other shall be, without delay, transmitted to the Department of State. 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 peace; if elsewhere in Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any judge of civil or criminal jurisdiction, of any justice of the peace, or of any other officer for the time being authorized by law, in the place in which the declarant is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose: if out of Her Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of Her Majesty. ARTICLE II. The contracting parties hereby engage to communicate 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 declarations, and such information as to the abode of the declarants, and the times and places of their naturalization, as they may have furnished. ARTICLE III. 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 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. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] HAMILTON FISH. EDW'D THORNTON. 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. in [insert Made and subscribed to before me, country or other subdivision, and State, province, colony, legation, or consulate,] this 187.................. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] day of (Signed) E. F., Justice of the Peace, [or other title.] HAMILTON FISH. EDW'D THORNTON. NATURALIZATION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI [33 Stat. at L. 2101]. Signed at Washington March 22, 1902; Ratification advised by the Senate February 1, 1904; Ratified by the President March 17, 1904; Ratified by Haiti, April 24, 1903; Ratifications Exchanged at Washington March 19, 1904; Proclaimed March 24, 1904. ARTICLE I. Citizens of the United States of America who shall have been duly naturalized as citizens of Haiti, and who shall have resided uninterruptedly in Haiti during a period of five years, shall be recognized by the United States as citizens of Haiti. Reciprocally, citizens of Haiti who shall have been duly naturalized as citizens of the United States of America, and who shall have resided uninterruptedly in the United States during a period of five years, shall be recognized by Haiti as citizens of the United States. This article shall apply as well to those already naturalized in either country as those hereafter naturalized. ARTICLE II. The person who, after having become a naturalized citizen of one of the contracting States, shall return to live in the country of his origin, without intention to return to the country where he has been naturalized, shall be considered as having renounced the nationality obtained through naturalization. ARTICLE III. The intent not to return may be held to exist when the person naturalized in the one country resides more than two years in the other country. ARTICLE IV. The naturalized citizens of either State who return to their country of origin, will be there liable to prosecution and punishment in conformity to the laws for the crimes or misdemeanors committed before their emigration and that are not covered by the statute of limitations. ARTICLE V. The declaration of intention to become a citizen of the one or the other country has not for either party the effect of naturalization. ARTICLE VI. The present treaty shall remain in force for ten years from the date of the exchange of ratifications; and unless one of the contracting parties shall notify the other of its intention to terminate it one year before the expiration of that period, the said treaty shall continue in force from year to year until the expiration of one year after official notice shall have been given by either of the contracting governments of a purpose to terminate it. ARTICLE VII. The present treaty shall be submitted to the approval and ratification of the respective appropriate authorities of each of the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible within twelve months from the date hereof. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the foregoing articles, and have affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at the City of Washington, in the English and French languages this twenty-second day of March, 1902. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] JOHN HAY. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HAITI EXTENDING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH MAY BE EFFECTED THE EXCHANGE OF RATIFICATIONS OF THE TREATY OF NATURALIZATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, SIGNED MARCH 22, 1902 [33 Stat. at L. 2157]. Signed at Washington February 28, 1903; Ratification advised by the Senate February 1, 1904; Ratified by the President March 17, 1904; Ratified by Haiti April 24, 1903; Ratifications Exchanged at Washington March 19, 1904; Proclaimed March 24, 1904. SOLE ARTICLE. The respective ratifications of the said treaty shall be exchanged as soon as possible, and within twelve months from March 22, 1903. Done in duplicate at Washington, in the English and French languages, this 28th day of February, A. D. 1903. JOHN HAY. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] J. N. LÉGER. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HESSE [16 Stat. at L. 743]. Concluded August 1, 1868; Ratifications Exchanged July 23, 1869; Proclaimed August 31, 1869. ARTICLE I. Citizens of the parts of the Grand Duchy of Hesse not included in the North German Confederation, who have become or shall become naturalized citizens of the United States of America, and shall have resided uninterruptedly within the United States five years, shall be held by the |