New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-14

compatent authorities, and make a request
in writing for the deserters, supporting it
nv 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
switbout the exaeti0n of any oath from the
Consuls, the deserters mot being citizens OF
the country where the demand ID 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 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 Ky
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
thew enter port voluntarily or are forced by
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice COnsuls and
Consular Agents of the respective countries.
If. however, any inhabitant of the country,
or citizen or subject of third power shall
be interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree, the competent local author
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of a 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 ii 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 Ser
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-
pair anu feFlCLudliUSg Or IL utCc5SGIJS 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
ality of q shipwrecked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direc-
ton of the proceedings provided for in this
article.
ALI 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 20 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 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 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 penipotentiaries
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh of December, 1871.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undersigned met this day in order to
hoo - .,E
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 tho 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 70 the flaws and the
constitution OF the United States, article
ten applies not only to persons of the male
sex but also 20 persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President of the
Office of the Chancellor of the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this deciar-
alton, the acts of ratification, found to be in
good and duo 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 convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
Publications of the same were
exchange at Berlin on the twenty ninth
day of April last
Now, therefore, 6e is known that |.
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
hlled with good faith by the United States,
and the citizens thereof
In Witness whereof | have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington shis 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.
!. S. GRANT.
Ky tNe President:
HAMILTON E!sI9. Secretary s,S STATE.
8 PROCLAMATION.
BS SES president OF THE 6NSrEIe ATsrEs
OF AMERICA.
Conventions Between the United States Of
America and the Austrs-Hungarian Mon.
Srchys Naturalization. Signed Septem-
Ger 20s 1870; ratified March u, 1871; rat.
tcations exchanged JulS 30 1871; pro
claimed August |, 1871.
WHEREAS