New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-10
4 PROCLAMATION.

4 PROCLAMATION
BE THB PRBsIDENr OF THE UEIrKD s1&fRs
OF AMERICA.
Convention and protocol between the United
States of America and Sweden and Nor
uralisation.-Signed May rs,
1869; ratified December IL, 1870; Elk
changed June IA, 1871; proclaimed Jsnu-
airy u, 1872.
WHEREAS, A conven ton and protocol be-
tween the United States Of America and his
Majesty the KING of Sweden and Norway
were concluded and signed by their respee-
tive plenipotentiaries, at the city OF
Stockholm, on the twenty-sixth day of May,
1869, which convention and protocol as
amended by the Senate of the United States,
and being in the English and Swedish
languages, are word for word as follows:
The President of the United States OF
America and his Majesty the King OF
Sweden and Norway, led by the wish to
regulate the citizenship of those persons
who enigrete from the United States OF
America to Sweden and Norway. and their
dependencies and territories, and from
Sweden and Norway to the United States
of America, have resolved to treat on this
subject and have for that purpose ap-
pointed Pienip0tentiaries to conclude CON
vention, that is to say: The President of the
United States Of America, Joseph j. Bart
lett, Minister Resident, and his Majesty the
King of Sweden and Norway, Count Charles
Wachi meister, Minister of State for Foreigu
Affairs; who have agreed to and signed the
following articles:
ARTICLE l.
Citizens of the United States OF America
who have resided in Sweden or Norway for
q continuous period of at least five years
and during such residence have become and
are lawfully recognized IA citizens of Nor
way or Sweden, shall be held by the gov
erpment of the United States 30 be Swedish
or Norwegian citlZens, aDa shall be treated
as such.
Reciprocally, citizens of Sweden or Nor
way who have resided in the United States OF
America for continuous period of at least
five years, and during such residence have
become nsturalized citizens of the United
Stats, shall be held by the government OF
Sweden and Norway to be American eiti-
gens, and shell DO treated 70 sasfl.
The declaration of an intention to become
citizen of the one or the GAher country has
not Tor either party the effect of csttSenship
legally acquired.
ABIfcI8 II.
A recognized citizen of the ono party, on
returning 70 the territory OF the other, re-
MAINS liable to trial and punishment TOR an
aH<OD punishable by the laws OF inf
original country and committed before 81 ts:'
emigration. but not for the RIrigrati0n itself
saving always the limitations established
by the laws of his original country and any
ether remission of liability 10 Punishment
ARTICLE I'LL
II :. oitizhn of tho one party, who has be
zoe q recognized citizen Of tho othtI
7 party, takes up his abode once more In BIZ
original country and applies to DO restored
to his former citizenship, the government
| of the last named country /. authorized u
| receive bin again as a citizen, on such con
hitions as tho said governments may th'nl
| proper.
| ARTICLE ".
| The convention for the mutual deliver,
| of criminals, fugitives from Justlee, In Ger
| tain cases, concluded between the onlte'
States on she One part, and Sweden AM
| Norway on the other part, the twenty mrs
| OF Marcil, 1860, remains in force wlthop
| change.
ARTICLRV.
| The present convention skoii 20 inso e1
feet Immediately on the exchange 81 ratif
| cations, and shall continue IN ioFas ior re
| Fears. If naithar PARTY sssG have give
;he other six tdoHtaE' previous notice .! Il
! intention the,i 30 terminate the eF2a,
| shall further remain n f0Taa uufl the "a
| II tweIye months after either OF tao COZ
tracing parties shall have gwen notsee
the other of such intention
| ARTICLE VI
! I'Ns n~esens ssnysntSoa se1aA be hsxs8e