Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30


state equally animated by the desire 10 draw more
closely tho bonds Of friendship which 50 happily exist
bet ween tho two republics we'll as 10 augment hy
course Of their respective citi5ens have mnualv 70
solved TO conclude general convention of iendship
commerce, and extrndtion.
For this purpose they have appointed a, their pleni
R,tentlaTies; TO Ut The President Of the United
United States and their consul al he sna o o. one
Hope and the President Of tho Orange Free sists
communication Of their respective u powers SSU s Ssvs
agreed TO the following articles
ARTICLE I.
The citizens Of the United States Of America and
the citizens Of tho Orange Free State shall he admit
ted and treated upon footing Of reciprocal equality
ment shall not conflict with the cons or legal
provisions Of The contracting parties; No pecuniary
upon them than upon the citizens Of the country
where they reside, nor any condition whatever to
which the latter shall not be subject
The foregoing privileges, however shall net extend
to tho enjoyment Of political rights.
ARTICLE II.
The citizens Of one Of the two countries residing or
military service; but they shall he liable to the pc
c9niary or other contributions which may be requir
3D. by way OF COMPENSATION, from citizens OF tho
try where they reside who are exempt from the said
service.
cxacted from the citizens Of one Of the two countries
residing established in the other than shalt he Low.
led upon citizens OF tho country in which they reside,
nor any contribution whatever to which the latter
| In case OF war or OF the seizure occupation OF
property for public purposes, the citizens q one of
tho two countries residing established In the other
shall be placed upon an equal footing with the oiti;
to ndemnites for damages they may have sustained.
ARTICLE III.
The citizens Of each Of the contracting parties
shall have power 10 dispose Of their personal proper
ty within th Jurisdiction OF the other, by sale Tesla
ment' Donation or IN any other manner, and their
successors, being citizens Of the other party shall
succeed TO the said property or inherit H. and they
by others acting for them thew may dispose of the
same as they may think proper paying no other
country wherein the said property Ia situated shall DO
liable TO pay in similar In the absence Of such
taken by the authorities for the preservation Of the
property that would he taken for the preservation Of
the property OF native Of the country, until the
lawful proprietor shall have had time take meas
ures for possessing himself of the same.
But in real estate situated within the terrific
ries Of of the contracting parties whould fall
citizen Of the other party who on account Of his being
~ there shall he accorded 70 the said heir OF other
successor such term the laws will permit 10 sell sucl
draw and export the proceeds thereof without dcul
y. and without , paving 70 the Government any 3the
paid by nbabitant Of the country in which the rea
estate may be situated.
: ARTICLE Nv.
| Any controversy which may arise among the claim
ants to the property OF decedent shall be decided
cordng to the laws and by the judges Of the countr
in which the property may be situated
The contracting parties give 10 each other the priv
ege Of having each in their respective States consul
enjoy the privileges those Of the most favore
nation.
But before any consul or vice.consul shall act
SUCH he SHALL in the ordinary form. be approved b.
the government Of tho country in which his function
are to be discharged.
In their private and business transactions consul
and vcecopsuls shall be submitted TO the same law
and usages as private individuals citizens of the plac
It is hereby understood that in case Of ofFenc
against the laws by consul vice-consul, the GOV
| withdraw the same send him away from the country
or have him punished conformity with the laws, a
signing to the other government Its for so d.
The archives and papers belonging to the consulate
shall be inviolate, and under no pretext whatey,
shall any magistrate or other functionary inspec
seize, or In any way interfere with them.
!. ARTICLE W.
Neither Of the contracting parties shall impose m
higher or other duties upon the importation, export
ton, or transit Of the natural industrial products
the other, than shall be payable up0E the lin
articles being the produce of any other country.
A ARTICLE VII.
Each of the contracting parties hereby engages n,
TO grant any favor IN commerce TO any nation whie
shall not immediately DO enjoyed by the other part
ARTICLE VIII.
The United States OF America and the Orange FIR,
State, acquisitions made in their name through u
7 medium Of their respective diplomatic or consul
agents, shall deliver up to justice persons who, BEN
D article committed within the jurisdiction of the r
quirng party, shall seek asylum, or shall be fouI
this shall be done only when the fact of tho commi
sion of the crime shall be established as to justi
their apprehension and commitment for trial II I'll
crime had been committed in the country where u
person SO accused shall be found.
ARTICLE IN.
Persons shall he delivered up according TO the DR.
visions OF this convention who shall no charged wit
any OF tho following crimes, TO wit Murder, (inclu
No ing assnation, parricde, nanticde and poiso
~ Ing j attempt to commit murder; rape; forgery,
: the emission Of forged papers arson robbery, wi
n violence naturalization, or fOrcible entry OF nm
hahitad house. DiruCy. embeJZlement by Dublic
~ GERS or by persons hired saared, to the detrme
= Of their employers when these crimes are subject
DO ARTSCLE y.
or The surrender shall be made by executives Of Il
a. contracting parties respectively.
ARTICLE NJ.
The expense of detention and delivery effected pu
suant to the preceding articles shall be at tho cost
the party making the demand
ARTICLE MI.
The provisions of the foregoing articles relating
the surrender Of fugitive criminals shall not apply
offences committed before the date hereof, nor to tho
of a political character.
}, ARTICLE Kill
- The present convention is concluded for the port
ten years from the day OF the exchange OF the rat
cations; and IT, year before the expiration OF tn
al PERIOD neither Of the contracting parties shall have
or nounced by an official notification its intention 10
Al, other to arrest the operations of the said conventO
1t shall continue binding for twolyotmonths longer,
We twelve months which will follow a similar declaratiC
No whatever the time at which 1t may take place.
us ARTICLE XIV.
'm This convention shall he submitted on both sides
the approval and ratification of the respective csmJ
tent authorities and the Publications shall be
changed at Washington as soon as circumstances sh
admit. In faith whereof the respective penipotent
res have signed the above articles and have thersu
affixed their seals
Done on quadruplicato at BlOsmfonten this 22d d
Of December In the year Of our Lord one thousa
D. W. W. EDGCOMB. IsRAL
f. X HOHNE. fsEAL
And whereas the said general convention has b.
duly ratified both parts, and the respective rati1
lions OF the same were exchanged at Washington
the eighteenth instant;
Now. therefore, be II known that !, ULYSSES
GRANT, President OF tho United States of Amer
have caused the said convention to DO made public
4. the end that the and every clause and arti
thereof may DO observed and fulfilled with good fa
by the United states and the citizens thereof
on, In testimony whereof have hereuntO set my ha
and caused the seal Of the United States TO be ax
Done at the city Of Washington this twenty-third
&C. of August, In tho year Of our Lord one tn
, sand eight hundred and seventy-three aud
lshAL1 the Independence Of the United States
ninety-eghth. -
NJ BY tho President;
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