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CONTENTION

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Between THE UNITED STATES Oh
AMERICA AND THE KEPUBLIC OF SAL
ExrRADT7ToN.
Coreluded MsS23 1870.
Ratification advised by Seaste Deceu Der o
Ratified by President Decembssls, $50.
Rattd ID BY Presizsat Of Salvador October "a
iii Tim. for exchange u ratfhcatfsns stsendsd
RI Ratifes s e1changss st Washington March
Proclaimed NJ srch 4, 1s4
BY THE PzfssrrNr OF rrE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA,
A PROCLA ALTON.
Whereas o convention fos- the surrender OF
criminals, fugftiyss from Justice. between the
United States ofAmerica and the republic OF Sal
i've Plenipotentisstss at San Salvador on the I'D
day OF May 1870, original Of which convention
being In the Engliss and Spanish languages, 10
Conventton for the bartender of criminals between
ne United States Of America anetAs Republic
The United States of:Ameriea and the Republic
OF Salvador, having judged 1t eIpedient, with o
view to the better administration OF Justice, and
to theprevenion Of crimes within their respective
territories and jurisdiction, that persons con-
victed Of or charged with the crimes hereinafter
should, under certain circumstances, be fecipTo,,
caliy delivered up, have resolved to conclude
convention for that purpose, and have appointed
United States, Alfred T. A. Torbert, Minister
Resident to Salvador; the President Of the Re-
public Of Salvador Senior Doctor Don Gregorio
ciprocal communication OF their full powers, found
In good and due form, have agreed upon the fol-
lowing articles, to wit:
ARTICLE 1sT.
The Government OF the Unitod States and the
Government OF Salvador mutually agree to de-
liver up persons who, having been convicted Of or
charged with the crimes specified in the following
article, committed within the. Jurisdiction Of one
Of the contracting parties, shall seek an asylum
or be found within the territories OF the other:
Providsd, That this shall only be dono upon such
evidence OF criminulity as, according to the laws
Of the place where the fugitive or the person so
charged shall be found, would justify his or her
apprehension and commitment for trial If the
crime had been there committed.
ARTICLE 2ND.
Persons shall be delivered up who shall have
been convicted Of or be charged. according to the
provisions OF this convention, with any of the tOl
/. Murder, comprehending the crimes desIg-
mated In the penal codes Of the contracting parties
BY the terms homicide, parriolde, assassination,
2. The attempt to commit murder.
g. The crimes Of rape, arson, piracy and mutiny
thereof by fraud or Violence against the com
mander, have taken possession of the vessel.
4. The crime OF burglary, defined to be the &C
house OF another with the intent to commit felony;
and the crime Of robbery defined to be the action
OF feloniously and forcibly taking from the person
Of another goods or money by violence, or putting
him In fear.
s. The crime Of forgery, by which is understood
the utterance of forged papers, the counterfeitlng
Of public, sovereign or government acts.
Q. The fabrication or circulation Of counterfeit
money, either coin or paper, Of public bonds bank
being titles Instruments OF credit the counter
feiting Of seals. dies, stamps and marks OF state
and public administration, and the utterance
I. The embez1lement Of public moneys, COM
mitted within the jurisdiction Of either party, by
public officers or depositOrs.
hired or saIaried, to the detriment of their EN-,
ployers, when these crimes are subject to In
famous punishment
ARTICLE BIRD.
The provisions of this treaty shall not apply to
any crime or offence Of political character; and
the person or persons delivered up for the crimes
enumerated in the preceding article shall in no
previously to that for which his or their surrender
Is asked.
ARTICLE 4rH.
Ifthe person whose surrender NAV be claimed,
pursuant to the stipulation Of the present treaty,
shall have been arrested for the commission of Of
fences In the country where he has sought an asy-
lum shall have been convicted therefor his extra
ditlon may be deferred until he shall have boon
acquitted or have served the term Of Imprisonment
to which he may have been sentenced.
ARTICLE 5TH.
In no case and for no motive shall the high con-
tracing parties be obliged to deliver up their own
subjects. IT. in conformity with the laws in force
in the State to which the accused belongs, he
ought to DO submitted to criminal procedure for
%ns IN ,S Sae nS sasS
ments, send the implements or tools which were
employed to perpetrate the crime, and procure
every other explanation or evidence necessary to
prosecute the case
ARTICLE 9TH.
acquisitions for the surrender Of fugitives from
justice shall be made by the respective diplomatic
Of the absence Of these from the country seat
Of government they may be made by superior
consular officers. II the person whose eItradition
orime copy OF the sentence Of the court In which
he may havo been convicted, authenticated under
its seal, and an atteststion OF the official chsrac
authority. and Of the latter BY tie Minis
ter or consul OF the United States or OF
requisition. When. however, the fugitive shall
have been merely charged with crime, duly au-
thentIcated copy OF the warrant for his arrest In
the country where the crime may have been COM
mitted, or the dispositions upon which such war
rant may have been issued, must accompany the
requisltion aforesaid. The President OF the uni
issue q warrant for the apprehension Of the fugi-
tive, In order that he may be brought before the
Should them be- decided that, According to law and
the evidence, the extradition is due, pursuant to
the treaty, the fugitive may be given up accord
ing 70 tuo LOIus pfoscrLDou Ii suCn OSses-
ARTICLE 7TH.
The expenses of the arrest, detention and trans
portation ofthe persons claimed shall be paid by
the Government in whose name the requisition
shall have been made.
ARTICLE srH.
This convention shall continue in force during ten
l0) years from the day ofexchapge Publications;
but IL neither party shall have given to the other
ak 10Y months previous notice Of its intention to
terminate the same, the convention shall remain
In force ten years longer, and so on.
The present convention shall be ratified and
the notifications exchanged at the city OF Wash
ington within twelve (l2) months, and sooner If
possible.
In witness whereof the respective PlenIpoten-
tiaries have signed tho present convention In du-
plicate. and have thereunto affixed their seals.
Done at the city Of San Salvador the twenty
third day Of May, A. D. one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy, and Of tho independence Of the
IsEAL.I ALFRED T. A. TORRENT
lsEAL.l GRECO. ARBfZU.
And whereas the said convention has been duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective ratihca
lions were exchanged in this city on the second
day Of March, 1874:
GRANT, President OF the United States Of Amer
lea, have caused the said convention to be made
public, to the end that the same and every clause
and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this
fourth day Of March, in the year OF Cur
GsEAL.l Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sevsnty-four, and of the Independence
of the United States Of America the
haastssr- U. s. GRANT,
By the PresIuons: