Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-15
BRITISH
Naturalization Notice.


cation Act 1870 (33 Wet. cap. 14) it is provided
that ''where Her Majesty has entered into a
that the subjects or citizens OF that State who
have been naturalizcd rs British subjects, may
divest themselves of their status such sub
iects, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by
Order in Council, to declare that such conven-
ton has been entered into by Her Majesty and
from and after the date of such Order in Coun-
Gil, any person being originally subject or citi-
zen OF the State referred to in such Order, who
has been naturalZcd a British subject, NAV,
within such limit of time as may be provided in
the convention, make a declaration OF alien
age, and from and after the date of his so maxi
ing such declaration sIch person shall be re-
regarded as an aIien, and as a subject OF tbs
State to which he originally belonged az atOre>
said.
follows, that is to say: Ii the declarant be in
the United Kingdom, i'll the presence of any
Justice of the peace; If elsewhere III Her Males.
ty's dominiOns in the presence Of any judge OF
any court OF civil or criminal jurisdiction, OF
any justice of the peace, or OF any other Officer
place in which the declarant is, to administer
an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose.
If out OF Her Maiesty's dominions, in the pres
ence of any officer in the Diplomatic or Con.
sular service of Her Majesty"
AND WHEREAS, such convention was entered
into by Her Majesty with the United States OF
America, the 18th of May. 1870, the ratifica.
lions of which were exchanged at Lon don Oh
the 10th August, 1870; and OH the 18th day
august, lsl0 heF Majesty, Dy Or fd III Con,,'
tered into, to tie effect that the subjects cti.
zenS OF those States who had been naturaliZc6
as British subjects might divest themselves OF
their stotus as such subjects.
ANDWHEREAs, by supplementary conven-
ton signed at Washington on Sd February,
1871, the notifications whereof were exchanged
on the 4tlI May, 1871, AFTER RECITING that by
the second article OF the said first convention il
had been stipulated that the MANNER, i'll which
the remuneration by subjects and citizens OF the
contracting parties who had emigrated or might
emigrate from the dominions OF one to those OF
the other party, of their naturalization and the
resumption of their native allegiance, might be
made and publicly declared, SHOULD be agreed
upon by the Governments of the respective
countries: IT WAS. by Article /, AGREED. as
follows, viz: That any person being originally a
citizen OF tae United States who had previously
subject, may at any time before August 10,
1872, and any British subject, who, at the date
first aforesaid, had been naturalizcd as citi-
zen within the United States, may, at any time
before May II, 1872, publicly declare his re
nunciaton OF such naturalization by subscrib-
ing instrument in writing, substantially in
the form hercuntO appended, and designated as
Annex a.
"Such pronunciation by All original citizen OF
the United States OF British nationality shall
within the territories and jurisdiction of the
United States, he 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 Parliamentary of any such
Court: If the declarant be beyond the terrific
ries of the United States, it shall be made in
duplicate before any Diplomatic or Consular
officer OF the United States. One of such dupli-
Gates shall remain of record in the custody Of
the Court or officer in whose pr 1sence it waS
made; the other shall be, without delay, trans
m tied to the Department. OF State.
''Such remuneration, If declared by an original
British subject, of his acquired nationality as 9
citizen of the United States, shall, if the decla-
rant be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, be made in duplicate, i'll the pres
ence of a Justice of the Peace if elsewhere, in
Her Britannia Majesty'S dOminiOns, i'll triplicae
in the presence of any Judge of civil or crimi-
nal jurisdiction, of any Justice of the Peace, Oh
OF any other officer for the time being author
lied by law, in the place in which the declara.
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other legal purpose if out of Her Majestys do
miniOns, i'll triplicate, in the presence of any
officer in the Diplomatic or Consular Service OF
Her Majesty"
"I, A. B., Of Gnsert abOde) being originally q
citizen of the United States of America Cor a
British subiect) and having become naturalizeG
within the dominions of Her Britannia Majesty
AS a British subject, Cor as a citizen within the
United States of America) do hereby renouncS
my naturalization as a British subject (or citi.
zen Of the United States;) and declare that it Is
of the United States (or British subject(.
Made and subscribed before rue, ,----
in (insert country or other subdivision, and
State, province, colony, legation or consulate,
this -- day OF -, 49,.
justice of the Peace (or other titiiee.")
Now THEREFORE, NOTICE is HEREBY GIvEl
to all British subjects within the States of Nortl
and South Carolina, who have become natural
ized within the United States, and who desirets
hesume their allegiance as British subjects .
make the declaration in the form prescribed
before the 18th May, 1872.
ALTHOUGH the Supplemental Convention o
the 23d of February last only requires tina
American citizens who have been naturalized a
British subjects shall make the Declaration o
Renun citation before a United States Court o
Justice, or Diplomatic or Consular officer of thu
United States, vet it is necessary, to meet thu
requirements of the British Act of Parliament
that the Declaration shall also be made before
one of the British judicial, Diplomatic or Con
sular officers mentioned in the Sd Section.
No FEE will be levied for receiving these De
cfarations. ii. =. WALKER,
H. &. NJ. Consul for North and South Carolin
BRITISH CONSULATE,
CHARLESTON, December, 1915
Apply also to ALEX. SPRUET,
British Vice Consul,
Wilmington, n. q.
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