New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08

competent authorities, and make request
in writing for the deserters, supporting il
by an official extract of the register OF the
vessel and the list of the crew, or by other
official documents, to show that the men
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 (not being citizens OF
the country where the demand Is made
either at the time of their shipping or OF
their arrival in the portl shall be given up
to the COnsuls. All aid and protection
shall be furnished them for the pursuit,
seizpre 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 day 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, freighters
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
sLTfbb Vi NtdIutEs eudIl Ut 6tLLitu ny IuS
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consut5 and
Consular Agents of the respective countries
If, however, any inhabitant of the country,
or citizen or subject of q third power, shall
be interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local authori
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of vessel belonging 10 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, OF
| Consular Agent of the district of the occur
| renee, or if there be no such consular
| agency, they shall inform the Consul Gen
| eral, 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, reeipro.
| 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 superintend
| the proceedings having reference to the re-
| phlE TbflCLutllnH, II hCtOotuAy W
| 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 doubt concerning the nation
atty of a 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 ratiti-
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 it's 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 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.
The undersi sned met this day in order to
tlax xyol1 o<1f In ~
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
Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America declared
|. 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-
strued as meaning and intending real
estate"
.. That, according to the laws and the
constitution of the United States, article
ten applies not only to persons of the male
sex but also co persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned. President of the
Office of the Chancellor OF the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this declar-
alton, the acts of ratification, found to be in
good and duo form, we're exchanged, and
the present protocol was Ii duplicate
executed.
Berlin, the twe1ty-ninth Of April, 1872.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective ratifcations of the same were
exchange at Berlin on the twenty ninth
day of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that l,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention and protocol to be made public,
to the end that the same, and every clause
and part thereof, may be observed and full
filled with good faith by the United States,
and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof l have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this first
day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,
and of the independence of the United
States of America the ninety sixth.
L. S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATIUN.