VOL. 46 United States Laws [Published by Authority.] APPENDIX. y the President of the United States of America : A PROCLAMATION. TgEnzAs an additional article to the trea ty of navigation and commerce between the United States of America and the Emperor of Russia, of the 18th of De cember, 1832, was concluded and sign ed ut Washivon, by their respective plenipotentiaries, on the 27th day of January ; 1868, the original of which additional article is word for word as follows : The United States of America ancehis lajesty the Emperor of all the Russias, aeming it advisable that there should be a additional article to the treaty of cornieree between them of 6-18 December, 832, have 'or this purpose named pf united States, William H. Seward, Secre try of Stste, and his Majesty the gmper r of all the Russias, the Privy Councel ,r, Edward de Stoeckle, accredited as his ,xtraordinary and Minister Plenipoten ary to the United States; and the said lenipotentiaries, after an examination of teir respective full powers, which were ,mid to be in good and due form, have need to and signed the following ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. The high contracting parties, desiring to !cure complete and efficient protection to le manufacturing industry of their re )ective citizens and subjects, agree that ie counterfeiting in one of the two mon ies of the trade marks affixed in the :her on- merchandise to show its origin id quality, shall be strictly prohibited id repressed, and shall give ground for an ;don of damages in favor of the injured irty, to be prosecuted in the courts of the mintry in which the counterfeit shall be roven. The trade mark in which the eitizentror ibjects of one of the two countries may hish to socure the righ of property in:the :her, must be lodged exclusively, to wit, le marks of citizens of the United States i the department of manufactures and in- Lnd commerce at St. Petersburg, and the larks of Russian subjects at the patent ffice in Washington. This additional article shall be termina te by either party, pursuant to the 12th rticle of the treaty to which it is an ad ition. It shall to ratified by the Presi ent by and with the advice and consent f the Senate of the United States, and by is Majesty the Emperor of all the Rus- As, and the respective ratifications of the tine shall be exchanged at St. Petersburg within nine months from the date hereof, r sooner if possible. In faith whereof the respective plenipo mtiaries have signed the present additional rticle in duplicate and affixed thereto the :al of their arms. Done at Washington, the twenty-seventh ay of January, in the year of grace one lousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. WILLIAM 11. SEWARD, EDOUARD LE STOECKL. [L. s.j And whereas the additional article has een duly ratified on both parts, and the espective ratifications of the same were achanged at St• Petersburg on the 21st ap or September by the late Cassius M. lay, esquire, envoy extraordinary and sinister plenipotentiary of the United states, and Vladimir de Westman, acting sinister of foreign affairs of his Majesty he Emperor , of all the Russias, on the tart of their respective governments: Now, therefore, be it known that I, %.,NDREW JOHNSON, President of the Jnited States of America, have caused the aid addition article to be made public, to he end that the same, and every clause nd part thereof, may be observed and ful illed with good faith by the United States .nd the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereto set ny hand and caused the seal of the United itates to be affixed. Done in the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thous [L. s.] and eight hundred and sixty eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-third. ANDREW JOHSON. By the President : WILLIAM 11. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Additional Articles to the Treaty between the United States and China, of June 18, 1858. By the President of the United States of Anwrica : A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS certain additional articles to the treaty now in force between the United States of America and the Ta- Tsiog Empire, signed Tientsin the 18th day of June, 1858, were concluded and signed by their plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the 28th day of July, 1868, which additional articles are word —ear- word as follows : Additional Aarticles to the treaty between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsiny Empire of the 18th of June, 1858. WHEREAS, since the conclusion of the treaty between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsing Empire (China) of the 18th of June, 1858, cir cumstances have arisen showing the ne cessity of additional articles thereto, the President of the United States and the august sovereign of the Ta-Tsing Em pire, have named for their plenipotentia ries, to wit: the President of the United Statas of America, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and his Majesty the Emperor of China, Anson Burlingame, accredited as his' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and Chih- Hang and Sun Chia-Ku, of the second Chines rank, associated high envoys and ministers of his said Majesty, and the said plenipotentiaries, after having ex changed their full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles : ARTICLE I. His Majesty the Emperor A' China, being of the opinion that in slaking concessions to the citizens or sub jects of foreign powers of the privilege of -eliding on certain tracts of land, or re forting to certain waters of that empire 'or purposes of trade, he has by no means relinquished his right of eminent domain nr dominion over the said land and waters, hereby agrees that no such concessions or ;rant shall be construed to give to any )ower or party which may be at war with n. hostile to the United States the righ. .o attack the citizens of the United States' n. their property within the said lands or raters, And the United States, for them The Huntingdon Journal. selves, hereby agree to abstain from offen sively attacking the citizens or subjects of any power or party or their property with which they may be at war on any such tract of land or waters of the said empire. But nothing in this article shall be con strued to prevent the United States from resisting an attack by any hostile power or party upon their citizns or their property. It is further agreed that if any right or interest in any tract of land in China has been or shall hereafter be granted by the government of China to the United States or their citizens for purposes of trade or commerce, that grant shall in no event be construed to divert the Chinese authorities of their right of jurisdiction over persons or property within said tract of land, ex cept so far as that right may have been ex pressly relinquished by treaty. ARTICLE 11. The United States of America and his Majesty the Emperor of China, believing that the safety and pros perity of commerce will thereby be best promoted, agree that any privilege or im munity in respect _trade or navigation within the Chinese dominons which may not have been stipulated for by treaty, shall be subject to the discretion of the Chinese government and may be regulated by it accordingly, but not in a manner or spirit incompatible with the treaty stipu lations of the parties. ARTICLE 111. The Emperor .of China shall have the right to appoint consuls at ports of the United States, who shall en joy the same privileges and immunities as those which are enjoyed by public law and treaty in the United States by the consuls of Great Britain and Russia, or either of . them. ARTICLE IV. The twenty-ninth article of the treaty of the 18th of June, 1858, having stipulated for the exemption of Christian citizens of the United States and Chinese converts from persecution in China on account of their faith, it is further agreed that citizens of the United States, shall enjoy entire liberty of conscience, and shall be exempt from all disability or persecution on account of their religious faith or worship in either country. Cem eteries for sepulture of the dead, of what ever nativity, or nationality, shall be held in respect and free from disturbance or profanation. ARTICLE V. The United Stites of Ainerica and the Emperor of China cordi ally recognize the inherent and inaliena-1 ble right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration or emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade or as permanent resi dents. They consequently agree to pass laws making it a penal offence for a citi zen of the United States or Chinese sub ject to take Chinese subjects either to the United States or to any other foreign country, without their free and voluntary consent respectively. ARTICLE VI. Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities or exemptoins in respect to traed or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. And, reciprocally, Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States, shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and ex emptions in respect to travel or residence, as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. But nothing herein contained shall be held to confer naturalization upon citizens of the United States in China nor upon the sub jects of China in the United States. ARTICLE VII. Citizens of the United States shall enjoy all the privileges of the public educational institutions under the control of the government of China, and, reciprocally, Chinese subjects shall enjoy all the privileges of the public educational institutions under the control of the gov ernment of the United States, which are enjoyed in the respective countries by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. The citizens of the United States may freely establish and maintain schools within the Empire of China at those places where foreigners are by the treaty permited to reside, and, reciprocally, Chinese, subjects may enjoy the same privileges and immunities in the United State.. Sta' ARTICLE VIII. The United States, al ways disclaiming and discouraging all practices of unnecessary dictation and in tervention by one nation in the affairs or domestic administration of another, do hereby disclaim and disavow any intention or right to intervene in the domestic ad ministration of China in regard to the con struction of railroads, telegraphs, or other material internal improvements. On the other hand, his Majesty, the Emperor of China, reserves to himself the right to de cide the time and manner and circum stances of introducing such improvements within his dominions. With this mutual understanding it is agreed by the contract ing parties that ifat any time hereafter his limperial Majesty shall determine to con struct works of the character mentioned within the Empire, and shall make appli cation to the United States or any other western power for facilities to carry out that policy, the United States will, in that case, designate and authorize suitable en gineers to be employed by the Chinese government, and will recommend to other nations an equal compliance with such ap plication, the Chinese government in that case protecting such engineers in their persons and property, and paying them a reasonable compensation for their service. In faith whereof the respective plenipo tentiaries have signed this treaty and thereto affixed the seals of their arms. ri.. .., Done at Washington the twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. (sm.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. ANSON BURLINGAME. [SEAL.] CHIH-KANG. SUN CHIA-KU. And whereas the said additional articles have been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same have been exchanged. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the United States of America, have caused the said additional articles 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 fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand [SEAL.] eight hundred and seventy, and of the Independence of the Uni ted States the ninety-fourth. U. S. GRANT. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. Postal Convention between the United States of America. and the Empire of Brazil : Signed at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 14th day of March, 1870; Jippro ved by the President of the United States on the 9th day of May, 1870. The United States of America and his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil being desi rens to promote the friendly relations ex isting between their respective citizens and subjects, by placing the communications by post between the two countries upon an advantageous footing, have resolved to con clude a convention for this purpose, and have named as 'their plenipotentiaries,— that is to say : The President of the United States, - Henry T. Blow, a citizen of the United States, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the court of his Imperial Majesty; His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the most illustrious and most excellent Joao Maurieio Wanderley, Barop de Cotegipe, Senator and Grandee of the Empire, mem ber of :his- council, commander of his Order of the Rose, Minister and Secretary of State for the Marine Department in charge of the foreign affairs, &c. ; who, after hat ing communicated to each other their res pective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE. I. An exchange of correspon deuce shall hereafter take place between the United States of America.and the Em pire of Brazil by means of the line of mail packets, subsidized by the respective gov -8 oments,, plying monthly between the port of New York and the ports of St. Thomas, in the W-est Indies, and Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, as well as by such other means of transportation between the seaports of the two countries as shall hereafter be established with the approval of the respective Post Depart mann; of the United States and Brazil ; and this correspondence shall embrace— let. Letters and manuscripts subject by the laws of either country to letter rate of postage 2d. Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawincrs, maps, and plans; and such correspondence may be exchan ged, whether originating in either of said countries, and destined for the other, or originating in or destined for foreign coun tries to which they may respectively serve as intermediaries. ARTICLE 11. New York shall be the office of exchange on the side of the Uni ted States, and Para, Bahia, Pernamb.co, and Rio de Janeiro shall be the offices of exchange on the side of Brazil for all mails transmitted between the two countries un der this arrangement, and all mail matter transmitted in either direction between the respective offices of exchange shall be for warded in closed bags or pouches under seal, addressed to the corresponding ex change office. The two Post Departments may at any time discontinue either of said • offices of exchange or establish others. ARTICLE 111. The standard weight for the single rate of postage and rule of pro gression shall be Ist. For letters or manuscripts subject by law to letter rate of postage,ls grammes. 2d. For all other correspondence men tioned in the second paragraph of the first article, that which each department shall adopt for the mails which it dispatches to the other, adapted to the convenience and habits of its interior administration. But each office shall give notice to the other of the standard weight it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. The weight stated by the dispatching office shall always be accepted, except in cases of manifest error. ARTICLE IV. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Office Departments of the two countries on the international cor respondence, written or printed, exchanged between them ; but each country shall levy, collect, and retain to its own use the fol lowinc,' postage charges, viz : Ist. The postage to be charged and col lected in the United States on each letter or manuscript subject to letter postage mailed in the United States, and addressed to any place in the Empire of Brazil, shall be fifteen (15) cents, United States cur rency, per each weight of fifteen grammes or fraction of fifteen grammes; and the postage to be charged and collected in Brazil on each letter or manuscript sub ject to letter postage, mailed in Brazil, and addressed to any place in the United States, shall be three hundred reis, Brazilian cur rency; the same to be in each case in fall of all charges whatever to the place of destination in either country. 2d. On all other correspondence men tioned in the second paragraph of the first article, there shall be charged and collect ed by the dispatching country such rates of inland postage as are now, or may hert.- after be, established by its laws for domes tic correspondence of the same class; and in addition thereto a sea rate of one cent, United States currency, (or its equivalent in the currency of Brazil,) on each news paper, and for each weight of thirty gram mes or fraction of thirty grammes of other printed matter, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps, and plans, which inland and sea postage shall be combined into one 'rate, and the prepayment thereof certified by the stamp of the dispatching office. In like manner, on newspapers, prints of all kinds, and other articles of mailable matter (except letters) received in either country from the other, there shall be charged and collected at the office of deliv ery in the receiving country such rates of inland postage as are now, or may hereafter be, established for domestic correspondence of the same class by the laws of each coun try respectively. Except as above, no charge whatever shall be levied in the country in which in ternational letters, newspapers, &c., are delivered. Newspapers and other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article shall be sent in narrow bands or covers, open at the sides or ends, so that they may be easily examined, and shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the dispatching country in regard to their liability to be rated with letter post age when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. ARTICLE V. Letters and other commu nications in manuscripts, which from any cause cannot be delivered to their address, after the expiration of a proper period to effect their delivery, shall be reciprocally returned every month, unopened and with out charge, to the Post-Office Department of the dispatching country; but newspa pers and all other articles of printed mat ter shall not be returned, but remain at the disposal of the receiving office. Letters erroneously transmitted or wrong- HUNTINGDON, PA., JULY 26, 1871 ly addressed, shall be promptly returned to the dispatching office. ARTICLE VI. The governments of the United States and of Brazil reciprocally grant to each other the privilege of a free transfer of closed mails in the ports and harbors of the respective countries, from one vessel to another, in continuance of their conveyance to destination. ARTICLE VII. The Post Department of the United States and of Brazil shall es tablish by agreement, and in conformity with the arrangement in force at that time, the conditions upon which the two offices may exchange, in open mails, the corres pondence originating in or destined to other Countries to which they may respec tively serve as intermediaries ; but such correspondence shall only be charged with the international postage established by this convention, augmented by the postage rates in force between the forwarding coun try of destination, and any other tax for exterior service. The two Post Departments are mutually to furnish each other with lists stating the foreign countries to which the foreign postage, and the amounts thereof, must be absolutely prepaid, or can be left unpaid; and until such lists are furn'shed, neither country is to mail to the other, any corres pondence for foreign countries beyond the country to which the mail is sent. Correspondence of this class must be ac companied by a letter-bill from the dis patching exchange office, specifying the amount due thereon to each office, and the receiving, exchange office shall return by next post to the dispatching exchange of fice au acknowledgement of receipt and verification thereof, which letter-bills and acknowledgements of receipt shall serve as vouchers in the settlement of the accounts. The accounts to be kept between the two departments upon this clrss of correspond ence shall be stated quarterly, transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable, and the balance found due shall be paid prompt ly to the creditor office under such regula tions as the respective Post Departments may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE VIII. Letters and other cor respondence originating in foreign coun tries, and addressed to the United States or to Brazil, respectively, on which the foreign and international _postage charges are fully prepaid, shall, when forwarded through the mails of either country to the other, be delivered in the country of des tination free of charge. ARTICLE IX. The official correspond its legation between each government and legation near the other, and that of the latter with the former, shall be conveyed to its destination free of postage, and with all the precautions which the two govern ments may find necessary fur its inviola bility and security. ARTICLE X. Neither Post Department shall be required to deliver any article re ceivedin the mails the circulation of which shall be prohibited by the laws in force in the country of destination. ARTICLE XI. The two Post Depart ments may by mutual agreement provide for the transmission of registered articles in the mails exchanged between the two countries- The register fee for each article shall be ten cents in the United States, and two hundred (200) reis in Brazil. ARTICLE XII. The two Post Depart ments shall settle, by agreement between them, all measures of detail and arrange ment required to carry this convention in to execution, and may modify the same in like manner, from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require. ARTICLE XIII. This convention shall take effect from a day to be fixed by the two Post Departments. and shall continue in force until annulled by mutual consent, or until one year from date of notice given by one of the departments to the other of its desire to terminate the same. ARTICLE XIV. The present conven tion shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Rio de Janeiro, as soon as possible. In witness whereof the respective pleni potentaries have signed and sealed the same. Done in the city of Rio de Janeiro, this fourteenth day of the month of March, in the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. HENRY T. BLOW. [SEAL.] BARAO DE COTEGIPE. [SEAL.] POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 9, 1870. Having examined and considered the foregoing articles of a postal convention between the United States of America and the Empire of Brazil, which were agreed upon and signed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, on the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, by Hon. Henry T. Blow,U. S. Minister to Brazil, acting in behalf of, and under instructions from, this department, and by His Excellency Baron de Cotegipe, Minis ter and Secretary of State for the Marine Department of Brazil, in charge of the foreign affairs, &c., the same are by me hereby ratified and approved,'by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Post Office De [sEAL.] partment to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the day and year first above written. JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster-General U. S. I hereby approve the foregoing convention, and in testimony [sEAL.] thereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President : HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State WASHINGTON, May 9, 1870. TRANSLATION. We, Don Pedro 11., Constitutional Em peror and Perpetual Defender of Brazil, &c., make known to all those who shall see the present letter of confirmation, approval, and ratification, that on the fourteenth day of the month of March, of the current year of one thousand eight hundred and seven ty, there was concluded and signed at this court, between Us and His Excellency the President of the United States of Ameri ca, by the respective plenipotentaries, en dowed with full powers, a postal conven tion. The same convention being presented to us, and all therein contained being seen, considered, and examined by us, we ap prove, ratify, and confirm the same, in the whole, as in each of its articles and stipu lations, and by the present we pronounce it firm and valid and of full effect, promis ing by the imperial faith and word to ful filed and observed in every possible manner. In testimony of which we have caused to be prepared the present letter, signed by us, sealed with the great seal of the arms of the Empire, and attested by our Minister and Secretary of State, under signed. Given at the palace" of Ilk de Janeiro, on the twenty-eight day of the month of June, of the year [sEAL.] of our Lord Jesus Christ, ono thousand eight hundred and sev enty. _ _ PEDRO, Emperor. VISCOUNT in HABORALY. Convention between the United States and Great Britain. Naturalization Conclu ded, May 13, 1870 ; Exchanged, Ilugust 10, 1870; Proclaimed, September 16, 1870. -- - By the President of the United States of Jimerica : A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a convention between the Uni— ted States of Araerica and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,.for regulating the citizenship of the United States who have emigrated or who may emigrate froth the United States of America to the British dominions. and of British dominions to the United• States or Amer- ica, was concluded and signed at London, by their respective plenipetentiaries, on the _thirteenth day of billy lust, the original of which convention is word fur word as follows: The President of the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being • desirmis to regulate the ,citizenship of eitimens of the United:States of America who have emigrated or who May emigrate from the United States of Atherica to the British dominieeS, and 01 'British subjects who have emigrated Or who may emigrate from .the British do minions to the United States of America, have resolved to-conclude - a convention for that purpose, and have named as their iplenipotentiaries,that is to.say : The Presi dent of the United States of America, John Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister PlenipotentiarY of the United States of America to her Britancie Majesty ;and her Majesty the Queen , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honorable George Wil liam Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a peer, of the United Kingdom, a member of her Britannic Majesty's most honorable Tritt Council, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the most honorable Order of the Bath, her Britan nic Majesty's principal Secretary. of State for foreign affairs; who, after having com municated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and doe form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : Article I. Citizens of the United States of America who have become, or shall be come, and are naturalized according to law within the British dominions as British subjects, shall, subject to the provisions of Article 11., be held by the United States to be in all respects and for all purposes British subjects, and shall be treated as such by the United States. Reciprocally, British subjects who have. become, or shall become, and are natural- 4..”4-o,4;n is to lo.ve within tho United States of America as citizens thereof, shall, subject to the provisions of Article be held by Great Britain to be in all respects and for all purposes citizens of the United States, and shall be treated as such by Great Britain. Article IL Such citizens of the United States as aforesaid who have become and are naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty as British subjects, shall be at liberty to renounce their natur alization and to resume their nationality as citizens of the United States, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention. Such British subjects as aforesaid who have become and are naturalized as citi zens within the United States, shall bc at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume their British nationality, provided that such renunciation he pub holy declared within two years after the twelfth day of May, 1870. The manner in - Which this renunciation may be made and publicly declared shall be agreed upon by the governments of the respective countries. Article 111. If any such citizen of the United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, should renew his residence in the United States, the United States govern ment may, on his own application and on such conditions as that government may think fit to impose, re-admit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United States, and Great Britain shall not, in that case, claim him as a British subject on account of his former naturalization. In the same manner, if any such Bri tish subject as aforesaid naturalized in the United States should renew his residence within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, her Majesty's government may, on his own application and on such condi tions as that government may think fit to impose, readmit him to the character and privileges of a British subject, and the United States shall not, in that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account of his former naturalization. Article IV. The present con vention shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as may be within twelve months from the date hereof. In witness whereof the respective pleni potentiaries have sighed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at London, the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. [sEAL] JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY. DEAL.] CLARENDON. And whereas the said convention has been , duly ratified on both, parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at London on the 10th ultimo : Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the Uni ted States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and part 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, caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and seventy, [L. s.] and of the Independence of the United Stotes of America the ninety-fifth. U. S. GRANT. By the President : HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. AMENDED. ARTICLE, To replace .11rtiele Sixteen V,the detailed Regulations for the Execution of the Postal Convention signed at The Hague, the tXenty-sixth day of S6ptember, iiz the year 1867. In accordance with Article XIV, of the Postal Convention between The Nether lands and the United States, signed at. The Hague on the 26th of September, 186., the two administrations have agreed to re place Article .XVI, of' the'Detailed Regd. lations of the 26th bfiNeVetriber, 1867, by the-following, article: ARTIObE XVI. .it is understood that the accounts.be preen the two offices shall be established on the respective letter bills in the proper moneY'Of the dispatching office; but the international postage on the unpaid letters or insufficiently p'sid•letters shall be •com puted in the money , of.the.reciving coun try. The reduction of these moneys shall be effected in the general accounts at the rate of 2 42-100 guilders for One dollar of the. United States. • . ' • ..In entering• the foreign' charge:on the letter.bills in the money of the dispatching office, the cent of the t'iiited States and t'wo and a half, cents the Netherlands shall be taken as equivalents. •- It is also understecid that the quarterly accouuts•sliall be paid.rwpectivelyin gold, and in the, deuetnimitious of the money,uf the creditor dike., Signeci'ut; IV:sh!ngt9n, the 23d ,day of Ig7o. [L..sd . JNO. A. J. ORESWEL.I4, Pust/naster General. - Signed-at-tlie-Haftile-s&-the-15th June. J. P..EIOFSTE.Pk.;,., Chief Director of Posts. Additional-Convention between the United State§ and Great BritaiV: — Slave Trade. Concluded, June 3, 1870; Proclaimed, September . l6, 1870. By the' President of the United States of America.: PROCLAMATION, Whereas a convention between the Uni ted States of America and her 3lajesty-the Queen of the United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the suppression of the: African slave trade, with instructions for, :the ships: of. the United States and British navies employed to present that trade, and regulations for the mixed courts of justice thereunto annexed, was conclu ded and signed - it Washington, by their re spective plenipotentiaries, on. the 7th day of April, 1862 ;.and whereas a , convention additional thereto, and,instruttions there unto annexed, were concluded and signed at Wnshington by their respective plenipb tentiaries, on the 3d day of June last, the originals of - v - ifia - additlotTareonvention and instructions are word for word as fol lows : ADDITIONAL • CONVENTION TO THE ••CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN OF-THE SEVENTH OF APRIL, 1862, RESPE'CTING THE AFttleAN SLAVE TRADE. The United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; having toss to the conclusion that it is no longer-ne cessary to maintain the three mixed courts of justice, established at Sierra Leone, at the Cape of Good Hope, and at New York, in pursuance of the treaty concluded at Washington, on the 7th day of April, 1862, for the suppression of the African slave trade, they. have—resolved to conclude an additional convention for the purpose of making the reqUisite modifications of the said treaty, and have named as their plen ipotentiaries, that is to say : The - President of the United States of America, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and her -Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Thornton, Epquire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, who, after having com municated to oach other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE 1. Everything contained in the treaty concluded at Washington on the 7th of April, 1862, between the Uni ted States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the supression of the African slavd trade, and in the annexes A and B thereto, which relates to the es tablishment of three mixed courts of jus tice at Sierra Leone, at Cape of Good Hope, and at New York, to hear and decide all cases of capture of vessels which may be brought before them as having been en gaged in the African slave trade, or as having been 'fitted out for the purposes thereof, as well as to the composition, jur isdiction, and mode of procedure of such courts, shall cease and determine as re gards the said mixed courts, from and af ter the exchange of the ratifications of the present additional convention, except in so far as regards any act or proceeding done or taken in virtue thereof, before this ad ditional convention shall be officially com municated to the said mixed courts of jus tice. The said courts shall nevertheless have the power, and it shall be their duty, to proceed with all practicable dispateh to the final determination of all causes and proceedings which may be pending, and undetermined in them, or either of them, at the time of receiving notice of this con vention. ARTICLE 11. The jurisdiction hereto fore exercised by the said mixed courts in pursuance of the provisions of the said treaty shall, after the exchange of the rat ifications of the present additional conven tion, be exercised by the courts of one or the other of the high contracting parties according to their respective modes of procedure in matters of maritime prize; and all the provisions of the said treaty with regard to the sending or bringing in of captured vessels for adjudication before the said mixed courts, and with regard to the adjudication of such vessels by the said courts, and the rules of evidence to be applied and the proceedings consequent on such adjudication, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the courts of the high con tracting parties. It is, however, provided that there may be an appeal from the de cision of any court of the high contract ing parties, in the same manner as by the law of the country where the court sits is allowed in other cases of maritime prize. ARTICLE 111. It is agreed that .in case of an American merchant vessel searched by a Britislf cruiser being detainted as having been engaged in the African slave trade, or as hiving been fitted ont for the purposes thereof, she shall be sent to. New York or Key West, whichever shall be most accessible for adjudication, or shall be handed over to the United States cruiser, if one should be available in the neighbor hood of the capture; and that in the cor- responding case of a British merchant ves sel searched by a United States cruiser being detained as having been fitted out for' the purposes theieof, she shall be sent for'adjudication to the nearest or most tic cessible British colony, or shall be handed ovor to a British cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the cap ture. All the witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the gnitt:ofthe master, crew, or other . persons found, on; board of any _such vessel, shall he sent and handed over With the vessel itself, in order to be pre- Auced to the court before which such ves -sel or persons may be brought for trial. All negroes, or others,- • (necessary wit nesses excepted,). who . may be on board either en American or a British vessel for the purpose of beiUg consigned, to slavery, shall be handed Over to the nearest Brit ish authority. They shall be immediately set at liberty, andoshall. remain free,""her Britannic Majesty guaranteeing their lib erty. With regard to such of those negroes, Lox others, as may be sent with the, de ji.ned•velssel as' necessary witnesses, the -government to Which 'they may have been delivered shall set them. at liberty as soon :as their testimony shall Jae. longer. be, re quired, and shall guarantee their liberty. Where a detained Vessel is handed Over to a crniser - of her' own nation-,-an officer in charge, and other necessary witnesses' and spropP, shalLaccompapy the vessel. .AwpcLy. IV. It.. is mutually agreed that the instructions for the ships of the navies of bc;th nations destined to prevent the AfriCanSlave.trade which are annex ed to this oontiention, ;ball form an inte lgral part thereof r and shall have the sane three and effect as if they had been annex ed 'to the treaty of the 7th of April 1862, in lieu of the instructions forming annax A to that. treaty. AuLicLE V. In all other :respects the stipulations, of the Itfreaty q.. April 7, 1862,' shall remain in NI force and effect until terminated by notice given by one of the high - contracting"parties to the other, in the manner prescribed by Article rfl. thereof. ARTICLE VI. The high contracting parties engage to communicate the present convention to the mired cOurts of jastice. and to the officers in command of their resii.y.tive cruisers, and to give them the requisite i n,t ructionsin,pursuance there with the least possible delay. AuTICLE VII. The present additional convention shall have the same duration as the treaty of the 7th of April, 1892, and the additional article thereto of the 17th . of Febuary, 1863. It shall be ratified,and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Lon don as soon as possible. In witness whereof; the respective plen ipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Washington, the third day of June, in the year of . our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and seventy. [SEAL.] HAMILTON FISH. [SEAL.] EDWD. THORNTON. ANNEX TO THE ADDITIONAL CON VENTION. BETWEEN the- IMITED STATES OF AMERICA and GREAT BRITAIN, FOR THE SUPPRES SION 'OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED lAT WASHING TON ON THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 1870. . , Instructions for the Ships of the United States and Britssh Navies employed to prevent the African Slave Trade. • Article I. The commander of any ship belonging to the United States or British navy, which shall be furnished with these instructions, shall have a right 'to search , and detained any United States or British merchan vessel which shall be .actually engaged, or suspected to be engaged, in the African slave trade, or to be fitted out for the purposes thereof, or to have been engaged in such trade during the voyage in which she may be met with by suc ship of the United States or British navy; and such commaneer shall thereupon being or send such merchant vessel (save in the case provided for in Article V. of these instructions) as SOO2 as possible for judgment, in the' manner provided by Article 111. of the additional convention of this date, this is to say : . . In the case of an Aulerican vessel search ed and detained as aforesaid by a British cruiser, she shall be sent to New York or Key West, which ever shall be -most acces ible, or be handed over to an United States cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the capture. In the case of a British vessel searched and detained as aforesaid by an United States cruiser, she shall be sent to the near est or most accessible British colony, or shall be handed over to a British cruiser, if one should be available in the neighbor hood fo the capture. Article 11. Whenever a ship of either of the two naviesf, duly 'authorized as afore said, shall meet a merchant vessel liable to be searched under thd provisions of the treaty of the 7th of April, 1862. and of this additional convention, the serch shall be conducted with the courtesy and consid eration which ought to be observed be tween allied and friendly nations; and the search shall, in all cases, be made by an officer holding a rank not lower than that of lieutenant in the navy, or by the officer who at the time shall be second in com mand of the ship by which such search is made. Article 111. The commander of any ship of the two navies, duly authorized as aforesaid, who may detain - any merchant vessel in pursuance of the tenor of the present instructions, shall leave on board the vessel so detained the master, the mate or boatswain, two_or three at least of the crew, and all the cargo. The captor shall, at the time of detention, draw up in writ ing a declaration, which shall exhibit the state in which he found the detained ves sel, to be produced as evidence in the prop er court. He shall deliver to the master of the detained vessel a signed and certified list of papers found on board the same, as well as a certificate of number of negroes or other persons destined for slavery, who may have been found on board at the mo ment of detention. In the declaration which the captor is hereby required to make, as well as in the certified list of the papers seized, and in the certificate of the number of negroes or others destined for slavery who may be found on board the detained vessel, he shall insert his own name and surname, the name of the capturing ship, and the latitude and longitude of the place where the detention shall have been made. The officer in charge of the detained vessel shall, at the time of delivering the vessel's papers and the certificate of the commander into court, deliver also a certi ficate, signed by himself, and verified on oath, stating any changes which may have taken place in . respect to the veaSel, the crew, and her cargo, between the time of 7.1T4-)H ,aaimoM yzbeenSW T3N3IT 3TAT2 NA3U82932 Na , (29 her detention and the tithir, van 'in such paper. u'ir gt r Where a detained vessel is banded over to a cruiser Of her own natiki;":Xn offiCet in charge, and other necessary, witnesses and proofs, shall accompany the vessel. Article IV. $1 the..negroes-or others (necessary witness except) who any be on board either an American' or a' British detained vessel, for the shall Of being consigned to slavery, shall laaltaaded over by the commander of the ship 'to the near est British authority. Article V. In case any merchant VesS el detained in pursuance of the, present instructions should prove to be. unsea worthy, or in such a con'dition'as: not to be taken in for adjudication as directed by the additional convention of this date, the commander of the'detainingorttieer may take upon - Nina:elf the responsibility of abandoning or detttoying her, pgovided the exact causes which made such a step imperatively necessary be stated in a cer tificate verified on'oath. SligFerlireete shall be drawn ulv end fof*Ellidtiaxe Outed by him inauslihitttlat t thetnisie,lakd Shall be received as pri4e'fige evidence of the facts therein stated, subject to rebuttal by counter proof. Iu case of the abandonment or destruc of a detained vessel, the master and crew, together with the paper§ fennel on .beard, and other neesiary proofs. and witness, ,and one thecertifies,tesmentineekin:the preceding paragraph ,3f this ar,4c1e,..,. 4 . 841 be :sent and delivered at the'eirliest pass!- ' ble moment to the proper a:414 'll64ol'e which • the' , iveSselliould'othetWiSe - been. :sent, -Upon.. the.preditelio the said certificate, the,couxt,fnay ! pangeed, adjudicate upon the detTltien,eTiphs.yeifs el in the same manner as if thev.essel had been sent in.• • • The neg,roes or others intended -to 'be consigned to , elavery,shall be handed,o,fer to the nearest. British sptlNrity,,i ~.,„, The undersigned . gegipotentwins have agreed, in conformity with Ehetli' arti cle of the additional conventiort,lifgtiecrty than on this day, that the presentinstrot- tions shall beannexeci to tlie said conven tion, and be considerrd an integral part thereof. Done arrifashington; the third day of June, in the year of oat Lord' one thou sand eight hundred and seventY. : • • [ I . 3 EAL-] • • 1-143111.3/3a ; • [gnu.] F,DWD. TJ-101INTON And whereas the said.additiosal conven tion has been duly ratified on both parts and the respective ratifications`of the game were exchanged , at London on the 10th ultimo : Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the United States of Aniei-ieb, haNe caused the said additional convention to'be padepnb lie, to the end that the •same, and every clause and part thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Uni ted States, and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have lierenntii set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done, at thc city of Washington, this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the Uni ted States of America the nine ty-fifth. . U. S. GRANT. By the President : HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. Postal Convention between the United States of America.and the Provinces of Vancouver's Island and British Colum bia. Signed at Washington on the 9th of June, 1870, and at Victoria the 25th of July, 1870; Approved by the Presi dent of the United States on the sth of October, 1870. The undersigned, being thereunto duly authorized by their respective governments, have agreed upon the following articles, establishing and regulating the exchange of correspondence between the United States of America and .the provisoes of vancouver'sFs - xtrittslk Uoluinbia. Article I. There shall be an exchange of mails between the United States and the provinces of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, at the following point's, viz: On the side of the United Stales, At Boston, New. York, San Francisco, Port land, (Oregan,) Olympia; on the side of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, Victoria. The two Post Departments may at any time discontinue either of said of fices of exchange, or establish others, by mutual consent. Article 11. The_mails exchanged be tween the offices of Boston, New. York, San Francisco and Portland on the one side, and Victika on the other are to pais each way as thriugh mails, not to be open ed at any intermediate office. Article III: The authorized weight of a single international letter shall be fifteen grammes (by the metrical scale) in the United States, and half an ounce in Van couver's Island and British Columbia. The postage on a single international letter shall be six cents if prepaid at the wailing office in either country, and ten cents if posted unpaid; and for other than' single single 'letters the same charges shall be made for each additional fifteen grammes, (or half ounce), or fraction thereof. Let ters insufficiently paid shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid. Bat, if one or more full rates shall be prepaid, the number of rates fully prepaid shall be always allowed, and the deficient postage only rated up for collection on delivery. Article IV. No accounts shall be kept between the Post Departments of the Uni ted States and of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, on the international let tere exchanged between them, and each shall retain to its own use the.peetage which it collects. Article V. Newspapers, pamphlets, mag azines, and all other !minted matter posted in the United States and sent to the prov inces of Vancouver's Island or British Columbia, or posted in those provinces and sent to the United States, shall be charge able with the regular domestic rates of postage, both to and from the frontier line in each country ; which postage shall be collected at the office of mailing, on mat ter sent, and at the office of delivery, on matter received; and each country shall retain to its own use the postagea whioh it thus collects. Article VI. Each mail dispatched from one country to the other shall be accom panied by a letter or post bill, showing the number of each of the articles comprising the mail, and distinguishing the paid let ters, with their postage in separate columns. Article VII. Prepaid letters dispatched from one country to the other shall, he plainly stamped with the words "Paid all," in red ink, in the right-hand upper cor ner of the address, in addition to the date stamp of. the office of origin, and in like [CONCLUDED ON FOURTH PAGE
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