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


in writing for the deserters, supporting is
| 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 exRction 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 tho portI shall be given up
| 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 nay find an opportunity of sending
| them away.
| If however, each opportunity should not
| present itself within the space OF three
| months, counting from the day of the az
| rest the deserters shall be set at liberty,
| and shall not again be arrested for the sane
| cause.
| In the absence of an agreement 90 the
| contrary between the owners, freightsrs
| and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
| the vessels of the two countries, whether
! they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
| stress of weather, shall be settled by the
| Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuis and
| Consular Agents of the respective countries.
| If, however, any inhabitant OF the country,
or citizen or subject of a third power, shah
| be interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree the competent local authOri-
| ties shall decide.
! ARTICLE XVI.
| In the erent of d 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 cOa& of ths
| 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
| agencv. 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, recipre-
| cally, all measures of salvage relative %
| German vessels wrecked or east on shore IN
| the territorial waters of the United States
| shan take place in accordance with the
laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have In both
| countries tn intervene only to supertntend
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 DO made except saoh
IS in similar cases are paid by vessels 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 IN this
| article.
All merchandise and goods not destined
! for consumption in the country where tbs
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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 eteA
! zens.
ARTICLE XVIII.
| The present convention shall remain IN
| force for the space of ten years oosnting
| 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, ntil the expiration of year from
! the day on which one of the parties shall
| have given such notice.
In faith whereof the plenipOtentiariss
| have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh of December 1871.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undersi gned met this day in order to
| effect the exchange of the notifications of
| 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 umder-
! signed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
| PlenipOtentiary of the United States az
| America declared
|. That III accordance with The inRtrrIc-
| ton given him by his government, with the
| advice and consent of the Senate, the OK
| preston property" used in the English
| text of articles three and nine, Is to be CON
strued as meaning and intending "real
| estate"
| 2. That, according to the laws and the
! constitution of the United States, article
| ten applies not only to persons Of the male
| eek but also 60 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 ia
| good and due form, were exchanged, and
| the present protocol was In duplicate
| executed.
! Berlin, the twenty ninth of April, 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT.
| DELBRUECK.
| And whereas the said convent eno has
| been duly ratified on both parts, and tl,e
| respective notifications of the same we're
exchange at Berlin on the twenty ninth
day of April last
Now, therefore, DO It known that 1,
| Ulysses s. Grant, President of the United
| States Of America, have caused the said
convention and protocol to be made public,
| to the end tbNt the same, and every clause
| and part thereof. may be observed and ful-
| filled with good faith by the United States,
| and the citizens thereof
| In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set
| my hand and caused the seal Of the United
| States to be affixed.
| Done at the city of Washington ths 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.
u. S. GRANT.
| By the President:
| HAMILTON FISH. Secretary OF State
| A PROCLAMATION.
| BIZ THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
|