El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

and punished in the country to which
his extradition has been granted, or
may be given up to third power. for
| any crime or otfense provided for by
article OF this convention, and COM
mitted previous to his extra1ition. be-
| sides that which gave rise to the ex-
tradition. Notice of the purpose to so
try or surrender him, with specitica-
ton OF the crime or Offense charged,
shall be given to the government
which surrendered him, which may, if
ton of documentary evidence of the
charge comformably to the prescrip-
ton of article VIII hereof.
Art. XIV.-The expense Of tn e ar
rest, detention and transportation of
the person claimed shall be paid by
| the government in whose name the re-
QUESTION has been made.
All articles found in the possession
of the accused party and obtained
through the commission of the act
with which he is charged, or that may
be used as evidence of the crime or Of
Tense for which his extradition ia de-
handed, shall be seized if the compe
tent authority shall so order, and shall
be surrendered with his person.
The rights of third parties to the ar
ticles 80 found shall nevertheless be
respected.
Art. XVI.-.A person surrendered to
or delivered up by either Of the cou-
tracing parties by virtue of q cOnven-
ton of extradition with q third party
and not being o citizen of the country
OF transit, may be conveyed in transit
across the territory of the other, if the
convenient course of travel from or to
the country to which he has been sur
rendered shall lie in whole or part
within such territory.
The contracting party delivering up
or receiving such surrendered person
shall make application for such pur-
pose to the government of the country
through which transit Is desired, pro-
ducing in support of such application a
duly attested copy Of the warrant of
surrender issued by the government
granting the extrsdition; and, there
upon, the proper executive authority
of the country whose territory ia to bs
so traversed may issue warrant per-
hitting the transit of the surrendered
person transported. Such transit must
be wholly accomplished Within thirty
days, counting from the date of the
entrance of such transported person
within the territory OF the country of
transit, after which time said person
nay be set at liberty if there found.
This art Gle shall not, however, take
effect until the congress of the respec-
tive countries shall by law authorize
such transit, and the issue OF q warrant
therefor.
Art. XVII.-Esch of the contracting
parties shall exercise due diligence in
procuring the eXtradition and prose Gu
ton of its citizens who may be charged
with the cOmmi 5sion of any one of the
Grim ca or Offeoses mentioned in article
H., exclusively committed in its teIr.-
tory against the government or any of
the citizens of the other contracting
party, when the person accused may
have taken refuge or be found within
the erritory of the latter, provided the
satd crime Os-2f fssss f5 ooe.eiSt IL pun-
ishable, IS such, in the territory of the
demanding country.
Art. XVII.-The present conven-
ton shall take effect from the date of
the exchange of ratifcations, but it's
provisions shall be applied to all cases
of crimes or offeuses enumerated in ar
ted since the Gath day of January, 1899.
Art. XIX.-The convention shall
continue in effect until six months af-
ter q desire for its termination sh all
have been expressed in due form by
one of the two governments to the
other.
1t shall be ratified by both contract
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exchanged at the City of Mexico as
soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective
plenipotentariss have signed the pre-
sent convention both in the English
and Spanish languages and thereunto
affixed their scale.
Done in duplicate at the City of
Mexico this 22d day of February, 1899.
POWELL CLAYTON. Seal.l
IGNo MARISCAL. [Seal.l