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 776 CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. MAY 13, 1870. Naturalization Such British subjects as aforesaid who have become and are naturalized nw? b° l`?; gw as citizens within the United States, shall be at liberty to renounce their- "°““°°d "’naturalization and to resume their British nationality, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the twelfth day of May, 1870. · · · _ _ _ Mode ofrennn- The manner in which this renunciation may be made and-publicly Six: declared shall be agreed upon by the governments of the respective coun. ` tries. Citizens of one Atvrictn 1[I. If any such citizen of the United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, should renew and renewing i his residence in the United States, the United States government may, on risggggzl his owln application and on such conditions as tgat goyernmept may think c,,,,nm,_ may be fit to impose, readmit him to the character an · prrvileges 0 xrcitizen of resin.-eu to the the United States, and Great Britain shall not, in that case, claim him as l;;;u?€‘°5l‘;E_:m‘ a British subject on account of his former naturalization. No cllaim Of, In the same manner, if any such British subject as aforesaid naturalized ¤<><;¤>¤¤}¤ <>f MW- in the United States should renew his residence within the dominions of "‘h“"°°‘ he; Britacpnic Majesty,dher Mejeim government mayihonkhgtown applica ion an on suc con itions as a governmen may m 0 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. This ,,,,,,,,,,,,_ Anrrcnn IV. The present convention shall be ratified by the Presition when to be dent of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the “""&°d• Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged at London as soon as may be within twelve months from the date hereotl Signature. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have atiixed thereto their respective seals. Done at London,`the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. [snr., JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY. [scar,. CLAREN DON. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, apt} the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at London on t e 10th ultimo: Proclamation. Now, therefore, be it known that I, Unrssss S. Guam, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and part thereof may be obseryed atéd fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens iereo. flu witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal 0 the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, [snap.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-fifth. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Haumrou Fxsn, Secretary of State.