Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-18
oFFlolAL.
LAWS o. THR UNlTTKD STATES

OFFICIAL.
LAWS Or TRR UNTTKD sTATEs
ooNyRETIoN AND PROTOCOL
BETWEEN eng
.a, ,purrp STATES OF hMHRIoA AND
The SWEDEN AND EoRWAY
NATURALIZATION
signed May 70 1897 5yasa DscsmseI A. 1910;
ExchaaSed June a. ISL; Proclaimed January H.
lsT2.
m. IA rysst6sat Of tie ,Untted statss Of Amatcz.
.Fr A PROCLAMATION.
ooEoLUDED.
whereas q convention for the extradltion OF crim-
Va bstween the Unit States of America aad the
ii,nnnhlla of Nicaragua was concluded and signed nt
Managna by their respective PlenipOtentlarles, on
~ tssentysdfth day Of June, 1870; which conYen-
1 ,Iop being ia the English language, az follows;
.,--. PROTOCOL
DONE AT STOCKHOLM, May 90, 1869
The undersigned met to-day TO sign the conven-
,,an agreed upon 10 conformity with their rtspec-
nss ,sdus 1 who emisiate from the United states Of
america 10 sweden and Norway and from Sweden
and Norway to the United 5tates OF America; on
rhch occasion the following observations more ex-
scty defining and explaining the contents of this
Convention were entered In the following protocol:
Relating 10 tue first article OF the convention
/; IL understood that II citizen OF the United
states OF America has been discharged from his
American citizenship, or, on the other side, II q
swede or q Norwegian has been discharged from his
swedish or Norwegian citizenship, In the manner
legally prescribed by the government OF his original
dnntry and then Ia the other country in rightrul
SDd psrfeotly valid manner acquires ctiEenship
ihsn an additional ave years. residence shall no
longer be required; but person who has In that
manner been recognized as q citizen OF the other
country shall, from the moment thereof be held
and treated AZ q Wedish or Norwegian Citizen,
and, rsoiprscaly. as citizen OF the United
il. Relating to the second article Of the conven-
il former swede or Norwegian, WHO under the
first article is to be held adopted Citizen Of the
United States OF America, has emigrated after he
has attained the age when he becomes liable TO mil
tary Bery'cs, and returns again to his original
country, 1t Is agreed that he remain habe g. trial
and punishment for action punishable BY the laws
Of his original country and commit ted before his
emigration itself, unless thereby have been commit
ted any punishable action against Sweden and Nor
way, Q, nSs sln, %, ~ a,,, ~ a ~ as
tpn from the military force or from ehip, saving
always the Limitation established by the laws OF the
lginal country, and any other remission OF liabi
ty to punishment; and that he can be held TO fulnl
according 70 tue Laws his military service, or the
i'll Relating to the third article to the conven-
1t is further agreed that II swede or Norwegian.
who has become a nRturalized citizen OF the United
States renewB his residence In sweden or Norway
without tho intent 10 return TO America he shall be
held by the governmental OF the United statesto have
renounced his Americrn citlzenahfp
The intent not to return TO America may be held
to exit when the person so naturai1z ID resides
more than two years In sweden or Norway
SEAL JOSEPH BARTLETT
And whereas the said convention and protocol as
amended have been duly ratified on both parts, ana
the respective Publications OF the same were ex-
changed az Stockholm on the fourteenth day OF
June, In the year one thousand eight hundred and
seVenty-0ne, by @ Andrews, Minister Resident OF
the United States the Count Wachtmeister, Min
ster Of stats for Foreign Aairs of His Majesty the
King OF sweden and Norway
And whereas the Sanate, by their resolution OF
the eighth instant, (tw0 third OF the Senr0rs pres
ent cOncuTing) did advise and consent 10 the said
exchange, Notwithstanding said exchange was de-
aytd beyond the time appointed therefor, and re-
solved that the said exchange may be regarded as
valid aalf It had taken place within the time men,
toned In the resolution OF the Senate ON the suO-
lect Ofthe oh of December, 1870:
NOW, therefore, be It kkown that !. ULYssEs 8.
GRANT, President OF the United States Of America,
have caused the said convention TO be made public
10 the end that the same, and every clause aud ar
tcle thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the citiz sns
thereof ..r
In witness whereof have nereunto set my
haEd and caused the seal Of the United States to be
anlxed
Done at the city OF Washington this 18th day Of
January. In the year Of our Lord one
lSEALl thousand eight hundred and seventy-twO,
and OF the Independence of the Unlteu
States OF America the ninety sixth
...H U. 8. GRANT.
By the President;
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary Of State.