New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-04

| in writing tor the desert9rs, supporting 1t
| by 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
| 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 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 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 find an opportunity OF sending
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 deserter5 shall be set at liberty,
and shall not again be arrested for the same
cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement 10 the
contrary between the owners, freighters
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels of the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
stress of weather, shall be settled by the
COnsuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and
Consular Agents of the respective countries.
If however, any inha bitant 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 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
eral, 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 revictualng, or, if necess airy, 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 shipwreGked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direC
ton of the proceedings provided for in this
article.
All merchandise and goods not destined
for 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 manulae-
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 XVIII.
The present convention shall remain IN
force Tor the space of ten years counting
from the day Of the exchange of the ratih-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Der
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 year from
the day on which one Of the parties shall
have given such notice.
in faith whereof the pIepipotentiaries
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh of December, 1871
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undersigned met this day in order to
effect the exchange of the notifications 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
PlenipotentiarY of the United States of
America declared
l. That in accordance with the instruc-
ton given him by his government, with the
advice and consent OF the Senate, the eX-
preston property" used in the English
text of articles three and nine, is to be con
strued as meaning and intending real
estate"
2. That, according to the laws and the
constitution of the United States, article
ten applies not only to persons Of the male
sex but also 90 persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned President of the
office of the Chancellor of the Empire had
expressed his concurrence with this declar-
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 twenty-ninth of April, 1872.
NLONTE DANNGNOE l.
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective notifications of the same were
exchange at Berlin On the twenty-ninth
day Of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that 1,
Ulysses S. Grant President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention and protocol to be made public,
to the end that the same, and every clause
and part thereof, may be observed and full
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 first
day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,
and of the independence of the United
States of America the ninety sixth,
U. S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE PRESIDENT OF. THE UNITED STATES