The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-02-26
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Or
AMERICA.

AMERICA.
PROCLAMATION. *.
Whereas treaty for the mutual extraditi0h 81
criminals, fugitiyes from justice, between the q:
nited States of America and the Republic Of Ec-
| uador, was concluded and signed by their res
pectiye flenipoteptaries at Quito on the twenty.
eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-two, which treaty, being in the English and
Spanish languages, is word for word, as follows
Estradition treaty 5stwsen The Uaitea States Of a
mersca and the Republic Of Ecuador.
The United States of America aud the Repub-
lie of Ecuador, having deemed it conducive to the
better administration Of justice and the proven
ton Of crime within their respective territories
that all persons convicted of or accused of the
crimes enumerated below, being fugtives from
justice. shall be, under certain circumstances,
| reciprocally delivered up, have resolved to con-
clude treaty upon the subject; and the Presi-
dent of the United States has for this purpose
named Rumsey Wing, citizen Of the United
States. and their Minister Resident in Ecuador,
as Plenipotentiary on the part Of the United
States and the President of Ecuador has named
Francisco Javer Leon, Minister Of the Interior
and Of Foreign Affairs, as Plenipotentiary on the
par Of Ecuador who, having reciprocaliy COM
munlcatsd their full powers, and the same hav-
ing been found in good and due form, have a.
greed upon the following articles, viz;
ARTICLE 1sT
The Government of the United States and the
Government Of Ecuador mutually agree to dalv-
er up such persons as may have been convicted
OF or may be accused of the crimes set forth in
the following article, committed within the uris-
dction of one Of the contracting parties, and who
Nay have sought refuge or be found within the
territory of the other it being understood this
this is only to be done when the c.iminalify shall
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laws of the country whel the fugitive or accused
may be found ouch persons might be lawfully ar
rested and tried had the crime been committed
within its jurisdiction.
a4e ARTICLE End.
Persons convicted of or accused Of any Of the
following crimes shall be delivered up. id secor-
dance with the provisions of this treaty;
lst Murder, including assassinati on, psrricide,
infanticide, and poisoning.
I'd The crime Of rape, arson piracy. and md
tiny on ship board when the crew, or part
thereof, by fraud or violence against the COM
manding officer, have taken possession Of the
vessel
3D. The crime of burglary, this being under
stood the act of breaking or forcing an entrance
into Gnother's house, with intent to commit any
crime; and the crime of robbery, this being de
fined as the ect of taking from the person of au-
other goods money with criminal intent using
violence or Intimidation.
4th- The crime of forgery, which is understood
10 be the wilful use circulation Of forged pa
pers or public documents.
9Th The fabrication circulation OF counter
felt money, eth er coin paper, IF public bonds,
bankbils and securities, and in general Of any
kind of titles TO or instruments of credit, the
counterfeting of stamps, dies, seals, and marks
of the state and of the administrative authorities
and the sale or circulation thereof
9th. Embezzlement Of public property, commit
ted within the jurisdiction Of either party, by
public officers or depostaries.
ARTICLE 3RD.
The stipulations of this treaty shall not be APP
plicable TO crimes offences OF 9 political char
acter, and the person or persons delivered up.
charged with the crimes specified in the forego-
ing article, shal not be prosecuted for any crime
committed previously to that for which his or
their extradition may be asked.
ARTICLE 4th.
If the person whose extraditon may have been
applied for, in accordance with the stpulations Of
the present treaty, shall have been arrested for
offences committed in the country where he has
sought refuge, or if he shall have been sentenced
therefor, his extradition may be deferred until
his acquittal, or the expiration of the term for
which he shall have been sentenced.
AR1IcLE 9TH.
acquisitions for the extradition of the fugi-
tiyes from justice shall be made~by the rtspec
tive diplomatic agents Of the contracting parties,
or, in case of the abseN of, these from the
country or its capital, thsA at be ndEds by su-
perior consular ofGcers.s II the person whose
extradtion is askedlfor shall haze he convicted Of
q crime, the requisition must be Acc6inpanied by
copy Of the sentence Of the court That has con-
victed him, authenticated und er its seal, and an
attestation of the official character of the Judge
who has signed it, made by the proper executive
authority also by authorization of the lat
ter by the Minister or Consul of the United
States or Ecuador, respectively. On the contra
ry, however, when the fugitive is merely charged
with crime, q duly authenticated copy of the
warrant for his arrest in the country where the
crime has been committed and of any evidence
in writing upon which such warrant may have
been issued laust accompany the aforesaid requi
stion. The President of the United States, or
the proper executive authority of Ecuador, may
then Of der the arrest of the fugitive. III order
that he may be brought before the Judicial au-
thorty which is competent to examine the ques-
ton OF extradition. If, then, according to the
evidence and the law, it be decided that the ex-
tradition is due in conformity with this treaty,
the fugitive shall be delivered up. according to
the forms prescribed in such cases.
ARTICLE 9Th.
The expenses of the arrest, detention and
transportation of persons claimed shall BIO paid
by the government in whose name the reqlsfsi-
ton shall have been made.
ARTICLE 7TE.
This treaty shall continue in foros for ten ff0)
years from the day of the exchange Of ratifca-
lions but in case neither party shall have given
to the other one (1) years previous notice Of its
intention to terminate the same, then this treaty
shall continue in force for ten (1ol years longer,
and so Oh. sS
The present treaty shall BE ratified, and the
ratihcations exchanged in the capital of Ecuador,
within two months from the day on which the
session Of the coming Congress Of Ecuador shall
terminate. which will be in October, 1873
In testimony whereof the respective Plenipo4
tentiaries have signed the present treaty in du.-
plicate, and have hereunto affixed their seals
Done in Che city of Quito, capital Of the Re-
public Of Ecnador, this twenty -egthh day ofJune,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
RunsEY WING. 1r TSeal.7
FRANCISCO JAvIxH LEON. TSeal.1
And whereas the said treaty has been duly rat-
fled on both parts. and the respective ralifica~
tons were 4exchaIgei at Quito on the 18th OF No.
vember last:
Now, therefore, bs it known that l.. Ulysses g..
GRANT, President Of the United Statep Of Ameri-
ca. have caused the said treaty tobs made pub
lie, to the end that the same and every clause
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