New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

7 in writing tor the deserters, support;naaaes
| by an official extract of the regisfar. alg "a
: vessel and the list OF the crew, or bv o.t 10
r official documents, to show that Il II otle
whom they claim belong to said crew VI me aea
such request alone thus supported opOl
without the exaction OF any oath frnn, a9 Io
Consuls, the deserters mot being cifi1 a, Iae
, the country where the demand is I us q
either at the time of their shipping ' Iuaae
their arrival in the port shall be pi T " q
to the Consuls All aid and Up
shall. be furnished them for the nnrsl!a
, seizure and arrest of the deserters S NY
shall be taken to the prisons of the cow VINO
aud there, detained at the request anu
the expense of the Consuls, until the ~ ~ ~
Consuls my find an opportunity of send FaiU
them away.
If however, such opportunity sbopIa =.
present itself within the space Of tl lOt
months, counting from the day of tb ,atee
rest. the deserters shall be set at liba.sSIE
and shall not again be arrested for the say,
cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement toa
contrary between the owners, freigbtsoaa00
and insurers, all damages suffered at SETS
the vessels of the two countries, wbetbg Z
they enter port voluntarily or are force5S
stress of weather, shall be settled bv ~
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice ConsnIsS a ra5
/ Consular Agents of the respective connt.;uNu
| If, however any inhabitant of the eonntnT
or citizen or subject of third power sSaS{i
be interested in the matter, and the na 1@al
can not agree, the competent local author
ties shall decide
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of vessel belonging fl 4,
Government, or owned by citizen Of o ,no
of the two contracting parties being wracE
ed, or cast on shore, on the coast Of ia
other, the local authorities shall inform tLo
Consul General. Consul, Vice Consul oD
Consular Agent of the district of the occnr
renee, or if there be no such cOnsniar
agency, they shall inform the Consul Ca
eral, Consul, Vice Consul, or Consular
Agent of the nearest district
All proceedings relative to the salvaco
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 IA
| German vessels wrecked or cast on shorein
the territorial waters of the United States
shall take place in accordance with thu
| laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have in botb
| countries to intervene only to superintend
| the proceedings having reference to the re.
pair and revictualing, or, if necessary. to
the sale of the vessel wrecked or cast on
shore.
For the Intervention of the local author
tiles no charges shall be made exeept such
as in similar cases are paid by vessels Of
the nation.
In case of doubt concerning the nation
atty of shipwrecked 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 manufac.
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 for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the ratif-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Ber-
lin within the period of six months
Ia 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 enc year longer, and so on, from year
to year, until the expiration of year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries
have signed and sealed this convention
Berlin, the eleventh of December 1871.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
ihP 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
Piempotentiary 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-
5trued as meaning and intending "real
estate"
2. That, according to the laws and the
OF the United States.S article
EN- applies not only to persons of the male
sex out also co persons of the female sex
e After the undersigned, President of the
'tiice of the Chancellor of the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this declar-
Ltlon, the acts of ratification, found to be in
;ood and due form, were exchanged, and
ne present protocol was in duplicate
Xocuted
Berlin, the twenty-ninth of April. 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has
cen duly ratified on both parts and the
notifications of the same were
at Berlin on the twenty ninth
ay of April last
Now. therefore hp II Lypov1u +I,n+