424 PUBLIC TREATIES. United States of America to the parts of the Grand l)uchy of Hesse not belonging to the North German Confederation, andfrom the abovedescribed parts of Hesse to the United States of America. _ (g,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,; pu. The President of the United States of America and His Royal Highties. ness the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine have therefore resolved to treat on this subject, and for that purpose have appointed Plenipotentiaries to conclude a convention, that is to say : _ h Negotiatoi-s. The President of the United States of America, George Bancroft, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Bhine, &c., Dr. Fredericlr Baron von Lindelof, President of his Council of State, Minister of Justice, and Actual Privy Counsellor ; Who have agreed to and signed the following articles: Am·1cLE 1. Whowhodeerm Citizens of the parts of the Grand Duchy of Hesse not included in °d ¤°*°'°h'°d °‘”‘ the North German Confederation, who have become or shall become nat- ""' uralized citizens of the United States of America, and shall have resided uninterruptedly within the United States live years, shall be held by the Grand Ducal Hessian Government to be American citizens, and shall be treated as such. Reciprocally, citizens of the United States of America, who have become or shall become naturalized citizens of the above-described parts of the Grand Duchy Hesse, and shall have resided uninterruptedly therein five years, shall be held by the United States to be citizens of the Grand Duchy Hesse, and shall be treated as such. Effect of dc9i¤- The declaration of an intention to become a citizen of the one or the “‘°‘°" °f‘“°"“"°“‘ other country, has not for either party the effect of naturalization. Anzrrcnn II. Odenses oo ni - A naturalized citizen of the one party, on return to the territory of mitted before <=¤¤i- the other party, remains liable totrialand punishment for an action pung'“"°“· ishable by the laws of his original country, and committed before his emigration, saving always the limitation established by the laws of his original country. Anrrcnn III. Extradition con- The convention for the mutual delivery of criminals fugitives from v<¤¤ti¤¤ r•=>¤¤¤i¤¤ in justice in certain cases, concluded between the United States of America f°‘"°°· and the Grand Duchy Hesse, on the 16th of June, 1852,* remains in force, without change. Anzrromr IV. Ronunciation of If a Hessian, naturalized in Anferica, but originally a citizen of the ”°*“'°l"“°’°¤· · parts of the Grand Duchy not included in the North German Confederation, renews his residence in those parts without the intent to return to x6_lne;'1L{:iBtl;:csshall be held to have renounced his naturalization in the ni Reciprocally, if an American, naturalized in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, (suthin the above-described parts,) renews his residence in the United tates without the intent to return to Hesse, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in the Grand Duchy. t I¤*¤=¤* Mt *0 ¤>- The intent not to return may be held to exist, when the person nnt- °m‘ umllzuesd ID the one country resides more than two years in the other coun . Anrroma V. v£;;*;**°¤ °f °°¤· The present convention shall go into eifect immediately, on the BX- · change of ratillcations, and shall continue in force for ten years. _It' neither party shall have given to the other six months’ previous notice
' See “Prussia and other States of the Germanic Confederation."
