Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-09-17

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be demanded In virtue Of thepreseDt con-
vention from one of the contracting par
ties, should at the same time be tho sub
ject of claims from one or other Govern
ments simul ultaneously for crimes or mis-
demeanors committed in their respective
territories, he or she shall be delivered
up to that Government in whose terrific
ries the 0ffcnse committed was OF the
gravest character; and when the ofenses
are are of like nature and gravity, the
delivery will be made to the GOvernm ent
making the first demand; and if the dates
! of the demands be the same, that of the
nation to which the crimina, may belong
will be preferred.
-. - . Article vi.
If the person claimed is accused or
sentenced In the country where he may
have taken refuge, for q crime or misde-
meanor comm lifted in that country, lli>
delivery may BE delayed until the defni-
tive sentence releasing him be pronounc.
ed, or until such time as he may have
c0mn'ieT. :. with the punishment inflicted
on him in the country where he took ref
ugc.
Article VII.
In cases not admitting of delay, and es-
pccially in those where there is danger
of escape, each of the two Governments,
authorized by the order for apprehension
may, by the most expeditions means, ask
and obtain the arrest of the person ac-
cused or sentenced, on condition of pre-
senting the said order for apprehension
as soon as may be possible, not exceed
ing four months.
Article VIII.
All expenses whatever of detention and
delivery effected in virtue Of the Iprece d.
ing provisions shall be borne and defray-
ed by the Government in whose name
the requisition shall have been made.
Article TX.
This treaty shall commence from the
date of the. exchange Of the ratifications,
and shall continue in force until it shall
be abrogated by the contracting parties
or one of them; but it shall not be abro-
| gated, except by mutual consent, unless
the party desiring to abrogate it shall
give twelve months previous notice.
Article X.
The present treaty shall be ratified in
conformity with the constitutions of the
two countries, and the ratifications shall
be exchanged ut the cities of Washington
or Lima, within eighteen months from
the date hereof, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof we, the Plcnipo.
tcntaries of the United States of. America
and the Republic OF Peru, have signed
and sealed these presents.
Done in the city Of Lima, in duplicate,
English and Spanish, this the twelfth
day of Scptembcr, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
[sEAL.] ALVIN p. HOVEY.
SEAL. JOSE J. LOAYZA.
And whereas the said treaty has been
duly ratified on both paris, and the re.
spective ratitications were exchanged at
Lima on the enty-cigLth day Of May
last:
Now, therefore, be it known that /,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States Of America, have caused the said
treaty 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 all
the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof l have hereunro
set my hand, and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington, this
twenty y-seventh day Of July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
[sEAL. hundred and sevcnty-four, and in
the ninety-ninth year of the In
dependence of the United States Of Amer
lea.
| /. S. GRANT.
| BY the Presidents:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.