New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-09

competent authorities, and make q reouas.
in writing for the deserters, supporting !.
by an official extract of the register of tLo
vessel and the list of the crew, or bv otbao
official documents, to show that the mon
whom they claim belong to said crew. Unon
such request alone thus supported, and
without the exaction of any oath from ths
Consuls, the deserters mot being citizens os
the country where the demand is made
either at the time of their shipping or cf
their arrival in the port shall be given m
to the Consuls. All aid and protection
shall be furnished them for the pursn;t
seizure and arrest of the deserters. who
shall be taken to the prisons of the countrv
and there detained at the request and AZ
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 az
rest. the deserters shall be set at liberty
and shall not again be arrested for the same
cause.
ARTICLE XIV
In the absence of an agreement to tbe
contrary between the owners, freighters
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels OF the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and
Consular Agents of the respective countries.
Ii, however, any inhabitant of the country.
or citizen or subject of third power, shall
be interested in the matter, and the parties
can not agree the competent local authori-
ties ehall decide.
ARTICLE XVI.
In the event OF o vessel belonging to the
Government, or owned by citizen of one
OF the 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 II there be no such consular
agency. they shall inform the Consul Gen
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 tn
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 in both
to intervene only to superiptend
the proceedings having reference to the re-
y
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
the nation.
In case of doubt concerning the nation
atty of "a shipwreoked vessel. the local
authorities shall have exclusively the direc-
lion of the proceedings provided for 10 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.
.ure and trade, the citizens OF Germany
shall enjoy in the United States of America.
and American citizens shall enjoy in Ger
many, the same protection as native citi
,eDs.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The present convention shall ROMAN in
orce Tor the space of ten years counting
rom the day of the exchange of the ratif-
cations, which shall be exchanged at Der.
in within the period of six months.
In case neither party gives notice, twelve
months before the expiration of the said
ICAAoNA Vi SNu NSdiS, VI iJS not TO
enew this convention, it shall remain in
Orce one year longer, and SO on, from year
o year, until the expiration of q year from
he day on which one of the parties shall
lave given such notice
In faith whereof the Observation-Disclosures
ave signed and sealed this convention
Berlin, the eleventh of December. 1871
GEORGE BANCROFT.
The undersi gned met this day in order to
fpG fhtAG -at aS,f ha
he Consular Convention, signed en- the
leyerth day of December, 1871. between
he United States OF America and Ger
lany.
Before proceeding to this act, the undep-
igned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
'lenlp0tentiary OF the United States Of
Amcrica declared
/. That in accordance with the instruc-
ion given him by his government with the
dvice and consent of the Senate, the cx-
ression property used in the English
ext OF articles three and nine is to be con-
Irued as meaning and intending "real
state"
=. That, according to the laws and the
institution of the United States, article
an applies not only to persons of the male
eX but also co persons of the female sex.
Alter the undersigned, President of the
nee oil the Chancellor of the Empire, had
expressed his concurrence with this declar-
ton, the acts of ratification, found to be in
God and due form, were exchanged, and
le present protocol was in duplicate
Berlin, the twenty-ninth of April, 1872
GEORGE BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK.
AND whereas the said convention has
zen duly ratified on both parts, and the
'spectiye notifications of the same were
ichange at Berlin ON the twenty-ninth
ly of April last
Row, therefore, be it known that D.
Iysses ). Grant, President of tie United
'ates OF America, have caused the said
invention and protocol to be made public,
the end that the same, and every clause
"a part thereof, may be observed and full
LED with good faith by the United States.
10 the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof | have hereuntn see
y hand and caused the seal of the United
ates to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this first
~ OF June, in the year of our Lord one
ousand eight hundred and seventv-two,
ID OF the independence. of the Unite6
a0e7 Oh America the ninety-sixth
L. 5. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of. State
n PROCLAMATION.