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

competent authorities, aud make request
ID writing for the deserters, supporting it
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 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 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 Consnls, 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 au agreement to the
contrary between tho owners, treighters
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
Consuls General, COnsuls Vice CoDsuIs and
Consular Agents of the respective countries.
If, however, any inhabtant of the country,
or citizen or subject of a third power, shall
be interested i'll the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local authori-
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
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 Gen
eral, Consul, Vice Consul, or Consular
Agent of the nearest district. &C.
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 superintend
the proceedings having reference to the re-
pan ICNiCtudilliS, IL necessary, 10
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 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-
Zcns.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present. convention shall remain in
force for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the ratif-
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 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 undersigned met this day in order to
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
PlcnipOtentiary ofr 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 |
ext of articles three and nine, is to be con |
'trued as meaning and intending "real |
estate"
. That, according to the laws and the |
Of the United States, article |
en applies not only to persons of the male |
ex but also co persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President of the |
,ffice of the Chancellor of the Empire, had |
expressed MS concurrence Win GnlS ueclaf- |
Ltion, the acts of ratification, found to be in |
rood and due form, were exchanged, and |
he present protocol was in duplicate |
xecuted.
Berlin, the twenty ninth of April, 1872.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has |
'een duly ratified on both parts, and the
espective notifications of the same were
xchange at Berlin on the twenty-ninth
lay of April last
Now, therefore, be it known that l,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
states of America, have caused the said
invention and protocol TO be made public,
0 the end that the same, and every clause
nd part thereof, may be observed and full
He'd with good faith by the United States,
nd the citizens thereof
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
nv hand. and caused the seal OF the United
tates to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this first
ay of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seyenty-two,
nd OF the independence of the United
tates of America tue ninety-sixtf.
U. s. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
4 PROCLAMATION,