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"States, and Great Britain shall not, in that case, claim him as a "British subject on account of his former naturalization.

"Article IV.-The present convention shall be ratified by her "Britannic Majesty and by the President of the United States, by "and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the "ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon "within twelve months from the date hereof.

as may be "In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed "the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

"Done at London the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1870.

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"CLARENDON.

"JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY."

"35 & 36 Vict. c. 39. An Act for amending the Law in certain "cases in relation to Naturalization. [25th July 1872.]

"Whereas by a convention between her Majesty and the United "States of America, supplementary to the convention of the thirteenth "day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventy, respecting "naturalization, and signed at Washington on the twenty-third day "of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and a 66 copy of which is contained in the schedule to this Act, provision "is made in relation to the renunciation by the citizens and subjects "therein mentioned of naturalization or nationality in the presence "of the officers therein mentioned:

"And whereas doubts are entertained whether such provisions are "altogether in accordance with the Naturalization Act, 1870; and "whereas other doubts have arisen with respect to the effect of "The Naturalization Act, 1870,' on the rights of women married "before the passing of that Act; and it is expedient to remove such "doubts:

"Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and "with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, "and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the "authority of the same, as follows:

"1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Naturalization Short title. "Act, 1872, and this Act and 'The Naturalization Act, 1870,' may

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"be cited together as The Naturalization Acts, 1870 and 1872.' "2. Any renunciation of naturalization or of nationality made in Confirmamanner provided by the said supplementary convention by the persons and under the circumstances in the said convention in "that behalf mentioned shall be valid to all intents, and shall be "deemed to be authorized by the said Naturalization Act, 1870. the Con"This section shall be deemed to take effect from the date at which vention. "the said supplementary convention took effect.

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deprive any married woman of any estate or interest in real or property of "personal property to which she may have become entitled premarried viously to the passing of that Act, or affect such estate or interest "to her prejudice."

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SCHEDULE.

"Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America, "supplementary to the Convention of May 13, 1870, respecting "Naturalization. Signed at Washington, February 23, 1871. "[Ratifications exchanged at Washington May 4, 1871.]

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"Whereas by the second article of the convention between her "Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and "Ireland and the United States of America for regulating the citizen"ship of subjects and citizens of the contracting parties who have "emigrated or may emigrate from the dominions of the one to those "of the other party, signed at London, on the 13th of May, 1870, it was stipulated that the manner in which the renunciation by such "subjects and citizens of their naturalization, and the resumption of "their native allegiance, may be made and publicly declared, should "be agreed upon by the Governments of the respective countries: "her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland and the President of the United States of America, "for the purpose of effecting such agreement, have resolved to con"clude a supplemental convention, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: her Majesty the Queen of the United "Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton, "Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, "and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the "United States of America; and the President of the United States "of America, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; who have agreed "as follows:

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"Art. I.-Any person being originally a citizen of the United "States who had, previously to May 13, 1870, been naturalized as a "British subject, may at any time before August 10, 1872, and any "British subject who, at the date first aforesaid, had been naturalized "as a citizen within the United States, may at any time before "May 12, 1872, publicly declare his renunciation of such natura"lization by subscribing an instrument in writing, substantially in "the form hereunto appended, and designated as Annex A.

"Such renunciation, by an original citizen of the United States, "of British nationality, shall, within the territories and jurisdiction "of the United States, be made in duplicate, in the presence of any court authorized by law for the time being to admit aliens to "naturalization, or before the clerk or prothonotary of any such "court: if the declarant be beyond the territories of the United "States, it shall be made in duplicate, before any diplomatic or con

"sular officer of the United States. One of such duplicates shall "remain of record in the custody of the court or officer in whose presence it was made; the other shall be, without delay, trans"mitted to the department of State.

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"Such renunciation, if declared by an original British subject, of "his acquired nationality as a citizen of the United States, shall, if "the declarant be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and "Ireland, be made in duplicate, in the presence of a justice of the 66 peace; if elsewhere in her Britannic Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any judge of civil or criminal juris"diction, of any justice of the peace, or of any other officer for "the time being authorized by law, in the place in which the de"clarant is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose; if out of her Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the 66 presence of any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of her "Majesty.

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"Art. II.-The contracting parties hereby engage to communi"cate each to the other, from time to time, lists of the persons who, "within their respective dominions and territories, or before their "diplomatic and consular officers, have declared their renunciation "of naturalization, with the dates and places of making such de"clarations, and such information as to the abode of the declarants, "and the times and places of their naturalization, as they may have "furnished.

"Art. III.—The present convention shall be ratified by her "Britannic Majesty, and by the President of the United States by "and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the "ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as may be "convenient.

"In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed "the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

"Done at Washington, the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. (L.S.) "EDWD. THORNTON. "HAMILTON FISH.

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ANNEX (A.)

"I, A.B., of (insert abode), being originally a citizen of the United "States of America (or a British subject), and having become "naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty as a "British subject (or as a citizen within the United States of America), "do hereby renounce my naturalization as a British subject (or "citizen of the United States); and declare that it is my desire to resume my nationality as a citizen of the United States (or British "subject).

(Signed)

"A.B.

"Made and subscribed before me

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"country or other subdivision, and state, province, colony, legation, "or consulate), this

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(Signed) "E.F.,

"Justice of the Peace (or other title). (L.S.) "EDWD. THORNTON. "HAMILTON FISH.

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APPENDIX VI. PAGES 453 & 556.

RIGHT OF JURISDICTION OVER PERSONS AND THINGS.

"16 & 17 Vict. c. 107.-An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws "relating to the Customs of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of "Man, and certain Laws relating to Trade and Navigation and "the British Possessions. [20th August, 1853.]

"SEC. 150.-The following goods may, by Proclamation or Order "in Council, be prohibited either to be exported or carried coast"wise: arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval "stores, and any articles which her Majesty shall judge capable of "being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of "military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which "may be used as food by man, and if any goods so prohibited shall "be exported from the United Kingdom, or carried coastwise or be "water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited."

This section was repealed by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36), but its provisions re-appear in the 138th section of that Act in almost identical terms, as follows:

"Sec 138.-The following goods may, by Proclamation or Order "in Council, be prohibited either to be exported or carried coast"wise:-arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval "stores, and any articles which her Majesty shall judge capable of "being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food for man, and if any goods so prohibited shall "be exported or brought to any quay or other place to be shipped "for exportation from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise, or "be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be for"feited."

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In accordance with the provisions of the first Statute, soon after the breaking out of the war with Russia (Saturday, February 18, 1854), the Queen issued the following Proclamation:

"VICTORIA R.

"By the Queen-A Proclamation.

"Whereas, by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, certain "goods may be prohibited either to be exported or carried coast

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"wise; and whereas we, by and with the advice of our Privy "Council, deem it expedient and necessary to prohibit the goods "heinafter-mentioned either to be exported or carried coastwise; we, by and with the advice aforesaid, do hereby order and direct "that, from and after the date hereof, all ARMS, AMMUNITION and "GUNPOWDER, MILITARY and NAVAL STORES, and the following "articles-being articles which we have judged capable of being "converted into, or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores-that is to say, marine engines, screw propellers, paddle wheels, cylinders, cranks, shafts, boilers, tubes for "boilers, boiler plates, fire bars, and every article or any other component part of an engine or boiler, or any article whatsoever "which is, or can or may become applicable for the manufacture "of marine machinery, shall be and the same are hereby prohibited "either to be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coast"wise.

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"Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight "hundred and fifty-four, and in the seventeenth year of our "reign.

"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN."

Act of Congress, with Notes (extracted from Dunlop's Digest of the American General Laws of the United States, ed. 1856.

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Chap. 88.-An Act (u) in addition to the Act for the punishment "of certain crimes against the United States,' and to repeal the "Acts therein mentioned. [April 20, 1818.]

"That if any citizen of the United States shall, within the territory or jurisdiction thereof, accept and exercise a commission to serve a foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people in war, by "land or by sea, against any prince, state, colony, district, or people "with whom the United States are at peace, the person so offending "shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined "not more than two thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned not "exceeding three years. "Sec. 2.-That if any person shall, within the territory or juris"diction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or

(u) This Act re-enacts the Acts of 1794, ch. 50, 1797, 58, and of 1817, ch. 58, with some addition, and by adding the words "colony, district, or people."-7 Wheat. 489, The Gran Para.

The object of the laws was to put an end to the slave trade, and to prevent the introduction of slaves from foreign countries.-11 Peters, 73, United States v. the ship Garonne, United States v. Skiddy.

Slaves of Louisiana taken by their owners to France in 1835, and brought back with their own consent, is not a case within the Acts.11 Peters, 73, United States v. Skiddy.

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