New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-20

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IN writing for the deserters, supporting 4
by an official extract OF the register of the
vessel and the list of the crew. or by otbar
official documents, to show that the mon
whom they claim belong to said crew Upon
such request alone thus supported, and
without the exactiOn of any oath from the
Consuls. the deserters mot being citizens Of
the country where the demand is made
either at the time of their shipping or of
their arrival in the port shall be given IN
to the COnsuls. All aid and protection
shall be furnished them for the pursuit.
seizure and arrest of the deserters, who
shall be taken to the prisons of the country
and there detained at the request and at
the expense of the Consuls, until the said
Consuls my find an opportunity Of sending
them away.
If however, such opportunity should not
present itself within the space of three
| months. counting from the dav of the ar
rest. the deserters shall be set at liberty.
| and shall not again be arrested for the same
| cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement to the
| contrary between the owners freipbrers
and insurers, all damages suffered at Sea hv
| the vessels of the two countries, whether
| they enter port voluntarily or are forced Nv
stress of weather, shall be settled by the
| Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and
| Consular Agents of the respective countries
If, however, any inhabitant of the country
| or citizen or subject of third power, shall
| be Interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local antborj-
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE WI
In the event Of vessel belonging to the
Government, or owned by citizen of one
of the two contracting parties being wreck
ed, or cast on shore. on the coast OF the
other, the local authorities shall inform the
Consul General, Consul, Vice Consul, or
Consular Agent OF the district Of the occur
renee, or If there be no such consular
agency, they shall inform the Consul Cen
era!, Consul, Vice Consul, or Consular
Agent Of-the nearest district
All proceedings relative to the salvage
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 to
German vessels wrecked or cast on shore in
the territorial waters of the United States
shall take place in accordance with the
laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have in both
countries to intervene only to superint@nd
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 except such
as IN similar cases are paid by vessels of
the nation
In case of a doubt concerning the nation
atty of a shipwrecked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the diree-
ton OF the proceedings provided for in thi9
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 ratia-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Ber-
lin within the period of six months
In 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 one year longer, and so on from year
to year, until the expiration of a year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
In faith whereof the Observation-Disclosures
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh OF December, 1871
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The Undersigned met this day IN order to
effect the exchange Of the ratifcati0ns of
the Consular Convention, signed cl 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
pIenlpotentiary OF the United States Gs5
America declared
|. That in accordance with the inztrue-
ion given him by bis governments with the
advice and consent Of the Senate, the ez-
PRESTON property" used in the dtnglish
ext Of articles three and nine. is to be8or-
trued as meaning and 9inteudins zeal
state"
9. That according to the laws and tie
constitution Of the United States article
IN applies not only to persons of the male
ex but also co persons of the female sex
After the undersigned, President of the
ttlce OF the Chancellor of the Empire. had
XpreEsed his concurrence with this deCIar-
tIon, the acts Of ratification, found 10 be "a
God and due form, we're exchanged ana
ne present protocol was in duplicate
xecuted.
Berlin, the tWentE-ninth of April. 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT
DELBRUECK
And SShereas the said convention he
cen daily ratified on both parts. and tls,
espective Publications Of tie same wei4
Tchange at Berlin en- the twtuty-ni19i
ay of April last
Now, therefore, be lie known that g
Iy8ses 5. Grant, President of the United
tates of America, have caused the sa:S
and protocol to be made public
the end that the same, and every clause
nd part thereof, may be observed and tuI
He'd with good faith by the United STATS,
nd the citizens thereof
In witness whereof | have hrraunpo 60
y band and caused the seal vi the S-tStri
ates to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this ~
~ OF June, in the year of our Lord rSa4
ousand eight hundred and sevenrv-1vo.
nd OF the independence of the United
.ates of Ans erica the ninetv-sixth.
O.. ). GRANT
By the President;
HAMILTON FISH Secretary of State
al PROCLAMATION
[ TIVE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATIC
"OF AMERICA.
onvcntion between the United States Of
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