Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-11-06

Article VIII.
The United States of America and the
Orange Free State, on acquisitions made in
their name through the medium of their
respective diplomatic or consular agents,
shall deliver up to justice persons who be-
ing charged with the crimes enumerated
in the following article, committed within
the jurisdiction of the requiring party,
shall seek asylum, or shall be found with.
in the territories of the other: PROVIDED,
That this shall he done only when the fact
of the commission of the crime shall be so
established as to justify their apprehension
and commitment for trial If the crime had
been committed in the country where the
person SO accused shall he found.
Article 1X.
Persons shall I've delivered up according
to the provisions OF this convention who
shall be charged with any of the following
crimes, to wit Murder, Including assas-
sination, parricidP, infaUticide, and poison
ing y attempt TO commit murder rape
forgery, or the emission of forged papers
arson robbery, with violence, intim[ Ia
ton, or forcible entry of an inhabited
house; piracy; embezzlement by public
officers, or by persons hired or salaried, to
the detriment of their employers, when
these crimes are subject 10 Infamous pun
ishment.
Article y.
The surrender shall be made Ivy execu-
tives OF the contracting parties respective
ly.
Article XI.
The expense of detention and delivery
effected pursuant to the preceding articles
shall be at the cost of the party making the
demand.
Article XII.
The provisions of The afore going articles
relating TO the surrender of fugitive GRIM
inas shall not apply to offences committed
before the date hereof, nor to those of a
political character.
Article XIII.
The present convention is concluded for
the period of ten years from the day of the
exchange Of the ratficatons and il, one
year before the expiration of that period,
neither of the contracting parties shall
have announced, by an official notification.
its intention to the other to arrest the oper-
atoms of the said convention, il shall con-
tinue binding for twelve months longer,
and so on from year TO year until the ex-
piration Of the twelve months which will
follow similar declaration, whatever the
time at which ii may take place.
Article XIV.
This Convention shall be submitted on
both sides to the approval and ratification
of the respective competent authorities,
and the Publications shall be exchanged at
Washin ston as soon as circumstances shall
admit. In faith whereof the respective
enipotentiaries have signed the above ar
tces, and have thereunto affixed their
seals.
Done in quadruplicate at Bloem fonten
this 22d day Of December, in the wear of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy lone.
w. w. EDGCOMB. lsEAL1
L. X. HOHNE. SEAL
Aud whereas the said general conven-
tion has heen duly ratified on both parts.
and the respective ratifications of the same
were exchanged at Washington on the
eighteenth instant:
Now, therefore, be ii known that l,
ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the Unit
ed States of America, have caused the said
convention TO be male public, to the end
| that the same and every clause and article
'ho-oof 'a~- 10 obso--ad and fnlf'llnd with
good faith by the United States and the cit
iZens thereof.
In testimony whereof have herennto
set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States 10 be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this twen-
ty-third day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
[sEAL.l eight hundred and seventy-three,
and of the Independence of the
United States the ninetv-eighth.
L. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
]. c. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary Of STATE.