARTICLE Ky
In the absence Of an agreement 10 the
contrary between the owRers, fire. Fighters
and insurers. all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily OF are forced by
stress vi weather. SIitil nc SbiJISu bN the
Consuls General, Consuis, Vice Consuls and
Consular Agents Of the respective countries.
If, however, any mia bltant OF the country
or citizen or subject OF a third power. shall
be interested in the matter, and the parties,
can not agree. tbs competent local author
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of a vessel belonging to sns-
Government, or owned by q citizen of one
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 caat 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 vesseis wrecked or cast On shore i
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 authoc-
tiles no charges shall be made except sQCh
as in similar cases are paid by vessels 0E
the nation.
In case of q doubt concerning the nation
atty of d shipWreoked vessel the local
shall have exclusively the direc-
ton Of the pr0ces&ings provided for IN this
article
All merchandise and goods not destined
for consumption IN the country whore the
wreck takes place shall be free Of all duties.
ARTICLE XVII.
With regard 30 the marks or labels Of
goods, or Of their packages. and also with
regard to patterns and marks of naDataG
ture and trade, the citizens of Germany
shall enjoy N the United States Of America
and American citizens shall enjoy in Ger
many, the same protection as narive eiyl-
zeDs.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall remain IN
force tor the space OF ten years counting
from the day Of the exchange of the ratia.
which shall be exchanged at Be-
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 tg
y
force one year longer. and so on, from year
to year. until the expiration of . year fron
the day on which one of the parties sdaL
have given such notice.
in faith whereof the plenipotentiar6e9
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin. the el8Yenth of December, 1871,
GEORGE BANCROFT,
The undersigned met this day in order 'e
effect the exchange Of the notifications o.
the Consular Convention, signed on Che
eleventh day Of December, 1871, betwee8
the United States OF America and d1@5-
many.
Before proceeding 10 this act, She under
signed Envoy Extraordinary and minister
Of che United Statee 81
America declared
|. That in accordance with the instrIc-
ton given him by his government, with enc
advice and consent Of the Senate, the exc
preston property" used in the English
text of articles three and nine, is to be CO.'S
strucd as meaning and intending se5-
estate.
2. That, according to the laws and Inc
of the United States, article
Ten applies not only to persons of the maL3
sex but also 70 persons of the female sex,
After the undersigned, President of the
office Of the Chancellor Of the Empire, had
his concurrence with this deoar-
alton, the acts Of ratification, found to be in
good and due form, were exchanged, and
the present protocol was in duplicate
executed
Berlin, the twentv-ninth Of April. 1872.
GEORGE BANCROFT,
DELBRUkCk.
And whereas the said convention ha3
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
notifications OF the same were
at Berlin on the twenty-nintl
day of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that I.
Ulysses s. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the saiu
and protocol to be made public.
to the end that the same, and every clause
and part thereof, may be observed and f1L-
filled 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 frat
lay of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventv-tw0,
and OF the independence of the United
States of America abe ninety
u. S. GRANT.
By the President
Hamilton FISH. Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
Convention between the United States oe
America and the Austro-Hungarian Mon