New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08

and addressed to the United States or
Ecuador, respectively, on which the foreign
and international postal charges are fully
nrepaid. shall, when forwarded in the malls
of either country to the other, be delivered
in the country Of destination free of charge.
ARTICLE VIII.
The official correspondence between the
two Governments, that of each government
with its legation near the other. and OF
each legation with its government, shall be
convened to its destination Tree OF postage
and with all the precautions which the two
Governments may find necessary for its IL
volatility and security.
ARTICLE TX.
When in one of the two countries there
;s no legation Of the other, the training
privilege o. the vacant legation shall be
transferred, in the terms stipulated IN the
preceding article, to the respective consul
at. or vice consulate at New York or Gusy-
aQul,
Neither Post Department shall De 20
cuired to deliver any article received il The
mails the circulation of which shall be pro
hibited by the laws in force IN the country
of destination; and any article subject oy
the laws of either country to customs dsty
or to confscation shall, when received Ia
the mails from the other, be treated IL 40
cordance with the laws Of the receiving
country.
ARTICLE XI
The two Post Departments may, By mt
tual agreement, provide for the traRsmis
sion of registered articles in the mails ex-
changed between the two countries.
The register fee of each article shall be
ten cents in the United States and ono
real in Ecuador.
ARTICLE XII.
The two Post Departments shall settle,
BY agreement between them, all measures
Of detail and arrangement required to carry
this convention into execution and may
modify the same in like manner, from aims
to time as the exlgencies of the service may
require Articles may also, by mutual oon-
sent, be amended, added, or suppressed,
according to the requirements of the ser
vice, without resembling or otherwise alter
ing or impairing any other OF the articles OF
this convention.
ARTICLB XIII.
This convention shall take effect from the
date of the exchange of Publications, and
shall continue in force until annulled by
mutual consent, or until one year from the
date of notice given by one of the two de-
partments to the other of its desire TO ter
inmate the same.
ARTICLE XIV.
ington, this ninth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the Unitsd States.
ANTONIO FLORES.
/ hereby approve the atoregoing CONVEX
ton, and in testimony thereof ! have
caused the seal Of the United States 20 be
affixed.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
W ARLINGTON, May 9, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
Convention between the United States and
the German Empire respecting Cons1ls
and trademarks, signed December II,
1871; exchanged April %, 1872; proclaimed
June l, 1872.
WHEREAS, A convention be$een
the United States of America and
the German Empire, relating to the
rights, privileges, immunities and
duties of Consuls, and to the pro-
lection of trade marks, was signed at Ber-
lin on the eleventh day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
tive plenipoteDtiaries;
And whereas protocol thereto was signed
by the said plenipotentiaries on the twenty
ninth day of April last; which convention
and protocol in the English and German
languages are, word for wsrd, as follows:
The President OF The United States OF
America, and his majesty the Emperor OF
Germany, King OF Prussia, in the name OF
the German Empire, led by the wish to de-
fine the rights, privileges, immunities ana
duties of the respective consular agents,
have agreed upon the conclusion of con-
sular convention, and for that purpose have
appointed their plenipotentiaries, namely:
The President Of the United States Of
America, George Bancroft, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Pienipotentiarv from
the said States, near his majesty the Emps-
ror of Germany; his majesty the Emperor
of Germany, King of Prussia, Bernard
KONG, his Privy Councillor of Legation,
who have agreed to and signed the follow
ing articles:
ARTICLE I.
Each of the contracting parties agrees 10
receive from tue other COnspls General, Con
suls, Vice Consnls and Consular A gents in all
it, ports, cities and places, except those
where II may not be convenient to recognize
such officers. This reservation, however,
shall not apply to one Of the contracting
parties without also applying to every other
power.
ARTICLE II.
The Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Con
suls, or Consular Agents shall be reciprocaIly
received and recognized, on the presen.a-
ton OF their commissions, in the forms
established in their respective countries.
The necessary exequatur for the exercise Of
their functions shall be furnished TO them
free Of charge, and, on the exhibition of
TINS instrument, they shall be admitted a.
once, and without difficulty, by the terrific
RAJ authorities, federal, State or communal,
Judicial or executive, of the ports, cities,
and places OF their residence and district,
10 lhe enjoyment of the prerogatives re-
clprocally granted. Tho government that
furnishes the exequatur reserves the ripht
TO withdraw the same on statement Of tho
reasons for which it has thought proper %
do SO.
ARTICLE III.
The respective COnsuls General. Co1suls,
Flce-Consuls, or Consular Agents. as well
as their chancellors and secretaries, shall
ENJOY IN the two countries all privileges
exemptions and immunities which have
Deeh granted, or may in future be
granted, to the agents of the same
rank Oh the most favored nation Consular
oncefs, not being citizens of the country
where they are accredited, shall enjoy. in
the country of their residence, personal
immunity from arrest or imprisonment eZ-
cePt IN the case Of crimes, exemption from
military billetings and contributions. froI.
military service Of every sort, and other
public duties, and from all direct or per
sonai or sumptuary taxes, duties and coz
trloutions, whether Federal, State, or mu-
hIclpaI' II, however, the said consular off
GERS are or become owners of property in
the country in which they reside. or eneane
IN commerce, they shall be subject to the
same same, taxes and impOsts, and to the came