New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-11

in writing for the deserters, supporting =
by an official extract OF the register of Az
vessel ard the list of the crew, or BY oShe,
official documents, to show that the me-,
whom they claim belong to said crew. I'M,
such request alone thus supported, and
without the exaction of any oath from thu
Consgls, the deserters mot being citizens a.
the country where the demand ia na6A
either at the time of their shipping or ~
their arrival in the poEtI shall be given N,
to the Consuls. All aid and proteetjos
shall be furnished them for the pursu;t
seaure and arrest of the deserters, wbo
shall be taken to the prisons of the oountrr
aud there detained at the request and ~
the expense of the Consuls, until the saiS
Consuis my find an opportunity of sendiny
them away.
If however. suoh opportunity sheaId ne,
presen 40 Aself within the space of thru
months, counting from the day of the an,
rest. the deeerters shall be set at libertv
and shall not again be arrested for the sans
cause.
ARTICLE xv
In the absence of an agreement To tina
contrary between the owners, freiphtsra
Bnd insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whethe,
they enter port voluntarily or are forced h,
stress of weather, shall be settled by tho
CoRsuls General. Consals, Vice Consuls and
Consular Agents of the respective countries
If, however, any inhsbitant of the oountry
or citizen or subject of third power. shah
be interested IN the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local authsrs
tea shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event OF vessel belonging to thu
Government, or owned by d citizen Of one
of the two contracting parties being wreshp
ed, or cast on shore, on the coast of the
other, the local authorities shall inform tbs
Consul General, Consul, Vice Consul o,
Consular Agent of the district of the occur
renee, or if there be no such consulaw
agency, they shall inform the Consul Gen
erai, Consul, Wee Consul, or Conesl,as
Agent of the nearest district
All proceedings relative to the safvaSs
Of American vessels wrecked or esst on
shore In the territorial waters of the Ger-
man Empire shall take place in accordance
with the laws OF Germany; and, reoiprs.
eally, all measures of salvage relative n
German vessels wrecked or cast on shore liz
the territorial waters of the United States
shall take place IN accordance with tho
laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have in boa
countries ~ intervene only to supeEinsenS
the proceedings having reference TO the re-
pair and revietualing, or, ii necessary, 10
the sale of the vessel wrecked OF cast On
shore.
FOR the Intervention of the local author
tiles no charges shall be made except saci
as in similar eases ARE paid by vessela Of
the nation.
In case of doubt concerning the nation,
atty of shipwreeked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direc,
ton Of the proceedings provided for Ia sais
article.
All merebaudise and goods not destined
for consumption in the country where the
wreck takes place shall be free Of all dusSes.
ARTICLE XVII
With regard 30 the marks or labels Of
goOda, or of their packages. and also with
regard to patterns and marks of nanufas-
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 sjal
Gems.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall remain IN
force for the spaee of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the ratiH
cations, which shall be exchanged an Beg
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 Be-
renew this convention, it shall remain in
to year, until the expiration of year FROM
the day on which one of the parties shas
have given such notice.
In faith whereof the pleni pOte1tlaFlss
have signed and sealed this convention
Berlin, the eleventh OF December, 1871
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undersigned met this day in order to
eEect the exchange of the ratifcations @,
the Consular Convention, signed On the
eleventh day of Deoen Der, 1871, between
tho UHited States of America and Ger
many.
Before proceeding 10 this act, the under
Aligned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
PlenipOtentiary of the United States CT
America declared
/. That in accordance with the inaRNe-
tion given aim by his government, With The
advice and consent of the Senate, the ex-
precision property" used in the English
text ef articles three and nine, is to DE CON
st-Ued 90 meaning and intending real
=. That, according TO the laws and tho
Of the United States, artistic
ten apPlies not only to persons of the Ea5e
Eek but alec 10 persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President Of Tie
office of the Chancellor Of the Empire, leS
his concurrence with this dectar-
alton, the acts of ratification, found to be ir
good and due form, were exchange and
the present protocol was in duplicate
executed.
Berlin, the iwenty ninth of April, 1877
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
ratifsatiOns of the same were
exchange at Berlin on the twenty ninth
day of April last
Now, therefore, be il known THAI ],
Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the UniteS
States of America, have caused the said
and protocol to be made public.
% the end that the came, and every clause
and part thereof. may be observed and ful-
iiled with good faith by the United STATES,
and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof | have hereuntO aFf
ny hand, and oansed the seal of the Uoite9
states to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this FIRST
lay OF june, in the year of our Lord ose
thousand eight hundred and seventy svo.
md OF the independence of the Unitss
Ststes Of America the ninety sixth.
U. s. GRAFT
BY tho President:
HAMILTON Fish. Secretary Of State
A pPDCJ NATHAN