New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-28
PROTOCOL.

| DONE AT STOCKHOLM, MAY 20, 1869.
| The undersigned met to-day TO sign the
| convention agreed upon in conformity with
their respective full powers, relating to the
| citizenship of those persons who emf
! CRATE from the United States of America
| to Sweden and Norway, and from Sweden
| and Norway to the United States of Amer
| ioa; on which occasion the following OBJ
| servations, more exactly defining and ex-
| planning the contents of this convention,
were entered in the following protocols
| l. Relating to the first article of the con-
yentiOu.
| 1t is understood that if citizen of the
| United States of America has been dis
charged from his American citizenship, or,
| on the other side, if a Swede or a Nor
| wegian has been discharged from his Swed-
| ish or Norwegian citizenship, in the man
ner legally prescribed by the government
| Of his original country, and then in the
! other country in rightfnl and perfectly
| valid manner acquires citizenship, then an
additional FIVE years residence shall no
| longer be required; but person who has in
| that manner been recognized as a citizen of
| the other country shah, from the moment
thereof be held and treated as Swedish or
| Norwegian citizs n, and. reciprocally, as a
| citizen of the United States.
2. Relating to the second article of the
convention.
Ii former Swede or Norwegian, who,
| under the first article is b be- held az an
adopted citizen of the United States of
America, has emigrated after he has at
tanned the age when he becomes liable TO
military service. And returns again to his
original country, il is agreed that he re
mains liable to trial and punishment for
action punishable by the laws of his original
country and committed before his emigrs-
| tion, but not for the act of emigration it
self, unless thereby have been committed
any punishable action against Sweden or
Norway or against Swedish or Norwegian
citizen, such as nOn-fulfllment of military
service, or desertioD from the military
force or from ship, saving always the
limitation established by The laws OF
the original country, and any other
remission Of liability to punishment; and
THAT he can be held to fulfil, according to
the laws, his military service, or the remain
ing part thereof.
g. Relating to the third article Of the
convention
1t is further agreed that if a Swede or
Norwegian, who has become naturaltzed
citizen OF the United States, rehews his
residence in Sweden or Norway without the
intent to return to America. lie shall be held
by the government of the United States TO
have rcHounced his American citizenship.
The intent not to return to America may
be held to exist when the person 20 nat
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Sweden or Norway.
JOSEPH J. BARTLETT.
And whereas the said convention and
protocol as amended have been duly rati-
fed on both parts, and tue respective rati
fcatiGns of the same were exchanged at
Stockholm OF the fourteenth day of June,
in the wear one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, by G, G. Andrews, Min
lister Resident of the United States, and
Count e. Wachtmeister, Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs of his m iesty the King
of Sweden and Norway:
And whereas the Senate, by their TcFolu
ton OF the eighth instant 1.-TWO thirds OF the
Senators present cORcurrlngl. did advise
and consent TO the said exchange, notVlth-
standing said exchange WAS delayed beyond
the time appointed therefor, and resolved
that the said exchange may bs regarded as
valid rs if it had taken place within the
tirpe mentioned in the resolution of the
senate on the subject, of the ninth OF De
cenber, 1870:
Now, therefore, be it known that |,
Ulysses s Grant, President of the United
States OF America, have caused the said
convention aud protocol to be made publc,
IL the end that the same, and every clause
and article thereof, may b. observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof nave hertuUto set
M hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done as the city OF Washington this
twelfth nay Of January, m the ye#- of our
Lord one Thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two, aud of the independence OF
the United States of America the ninety
sixth
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary Of State.