New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-10
PROTOCOL.

DoEs Ar STOCKHOLM, MAY S6, 1853.
The undersigned met to-day to sign the
| convention agreed upon in conformity with
4 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
| iea; On which occasion the following OBJ
| servattons, more exactly defining and ex-
| planning the contents of this convention,
were entered in the following protocol:
| l. Relating to the first article Of the con-
| vention.
| IL is understood that if citizen of the
| United States of America has been dis
! charged from bis American citizenship, or
on the other side, if Swede or a Nor
| wegian has been discharged from his Swed-
| ish OF Norwegian citizenship, in the man
ner legally prescribed by the government
| of his original country, and then in the
other country in rightful and perfectly
| valid manner acquires citizenship, then an
| additional FIVE years residence shall no
longer be required; but a person who has in
that manner been recognized as a citizen of
| the other country shall, from the moment
thereof, be held and treated as Swedish Or
| Norwegian citistn, and. reciprOcally, as a
1 citizen of the United States
| g Relating to the second article of the
| convention.
If fermer Swede or Norwegian, who,
nnder the first article, is to be held as 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, it is agreed that he re
| mains liable to trial and punishment for an
action punishable by the laws of his original
country and committed before his emigra-
ton, 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 rs -fulfillment of military
service, or desertiOn 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
| iAg part thereof.
! g. Relating to the third article Of the
| convention.
| 1t is further agreed that if Swede or
| Norwegian, who has become a naturaliZed
| citizen of the United States, renews his
residence in Sweden or Norway without the
| intent to return to America. he shall be held
| by the government OF the United States to
| have reaounced his American citizenship.
The intent not to return to America may
| be held to exist when the person so nat
uralized resides more than tive years in
| Sweden or Norway.
JOSEPH J. BARTLETT.
| And whereas the said convention and
| protocol as amended have been duly rati-
| fed on both parts, and the respective rati-
| fieations Of the same were exchanged at
| Stockholm on the fourteenth day of June,
| in the year one thousand eight hundred
| and sevensy-0ne, by G.. G.. Andrews, Min
| istar Rnaidapt ot tho TpitoJ hot nd
Count C. Waohtmeister, Minister of State
| for Foreign Affairs of his majesty the King
of Sweden and Norway;
And whereas the Senate, by their resclu-
tiOn of the eighth instant two thirds of the
Senators present concurringj, did ad ise
and consent to the said exchange, notwth-
standing said exchange was delayed beyond
the time appointed therefor, and resolved
that the said exchange may be regarded az
valid as If it had taken place within the
time mentioned in the resolution of the
Senate ON the subject, of the ninth of De
cember, 1870:
Now, therefore, be 1t known that T.
Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention and protocol to be made public,
to the end that the same, and every clause
and article thereof may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
twelfth day of January, In the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two, and of the independence of
the United States Of America the ninety
sixth
Q. 8. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.