New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-20
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AND PR0CLAMATIONs.
a PROCLAMATION


a changed May a, 1871; Proclaimed May {
= 1871.
& WHEREAS a convention supplemental t
f the convention of May ID, 1870 between til
}. United States of America and Her Majest
l. the Queen of the United Kingdom o
J. Great Britain and Ireland concerning
t naturalization, was concluded and signed
J. at Washington by their respective pleni
i potentlarles, on the twenty-third day O
& February, 1871, which supplemental con
4 vention is word for word as follows
a Whereas, By the second article of The
r convention between the United States o
t America and her Majesty the Queen of the
: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
t land, for regulating the citizenship of citi
zens and subjects of the contracting parties
b who have emlgrated, or may emigrate from
: the dOminions of the one to those of the
D other party, signed at London on the thir
= teenth of May, 1870, it was stipulated that
: the manner in which the Remuneration by
s such citizens and subircts of their natural
. izatiOn, and the resumption Of their native
allegiance may be made and publicly de.
clared, should be agreed upon by the gov
| ernments of the respective countries, the
q President of the United States of America
: and her Majesty the Queen of the United
3 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for
the purpose of etfecting such agreement.
, have resolved to conclude a supplemental
convention, and have named as their plen-
ipotentiaries, that is to say, the President
of the United States of America, Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State, and her Majesty
the Queen Of the. United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton
Knight Commander of the most honorable
Order Of the Bath, and her envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to the
United States of America, who have agreed
as follows:
ARTICLE l.
Any person, being originally citizen
| of the United States who had pre-
viOusly to May 10, 1870, been naturalized as
British subject, may, at any time before
| August 10, 1872, and any British subject
who, at the date first aforesaid, had been
naturalized as citizen within the United
| States, may, at any time before May r.
! 1872, publicly declare his remuneration of
such naturalization by subscribing an in.
| strument in writing, substantially in the
! form herent0 appended, and designated as
| annex A.
Such remuneration, by an original citizen
| of the United States, of British nationality,
| shall, within the territories and jurisdiction
Of the United States, be made in duplicate,
! in the presence OF any court authorized by
| law for the time being to admit aliens to
naturalization, or before the clerk or pro-
thonOtary. of any such court; if the decIars
ant be beyond the territories of the United
States, it shall be made in duplicate, before
any diplomatic or consular officer Of the
United States. One of such duplicates
shall remain of record in the Gus.
tody of the court or officer in whose
presence it was made; the other shall be. !
without delay, transmitted TO the Depart !
mnnt of State.
Such remuneration, if declared by an !
original British subject, Of bis acquired ma.
tionality as a citizen Of the United States,
shall, if the declarant be in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. be I
made III duplicate, in the presence of a |
justice OF the peace if elsewhere in Her |
Britannia Majesty's dOninions, in tripicate.
in the presence Of any judge of civil or
criminal jurisdiction, Of any justice OF the
peace, or of any other officer for the time
being authorized by law, in the place in
which the declarant is, to administer an
oath for any judicial OF other legal purpose:
if out of Her Majesty's dominions, in tripli-
cate, III the presence of any officer in the
diplomatic or consular service Of Her
Majesty.
ARTICLE II.
The contracting parties hereby engage to
communicate each to the other, from time
to time, lists of the persons who, within
their respective doininions and territories,
or before their diplomatic and consular
officers, have declared their remuneration
OF naturalization, with the dates and places
of making such declarations, and such in
|
and the times and places of their natural ,
zatlon, as they may have furnished.
ARTICLE III.
The present convention shall be ratified
by the President Of the United States, by
and with the ADVICE and consent of the Sen
ate thereof, and by Her Britannia Mai-
esty, and the notifications shall be OK
changed at Washington as soon as may be 5
In witness whereof the respective pleni- S
Dotentiaries have signed the same, and
nave affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Washington the twenty-third I
lay of February, in the year of our Lord !
me thousand eight hundred and seventy
me. O
HAMILTON FISH. ,
EDW'D THORNTON. a
ANNEX A. g
/, A. B., of insert abode1, being origin
lily a citizen of the United States of Amer G
ca or a British subject, and having be- e1
ONE naturalized within the dominions of
Ter Britannia Majesty as British subject
or as a citizen within the United States OF =
Imerical, do hereby renounce my natural
1ation as a British subject for citizen Of the
United Statesl, and declare that it is my
esire to resume my nationality as citi- ii
en- Of the United States for British subject.
(Signed) A. B. TIT
y
tate, province, colony, legation, or consul at
ltel this - day Of -, 1877.
(Signed) Il. f., o.
Justice of the Peace, for other titlel he
HAMILTON FISH, y
EDW'D THORNTON. c.
And whereas the said supplemental con-
ention has been duly ratified on both
arts, and the respective notifications of Sc
ne same were exchanged in this city on the III
1urth DAY OF May, 1871, by Hamilton Fish,
ecTeGary OF State of the United States, and all
II EDWARD thornton, K. G.. b. Her Britain
10 Majesty envoy extraordinary and min =
ter plenipotentiary accredited to This gov
on the part Of their resnectiye |
Overnments:
Now. therefore, be it known thatT TTlvssas SO
Grant, President of the United States nj
merica, have caused the said supplemented
invention to be made public to the end
lat the same and every clause and article
Iereof may be observed and fulfilled with s.,
,od faith by the United States and the
items thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
Y hand, and caused the seal of the United | a
5ates to be affixed ~
Done at the city of Washington this fifth 4
ny OF May, in the year of our Lord one Vii
Lousand eight hundred and seventy one, gtI
Id of the independence of the United ~ ~
.ates OF America the ninety fifth. til
L. S. GRANT. tnt
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, az
Secretary Of State. Fl