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

competent authorities, and make q reo,o.,
IN writing Tor the deserters, supporti5s y
by an official extract OF the recisfoaHg It
vessel and the list of the crew or h. VI shs
0!icial documents, to show that ~ o'aet
whom they claim belong to said crevr ny II men
such req dest alone thus supportai opol
without the exaction of any oath fro,u and
COnsuls, the deserters mot being c;t;na . Ine
the country where the demand 10 o.
either at the time of their sbinn;n,, made
their arrival in the port shall be c;5o Vi Of
to the Consuls. All aid and n stea up
shall be furnished them for the n''ron
seizure and arrest of the deserterss iSG l
shall be taken to the prisons of the corn VINO
and there detained at the request anu
the expense of the Consuls, until the Nu "a. ~
Oonsnis my find an opportunity of senS IAN
them away.
If however, such opportunity should No,
present itself within the space ns ~ lot
months, counting from the day of thu .9fee
rest. the deserters shall be set at Iihs,asE''
and shall not again be arrested for the sassi
cause
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement - a.,
contrary between tho owners, freicbt".ee
and insurers. all damages suffered at sao T 10
the vessels OF the two countries. Wbatb:!!
they enter port voluntarily or are forceJH a
stress of weather, shall he settled bv ~,
Cunsuls General, COnsuls Vice ConsulS an9 9
Consular gents of the respeeti va conn tr sAa
If however, any inhabitant of the connt,.
OF citizen or subject of third power sbsn
be interested in the matter. and the partiaa
can not agree, the competent local autLnr;
tieS shall decide.
ARSICLE ava
IN Che event OF a vessel belNartnp to ~,
Government, or owned by citizen of ono
Of tho two contracting parties being wrecE
ed, or cast on shore, on the coast of tina
other, the local authorities shall inform thu
Consul General, Consul, Vice Consul .,
Consular Agent of the district of the occrr
renee, or if there be no such consnla,
agency, they shall inform the Consul Cen.
eral, Consul, Vice Consul, or Consular
Agent of the nearest district.
All proceedings relative to the salyaua
of American vessels wrecked or cast on
shore in the territorial waters of the Ger
man Empire shall take place in accordanrs
with the laws of Germany; and, recipro.
cally, all measures of salvage relative IA
German vessels wrecked or cast on shore in
the territorial waters of the United States
shall take place in accordance with tbs
laws of the United States.
countries to intervene only to superiutend
the proceedings having reference to the re.
pair and revictualing, or, if necessary. n
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 G
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 German
shall enjoy in the United States of America
and American citizens shall enjoy in Ger
many, the same protection as native cit
zense
ARTICLE XVIII
The present convention shalt 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 Be-.
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 10
renew this convention, it shall remain in
force one year longer, and so on, from year
TO year, until the expiration of q year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
t., Toit ,,1o fior
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 Cd Amesica and Ger
many.
Before proceeding 60 this act, the under-
signed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States Of
America declared-e
l. That irp accordance syith the instruc-
ton given him by his government, with the
advice and consent ot the Senate, the e1'
preston property" used in the English
text of articles TIRES and nine, is to be con
strued aa SuesSaing and intending "rea
estates
2. That. according &c the Jaws and the
consultation of the United States, article
ten applies not only to persons of the male
sex bat 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 ID
good and due form, we're exchanged, ana
the present protocol was in duplicate
executed.
Berlin, the tweuty-ninth of April, 1877.
GEORGE BANCROFT
DELBRUECK.
And whereas tho said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective Publications of the same Wer
exchange at Berlin on the twenty-nlnn
day of April last
New. therefore, be it known that !;
Ulysses s. Grant, President Of the unltea
States of America, have caused the saiu
convention and protocol to be made puonc,
TO the end that tho same, and every CLAUSE
and part thereof. may be observed and iuF
filled with good faith by the United States
and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof | have hereuntO ses
my hand, and caused the seal of the Unitea
States to be aft xed.
Done at the city of Washington this hrs.
thousand eight hundred and seventy-t"G
and OF the independence of the UnlV8u
States of America the ninety sixth.
U. S. GRANT
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.