New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-13
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION.


BIB aHE VREsIDENy OF THE UNITED STATES
or AAIERTCA.
Convention and protocol between the United
States Of America and Sweden and Nor
alization.-Signed May %,
1869; ratified December II, 1870: Elk
changed June 81, 1871; proclaimed Janu-
airy ~, 1872
WHEREAS, A convention and protocol be-
tween the United States o. America and his
Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway
were concluded and signed by their respec-
tive plenipOtentiarieR, at the city of
Stockholm, on the tWenty-sixth day of May,
1869, which convention aud protocol as
amended by the Senate of the United States,
and being in the English and Swedish
| languages, are word for word as follows:
The President of the United States of
| America and his Majesty the King OF
Sweden and Norway, led by the wish to
regulate the citizenship of those persons
who emigrate from the United States of
America to Sweden and Norway, and their
| dependencies and territories, and from
| Sweden and Norway to the United States
| of America, have resolved to treat on this
subject, and have for that purpose ap-
| pointed PlenipOtcntiaries to conclude con-
vention, that is to say: The President of the
United States of America, Joseph J. Bart
| lett, Minister Resident, and his Majesty the
King OF Sweden and Norway, Count Charles
/! Wachtmeister, Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs; who have agreed to and signed the
| following articles:
ARTICLE |.
Citizens of the United States of America
who have resided in Sweden or Norway for
q continuous period of at least five wears,
and during such residence have become and
are lawfully recognized as citizens of Nor
way or Sweden, shall be held by the gov
eminent of the United States to be Swedish
OF Norwegian citizens, and shall be treated
as such.
Reciprocally, citizens of Sweden or Nor
way who have resided in the United States of
America for a continuous period of at least
five years, and during such residence have
become naturalized citizens of the United
States, shall be held by the government Of
Sweden and Norway to be American citi-
zens, and shall be treated as such.
The declaration of an intention to become
a citizen of the one or the other country has
not for either party the effect Of citizenship
legally acquired.
F.. ARTICLE r.
4 recognized citizen of the one party, oa
returning to the territory OF the other, re-
mains liable to trial and punishment for an
action punishable by the laws of his
original country and committed before his
emigration, but not tor the emigration ltSelt,
saving always the limitations established
by the laws Of his original country and any
other remission of liability TO punishment.
ARTICLE III.
II citizen of the one party. who has be-
come a recognized citizen OF the other
party, takes up his abode once more in his
original country and applies to be restored
to his former citizenship, the government
of the last named country is authorized to
receive him again as a citizen, on such con-
ditions as the said government may think
proper.
ARTICLE f9.
The convention for the mutual delivery
of criminals, fugitives from justice, in GER
tain cases, concluded between the United
States on the one part, and Sweden and
Norway on the other part the twentS-tirst |
OF March, 1850. remains in force without |
change.
ARTTCLRY "
The present convention shalt 20 into e. ]
feet Immediately on the exchange Of rauti- |
cations, and shall continue in force TOR ten !
years Ii neither PARTY shall have given /!
the. other six months previous notice Of its I
then TO terminate the sane. IL !
shall further remain in force until this end |
ef twelve months after either of the con |
tracing parties shall have given notice TO |
the other OF such intentions
RRTICLR %t.
Abe present cQgvegtiQn shalt be sasiied |