New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-28

4 nc OuiAibI correspondence DEtNb6IA III
| two governments, that of each government
with its legation near the other, and Q
each legation with its government, shall b
| conveyed 70 its destination free of postag
| and with all the precautions which the tw,
governments may find necessary for its in
volatility and security.
| ARTICLE TX.
! When in one of the two countries thor
| is No legation of the other, the frankinl
| privilege of the vacant legation shall h
| transferred, in the terms stipulated in thu
| preceding article. to the respective consul
! ate or vice consulate at New York or Quay
| aquil.
ARTICLE Z.
Neither Post Department shall be re
| CURED to deliver any article received in the
| mails the circulation of which shall be pro
| hibited by the laws in force in che country
OF destination; and any article subject by
| the laws of either country to customs duty
or to C0nhsGatiOn shall, when received in
the mails from the other be treated in &C
e0rdance with the laws of the receiving
country.
ARTICLE xI.
The two Post Departments may, by mu-
tual agreement, provide for the transmits.
sion of registered articles in the mails ex-
changed between the two countries.
The register fee of each article shall be
ten cents in the United States and one
real IN Ecuador.
ARTICLE XII.
The two Post Departments shall settle,
by agreement between them, all measures
OF detail and arrangement required to carry
this convention into execution and may
modify the same in like manner, from slime
to time, as the exlgencies of the service may
require. Articles may also, by mutual con
sent, be amended, added, or suppressed,
according to the requirements of the ser
vice, without resembling or otherwise alter
ing or lmpairing any other of the articles of
this convention.
ARTICLE XIII.
This convention shall take effect from the
date of the exchange of ratifcationB, and
shall continue in force until annulied by
mutual consent, or until one year from the
date of notice given by one Of the two de-
partments to the other of its desire to ter
inmate the same.
ARTICLE XIV.
DOno in duplicate, at the city of Wash
ington, this ninth day of May, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seVenty-o one.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States.
ANTONIO FLORES.
l hereby approve the atoFegoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof / have
caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed,
Z. S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
WAsHINGToN, May 8, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
BIZ THE PRESIDENT OF THR UNITED srAFRs
OF AMERICA.
Convention between the United States and
the German Empire respecting Consule
and trademarks, signed December II,
1871; exchanged April q, 1872; proclaimed
June |, 1872
WHEREAS, A convention between
the United States of America and
the German Empire, relating to the
rights, privileges, immunities and
duties OF Consuls, and to the pro-
lection OF trademarks, was signed at Ber-
lin on the eleventh day of December, il
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
2nndred and sesYenty-one, by their respec-
i've plcnipotentaries;
And whereas q protocol thereto was signed |
BY the said plenipotentiaries on the twenty |
jlnth Jay of April last; which convention |
aud protocol, in the English and German |
anguages are, word for word, as follows:
The President of the United States Of |
america, and his majesty tho Emperor of |
5ernany King OF Prussia, in the name of
no German Empire, led by the wish to de-
inc the rights, privileges, immunities and |
lut1es OF the respective consular agents,
AVE agreed upon the conclusion of q con-
ular convention, and for that purpose have |
ppointed their plenipotentiaries, namely:
The President Of the United States of |
america, George Bancroft, Envoy Extra,
rdinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
be said States, near his majesty the Empe-
or OF Germany; his majesty the Emperor
I Germany, King of Prussia, Bernard
Aonig, his Privy Councillor of Legation.
mo have agreed to and signed the follow
lg articles:
ARTICLE I.
Each of the contracting parties agrees to
ec8ive from tQe other Consnla General, Con-
lis, Vice C0nsuls and Consular Agents. in all
q ports cities and places, except those
here 1T may not be convenient TO recognize
leh officers. This reservation, however, |
lall not apply to one of the contracting
artleS without also applying to every other
over.
ARTICLE r.
The ConEuls General, Consuis. Vice Con.
lis, or Consular Agents shall be reciprooally |
CelYed and recognized, on the presenta-
on OF their commissions, in the forms
tablshed in their respective countries
ne necessary exequatur for the exercise of
cir functions shall be furnished to them
ee OF charge, and, on the exhibition of
ls instrument, they shall be admitted at ;
ice, and without difficulty, by the terrific
II authorities, federal, State or communal,
dlclal or executive, of the ports. cities
ID places of their residence and district.
the enjoyment of the prerOgatives re. |
1rooally granted. The government that
FnlShes the exequatur reserves the right .
withdraw tho same on a statement of tho
1sons for which it has thought proper to
so. Q
ARTICLE III.
The respective Consuls General, Consuls. .
e-Con5nis, or Consular Agents, as we'll =
their chancellors and secretaries. shall Z
Joy in the two countries all privileges. :
emptions and immunities which have | ~
en- granted, or may in future be Z;
anted, to the agents of the same y
lk OF the most favored nation Consular ii
lcers, not being citizens of the country
lere they are accredited, shall enjoy, in
country of their residence, personal o.
munlty from arrest or imprisonment, ex- q
u IN the case OF sTlmes, exemption from OF
Itary billetings and contributions, from b.
litary service 81 every sort, and other OF
bic duties, and from all direct or por- Il
laI or SumptuarY taxes, duties and con ! p'
oationa, whether Federal, State, or nu- or
ipal. If, however, the said consular OFF, 81
8 are or become owners of property in n
country in which they reside, or engage pl
commerce, they shall be subject to tie oe
ne taxes and imp0sts, and to the same Oh
lsdlction, as citizens OF the country, e.
perty holders, CT merchants. But under "
circumstances shall their official income or
subject to any tax. Consular Ut3icers tn
0 engage in commerce shall not plead
il consular privileges to avoid their SD
lmercial liabilities Consular officers nf | eff