The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
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CiOare1tfkOll Deftreetl me L nttctt ISt0teS
of .i1,crfca and Be'gtuni-Eftrodition
Concluded March 10, 1874. Ratification
fled by President March 81, 1874. Ratified
by King eff the Belgians April 80, 1874.
Ratidcations exchanged at Brussels April
50, 1874 Proclaimed May l, 1874.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA-AP PROGLA3IA A.
TION.
Whereas n convention between the
Cnirrl States of America and His Majesty
the King of the Belgians was concluded
and signed by their respective Pleuinotcn-
tiarieS at Washington on the 18th day of
March last, which convention, beng in
the English and French languages, is word
for word as follows:
The United States of America and His
Majesty the King ofthe Belsians, having
judged If cNDedienf, with a view TO the
better administration of justice, and to
the prevention OF crimes within their re-
SpcctiVe territories and jurisdiction. that
persons convicted of or charged with the
crimes hereinafter speeified, and heinS
fugitives from Justice, should, under cer-
tain circumstances, be FeciproCaily deliv-
cred MP, have resolved to conclude q con-
Hention for that purpose, and have APP
President of the United States of America.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the
United states: and His Majesty the King
of the Bel@ians. Maurice DelfoSse, His
NajCs ty'S Envoy extraordinary and Min
lister Pieaipotentiary in the United States:
who. afTc" rtst51}ro'31 communication OF
their filJj powers, found in gOosi and due
form, have agreed upon the following ar
ticieS, to-Yvil:
ARTICLE I.
The Government of the United States
and the Government ot Belgium mutually
agree to deliver up persons who, having
been convicted of or charged with any of
Gle, committed within the jurisdiction of
one of the contracting parties, shall seek
an asylum. or he found within thc terrific
ries of the other: Provided that this shall
only be done upon such evidence of Grim
inality as. according to the laws of the
place where the fugitive or person so
charged shall he found, would justify his
or her apprehension and commitment for
trial if the crime had been there commit
ted.
ARTICLE II.
Persons shall be delivered up who shall
have been convicte ed OF or he charged, ac-
cording TO the provisions of this conven-
ton, with any of the following G. lines:
/. Nun der. comprchendine the crimes
designated in the Belgian penal code by
the terms of parricide. ASSASSINATION, pols-
oning, and infanticide.
.. The attempt TO commit murder.
3. The crimes of 1Itpe. arson piracy ana
nutiny ON hoard u snip. wneneXer Ihe
crew. or part thereof by fraud or violence
against the commander, have taken pos
session of the vessel.
4. The crime OF burglary. defined to be
the act of breaking and entering by night
into the house of another with the intent
to commit felony; and the crime OF rob
berry. defined to be the act of feloniOusly
aud forcihly taking from the person OF an
other goo Is or money by violence or put
ting him in fear; and the corresponding
crimes punished by the Belgian laws un-
der the description of thefts committed in
an inhabited house by night. and by break
ing in by climbing or forcibly; and theftS
committed with violence or by means OF
theft.
5. The crime of forgery. by which is
understood the utterance of forged papers,
and also the counterfeiting OF public, SOW
ereign. or government acts.
s. The fabrication or circulation oi
ffaF-fia F-Tain
or of counterfeit public bonds, bank notes
obligations, or. in general anything being
q title or instrument of credit; the coun-
terfeitin.E of seals. dies, stamps, and marks
Of stUte and public administrations, and
the utterance thereof.
Z. The empeZZlement of public moneys
committed within the jurisdiction of eth
er party by public officers or depOSitarieS
g. EnbezzIeInent by any person or per
sons. hired or sllaTied, to the detriment o
their employers, when the crime is subject
TO punishment by the laws OF the place
where ii was committed
ARTICLE III.
The provisions of this treaty shall not
app.y Ia any crime or offence of a politica
character. nor TO any crime or offence com
cept the crimes of murder and arson; an(
the person ar persons delivered nm for th,
crimes enumerated in the preceding arti
Gle shall in no case be tried for amy crilnt
committed previously TO that for whicl
his or their surrender is asked.
ARTICLE ".
Neither of the contracting parties shal
be bound 10 deliver up its own citizens o
subjects under the StipulationS of this con
veIition.
ARTICLE V
If fthe person whose surrender may h
claimed pursuant to the stipulations of th
present treaty shall have been arrested 70
the commission of offences in the countr
where he has sought an asylum, or sha
have been convicted thereof, his extrad
tion may he deferred until he shall haY
been acquitted, or have served the tern
of imprisonment to which he may hav
been sentenced.
ARTICLE VI.
Reduisifions for the surrender of fues
fives from justice shall be made by tn
respective diplomatic agents of the cor
tracing parties, or, in the event of tn
absence of these from the country or il
seat of government. they may be made b
superior consular officers.
If the person whose extradition may \
asked for shall have been convicted eff
crime. a copy of the sentence of the coul
in which he may have been convicted, al
thenticated under its seal, and an attest;
tion of the official character of the iuda
by the proper executive authority. and
tfie latter by the minister or consul of I'll
United States or of Belgium, respectivel
shall accompany the requisition. Whei
however. the fugitive shall have bee
merely charged with crime, a duly authe
ticated copy Of the warrant for his ARE
in the country where the crime may hay
been committed, and of The deposition
lIpou which such warrant may have bee
issued, must accompany the requisite
as aforesaid. The President of the Unite
states, or the proper executive authori
in Belgium, may then issue a warrant f
the apDrehension of the fugitive. in ord
that he may be brought before the prop
judicial authority for examination. If
shOuld then be decided that according
the law and the evidence, the extraditi'
is due pursuant to the treaty, the fugid
may be given up according to the forI
prescribed in such cases.
ARTICLE VII.
The expenses of the arrest, detentic
and transportation of the persons claim
shall be Dafd by the government in who
name the requisition has been made.
ARTICLE VIII.
This convention shall take effect TWEEN
days after the day of the date of the
change of rafificatiOnS and shall cOnt1n
in force during five years from the day
such exchange; but If neither party sh
have given to the other six months p
vious notice of its intention to termini
the same, the convention shall remain
force hvc years longer, ana SO on. .a
The present convention shall be rat1d Il
and the notifications exchanged, at Be
sells so soon thereafter as possible
In witness whereof the respective pie
fs1Ofentiaries have signed the present q
vention in duplicate, and have thereul
afixed their seals.
Done at the city of Washington, the
lAv of March. ammo Domini one thousa
eight hundred and seventy-four.
HAMILTON FISH.
MAURICE DELFos
And whereas the said convention
1,eer d,Ilv ratified on both parts, and
sesnesfiYe ratifcafions of the same "
Exchanged at Brussels on the 3Otn Gay
AnriI 1874, by the Plenipotent1af1es OF
TesT1ectfve Governments:
Now. therefore, be il known that
TyI,YssFs S. GRANT, President OF the Y M
Stafas m America, have caused bne