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of the capture; and that in the corresponding case of a British merchant-vessel searched by an United States cruiser being detained as having been engaged in the African Slave Trade, or as having been fitted out for the purposes thereof, she shall be sent for adjudication to the nearest or most accessible British Colony, or shall be handed over to a British cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the capture.

All the witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the guilt of the master, crew, or other persons found on board of any such vessel, shall be sent and handed over with the vessel itself, in order to be produced to the Court before which such vessel or persons may be brought for trial.

All negroes or others (necessary witnesses excepted) who may be on board either an American or a British vessel for the purpose of being consigned to slavery, shall be handed over to the nearest British authority. They shall be immediately set at liberty, and shall remain free, Her Britannic Majesty guaranteering their liberty. With regard to such of those negroes or others as may be sent in with the detained vessel as necessary witnesses, the Government to which they may have been delivered shall set them at liberty as soon as their testimony shall no longer be required, and shall guarantee their liberty. Where a detained vessel is handed over to a cruiser of her own nation, an officer in charge, and other necessary witnesses and proofs, shall accompany the vessel.

ARTICLE IV.

It is mutually agreed that the Instructions for the ships of the navies of both nations destined to prevent the African Slave Trade, which are annexed to this Convention, shall form an integral part thereof, and shall have the same force and effect as if they had been annexed to the Treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, in lieu of the instructions forming Annex A to that Treaty.

ARTICLE V.

In all other respects the stipulations of the Treaty of April 7, 1862, shall remain in full force and effect until terminated by notice given by one of the High Contracting Parties to the other, in the manner prescribed by Article XII thereof.

ARTICLE VI.

The High Contracting Parties engage to communicate the present convention to the Mixed Courts of Justice, and to the officers in command of their respective cruisers, and to give them the requisite instructions in pursuance thereof, with the least possible delay.

ARTICLE VII.

The present Additional Convention shall have the same duration as the Treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, and the additional Article thereto of the 17th of February, 1863. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries 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 thousand eight hundred and seventy.

[SEAL.] SEAL.]

HAMILTON FISH.
EDWD. THORNTON.

ANNEX TO THE ADDITIONAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT WASHINGTON ON THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 1870. Instructions for the Ships of the United States' and British 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 detain any United States' or British merchant-vessels 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 such ship of the United States' or British navy; and such Commander shall thereupon bring or send such merchant vessel (save in the case provided for in Article V of these Instructions) as soon as possible for judgment, in the manner provided by Article III of the Additional Convention of this date, that is to say:

In the case of an American vessel searched and detained as aforesaid by a British cruiser, she shall be sent to New York or Key West, whichever shall be most accessible, 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 nearest or most accessible British Colony, or shall be handed over to a British cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the capture.

ARTICLE II.

Whenever a ship of either of the two navies, duly authorized as aforesaid, shall meet a merchant-vessel liable to be searched under the provisions of the Treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, and of this Additional Convention, the search shall be conducted with the courtesy and consideration which ought to be observed between 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 command of the ship by which such search is made.

ARTICLE III.

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 writing a declaration, which shall exhibit the state in which he found the detained vessel; such declaration shall be signed by himself, and shall be given or sent in with the detained vessel, to be produced as evidence in the proper Court. He shall deliver to the Master of the detained vessel a signed and certified list of the papers found on board the same, as well as a certificate of the number of negroes or other persons destined for slavery, who may have been found on board at the moment 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 certificate, signed by himself, and verified on oath, stating any changes which may have taken place in repect to the vessel, her crew, and her cargo, between the time of her detention and the time of delivering in such paper.

Where a detained vessel is handed over to a cruiser of her own nation, an officer in charge and other necessary witnesses and proofs shall accompany the vessel.

ARTICLE IV.

All the negroes or others (necessary witnesses excepted), who may be on board either an American or a British detained vessel, for the purpose of being consigned to slavery, shall be handed over by the Commander of the capturing ship to the nearest British authority.

ARTICLE V..

In case any merchant-vessel detained in pursuance of the present Instructions should prove to be unseaworthy, or in such a condition as not to be taken in for adjudication as directed by the additional Convention of this date, the Commander of the detaining cruiser may take upon himself the responsibility of abandoning or destroying her, provided the exact causes which made such a step imperatively necessary be stated in a certificate verified on oath. Such certificate shall be drawn up and formally executed by him in duplicate at the time, and shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, subject to rebuttal by counter proof.

In case of the abandonment or destruction of a detained vessel, the master and crew, together with the papers found on board, and other necessary proofs and witnesses, and one of the certificates mentioned in the preceding paragraph of this Article, shall be sent and delivered at the earliest possible moment, to the proper Court before which the vessel would otherwise have been sent. Upon the production of the said certificate, the Court may proceed to adjudicate upon the detention of the vessel in the same manner as if the vessel had been sent in. The negroes or others intended to be consigned to slavery shall be handed over to the nearest British authority.

The undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed, in conformity with the IVth Article of the Additional Convention, signed by them on this day, that the present Instructions shall be annexed to the said Convention, and be considered an integral part thereof.

Done at Washington, the third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

HAMILTON FISH.
EDWD. THORNTON.

1871.

CONVENTION AS TO RENUNCIATION OF NATURALIZATION.

Concluded February 23, 1871; ratification advised by the Senate March 22, 1871; ratified by the President March 24, 1871; ratifications exchanged May 4, 1871; proclaimed May 5, 1871. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 476.)

The Naturalization Convention of 1870 (p. 245) provided for the renunciation of citizenship acquired prior to that time in either country, and agreed that the manner of making such renunciation should be subsequently determined upon. This convention designated the time and method of making such renunciation of acquired citizenship.

1871.

TREATY FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CAUSES OF DIFFERENCE.

(TREATY OF WASHINGTON.)

Concluded May 8, 1871; ratification advised by the Senate May 24, 1871; ratified by the President May 25, 1871; ratifications exchanged June 17, 1871; proclaimed July 4, 1871. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 478.)

(Only the articles now in force are printed.)

ARTICLES.

I to XI, inclusive, relate to the Tribunal
for arbitration of the Alabama
Claims, and terminated by the ren-
dering of the award at Geneva,
September 14, 1872, of $15,500,000 to
the United States.
XII to XVII, inclusive, provided for the
reference of civil war claims against
both Governments to a commission
which met at Washington, Septem-
ber 26, 1871, and held its final meet-
ing September 25, 1873, awarding
$1,929,819 gold to Great Britain.
The claims of United States citizens
against Great Britain were all dis-
allowed.

XVIII to XXV, relating to the Fisheries,

were terminated July 1, 1885, upon notice given in pursuance of a joint resolution of March 3, 1883 (Ü. S. Stats., Vol. 22, p. 641). Articles XXII to XXV, inclusive, provided for the appointment of a commission to ascertain the amount of compensation to be awarded Great Britain for fishery privileges granted under Article XVIII. The commission met at Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 15, 1877, and November 23, 1877, awarded to Great Britain $5,500,000 in gold.

XXVI. Navigation of St. Lawrence, Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine rivers.

XXVII. Reciprocal use of canals. XXVIII. Navigation of Lake Michigan. XXIX. Transshipment of merchandise.

XXX. Reciprocal transportation in vessels. This article was terminated July 1, 1885, upon notice given by the United States.

XXXI. Timber on river St. John. XXXII and XXXIII relate to the fisheries and were terminated July 1, 1885.

XXXIV to XLII provide for the arbitration by the Emperor of Germany of the northwestern water boundary. (See p. 255.)

XLIII. Ratification.

The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of all causes of difference between the two countries, have for that purpose appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States, has appointed on the part of the United States as Commissioners in a Joint High Commission and Plenipotentiaries, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; Robert Cumming Schenck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain; Samuel Nelson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts; and George Henry Williams, of Oregon; and Her Britannic Majesty on her part has appointed as her High Commissioners, and Plenipotentiaries, the Right Honourable George Frederick Samuel, Earl de Grey and Earl Federal case: Weld & Co. v U.S., 23 Ct. Cl., 126.

of Ripon, Viscount Goderich, Baron Grantham, a Baronet, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, etc etc; the Right Honourable Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Baronet, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, etc etc; Sir Edward Thornton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America; Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Her Majesty's Dominion of Canada; and Mountague Bernard, Esquire, Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford. And the said Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles:

ARTICLES I TO XI.

[These articles relate to Alabama claims arbitration.]

ARTICLES XII TO XVII.

[These articles relate to civil war claims commission.]

ARTICLES XVIII TO XXV.

[These articles relate to fisheries.]

ARTICLE XXVI.

The navigation of the river St Lawrence, ascending and descending, from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.

The navigation of the rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine, ascending and descending, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of either country within its own territory, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.

ARTICLE XXVII.

The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion; and the Government of the United States engages that the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy the use of the St. Clair Flats Canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the

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