ARTICLE IV. Commission, when The commission shall terminate its labors in twelve months from the date of its organization, except that thirty days' extension may be given to issue certificates, if necessary, on the deci- to terminate labors. sions of the Umpire in the case referred to in the following article. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, and Secretary. may appoint a secretary. Records of com mission. ARTICLE V. Decisions of commission and of Um pire to be final, &c. The decisions of this commission and those (in case there may be any) of the Umpire, shall be final and conclusive as to all pending claims at the date of their installation. Claims which shall not be presented within the twelve months herein prescribed will be disregarded by both Governments, and considered invalid. Claims not presented to be deemed invalid. termination of the In the event that, upon the termination of the labors of said commission, there should remain pending one or more cases before Cases pending bethe Umpire awaiting his decision, the said Umpire is au- fore Umpire at the thorized to make his decision and transmit same to the commission. Commissioners, who shall issue their certificates thereupon and communicate [them] to each Government, which shall be held binding and conclusive; provided, however, that his decision shall be given within thirty days from the termination of the labors of the commission, and after the expiration of the said thirty days any decision made shall be void and of no effect. ARTICLE VI. Each Government shall pay its own Commissioner, and shall pay onehalf of what may [be] due the Umpire and secretary, and one-half the incidental expenses of the commission. ARTICLE VII. Pay and expenses of commission. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged, so soon as may be practicable, in the city of Caracas. Ratifications to be exchanged. Signature. In testimony whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and hereunto affixed the seals of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the United States of Venezuela, and of the Legation of the United States of America, in Caracas, this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. The Minister Resident of the United States of America, E. D. CULVER. [L. S.] The Minister of Foreign Relations of the United States of Venezuela, 57 RAFAEL SEIJAS. [L. S.] WÜRTTEMBERG. WÜRTTEMBERG, 1844. CONVENTION FOR ABOLITION OF DROIT D'AUBAINE AND TAXES ON EMIGRATION. Concluded April 10, 1844.-Ratification advised by Senate June 12, 1844.-Ratified by President June 24, 1844.-Ratifications exchanged at Berlin October 3, 1844.-Proclaimed December 16, 1844. The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Württemberg having resolved, for the advantage of their respective citizens and subjects, to conclude a convention for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine and taxes on emigration, have named for this purpose their respective Plenipotentiaries, namely: The President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on Henry Wheaton, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Royal Court of Prussia; and His Majesty the King of Württemberg, upon Baron de Maucler, his Captain of the Staff and Chargé d'Affaires at the said court; who, after having exchanged their said full powers, found in due and proper form, have agreed to and signed the following articles: Droit d'aubaine, ARTICLE I. Every kind of droit d'aubaine, droit de retraite, and droit de détraction or tax on emigration, is hereby and shall remain abolished, between the two contracting parties, their States, citizens, and subjects respectively. &c., abolished. Heirs to real property. ARTICLE II. Where, on the death of any person holding real property within the territories of one party, such real property would by the laws of the land descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a term of two years to sell the same, which term may be reasonably prolonged according to circumstances, and to withdraw the proceeds thereof without molestation, and exempt from all duties of detraction. ARTICLE III. The citizens or subjects of each of the contracting parties shall have Duties on disposal power to dispose of their personal property within the States of personal property. of the other, by testament, donation, or otherwise, and their heirs, legatees, and donees, being citizens or subjects of the other contracting party, shall succe[e]d to their said personal property, and may take possession thereof, either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their pleasure, paying such duties only as the inhabitants of the country where the said property lies shall be liable to pay in like cases. ARTICLE IV. In case of the absence of the heirs, the same care shall be taken provisionally of such real or personal property as would be Property of absent taken in a like case of property belonging to the natives of heirs. the country, until the lawful owner, or the person who has a right to sell the same according to article 2, may take measures to receive or dispose of the inheritance. ARTICLE V. If any dispute should arise between different claimants to the same inheritance, they shall be decided, in the last resort, accord- Disputes to be de ing to the laws, and by the judges of the country where the cided by the local property is situated. ARTICLE VI. laws. All the stipulations of the present convention shall be obligatory in respect to property already inherited or bequeathed, but Property not yet not yet withdrawn from the country where the same is sit- withdrawn embraced. uated at the signature of this convention. ARTICLE VII. Convention subject This convention is concluded subject to the ratification of the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of their Senate, and of His Majesty the to ratification, &c. King of Württemberg, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Berlin, within the term of twelve months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, as well in English as in German, and have thereto affixed their seals. Done in triplicata, in the city of Berlin, on the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, in the sixty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, and the twentyeighth of the reign of His Majesty the King of Württemberg. DECLARATION OF ACCESSION TO CONVENTION OF JUNE 16, 1852, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND PRUSSIA AND OTHER STATES OF THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION, FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS. Dated October 13, 1853.-Proclaimed December 27, 1853. [On the 13th of October, 1853, the Government of His Majesty the King of Württemberg formally declared its accession to the conventio WÜRTTEMBERG. WÜRTTEMBERG, 1844. CONVENTION FOR ABOLITION OF DROIT D'AUBAINE Concluded April 10, 1844.-Ratification advised by Senate Jun The United States of America and His Majesty temberg having resolved, for the advantage of thei and subjects, to conclude a convention for the mut droit d'aubaíne and taxes on emigration, have nam their respective Plenipotentiaries, namely: The Pre States of America has conferred full powers on He Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia; and His Majesty the King of Württemb Maucler, his Captain of the Staff and Chargé d'Affair who, after having exchanged their said full power proper form, have agreed to and signed the followin Droit d'aubaine, Every kind of droit d'aubaine, droit de retraite, tion or tax on emigration, is hereb &c., abolished. abolished, between the two contracting citizens, and subjects respectively. Sitbed States Simer Plen and shall Stores Live The Uniteal States' Heirs to real prop erty. Where, on the death of any person holding real territories of one party, such real pr laws of the land descend on a citizen on were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen allowed a term of two years to sell the same, reasonably prolonged according to circumstances, proceeds thereof without molestation, and exemp detraction. The citizens or subjects of each of the contractin Duties on disposal power to dispose of their personal prope of personal property. of the other, by testament, donation, on heirs, legatees, and donees, being citizens or subje tracting party, shall succef[e]d to their said persona take possession thereof, either by themselves, or |