New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30
OFFICI A l..
TREATIES AND PR0CLAMATIONs'
4 PROCLAMATION.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Or
AMERICA.
Supplemented Convention between the
limited States and Great Britain. concern
my the Remuneration of Naturalization III
certain Cases. Signed February IS, iSfl:
Ratified March a, 1871 Ratlilcations eA-
changed Nav j. 1871 Proclaimed May ,,
1871.
WHEREAS a convention supplemental to
the convention of May ID, 1870, between the
United States oil America and Her Majesty
the Queen OF the United Kingdom OF
Great Britain and Ireland. concerning
naturalization, was concluded and signed
at Washington by their respective pleuic
potentialies. on the twenty-third day OF
February. 1871, which supplemental CON
yention Is word for word az follows:
Whereas BY the second article OF the
convention between the United States of
America and her Majesty the Queen of the
United kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire
land. for regulating the citizenship OF cltl-
zens and subjects of the contracting parties
who have eniigrated, or may emlgrate, from
the dominons of the one to those of the
other party. signed at London on the thlr-
tenth OF Nav, 1879, it was stipulated that
the manner in which the remuneration by
such citizens and suhjrcts Of their natural
ization, and the resumption OF their native
allegiance NAV he made and publicly de-
clared, should DE agreed upon by the gov
ernments of the respective countries, TIE
President OF the United States OF America
and her Majesty the Queen OF the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland, tor
the purpose OF e1iecting such agreement,
have resolved to conclude supplemental
convention. and have named as their plen-
ipotentiaries, that is to say, the President
Of the United States of America, Hamilton
Fish. SECRETARY Of State. and her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton,
Knight Commander of the most honorable
Order of the Bath. and her envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to the
| United States OF America. who have agreed
| as follows:
AnySperson. being originally a citizen
of the United States who had pre-
viously to May Is, 1870, been naturalized as
a British subject. may, at any time before
August TO- 1872, and any British subject
who, at the date first aforesaid, had been
naturaized as d citizen within the United
States, may, at any time before May l.,
1872, publicly declare his remuneration OF
such naturalization by subscribing an in
strlmeut in writing. substantially In the
form hereunto appended, and designated as
| annex a.
Such Remuneration, by an original citizen
| of the United States. OF British Nationality,
| shall within the territories and Jurisdictions
| Of the United States. be made III duplicate.
| in the presence Of any court authorized by
| law for the time being to admit Aliens to
| naturalization. or before the clerk or pre-
| thonotary of any such court; II the declar-
| ant be beyond the territories OF the United
| States, it shall he made in duplicate, Geiole
| anv Giplomatic or consular officer of the
United States. One of such duplicates
shall remain Of record n the Gus
| toly of tie court or officer IL whose
| presence it was made; the other shan ue,
| without DELAY transmitted to the Depart
ment of State.
Such remuneration, if declared by an
original British suuect. of his acquired ma
| tonality as citizen of the United States.
shall if the declarant be in the lnNed
| Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be
made in duplicate, in the presence OF a
| justice of the peace; if elsewhere III Her
Britannia Majestys dominions, III tripilcate,
in the presence OF any judge OF CIV! or
| criminal jurisdiction. of any justice OF tie
peace, or Of any other officer for the time
| being authorized by law, in fine place IN
| which the decarant is, TO administer al
oath for any judicial OF other legal purpose
if out OF Her Majesty's dominions. in tripll-
cate in the presence OF airy officer IN the
diplomatic or consular service OF Her
| Majesty.
| ARTICLE II.
The contracting parties hereby engage 70
| communicate each 70 the other. from time
to time. lists Of the persons who. within
their respective doininicns and territories,
o. before their diplomatic and consular
officers. have declared their remuneration
of naturalization. with the dates and places
| of making such declarations, and such III
formation as to the abode of the declarants
and the tines and places of their natural
zation, as they may have furnished.
ARTICLE III.
The present convention shall De ratified
bv the President OF the United States. by
and with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate thereof and by Her Britannia Mai
esty, and the Publications shall be ex
| changed at Washington as soon "a may be
| convenient.
In witness whereof tie respective pleni
potentiaries have signed the same, anG
| have affixed thereto their respective seals
Done at Washington the twenty thIE,
dav Of February, IN the year OF our Lore
one thousand i3ht hundred and seventy
| one.
HAMILTON FISH.
EDW'D THORNTON.
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