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
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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-
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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
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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
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