New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-24

| competent authorities, and make request
id writing for the deserters, supporting ii
| by 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
| without the exactlon of any oath from the
| Consuls, the deserters mot being citizens OF
| the country where the demand is 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 aud 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 de5erters shall be set at liberty.
and shall not again be arrested tor the same
| cause.
In the absence of an agreement to the
contrary between the owners, freighters
| and insurers all damages suffered at sea hy
| the vessels of the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
stress of weather, shall be settled by the
| Consus General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and
| Consular Agents of the respective countries
| Ii, however, any inhabitant of the country.
or citizen or subject of a third power, shall
| be Interested IN the matter, and the parties
can not agree. the competent local authOri-
ties shall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event OF vessel belonging to the
Government, or owned by citizen OF one
OF tho 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 if there be no such consular
agency, they shall inform the Consul Cen
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
shall take place in accordance with the
laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have IL both
countries to intervene only to superntend
the proceedings having reference 20 The re-
pair and revictuallng, or, il necess ary. 10
shore.
For the intervention of Che local author
tiles no charges shall be made except such
as IN similar cases are paid by vessels of
the nation.
In case of a doubt concerning the nation
ality of a shipwrecked vessel. the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direc-
ton of the proceedings provided for in thi.
article. 49,
All merchandise and goods noe destined
for consumption in the country where the
wreck takes place shall be free Of all duties
ARTICLE svII.
With regard 10 the marks or labels or
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 enos in Ger
many. the same protection az 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 ratiti-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Der.
lin within the period of six months.
In case neither party gives notice, twelve
mouths before the expiration of the said
period OF ten years, OF its intention NOT to
renew this convention, il shall remain in
force one year longer, and so on, from yeai
to year. until the expiration of a year from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
in faith whereof the pieniporentiaries
have signed and sealed this convention.
Berlin, the eleventh of December, 1871
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undeTsis ns6 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 % this act, che under.
signed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the United States OF
America declared
I. That in accordance with che inssruc-
ton given him by his government. with the |
advice and consent OF the Senate, the .x-
preston "property," used in the English !
text of articles three and nine, is TO be con- |
strued az meaning and intending ''geaI |
estate" |
2. That, according 20 the laws and The |
constitution of the United States, article |
ten applies not only to persons of the male !
sex but also co 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 in /
Soo3 duu we're 6XCndDReu, ana
the present protocol was in duplicate |
executed.
Berlin, the swehty-flinfh OF April, 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT. I
DELBRUECK. I
And whereas the said convention pa. !
been duly ratified on both parts, and thu H
respective Publications Of the same were /
at Berlin ON the twenty ninth I
day of April LAST
Now, therefore. be is known that I 1
Ulysses s. Grant. President of the United /
States of America. have caused the said |
and protocol to be made public.
to the end that the same. and every clapae
and part thereof. may be observed and tul-
filed with good faith by the United States
and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof / have hereunto get
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this first
lay Of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two
md OF the independence of the United
States OF America the ninety sixth
GRANT |