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HUNTINGDON, PA., JULY 26, 1871.
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NO. 29.
United States Laws.
[Published by Authority.j| • ¦ APPENDIX.
y the President of the  United  States of America : A PROCLAMATION.
/"HERE.iS an additional article to the trea¬ ty of navigatiou ancl commerce between the Fuited States of America and the Emperor of Russia, of the 18th of De¬ cember, 1832, was concluded and sign¬ ed at Washington, by their respective plenipotqutiaries, on the 2Tfh day of January, 18G8, the origina! of which additional articic is word for word as follows:
The fnited States of America and his tajesty the Emperor of all the Ilussias, jeming it advisable that there should be 1 additional article to the treaty of com- lerce between them of 6-18 December. 332,    bave   'or   this purpose named   ol'
¦nited Sttites, William H. Seward. Secre- iry of Stnte, and his Majesty the Empcr- r cf all the Russia.'!, the Privy Couneel- ¦r, Edward de Stoockle, accredited as his Ixtraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- ary to the United Stute.i; and tlie s;iid lenipotentiaries, after an examination of leir respective full powers, which were pund to be in good and due form, have jreed 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, agreo that le counterfeiting in one of the two ooun- ies of the trade marks affixed in tho ;her on merchandise to show its origin id quality, shull be strictly prohibited id repressed, and shall giveground for an Ition of damages in favor of the injured irty, to be prosecuted in the courts ofthe )untry iu which the counterfeit shall be roven.
The trade mark in which the citizens or ibject.s of'ono of tlie two cuuntrics may hish to soeure the righ of property in'the :her, must be lodged exclusively, to wit, le marks of citizens ofthe United States > ths department of manufactures and in- md commerce at St. I'etersburg, and the larks of Russian subjects at the patent ffice in Washington.
This additional article shall be termina- le by either party, pursuant to the 12th rticle of the treaty to which it is an ad- ition. It shall te ratified by the I'resi- ent by and with the advice and consent fthe Senate ofthe Unitod States, and by is Majesty the Emperor of all the Rus- as, and the respective ratilications of the ime shall be exchanged at St. Petersburg 'ithin nine months from the date hereof, r sooner if possible.
In faith whereof the respective plenipo- jntiaries havesi^ned the present additional rticle in duplicate and affixed thereto the jal of their arms.
Done at Washington, the twenty-seventh ay of January, in the year of cr.ice one lousand eight hnndred and sixty-eight. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [l. s.] EDOUARD LE STOECKL. [l s.] And whereas the additional article has een duly ratified on both parts, and the espective ratifications of the same were xchanged at St- Petersburg on the 21st ap o' September by the late Cassius M. /lay, esquire, envoy extraordinary and iinister plenipotentiary of the United States, and Vladimir de Westman, actinc iinister of foreign aflTairs of his Majesty he Emperor of all the Russias, on the lart of their respective governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Vndrew Johnson, President of the Jnited States of America, have caused the aid addition article to be made public, to he end that thc same, and every clause nd part thereof, may be observed and ful- ilied with good faith by the Unit<;d States .nd the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereto set ny hand and caused the seal ofthe United States to be  affixed.
Done in the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of Oi;tober 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 JOIISON. By the President: William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
Additional Articles to the  Treaty between the United States   and China, of  June IS, 18-58.
By the President of the   United States of
¦ A^merica :
A PR0CLA5IATION.
Whereas certain  additional   articles   to
the   treaty   now in   force betweon the
UnitedSiates  of Ameriea and the   Ta-
Tsiog Empire, signed Tientsin the 18th
day of June, 1858, were  concluded and
signed   by   their   pienipotentiarios   at
Washington, on the 28th day of   July,
1868, which additional articles are word
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.Additional Aarticles to ihe treaty   between the United tStates of Atnerica a'nd   the Ta-Tsiny Empire of the    18th of June. 18Bi. Whereas, since the   conclusion   of the treaty between the   United   States   of America   and   the   Ta Tsing   Empire (China) of tha 18th of June, 1858, cir¬ cumstances have arisen showing the ne¬ cessity of additional articles thereto, the President ofthe United States and  the august sovereign of the   Ta-Tsing Em¬ pire, have named for their plenipotentia¬ ries, to wit: the President of the llnited Statss 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- Ilang and Sun Chia-Ku, ofthe   second Chine.s rank, associated high envoys and ministers of his said JIajesty,   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 : Ar-ticle I. His Majesty the Emperor if China, being  of the  opinion   that  in naking conces-sions to the citizens or sub- lects offoreign powers ofthe privilege  of •esiding on certain tracts of land,   o^   re¬ torting to certain   waters of   that  empire 'or purposes of trade, he has by no means relinquished his right of eminent domain )r dominion over tho said land and waters, jereby agrees that no such conce.'^siiins  or jrant shall be  construed  to  give   to any lower or party which may be at war   with )r hostile to the United States  the righ ;o attack the citizens of the United States' )r their property within the said lands  or- vaters.   And the United States, for them¬
selves, hereby agree to abstain from offi;n- sively attacking the citizens or subjects of any power or party or their property with which they may be at war on any such trsct of land or waters ofthe said empire. Bnt nothiug 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 iu any tract of land in China has been or shall hereafter bo granted by the government of China to the United States or thoir citizens for purposes of trade or commerce, that grant shall in no event be construed to divert the Chinese authorities oftheir right of jurisdiction over persons or property within said tract of land, ex¬ cept so far as that right may hava been ex¬ pressly relinquished by treaty.
Article II. The United States of America and his Majesty the Emperor of China, believing that tho safety and pros¬ perity of commerce will thereby be best pi-()uicitcd, ;igrce that any privilege or im- mnnitj in respeet to trade or iiavic^tion within the Chinese dominons which may not have b-,.'en 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 mauner or spirit incompatible with the treaty stipu¬ lations of tho parties.
Article III. 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 thoso which are enjoyed by public law and treaty in the United States by the consuls of Great Britain and llussia, or either of them.
Abticle 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 accouut 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 States of Ameriea and the Emperor of China cordi¬ ally recognize the inherent and inaliena¬ ble right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage ofthe free migration or emigration oftheir citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to thc other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade or as permanont resi- denta. They consequently agree to pass laws making it a penal oifonce 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 cxemptoins in respect to traed or residence as may there bo 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 Unitod 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, whieh 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 whore foreigners are by the treaty permited to reside, and, reciprocally, Chinese, subjects may enjoy the same privileges and immunities in the United States.
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 improvementa within his dominions. With this mutual understanding it is agreed by the contract¬ ing parties that if at any time hereafter his imperial 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 fur facilities to carry out thttt poliey, the United States will, in that case, designate and authorize suitable en¬ gineers to be employed by the Chinese government, andwill recommend to other nations an equal compliance with such ap¬ plication, thc Chinese government in that case protecting such engineers in their persons and property, and paying them a reasonable eompensation for their service. In faith whereof the respective plenipo¬ tentiaries have signed this treaty and thereto affixed the seals of their arms.
Done at Washington the twenty-eighth
day of July, in the year of our  Lord one
thousand eight hundred and   sixty-eight.
[SEAL.]       WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
ANSON BURLINGAME.
[SEAL.]       CHIH-KANG.
SUN CniA-KU. And whereas the said additional articles have been duly ratified on both parta, and the respective ratifications of thc 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 theseal ofthe United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,  this fifth day of   February,   in   the year of our Lord  one  thousand [SE.\L.]   eight hundred and seventy,  and of the Independence of the Uni¬ ted  States the   ninety-fourth. U. S. GRANT. Bj- the I'resident:
Ha.milton Fish, Secretary of State.
Postal Convention beticeen the United States of America and the Empire of Brazil : Signal  at  Rio  de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 14ih day of March, 1870 ;   ..Appro¬ ved hy the President of the United States on the 9th day of May, 1870. The United States of America and hb Majesty the Emperor of Brazil being desi¬ rous 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 ^lauricio Wanderley, Baron de Cotegipe, Senator and Grandee ofthe Empire, mem¬ ber of his council, commapder of his Order of the Rose, Minister and Secretary of State for the Marine Departmant in charge of the foreign affairs, kc ; who, after hav¬ 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¬ dence shall hereafter t.akc place between tho United States of America and the Em¬ pire of Brazil by means ofthe line of mail packets, subsidized by thc respective gov- Sfaiments, plying monthly between the port of New York and the ports of St. Thomas, in the West 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 bo established with the approval of the respective Post Depart¬ ments of the United States and Brazil; and this correspondence shall embrace—
1st. Letters and manuscripts subject by the laws of either country to letter rate of
2d. Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps, and plans; and such correspondence may he exchan¬ ged, whether originating in c;ther 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 II. New York shall be the office of exchange on tho side of the Uni¬ ted States, aud Para, Bahia, Pornamb'.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 III. The standard weight for the single rate of postage and rule of pro¬ gression shall be:—
1st. For letters or manuscripts subject by law to letter rate of postage. 15 grammes. 2d. For all other correspondence men¬ tioned in the second paragraph of the tirst article, that which each department shall adopt tbr 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 bo accepted, except in cases of manifest error.
Article IV. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Office Departmeuts of tho 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 lol¬ lowing postage charges, viz :—
1st. The postage to be charged and col¬ lected in the United States on each letter or manuscript subject to lotter 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 fifleen 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 placein the United States, shall be three hundred reis, Brazilian cur¬ rency; the same to be in each case in full of all charges whatever to the place of destination in either country.
2d. On all othor correspondence men¬ tioned iu the second paragraph of the first article, there shall be charged and collect¬ ed by the dispatching country such rates of inlaud 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 soa 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 othor printed matter, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, m-ips, and plans, whicii 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 ahall 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.
Exeept 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, whicli from any cause cannot be delivered to their address, after the expiration of a proper period to effect their dolivery, 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¬
ly addressed, shall  be  promptly returned to the dispatching office.
Article VI. The governments of the L'nited 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 conntries, 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 tho foreign postage, and the amounts thereof, must be absolutely prepaid, or ean be left unpaid ; and until such lists are furnished, 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 ela.ss must be ac¬ companied hy 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 tho dispatching exehange of¬ fico an acknowledgement of receipt and verification thereof, whioh letter-bills and acknowledgements of receipt shall servo as vouchers in the settloment of tho accounta. The accounts to be kept between the two departments upon this cirss 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 VIIT. Letters and other cor¬ respondence originating in fureign couu¬ 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 througii the mails of either country to the other, bo delivered in the country of des¬ tination free of charge.
Article IX. The official correspond¬ ence between each government and its legation near the other, and that of the latter with the former, shall be conveyed to ita destination free of postage, and with all the precautions which the two govern¬ ments may find necessary for its inviola¬ bility and security.
Article X. Neither Post Department shall be required to deliver any article re¬ ceived in the mails, the cireulation of which shall be prohibited by the laws in force in the country of destination.
Article XI. The two Post Depart¬ menta may by mutual agreement provide for the transmission of registered articles in the mails exchanged  between   the two
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The register fee for each article shall be ten cents in the United States, and two hnndred (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 thc service may require.
Article XIII. This convention shall take effect from a day to be fixed by the two Post Depirtments, 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 ita desire to terminate the same.
Article XIV. The present conven¬ tion shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall bo exchanged at Bio 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, iu the year of our 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 oity 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 Seeretary of State for the Marino 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 tho President of the Unitod 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 an d year first above written.
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster-General U. S. I heroby approve the foregoing convention,   and   in    testimony [seal.] thereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to bo affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State Washington, May 9, 1870.
Given at the palace of Rio de Janeiro, on the twenty-eight day ,  . of the month of June, of the year [seal.] of   our  Lord  Jesus   Christ onp thousand eight hundred and sev¬ enty. PEDRO, Emperor. VISCOUNT DE HABORALY.
Convention between the United States and Great Britain. J^aturalization Conchi ded, May 13, 1870; Exchanged. August 10, 1870; Proclaimed, September 16, 1870.
By the President of the   United States of America :    ¦
TRANSLATION.
We, Don Pedro II., 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 tho current year of one thousand eight huudred 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 tho great seal of the arms of the Empire, and attested by our Minister and Secretary of State, under¬ signed.
A   PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a convention between the Uni¬ ted States of America and hor Majesty the Queon of the l'nited Kiiigdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for regulating the citizenship of the United Stiites who have emigrated or who may emigrate from tho United States of America to the British dominions, and of British dominions to the United States of Amer¬ ica, W!is concluded and signed at London, by thoir respective plenipotentiaries, on the .thirteenth day of May last, the original of which couvention ia word foi- word as follows :—
The President of the United States of America and hor Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to regulate the citizenship of citiaens ofthe United States of America who havo emigrated or who may emigrate from tho Unitod States of America to the British dominions, and of British subjects who have emigrated tn- who may emigrate from the British do¬ minions to the United States of America, have resolved to conclude a conveution for that purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say : The Presi¬ dent oftho United States of America, John Lothrop Motley, l-^squire, Envoy Extraor¬ dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to her Britannic Majesty ;and her Majesty the Queen of tjie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, tho Kight 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 Privy 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 Stato for foreign affairs; who, after luiviiig com- municiited to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, havc agreed upon and concluded the following articles :
Articic 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 II., be held by tho United States to be in all respects and for all purposes British subjects, and shall bo treated as such by the United States.
Reciprocally, British subjects who have become, or shall become, and are natural- rnjrl cKooidIng to luw wittiii tho United States of America as citizens thereof shall, subjeet to the provisions of Article IL. 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 II. 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 ofthe present convention.
Such British subjects as afiresaid who have become and aro naturalized as citi¬ zens within the United States, shall bo at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume their British nationality, provided that such renunciation be pub¬ licly declared within two yeara atl:or the twelfth day of May, 1870.
The manuer in which this renunciation may bo made and publicly declared shall be agreed upon by the governments ofthe respective countries.
Article III. If any snch citizen of the United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, should renew hia residence in the United States, the United States govern¬ ment may, on his own application and on such conditions as that governmant may think fit to impose, re-admit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United States, and Groat Britain shall not, in that case, claim him a.s a British subject on account of his fi>rmor naturalization.
In the same mannor, if any such Bri¬ tish subject as aforesiid naturalized in the United States should renew his residence within the dominions of hor Britannic Majesty, her Majesty's government may, on his own applioation and on such condi¬ tions as that government may think tit to impose, readmit him to the charaeter and privileges of a British subject, and the Uuited States shall not, in that case, claim him a,s a citizen of the Uuited States on account ofhis former naturalization.
Article IV. Tho present con vention shail 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 havo signed 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. [SEAL.]     CLARENDON.
And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of tho 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, havo 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 tho seal of the Unitod States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord ono thou¬ sand eight hundred and seventy, [l. s.] and of tho Tndopendenco of the Uuited Stntes of America the ninety-fifth.
U. S. ORANT. By the President :
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
AMENDED ABTICLE, To replace Article Sixteen of tlie detailed
Regulations for  the   Execution   of the
Postal Convention signed at The Hague,
thc   ticenty-sixlh day   of September, in
the year 18(17.
In accordance with Article XIV, of the Postal Convention between The Nether- l-anda and the United Statos, signed at The Hague on the 2Gth of September, 18(37, the two administrations have agreed to re¬ place Article XVI, of fhe Detailed Regu¬ lations ofthe 2t;th of'November, 18C7, by thefollowing article:
Article XVI.
It is understood that the accounts be¬ tween the two offices shall be established on the respective lottor bills in tho proper money of the dispatching office ; but tho international postage on the unpaid letters or insufficiently paid letto.-s shall bo com¬ puted in the money of the reciving couu¬ try. Tho reduction of theso moneys shall bo effected in tho general accounts at the rato of 2 -12-100 guilders for one dollar of the Lfnited States.
In entering the foreign charge on the letter bills in the money of the dispatching offico, the cent of the Unitod States and two and a half cents oi the Netherlands shall be taken as equivaloiits.
It is also understood that the quarterly accounts ahall be paid respectively in gold, and in the dtjiomiuittions of the moucy of tho creditor office.
Signed at AViisliinut-in', the 23d day of May, 1870.    ¦ ¦' .  ¦ "'¦- ¦   ¦   I ^. ¦
[I.sj] . JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
:  Postmaster General.
Signed at tho -H<«g4M»-«»n tIw-4-5th Juno.
1870.      .-:..¦:
J. P, HOFSTEDE, : Chief Director of Posts. Additional Convention between the United Statos and Groat Britain.'   Slave Trade. Conclnded, June 3, 1870;   Proclaimed, September 16, 1870. By the President of the   United   Statesof America. A PROCLAMATION. Whuroas a conventiou between the Uui¬ ted Stiites of Auierica and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Gro.it Britain and Ireland, for the suppression of the  African slave trade, with instructions for the ships of the  United States  and Britisii n;iyios cmpioyed   to prevent  that trade, and regulations for the mixed courts of justice thereunto annexed, was conclu¬ ded and signed at Washington, by their re¬ spective  plenipotentiarie:J, on the 7th day of April, 1862 ; and wherois a convention additional   thereto, and instructions there¬ unto annexed, were   concluded and signed at Washington by thoir respective plonip.v tentiaries, on the 3d day of June la.st, tho originals of which additional  convention and instructions are word for word as fol¬ lows :—
ADDITIONAL CONVE.NTION TO THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN OF THE SEVE-VTH OF APRIL, 1862, RESPECTING THB AtHlU-\.^ SLAVii 'I'KAUE. The l'nited States of Amorica and her Majesty the Queen of the LTnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having eo je to the conclusion that it is no longer ne¬ cessary to maintain the three mixed courts of justice, established at Sierra Loone, at the C.ipe of Good Hopo, and at Now York, in pursuance of the treaty concluded at Washington, on the 7th day of April, 1862, for the suppression of tho African slave trade, tluty have jresolved to conclude an additional convention for tho purpose of making the requisite midifications of the said treaty, and have namod as their plen¬ ipotentiaries, that is to say : The President of the United Statesof Amorica, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and her Majesty tho Queen of the Unitod Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Thornton. Es(iuiro. Companion oftho Order of thc Bath, and hor Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Uuited States of America, who, after having com¬ municated to each othor their respoctive full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upnn and concluded the following articles:—
Article 1. Everything contained in tho treaty concluded at Washington on the 7th of April, 1802, betweon the Uni¬ tod States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britiiiu and Ireland, for the supression of tho African sl-ave trade, and in tho annexes A and B thereto, which relates ti the es¬ tablishment of three mixed courts of jus¬ tice at Sierra Leone, at Cape of Good Hope, and at Now York, to hear and decide all cases of capture of vessels which may be brought before thom as having boen en¬ gaged in tho African slave trade, or as having been fitted out tVir the purpose.? theroof, as Woll as to the composition, jur¬ isdiction, and mode of procedure of suoh courts, shall ceaso and determine as re¬ gards tho said mixed ourts, from and af¬ ter the exchango of tho ratifications of the present additional convention, except in so i'ar as regards any act or proceeding done or tiiken in virtue thoreof, before this ad¬ ditional convoution shall be officially com¬ municated to the said mixed courts of jus¬ tice. The said courts shall nevertheless have the power, and it shall bo thoir duty, to proceed with all practicable dispatch 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 II. The jurisdietion hereto¬ fore exercised by the said mixed courts in pursuance of the provisious of tho said treaty shall, aftor the exchange of the rat¬ ifications of the present addition.il conven¬ tion, be exercised by tho courtaofono or the other of tho 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 beforo the said mixed courts, and with regard to thc 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 contracts 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 III. It is agreed that in ca.so ofan Anierican nierchant vessel searched by a British cruiser being dotainted as having been engaged in tho -\frican shive trade, or as having boen fitted out for the purposes thereof, she »hall be sent to New Y(n-k or Key West, whichever shall be most accessible for adjudication, or shall bo handed over to the United States cruiser, if one should be available in the neighbor¬ hood of the capture; and that in tho cor¬
responding case of a British merchant ves¬ sel searched by a Unitod States cruiser being detained as having beon fitted out for the purposes thereof, she shall be sent for adjudication to tho nearest or most ac cessiblo British colony, or shall be handed ovor to a British cruiser, if one should bo available iu tho neighborhood ofthe cap¬ ture.
All the witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the guilt bf fhe master, crew, or other persons found on board of auy such vessel, hhull bo sent and handed ovor with the vessel itself, in ordor to be pro¬ duced to the court before which such ves¬ sel or persons mny bo brought for trial.
All negroes, or others, (necessary wit¬ nesses excepted,) who may bo on board cither an xVmerican or a British vessel fir the purpose of beiug consigned to slavery, shall be handed over to the nearest Brit¬ ish authority. They shall be immediately set at liberty, and.shall remain free,''her Hritrainic Majesty guaranteeing thoir lib¬ erty. With regard t* such of those negroes, or others, as may be sent in with the de¬ tained 7e.=!sol as necessary witnesses, the government to which they may have been delivcrod shall set them at liberty as soon as. thoir testimony shall ,no longer be re¬ quired, and shall guaranteo their liberty. Where a detained vessel is handed ov6r to a cruiser of her own nation, an offieer in charge, and other necessary witnesses and propl's, shall acqompa.ny the vessel.
jVltTlCLE ly. It. is mutually agreed that tho instructions for tho ships of tho navies of both nations destined to prevent the African stave trade, whioh are annex¬ ed to this conventiou, shall form an inte¬ gral part thereof, and shall have the same force and otTect as if thoy had been annex¬ ed to tho treaty of the 7th of April 1802, in lion of the instnictions forming annax A to that treaty,  :
Arlicle V. Iu all other respects the stipulations of tho treaty of April 7, 1862,' shall remain in full force and effect until torniinatod by notice given by one of the high contracting parties to the other, in the manner prescribed by Article VII. thereof.
.\urirLE VI. Tho high contracting parties engage to communicate tho preseut convention to the mixed courts of justice, and to the officers in command of their respii-tivo cruisers, and to give thoin the requisite instruotions.in pursuanco there jf, with tho loast possible delay.
.Vrticle VII. Tho piesent additional convention shall have tho same duration a.s the treaty of the 7th of .\pril, 1892, and the .-.dditioual article Ihereto ofthe 17th of Febuary, 1863. It shall be ratified, and the ratiUcatioiis shall be exchanged at Lon¬ don as soon as possible.
In witnes.s whereof, tho respective plen¬ ipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Washington, the third day of Juno, in the year of our Lord one thou¬ sand eight hundred and seventy. [SEAL.] HAMILTON FISH.
[se.«..] EDWD. THORNTON.
ANNEX TO THE ADDITIONAL CON- VKNTIOX BETWKKN tho ia»ITED STATES OF AMERICA and GREAT BRITAIN, FOR TIIE SUPPRES¬ SION OF TIIE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. SIGNED AT WASHING¬ TON ON THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 1870.
Instructions for the Ships of the United States aud Britssh Navies employed to preveut the -\frican Slave Trade.
Article I. The commander ofany ship belonging to the LTnited States or British navy, which shall bo furnished with these instructions, shall havo a right ti search and detained any United States or British merchan vessel which shail be actually engaged, or suspected to be engaged, in the African slave trado, or to be fitted out for fhe purposes thereof, or to have been engaged in such trade during the voyage in which she may be met with by such ship oftho LTnited States or British navy; and suoh commanoer shall thereupon being or send such nierchant vessel (save in tho case provided for in Article V. of these instructions) as sooa as possible for judgment, in the manner provided by Article HI. ol'the additional convention of this dato, this is to say :—
In tho caseof an American vessel search¬ ed and detained as afijros iid by a British cruiser, she shall be .sent to New York or Key West, which over shall be most acces- iblo, or be handed over to an United States cruiser, if ono should be available in the neighborhood of the capture.
In tho c.ise of a British vessel searched and detained as aforesaid by an United States cruiser, she shal! be sent to the near¬ est or most accessible British colony, or shall bo handed over to a British cruiser, if one should bo available in the neighbor¬ hood fo tho captur.-'.
Article II. Whenever a ship of either oftho two mu'ies, duly authorized as afore¬ said, sball moit a merchant vessel liable to bo searched under thd provisions of the treaty of the 7th of April, 1862. aud of this additional convention, the serch shall bo conductod with the courtesy and consid¬ eratiou which ought to be observed be¬ tween allied and friendly nations; and tho search shall, iu all cases, be made by an officer holding a rank not lower than that of lieutenant iu 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 UI. 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 thc vessel so detaiuod the master, the mate or boatswain, two or three at least of the crew, and all the cargo. The captor shall, atthe time of detention, draw np in writ¬ ing a declaration, which shall exhibit tee 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 thc certificate ofthe number of negroes or others destined for slavery who may be found on board tho detained vessel, he shall in.sort his own namo and surname, the name of the capturing ship, and the latitude and longitude of the place where thc detention shall have been made.
Tho officer in charge of the detained vessel shall, at the time of delivering the vessel's papers and the certiticate of the commaudor iuto court, deliver also a certi¬ ficate, signed by himsolf, and verified on oath, stating any changes which may have taken place in respect to tho Tossol, the crew, and hor cargo,   between the time of
her detention and the time, of (JeliTering in such paper. '   ''¦ -¦¦¦'-¦!'" '-.';,'',"
Where a detained vessel is handed over to a cruiser of her own nation, an officf in charge, and other neCeesary witnesdea and proofs, shal! accompany the vessel. ¦ Article IV. Jfll the negroes or othefa (necessary witness except) who may be on board either an American or a British detained vessel, for the purpose of being consigned to slavery, shall l>e Maiided over by the commander bf the sfiip toihe near¬ est British authority. . '
Article V. In case any mei-chant veS^ el detained in pursuance of the present instructions should prove to h& unsea- worthy, or in such a condition as'nOt to be taken in for adjodicatioa as directed by the additional convention ofthis date, the commander of the detaining cruiser may tako upon liimself the respoBJaibility of abandoning or destroying her, provided the exact causes which made such a' step imperatively necessary bo stated in a cer¬ tificate verified on oath Sucli i;ertificate shall be drawn tp aad fofmally executed by him in duplieatb: at th*'tiiae," and shall be received as pritna fifiie evidence of the facts therein stated, subject to rebuttal by counter proof.
Ii: case of the abandopment or destriicf- of a detained vessel, the'masfer ahd crev^, together with the papers^ foutt^ oh -bearij, and other necssary proofi and witness, and one of the certificates mentipnedin.the preceding p-jragraph of this article, shall be sent and delivored at the earliest possi¬ ble moment to the prOpCr c6urt before which the- ¦vessel-would otherwise- ha-ve beon sent, Uponthe prodcelioo of the said certificate, the court {naji pnoceed , to adjudicate upon the deteiitioij: of the yess- el in the siime manner'^ if tiie''vessel h^d been sent in. ¦'•' • '-' ^-"'-' "   -
The negroes orothers inteii^ded'to 'be conwgned to slavery shall be' handedover to the nearest Briti.sh antbority. . , . Tho under.-iigned plenipotentiaries havc agreed, in conformity with fhe iVth airti- cle of the additional convention:,-signed bV them ou this day, that the presentinstrn*- tioQS shull be annexed to the said conven¬ tion, and be considerrd au Integral part thereof.
Done at "Washington, the third day   of June, in the year of oUt- Lord'  one   thon¬ sand eight hundred and sevenfy.  : ¦     ¦ ¦ [SEAL.]     U.^MU/IONFISH. i- .„ [seal.]     EDWD. THORNTON And whereas the said.additiosal conven" tion has been duly ratifled on both   parta and the respective ratifications of the Same were exchanged at London on   the   IOth ultimo:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ulvsses S. Grant, President of the United States of Americia, ha\e cauaed the said additional convention to Be madepub- lio, to the end that tbe same, and every clause and part thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Uni¬ ted Statos, and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Dono at tbc city of Washington, this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and [SE.4L.] of the Independence of the Uni¬ ted States of America the nine¬ ty-fifth.
U.S.GRANT. By the President: <     ¦'
Hamilto.v Fish, -^i-y-n^n Secretary of Sftme: ''".'•¦ " Postal Convention between the United States of Ameriea 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 5th of October, 1870.
The undersigned, being thereunto dnly authorized by their respective govcmmeiitg, have agreed upon the following articles, establishing and regulating the exchange of correspondence botween the United States of America and the provinces of Vancouver's 'Eslana aiid Bfltlau CoTiim'Eiir Article I. There shall be an exchange of mails between the United States aud the provinces of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, at the following points, viz : On the side of the Unitod 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 exehange, or establish others, by mutual consent.
Article II. The mails exchanged be¬ tweon the offices of Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Portland on the one side, and Victoria on the other are to pass each way as th'-jugh mails, not to be open¬ ed at any intciTn-jdiatc office.
Article III. 'The authorized weight ofa single international letter shall be fii'tocn grammes (by tho metrical scale) in the LTnited States, and half an ounce in Van¬ couver's Island and British Columbia. The postago on a single international letter shall be six cents if prepaid at the mailiDg offico in either country, and ten cents if posted unpaid ; and for other than single single letters the same charges shall be made for oach additional fifteen grammes, (or half ounce), or fraction thereof. Let¬ ters insufficiently paid shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid. But, if one or more full rates shall be prepaid, the nnmber bf 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 ofthe Uni¬ ted States and of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, on the international let¬ ters exchanged between them, and each shall retain to its own use the postage which it collects.
-Article V. Newspapers, pamphlets, mag¬ azines, and all other pi isted matter posted in the United States and sent to the prov¬ inces of Vancouver's Island or British Colambia, or posted in those provinces and sent to the United States, shall be charge¬ able with the regular domestio rates of postage, both to and from tho frontier lino 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 postages whioh it thus collects.
Article VI. Each mail dispatched from one country to the other shall bo 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 colnmns. Article VII. Prepaid letters dispatched from onc country to the other shall be plainly stamped with the words '-Paid all," in rod ink, in tho right-hand upper cor¬ ner of the address, in addition to the date stamp of.the office of origin,   ami  in  like
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