CONVENTION FOR ABOLITION OF DROIT D'AUBAINE AND TAXES ON EMIGRATION : Conclud
ed March 26, 1844; Ratification advised by Senate June 12, 1844; Ratified by Presi ̃
dent June 22, 1844; Ratifications exchanged at Berlin October 16, 1844; Time for
exchange of ratifications extended to July 4, 1845, and exchange of them previous thereto
declared regular by Senate January 13, 1845; Proclaimed May 8, 1845. (9 St. at L.,
818.)
(1) Droit d'aubaine forever abolished, 486 : (2) Aliens, who, if citizens, would inherit
real property, may sell the same and remove proceeds, 486: (3) Aliens may take
and dispose of personal property, 486: (4) Property of absent heirs to be cared
for same as the property of natives, 487: (5) Disputes concerning inheritance,
487 (6) Ratification, 487.
CONVENTION RELATIVE TO NATURALIZATION AND FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS: Con-
cluded August 1, 1868; Ratification advised by Senate April 12, 1869; Ratified by
President April 18, 1869; Ratifications exchanged at Berlin July 23, 1869; Pro-
claimed August 31, 1869. (16 St. at L., 743.)
(1) When citizens of Grand Duchy of Hesse are to be treated as American citizens;
when American citizens are to be treated as citizens of the Grand Duchy of
Hesse; declaration of intent not to affect naturalization, 488: (2) Naturalized
citizens liable on return to their original country for offences committed be-
fore emigration, 488: (3) Convention of 16th June, 1852, for the mutual extra-
dition of fugitives from justice, not changed, 488: (4) When naturalized citi-
zens of either country shall be held to have renounced their naturalization, 489 ;
When the intent not to return shall be held to exist, 489: (5) When conven-
tion goes into effect and how long to continue, 489; (6) When to be ratified
and ratifications exchanged; execution, ratification, proclamation, 489.
TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION: Concluded July 4, 1864; Ratification
advised by Senate February 20, 1865; Ratified by President March 9, 1865; Řatifica-
tions exchanged at Tegucigalpa May 5, 1865; Proclaimed May 30, 1865. (13 St. at
L., 699.)
(1) Peace and amity, 490: (2) Reciprocal freedom of commerce, subject to laws;
ships of war and post-office packets of the two countries to enter harbors of
either; privilege of coasting trade not granted hereby, 491: (3) Privileges of
most favored nation granted, 491 : (4) Duties on imports and exports; to be the
same on goods carried in vessels of either country, 491 : (5) Tonnage, light, har-
bor, and salvage dues: (6) Bounties and drawbacks, 491: (7) Rights of United
States citizens in Honduras; of citizens of Honduras in the United States;
courts of justice to be open equally for citizens of both countries, 492: (8) Other
privileges of citizens of both countries to be the same; estates of persons de-
ceased, 492-493 (9) Exemption from compulsory military service, 493: (10) Dip-
lomatic agents and consuls, 493: (11) Rights of citizens in case of war be-
tween the two countries, 493: (12) Liberty of the person; of religious belief;
rights of burial, 494: (13) Certain articles of this treaty may be terminated
after notice, 494: (14) Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company to have right of
transit, &c.; sovereignty and property of Honduras in and over the line of
road recognized and guaranteed; protection and guaranty may be withdrawn,
494-495 (15) Ratifications, where to be exchanged, 495.
CONVENTION RELATIVE TO RIGHTS, &C., OF CONSULS: Concluded February 8, 1868; Rati-
fication advised by Senate June 17, 1868; Ratified by President June 22, 1868; Ratifi-
cutious exchanged at Washington September 17, 1868; Proclaimed February 23, 1869,
(15 St. at L., 605.).
(1) Consuls-general, consuls, &c., to be received by each power in all its places, ex-
cept, &c.; reservation to apply alike to every other power, 496: (2) Con-
sular officers to receive exequatur free of charge, and effect thereof, 496: (3) To
be exempt from arrest, &c., except, &c., 496: (4) If citizens, &c., of the state
where they reside, they are liable to same charges as other citizens; not to be
compelled to appear as a witness before the courts; their testimony, how to be
obtained, in criminal cases, 496–497: (5) May place over their doors the arms of
their nation, and raise its flag, except, &c., 497: (6) Consular offices and dwell-
ings to be inviolate; not to be used as places of asylum; papers of consulate to
be kept separate, if consular officers are engaged in other business, 497: (7) Who
to exercise their functions, in case of the absence or death of consular officers.
497 (8) Consul-general and consuls may appoint vice-consuls; who may be vice-
CONVENTION RELATIVE TO RIGHTS, &C., OF CONSULS, 1868—Continued.
consuls; their commissions and privileges, 497: (9) Consular officers may com-
plain to the authorities of infractions of treaties or conventions; may take dep-
ositions, &c., 498: (10) Copies of papers authenticated by official seals, to be re-
ceived as legal documents, 498: (11) Consular officers to have exclusive charge
of the internal order of the merchant-vessels of their nation, &c.; courts of the
country not to interfere; crews of vessels may be arrested, and how, and how
released, 498 (12) Disputes between the officers of vessels and their passengers,
to be determined in the circuit and district courts of the United States, 498-499:
(13) Consular officers may arrest deserters from ships of war, or merchant-ves-
sels; mode of procedure, 499: Aid and protection to be furnished; deserters not
to be detained beyond three months, 499: (14) Damages suffered at sea by ves-
sels to be settled by consular officers, if, &c., 499: (15) Salvage; no custom-
house charges on saved merchandise, unless, &c., 499-500: (16) Death of citizens
of either country in the territory of the other, 500: (17) This convention to be
in force ten years, and one year longer if neither party give notice, &c., 500.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 8, 1868, RELATIVE TO RIGHTS, &C.,
OF CONSULS: Concluded January 21, 1869; Ratification advised by Senate February
16, 1869; Ratified by President February 24, 1869; Ratifications exchanged at Wash-
ington May 7, 1869; Proclaimed May 11, 1869. (16 St. at L., 769.)
Time of ratification extended and ratification declared valid, 500.
CONVENTION FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS: Concluded March 23, 1868; Ratification
advised by Senate, with amendment, June 17, 1868; Ratified by President June 22, 1868;
Ratifications exchanged at Washington September 17, 1868; Proclaimed September 30,
1868. (15 St. at L., 629.)
(1) Certain persons convicted or charged with certain crimes to be delivered up, 501:
Evidence of criminality to be what, 501: (2) Enumerated crimes, 501: Murder
and attempt to commit rape, arson, piracy, mutiny, burglary, robbery, embezzle-
ment, forgery, counterfeiting, 502: (3) Political offences not included in treaty;
persons surrendered not to be tried for old ordinary offences, 502: (4) Extradi-
tion of those under arrest for local offences may be deferred, 502 : (5) Requisi-
tions for extradition, how to be made; in cases of those convicted of crime; of
those charged with crime, 502: (6) Expenses of arrest, &c., to be borne by the
government in whose name the requisition is made, 502 : (7) This convention to
last for how long; when to be ratified, &c., 502–503.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO CONVENTION OF MARCH 23, 1868, FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMI-
NALS: Concluded January 21, 1869; Ratification advised by Senate February 16, 1869 ;
Ratified by President February 23, 1869; Ratifications exchanged at Washington May
7, 1869; Proclaimed May 11, 1869. (16 St. at L., 767.)
Embezzlement by persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, added
to list of extradition crimes, 503.
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION: Concluded February 26, 1871; Ratification ad-
vised by Senate April 15, 1871; Ratified by President April 29, 1871'; Ratifications ex-
changed at Washington November 18, 1871; Proclaimed November 23, 1871. (17
St. at L., 845.)
(1) Reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation, 504: Rights and privileges of
residence, 504: War-vessels to have favorable treatment, 504: (2) Right to travel
and trade, 504: (3) Security to persons and property, 504: Exemption from compul-
sory military service, from office, and from forced contributions, 504: (4) No em-
bargo or detention of vessels, &c., without indemnification, 504: Imports into
the United States in Italian vessels and the duties thereon, 505: Into Italy in
vessels of the United States and duties thereon, 505: Exports, bounties, duties,
and drawbacks, 505: (6) No duties or charges to be imposed that do not equally
extend to all other nations, 505: (7) Vessels of either country arriving in a port
of the other may proceed to another port and discharge, but may not engage
in coastwise navigation, 505: (8) Certain vessels exempt from tonnage, anchor-
age, and clearance duties, 505: What vessels not to be considered as engaging in
trade, 506: What damaged goods to pay customs duties, 506: (9) Wrecked ves-
sels to receive assistance, &c., 506: (10) Vessels may complete their crews, &c.,
506 (11) Vessels, &c., captured by pirates and found within, &c., to be deliv-
ered to owners if claimed within one year, 506: (12) Private property, &c., in
case of war to be exempt from seizure; this exemption not to extend to, &c., 506 :
(13) What to constitute a legal blockade, 507: (14) Vessels attempting in igno-
rance to enter a blockaded port, not to be detained, &c., unless, &c., 507: What
indorsement on the vessel's papers, 507: In port when blockade is established,
507: (15) Contraband of war, what to be leemed, 507: (16) Citizens of either
country may sail from any port and trade in the ports, &c., of those who are
enemies of the other, &c., 508: Free ships to make free goods, contraband ex-
cepted, 508: And free persons excepted, 508: This privilege to extend only to
what flags, 508: (17) United States vessels and Italian vessels, what to be
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, 1871-Continued.
deemed, 508 (18) Examination on the high seas of the merchant-vessels of one
country by the war-vessels of the other, 508: (19) Vessels under convoy, 500:
(20) Commanders of ships of war to be punished and to be liable in damages for
outrages upon the persons or property of the citizens of the other country, 509:
(21) In case of war, merchants to be allowed a certain time to arrange business
and leave, 509: Who may continue their respective employments unmolested,
509 This article not to be annulled or suspended on any pretence, 509: (22)
Property, real and personal, disposition of, 510: (23) Courts of justice to be open,
510 (24) Privileges of the most favored nation, 510: (25) This treaty to continue
how long, 510 : (26) And when to be ratified, 510.
[See "Notes," Title "Abrogated, Suspendell, or Obsolete Treaties.”]
TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY: Concluded March 31, 1854; Ratifications advised by Senat
July 15, 1854; Katified by President August 7, 1854; Ratifications exchanged at Simorla
February 21, 1855; Proclaimed June 22, 1855. (11 St. at L., 597.)
(1) Peace to exist, 512: (2) Simoda and Hakodadd opened as ports for certain pur-
poses, 512: (3) Provision for the case of wrecks, 512: (4) Provision for deliber-
ation if other things are wanted, 513: (5) Trade permitted, 513: (6) Things
wanted to be supplied by Japanese officers, 513: (7) Things wanted to be sup-
plied by Japanese officers, 513: (8) Things wanted to be supplied by Japanese
officers, 513 (9) Favors granted to other nations to be extended to the United
States, 513 (10) No other ports to be resorted to except when in distress, &c.,
513: (11) Consuls or agents may be appointed at Simoda, 514: (12) Ratification,
how and when to be made, 514.
TREATY REGULATING INTERCOURSE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH JAPAN, AND THE
VALUE OF COIN THEREIN, AND GIVING THE AMERICAN CONSUL JURISDICTION AND
PRIVILEGES IN CERTAIN CASES: Concluded June 17, 1857; Ratification adrised by
Senate June 15, 1858; Proclaimed June 30, 1858. (11 St. at L., 723.)
(1) Port of Nangasaki to be open to American vessels, 514 : (2) American citizens
may reside at Simoda and Hakodade, 514 : May be vice-consul at Hakodade; these
provisions to take effect July 4, 1858, 514: (3) Relative value of Japanese and
American coin in settlement of accounts, 515: Allowance for recoinage, 515 : (4)
Jurisdiction of offences in Japan by Americans on Japanese, 515: By Japanese
on Americans, 515: How to be punished, 515: (5) Medium of exchange for sup-
plies, &c., 515: (6) Rights of consul-general to go beyond certain limits, 515:
Use of right to be delayed, 515: (7) Purchases for consul-general, how may be
made and paid for, 515: (8) Dutch version of these articles to be taken to give
the true meaning thereof, 515 (9) Treaty when to take effect, 515: (10) Signa-
ture in quintuplicate, 516: (11) Ratification and proclamation, 516.
TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE Concluded July 29, 1858; Ratification advised by
Senate December 15, 1858; Ratified by President April 12, 1860; Ratifications ex-
changed at Washington May 22, 1860; Proclaimed May 23, 1860. (12 St. at L., 1051.)
(1) Amity and friendship, 516: Diplomatic agent of United States may reside at
Yedo, 516: Consuls, or consular agents, may reside at any open ports, 516: Dip-
lomatic agent and consul-general may travel freely in any part of Japan, 516:
Diplomatic agent and consuls of Japan in the United States, 516 : (2) President
of the United States, on request, to act as mediator between Japan and any
European power, 517 United States ships of war to aid Japanese vessels on the
high seas, 517 United States consuls to aid Japanese vessels in ports, 517 : (3)
Additional ports opened, 517: American citizens may reside therein, 517: Rules
and regulations as to their residence, 517: Provisions as to residence of Ameri-
cans in Yedo and Osaca, 517 : Regulations of trade; these provisions to be made
public by Japanese government, 517: Munitions of war, to whom only to be
sold; rice and wheat not to be exported from Japan; supplies thereof to be sold
to residents, and for ships' crews, &c., 517: Copper, surplus to be sold at auc-
tion by Japanese government, 517: Americans in Japan may employ Japanese
servants, 517: (4) Duties, to be paid according to tariff, 518; Proceedings where
there is a difference as to the value of duties; supplies for United States navy,
518: Opium, importation of, prohibited; provisions as to seizure and destrue-
tion thereof, 518: Imports on which duties are paid, may be transported with-
out further tax, &c.; no higher duties than are fixed by this treaty, &c., 51:
(5) Foreign coin to be current in Japan, 518: May be used in payments; to be
exchanged for Japanese coin, &c. ; coins, all except copper, may be exported;
uncoined foreign gold and silver may be exported, 518: (6) Jurisdiction over of
fences, 518: Americans against Japanese, in consular courts, 519 : Japanese against
Americans, by local authorities, 519: Consular courts open to Japanese cred-
itors; forfeitures and penalties for violation of treaty, 519: Neither government
TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE, 1858—Continued.
to be responsible for debts of its citizens, 519 (7) Limits of right to travel, &c.,
in opened harbors, 519: What Americans shall lose right of permanent residen e
in Japan; such persons to have reasonable time to settle their affairs, to be de-
termined by American consul, 519 (8) Americans in Japan to have religious
freedom, 519 Religious animosity not to be excited, 519: (9) Japanese authorities,
on request of consul, will arrest deserters and fugitives from justice, 520:
Will receive prisoners in jail, 520: Consul to pay just compensation, 520: (10) Jap-
anese government may purchase or construct vessels of war, &c., in United
States, 520: May engage in the United States scientific men, &c., 520: Their
purchases may be exported, 520: Except contraband of war, 520: (11) Regula-
tions appended make part of treaty, 520: (12) Conflicting provisions of treaty of
March 31, 1854, repealed, 520: And of convention of June 17, 1857; rules may be
made to carry this treaty into effect, 520: (13) This treaty may be terminated
after July 4, 1872, by either government, on a year's notice, 520: Treaty, &c.,
subject to revision, 521: (14) Treaty, when to take effect, 521: Ratifications,
how verified, 521: Treaty executed in quadruplicate, 521: Dutch version of
treaty to be deemed the original, 521: Signatures; regulations for conducting
American trade in Japan, 521: At custom-house; Japanese custom-house officers
to be placed on board merchant-vessels, 522: Unlading of goods, 522: Fine for
breaking locks and seals; goods discharged without entry to be forfeited, 522:
Frauds on revenue, and attempts at fraud, how punished, 524: Regulations as
to goods to be landed; certain supplies need not be entered; as to clearance of
vessels, &c.; meaning of word "ship" in treaty or regulations, 524: Tonnage
duties not to be levied on American ships, 524: Fees of custom-house authori-
ties; tariff of duties in Japan, 524: Class one to be free; class two to pay five
per cent.; class three to pay thirty-five per cent.; class four to pay twenty per
cent.; duties on exports; import and export duties may be revised and when,
524 Ratifications exchanged, and proclamation, 525.
CONVENTION FOR REDUCTION OF IMPORT DUTIES: Concluded January 28, 1864; Ralifi-
cation advised by Senate February 21, 1866; Ratified by President April 9, 1866;
Proclaimed April 9, 1866. (14 St. at L., 655.)
(1) Articles free of duty, 525: (2) At reduced duty of five per cent.; importation
of opium prohibited, 525: (3) Those importing and exporting to pay the duty,
525 (4) Ratification, 525.
CONVENTION FOR PAYMENT OF $3,000,000 TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND HOLLAND, AS INDEMNITIES AND EXPENSES: Con-
cluded October 22, 1864 ; Ratification advised by Senate February 21, 1866; Ratified
by President April 9, 1866; Proclaimed April 9, 1866. (14 St. at L., 665.)
(1) Damages to be paid the four treaty powers for hostile acts of the Prince of Na-
gato, &c.; amount fixed at $3,000,000, to include all claims, 526: (2) To be pay-
able quarterly in instalments of one-sixth, and when to begin, 526: (3) The
opening of a port in the Inland Sea may be accepted in lieu of payment of
money, 526: (4) The Tycoon to make the offer, and the treaty powers at their
option may accept it, 526.
COMPACT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE: Concluded July 11, 1854: Ratification advised
by Senate March 3, 1855; Ratified by President March 9, 1855; Proclaimed March 9,
1855. (10 St. at L., 1101.)
Trade allowed at Lew Chew, 523: Trade, where to be carried on, 523: Wrecks, 524:
Stipulations respecting conduct of Americans who land, 52: Burial-ground,
523: Pilots, 528: Price of wood and water, 528.
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION: Concluded October 21, 1-62; Ratification adrised
by Senate January 9, 1863; Ratified by President January 12, 1×63; Ratifications ex-
changed at London February 17, 1863; Proclaimed March 18, 1863. (12 St. at L.,
1245.)
(1) Peace and friendship, 529: (2) Reciprocal freedom of commerce, 529: (3) Ton-
nage, import, and other duties, 529: (4) Goods in United States vessels not to be
prohibited, &c., 530: In Liberian vessels, 530: (5) Vessels wrecked or damaged ;
disputes as to salvage, 530: (6) Privileges of most favored nation, 530: (7) Con-
suls, 530: (8) United States not to interfere with the domestic concerns of Li-
beria, 531: (9) Ratifications, signature, exchange of ratifications, proclamation,
531.
TREATY OF COMMERCE: Concluded February 14, 1867; Ratification advised by Senate Jan-
uary 20, 1868; Ratified by President January 24, 1868; Ratifications exchanged at
Antananarivo July 8, 1868; Proclaimed October 1, 1868. (15 St. at L., 491.)
(1) Peace and friendship, 532: (2) Right of dominion and of domicile, 532: When
any premises may be entered, 532: Religious worship, 532: Rights of persons
and of property, 532: Contracts for land, how to be executed, 533: Trade, ex-
cept in certain places, 533: (3) Commerce, tariff, 533: Prohibited imports and ex-
ports; no duties, &c., on vessels of either, greater than are imposed on vessels of
the most favored nation, 533: Certain ports not to be entered by United States
vessels, 533: (4) Consuls, their residences and privileges, 533: (5) Rights of citi-
zens in each country when in the other country, 533: Civil rights and criminal
offences, 533: Disputes, how to be settled, 534: (6) Regulations as to vessels;
mutiny and desertion, 534: (7) Help in cases of shipwreck, 534: (8) Ratification,
531: Supplementary article, 534.
DECLARATION OF ACCESSION TO TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION WITH HANOVER
OF JUNE 10, 1846: Signed and exchanged December 9, 1847; Ratification advised by
Senate May 18, 1848; Ratified by President May 20, 1848; Proclaimed August 2,
1848. (9 St. at L., 910.)
(1) Vessels of both parties placed on equal footing; port charges, 535-536 : (2) Coast-
ing trade, 536: (3) No priority or preference, 536: (4) Wrecks; salvage; repairs
of vessel, 536: (5) What vessels privileges of treaty extend to, 537: (6) Duties,
537: (7) Favors to be common, 537: (8) Duty on raw cotton, and rice in husk;
import duty on leaves; transit duty, 538: (9) Consuls, vice-consuls, their pow-
ers and jurisdiction; masters and crews; deserters, 538: (10) Rights and privi-
leges of citizens of one power in territory of the other; property of absent heirs;
heirs of real estate, 539: (11) Duration of treaty, 540.
DECLARATION OF ACCESSION TO CONVENTION OF JUNE 16, 1852. WITH PRUSSIA AND
OTHER STATES OF THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMI-
NALS, AND TO ADDITIONAL ARTICLE THERETO OF NOVEMBER 16, 1852: Dated No-
vember 26, 1853; Proclaimed January 6, 1854.-915.
DECLARATION OF ACCESSION TO CONVENTION OF JUNE 16, 1852, WITH PRUSSIA AND
OTHER STATES OF THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMI-
NALS: Dated December 2, 1853; Proclaimed January 26, 1854.-916.
[See “Notes," Title “Abrogated, Suspended, or Obsolete Treaties.”]
TREATY OF LIMITS: Concluded January 12, 1828; Ratification advised by Senate April 4,
1832; Ratified by President; Ratifications exchanged at Washington April 5, 1832; Pro-
claimed April 5, 1832. (8 St. at L., 372.)
(1) Boundary the same as fixed by treaty of Washington, February 22, 1817, 542:
(2) Boundary to begin on the Gulf of Mexico, and end on the South Sea, in lati-
tude 42°; islands in the Sabine, &c., to belong to the United States, 542-543; (3)
Commissioners to be appointed to run the line, 543: (4) Ratifications to be ex-
changed in four months, 543.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO TREATY OF LIMITS OF JANUARY 12, 1828: Concluded April 5,
1831; Ratification advised by Senate April 4, 1832; Ratified by President; Ratifications
exchanged at Washington April 5, 1832; Proclaimed April 5, 1832. (8 St. at L., 376.)
Time of ratification extended, 544.
TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION: Concluded April 5, 1831; Ratification
advised by Senate March 23, 1832; Ratified by President; Ratifications exchanged at
Washington April 5, 1832; Proclaimed April 5, 1832. (8 Stat. L., 410.)
(1) Peace and friendship between both nations, 545: (2) The footing of the most fa-
vored nation secured to both parties, 545: (3) Entry into the ports of each other,
coasting trade excepted, 545: (4) Duties on the products of the parties; export
duties and prohibitions, 545: (5) Tonnage duties the same on vessels of either
party, 546: (6) Import duties; export duties, bounties, and drawbacks, 546 : (7)
Merchants, &c., put on the same footing in the ports of either party, 546: (~)
Embargoes, detention, compensation for, 547 :*(9) Citizens of either party ex-
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