New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-03

competent authorities, aud make reques
III writing for the deserters, supporting
Dy an offlclal extract of the register of tn
vessel and the list of the crew, or by othe
ofhclal documents, TO show that the mel
whom they claim belong to said crew. Upo1
such request alone thus supported, AM
without the exaction of any oath from tn
Consuls, the deserters mot being citizens o
the country where the demand is mad
either at the time of their shipping or o
their arrival in the port shall be given u,
to the ConsGs. All aid and protection
shall be furnished them for the pursuit
seizure and arrest of the deserters, wht
sbal! be taken TO the prisons of the countr,
and there detained at the request and a
the expense of the COnsuls, until the sale
Consuls my find an opportunity Of sending
them away.
If however, such opportunity sheuld no
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 samt
cause.
In the absence Of an agreement 10 the
contrary between the owners, treighteTE
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
| C0nsuls General, Consuls, Vice COnsuIs and
| Consular Agents of the respective countries.
Ii, however, any inhabitant of the country.
or citizen or subject of a third power, shall
De interested III the matter, and the parties
can rot agree, the competent local authori-
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event of a vessel belonging to the
| pT1Tn ,al l., -
OF the two contracting parties being wreck
! ed, or cast on shbre, 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.
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
snail 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 and revlctuallng, or, if necessary, 10
the sale Of the vessel wrecked or east 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-
zens.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall remain in
force tor 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 undersi gned met this day in order to
effect the exchange of the Publications 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 under
signed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
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
;trued as meaning and intending real
estate
. That, according to the laws and the |
constitution of the United States, article
EN- applies not only to persons OF the male
lex but also co persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President Of the
'tlce of the Chancellor of the Empire, had
his concurrence with this declar-
.tion, the acts of ratification, found to be in
,ood and due form, were exchanged. and
he present protocol was in duplicate |
Xecuted.
f Is:..,. me t"%-.v-ninth of April, 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBn4UTEECK.
And whereas the said convention has
cen duly ratified on both parts and the
espective Publications of the same were
xchange at Berlin on the twentv-ninth
ay of April last
Now, therefore, be il known that /.
Ulysses s. Grant, President of the United
tates of America. have caused the said
and protocol TO be made public,
} 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
" hand, and caused the seal of the United
tates to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this first Z
ay Of June, in the year of our Lord one
lOusand eight hundred and seventy-twO, ,
I'D of the independence of the United
tates of America the ninety sixth.
u. 5. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION.
I THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. |.
Onyention between the limited States of | -.