exist when the person so naturalized resides more than two years in Sweden or Norway 1. (Seal.) Joseph J. Bartlett. (Seal.) C. Wachtmeister. e) Convention with Great Britain, May 13, 1870. Convention between the United States and Great Britain. By the President of the United States of America: Whereas a convention between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for regulating the citizenship of citizens of the United States who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the United States of America to the British dominions, and of British subjects who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the British dominions to the United States of America, was concluded and signed at London, by their respective plenipotentiaries, on the thirteenth day of may last, the original of which convention is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to regulate the citizenship of citizens of the United States of America who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the United States of America to the British dominions, and of British subjects who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the British dominions to the United States of America, have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States of America, John Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 1 Ob der Vertrag durch die neuerliche Trennung Norwegens von Schweden nun für beide Länder völker- und staatsrechtlich gesondert gilt, oder ob und in welcher Weise seine Geltung durch die Trennung völkerrechtlich oder staatsrechtlich oder in beiden Beziehungen in Frage gestellt wird, mufs hier dahin gestellt bleiben. of the United States of America to her Britannic Majesty; and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honorable George William 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 Britannic Majesty's principal Secretary of State for foreign affairs; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: Article I. Citizens of the United States of America who have become or shall become, and are naturalized according to law within the British dominions as British subjects, shall, subject to the provisions of Article II, be held by the United States to be in all respects and for all purposes British subjects, and shall be treated as such by the United States. Reciprocally, British subjects who have become, or shall become, and are naturalized according to law within the United States of America as citizens thereof, shall, subject to the provisions of Article II, 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 naturalization 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 of the present convention. Such British subjects as aforesaid who have become and are naturalized as citizens within the United States, shall be at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume their British nationality, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the twelfth day of May 1870. The manner in which this renunciation may be made and publicly declared shall be agreed upon by the governments of the respective countries. Article III. If any such citizen of the United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, should renew his residence in the United States, the United States Government may, on his own application and on such conditions as that government may think fit to impose, readmit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of United States, and Great Britain shall not, in that case, claim him as a British subject on account of his former naturalization. In the same manner, if any such British subject as aforesaid naturalized in the United States should renew his residence within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, her Majesty's government may, on his own application and on such conditions as that government may think fit to impose, readmit him to the character and privileges of a British subject, and the United States shall not, in that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account of his former naturalization. Article IV. The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent 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 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 one thousand eight hundred and seventy. (Seal.) John Lothrop Motley. (Seal.) Clarendon. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, an the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at London on the 10 th ultimo: Now, therefore, be..... (wie Baden S. 317) . . said convention to be clause and part thereof thereof. the Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and . (wie Baden). f) Ecuador1. Concluded May 6, 14722; Ratifications exchanged at Washington November 6, 1873; Proclaimed November 24, 1873. The United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, being desirous of regulating the citizenship of persons who emigrate from Ecuador to the United States, and from the United States to the Republic of Ecuador, have decided to treat on this subject, and for this purpose, have named their respective Plenipotentiaries, to wit: the President of the United States, Hamilton Fish, Negotiators. Secretary of State, and the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Don Antonio Flores, accredited as Minister Resident of that Republic to the Government of the United States; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles. Article I. Requisites Each of the two Republics shall recognize as naturalized citizens of the other, those persons who shall have been therein duly naturalized, after having resided for naturaliuninterruptedly in their adopted country as long as may be required by its constitution or laws. zation. This article shall apply as well to those already naturalized in the countries of either of the contracting parties as to those who may be hereafter naturalized. Article II. If a naturalized citizen of either country shall renew his residence in that where he was born, without all 1 p. 267 des Anm. 1 S. 462 zitierten Buches. 2 In vol. 18, Part. 3 (1873/75) der Statutes at Large findet sich noch: ratification advised by Senate 23. Mai 1972, durch den Präsidenten der Union ratifiziert am 25. Mai 1872, durch den Präsidenten von Ecuador am 30. September 1873. former Recovery of intention of returning to that where he was citizenship. naturalized, he shall be held to have re-assumed the obligations of his original citizenship, and to have renounced that wich he had obtained by naturalization. Article III. A residence of more than two years in the native Renunciation country of a naturalized citizen, shall be construed of citizenship. as an intention on his part to stay there without returning to that were he was naturalized. This presumption, however, may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary. Offenses com Article IV. Naturalized citizens of either country, on returning to that where they were born, shall be subject to mitted before trial and punishment according to the laws, for emigration. offenses committed before their emigration, saving always the limitations established by law. Article V. A declaration of intention to become a citizen shall not have the effect of naturalization. Article VI. The present convention shall go into effect immediatly Duration of on the exchange of ratifications, and it shall convention, remain in full force for ten years. If neither of the contracting parties shall give notice to the other six months previously of its intention to terminate the same, it shall further remain in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of such intention. Article VII. The present convention shall be ratified by the PreRatifications. sident of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the Republic of Ecuador with the approval of the congress of that Republic, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within eighteen months from the date hereof. In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this convention at the city of Washington this sixth |