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 CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. ML! 13. I870_ 775 Obnvention between the United &atee and Great Britain. Naturalization See Vol. xviL Otmcluded, May 13, 1870; Evcchanged, August 10, 1870; Proelaimed, M ¤dd· m- September 16, 1870. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: May 13, 1870. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a convention between the United States of America and her Preamble. 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 contracting Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being de- P¤¤‘*l¤¤· sirous 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 aconvention 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 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 : Anrroms I. Citizens of the United States of America who have be- ,_?i*iZ¤¤¤ of come, or shall become, and are naturalized according to law within the §:,ff,§';g§°3 British dominions as British subjects, shall, subject to the provisions of citizens or sub- Article II., be held by the United States to be in all respects and for all £$:;t‘;Q‘j‘:§;h°' purposes British subjects, and shall be treated as such by the United mamjtuiu. Sming zens o suc Reciprocally, British subjects who have become, or shall become, and °°“""`y' 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 bein all respects and for all purposes citizens of the United States, and shall be treated as such by Great Britain. Anr1o1.E II. Such citizens of the United States as aforesaid who have Such natubecome and are naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty ;‘;l;‘::;;‘£7" as British subjects, shall be at liberty to renounce their naturalization and within_ gm ' 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 ratilications of the present convention.