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In like manner Danish subjects who have become, or shall become, and are, naturalized, according to law, within the United States of America as citizens thereof, shall be held by the Kingdom of Denmark to be in all respects ed as citizens of the and for all purposes as citizens of the United States of America, and shall be treated as such by the Kingdom of Denmark.

United States.

Provision as to re.. toration to citizen

ARTICLE II.

If any such citizen of the United States, as aforesaid, naturalized within the Kingdom of Denmark as a Danish subject, should renew his residence in the United States, the United States Government may, on his application, ship in the original and on such conditions as that Government may see fit to impose, re-admit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United States, and the Danish Government shall not, in that case, claim him as a Danish subject on account of his former naturalization.

country.

In like manner, if any such Danish subject, as aforesaid, naturalized within the United States as a citizen thereof, should renew his residence within the Kingdom of Denmark, His Majesty's Government may, on his application, and on such conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, re-admit him to the character and privileges of a Danish subject, and the United States Government shall not, in that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account of his former naturalization.

ARTICLE III.

If, however, a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Denmark, shall renew his A citizen of one residence in the former country without the intent to return to that in country naturalized which he was naturalized, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization.

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ing his residence in

the original country without the intent to

In like manner, if a Dane, naturalized in the United States, shall return, renounces his renew his residence in Denmark without the intent to return to the naturalization. former country, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization

in the United States.

The intent not to return may be held to exist when a person naturalized in the one country shall reside more than two years in the other country.

When the intent not to return is held to exist.

ARTICLE IV.

When convention

takes effect, and how

The present convention shall go into effect immediately on or after the exchange of the ratifications, and shall continue in force for ten years. If neither party shall have given to the other six months' previous notice of its intention then to terminate the same, it shall further remain in force until the end of twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of such intention.

long to continue.

ARTICLE V.

The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and When to be rati by His Majesty the King of Denmark, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Copenhagen as soon as may be, within eight months from

fied.

the date hereof. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

Signatures.

Done at Copenhagen, the twentieth day of July, in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

MICHAEL J. CRAMER.

O. D. ROSENÖRN-LEHN.

[SEAL] [SEAL]

FRANCE.

Page 244, after signatures and date, insert line “France, 1778.”

FRANCE, 1778.

Annex to the treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and France of Febru ary 6, 1778.

Form of the passports and letters, which are to be given to the ships and barks, according to the twenty-seventh article of this treaty.

Forme des passeports et lettres qui doivent être donnés aux vaisseaux et barques conformement à l'article vingt sept du traité ci-dessus.

To all who shall see these presents, greeting: It is hereby made known that leave and permission has been given to master and commander of the ship called of the town of burthen tons or thereabonts, lying at present in the port and haven of and bound for

and laden with ; after that his ship has been visited, and before sailing, he shall make oath before the officers who have the jurisdiction of maritime affairs, that the said ship belongs to one or more of the subjects of the act whereof shall be put at the end of these presents, as likewise that he will keep, and caused to be kept by his crew on board, the marine ordinances and regulations, and enter in the proper office a list, signed and witnessed, containing the names and surnames, the places of birth and abode of the crew of his ship, and of all who shall embark on board her, whom he shall not take on board without the knowledge and permission of the officers of the marine; and in every port or haven where he shall enter with his ship he shall shew this present leave to the officers and judges of the marine, and shall give a faithful account to them of what passed and was done during his voyage, and he shall carry the colours, arms, and ensigns of the (King or United States) during his voyage. In witness whereof we have signed these presents, and put the seal of our arms thereunto, and caused the same to be countersigned by the

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Page 267, in third side-note to article IV, strike out "26" and insert instead "252." Page 275, in the explanation given in brackets, last line but one, after "declared” insert "that it considered."

GREAT BRITAIN.

GREAT BRITAIN, 1850.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, DECEMBER 9, 1850.

Abbott Lawrence, Esquire, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the court of Her Britannic Majesty, and Viscount Palmerston, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secetary of State for Foreign Affairs, having met together at the foreign office:

Mr. Lawrence stated that he was instructed by his Government to call the attention of the British Government to the dangers to which the important commerce of the great Lakes of the interior of America, and more particularly that concentrating at the town of Buffalo, near the entrance of the Niagara River from Lake Erie, and that passing through the Welland Canal, is exposed from the want of a light-house near the outlet of Lake Erie. Mr. Lawrence stated that the current of the Niagara River is at that spot very strong, and increases in rapidity as the river approaches the falls; and as that part of the river is necessarily used for the purpose of a harbor, the Congress of the United States, in order to guard against the danger arising from the rapidity of the current, and from other local causes, made an appropriation for the construction of a light-house at the outlet of the lake, but, on a local survey being made, it was found that the most eligible site for the erection of the light-house was a reef known by the name of the "Horseshoe Reef," which is within the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty; and Mr. Lawrence was therefore instructed by the Government of the United States to ask whether the Government of Her Britannic Majesty will cede to the

United States the Horseshoe Reef, or such part thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of erecting a light-house, and, if not, whether the British Government will itself erect and maintain a light-house on the said reef.

Viscount Palmerston stated to Mr. Lawrence in reply that Her Majesty's Government concurs in opinion with the Government of the United States, that the proposed light-house would be of great advantage to all vessels navigating the Lakes; and that Her Majesty's Government is prepared to advise Her Majesty to cede to the United States sucb portion of the Horseshoe Reef as may be found requisite for the intended light-house, provided the Government of the United States will engage to erect such light-house, and to maintain a light therein; and provided no fortification be erected on the said reef.

Mr. Lawrence and Viscount Palmerston, on the part of their respective Governments, accordingly agreed that the British Crown should make this cession, and that the United States should accept it, on the above-mentioned conditions.

ABBOTT LAWRENCE.
PALMERSTON.

On the receipt of this Mr. Webster, January 17, 1851, instructed Mr. Lawrence to "address a note to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, acquainting him that the arrangement referred to is approved by this Government." MS. Department of State. Mr. Lawrence did so on the 10th of the following February.

The acts of Congress making appropriations for the erection of the light-house will be found in 9 St. at L., 380 and 627, and 10 St. at L., 343. It was erected in the year 1856. Page 312, after witnesses' signatures put "Secr'y" instead of "Sec'y" in both cases.

GREAT BRITAIN, 1873.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO TREATY OF MAY 8, 1871, RESPECTING PLACES FOR HOLDING SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE TWELFTH ARTICLE THEREOF.

Concluded January 18, 1873; Ratification advised by Senate February 14, 1873; Ratified by President February 28, 1873; ratifications exchanged at Washington, April 10, 1873: Proclaimed April 15, 1873.

Whereas, pursuant to the XIIth Article of the treaty between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty of the 8th of May, 1871, it was stipulated that the commissioners therein provided for should meet at Washington; but whereas it has been found inconvenient in the summer season to hold those meetings in the city of Washington: In order to avoid such inconvenience, the President of the United States has invested Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, with full power, and Her Britannic Majesty has invested the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Örder of the Bath, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, with like power; who, having met and examined their respective powers, which were found to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

It is agreed that the sessions of the commissioners provided for by the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty Additional article. of the 8th of May, 1871, need not be restricted to the city of Washingmay ton, but may be held at such other place within the United States as be held at such place the commission may prefer.

Sessions of the commissioners

within the United

sion may prefer.

when to be ratified. Signature.

States as the commis- The present additional article shall be ratified, and the ratifications Additional article, shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible thereafter. In witness whereof we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed the same and have hereunto affixed our respective seals. Done in duplicate at the city of Washington, the eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

HAMILTON FISH.
EDWD. THORNTON.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON, MARCH 10, 1873, RESPECTING THE NORTHWEST WATER-BOUNDARY.

Whereas it was provided by the first article of the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, signed at Washington on the 15th of June, 1846, as follows:

"ARTICLE I.

"From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great

Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said fortyninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean: Provided, however, That the navigation of the whole of the said channel and straits south of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude remain free and open to both parties."

And whereas it was provided by the XXXIVth Article of the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, signed at Washington on the 8th of May, 1871, as follows:

"ARTICLE XXXIV.

"Whereas it was stipulated by Article I of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 15th of June, 1846, between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty, that the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean; and whereas the commissioners appointed by the two high contracting parties to determine that portion of the boundary which runs southerly through the middle of the channel aforesaid were unable to agree upon the same; and whereas the Government of Her Britannic Majesty claims that such boundary-line should, under the terms of the treaty above recited, be run through the Rosario Straits, and the Government of the United States claims that it should be run through the Canal de Haro, it is agreed that the respective claims of the Government of the United States and of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, who, having regard to the above-mentioned article of the said treaty, shall decide thereupon, finally and without appeal, which of those claims is most in accordance with the true interpretation of the treaty of June 15, 1846."

And whereas His Majesty the Emperor of Germany has, by his award dated the 21st of October, 1872, decided that "Mit der richtigen Auslegung des zwischen den Regierungen Ihrer Britischen Majestät und der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika geschlossenen Vertrages de dato Washington den 15 Juni, 1846, steht der Auspruch der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten am meisten im Einklange, dass die Grenzlinie zwischen den Gebieten Ihrer Britischen Majestät und den Vereinigten Staaten durch den HaroKanal gezogen werde."

The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, and Rear-Admiral James Charles Prevost, Commissioner of Her Britannic Majesty in respect of the boundary aforesaid, duly authorized by their respective Governments to trace out and mark, on charts prepared for that purpose, the line of boundary in conformity with the award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, and to complete the determination of so much of the boundary-line between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain as was left uncompleted by the commissioners heretofore appointed to carry into effect the first article of the treaty of 15th June, 1846, have met together at Washington, and have traced out and marked the said boundary-line on four charts, severally entitled, "North America, West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the channels between the continent and Vancouver Id, showing the boundary-line between British and American possessions, from the admiralty surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R. N., 1847, and G. H. Richards, R. N., 1858-1862;" and having on examination agreed that the lines so traced out and marked on the respective charts are identical, they have severally signed the said charts on behalf of their respective Governments, two copies thereof to be retained by the Government of the United States, and two copies thereof to be retained by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, to serve with the "definition of the boundary-line," attached hereto, showing the general bearings of the line of boundary as laid down on the charts, as a perpetual record of agreement between the two Governments in the matter of the line of boundary between their respective dominions under the first article of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 15th of June, 1846.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this protocol, and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington, this tenth day of March, in the year 1873.

HAMILTON FISH.
EDWD. THORNTON.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

JAMES C. PREVOST.

[SEAL.]

DEFINITION OF THE BOUNDARY-LINE.

The chart upon which the boundary-line between the British and the United States possessions is laid down is entitled "North America, West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the channels between the continent and Vancouver Id, showing the boundaryline between British and American possessions, from the admiralty surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R. N., 1847, and G. H. Richards, R. N., 1858-1862."

The boundary-line thus laid down on the chart is a black line shaded red on the side of the British possessions, and blue on the side of the possessions of the United States. The boundary-line thus defined commences at the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude on the west side of Point Roberts, which is marked by a stone monument, and the line is continued along the said parallel to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver Island, that is to say, to a point in longitude 12319' 15" W., as shown in the said chart. It then proceeds in a direction about S. 50 E. (true) for about fifteen geographical miles, when it curves to the southward, passing equidistant between the west point of Patos Island and the east point of Saturna Island, until the point midway on a line drawn between Turnpoint, on Stewart Island, and Fairfax Point, on Moresby Island, bears S. 68° W., (true,) distant ten miles; then on a course south 68 W., (true,) ten miles to the said point midway between Turnpoint, on Stewart Island, and Fairfax Point, on Moresby Island, thence on a course about south 12° 30′ east (true) for about eight and three-quarter miles to a point due east, one mile from the northermost Kelp Reef, which reef on the said chart is laid down as in latitude 48° 33′ north, and in longitude 123° 15′ west; then its direction continues about S. 20° 15' east, (true.) six and one-eighth miles to a point midway between Sea Bird Point, on Discovery Island, and Pile Point, on San Juan Island; thence in a straight line S. 45° E., (true,) until it touches the north end of the middle bank in between 13 and 18 fathoms of water; from this point the line takes a general S. 28° 30′ W. direction (true) for about ten miles, when it reaches the centre of the fairway of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which, by the chart, is in the latitude of 48° 17′ north and longitude 123° 14' 40" W.

Thence the line runs in a direction S. 73° W. (true) for twelve miles, to a point on a straight line drawn from the light-house on Race Island to Angelos Point, midway between the same.

Thence the line runs through the centre of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, first, in a direction N. 80° 30′ W., about 5 miles to a point equidistant on a straight line between Beechey Head, on Vancouver Island, and Tongue Point, on the shore of Washington Territory; second, in a direction N. 76° W., about 134 miles to a point equidistant in a straight line between Sherringham Point, on Vancouver Island, and Pillar Point on, the shore of Washington Territory; third, in a direction N. 68° W., about 304 miles to the Pacific Ocean, at a point equidistant between Bonilla Point, on Vancouver Island, and Tatooch Island light-house on the American shore, the line between the points being nearly due north and south, (true.)

The courses and distances as given in the foregoing description are not assumed to be perfectly accurate, but are as nearly so as is supposed to be necessary to a practical definition of the line laid down on the chart and intended to be the boundary-line.

HAMILTON FISH.
EDWD. THORNTON.
JAMES C. PREVOST.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, RESPECTING THE TIME AT WHICH ARTICLES 18 TO 25, AND ARTICLE 30 OF THE TREATY OF MAY 8, 1871, SHOULD GO INTO EFFECT.

Whereas it is provided by Article XXXIII of the Treaty between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, signed at Washington on the 8th of May, 1871, as follows:

ARTICLE XXXIII.

The foregoing Articles, XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of this Treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the Legislature of Prince Edward's Island on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States on the other. Such assent having been given, the said articles shall remain in force for the period of ten years from the date at which they may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of two years after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same; each of the High Contracting Parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years, or at any time afterward.

And whereas, in accordance with the stipulations of the above-recited Article, an

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