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 CONVENTION WITH GREAT`BRITAIN. JUNE 3, 1870. 779 Anrxcnn VI. The high contracting parties engage to communicate N¤*i¤¤ ¤f this the present convention to the mixed courts of justice, and to the officers °?§‘;:’Q;igf°t°b° in command of their respective cruisers, and to give them the requisite gxourts, Gminstructions in pursuance thereof, with the least possible delay. Anrrcms VII. Thepresent additional convention shall have the same p",,;;,,,, of dm-ation as the treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, and the additional arti- this convention: cle thereto of the 17th of February, 1863. It shall be ratified, and the ',Ql‘°&‘°°l’° mtincations shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible. lift,  ,_ sg, In witness whereoi§ the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have atiixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Washington, the third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. {SEAL? HAMILTON FISH. snr,. EDWD. THORNTON. ANNEX TO THE ADDITIONAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, FOR THE SUPPRES- SION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT WASHINGTON ON THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 1870. Dtsmwtiom for the Ships of the United States and British Navies employed to prevent the African Slave Trade. Amricmt I. The commander of an ship belonging to the United Rl8hW>¤¤¤l¤l¤ States or British navy, which shall be ilirnished with these instructions, °‘°d d°m°’ shall have ay right to search and detain any United States or British merchant vessel which shall be actually engaged, or suspected to be engaged, in the African slave trade, or to be fitted out for the purposes thereof, or to have been engaged in such trade during the voyage in which she may be met with by such ship of the United States or British navy; and such commander shall thereupon bring or send such merchant vessel (save in the case providedfor in Article V. of these instructions) as soon as possible for judgment, in the manner provided by Article III. of the additional convention of this date, that is to say:- In the case of an American vessel searched and detained as aforesaid Vessels by a. British cruiser, she shall be sent to New York or Key West, which- °°;·'°h:;l%&°·• ever shall be most accessible, or be handed over to an United States W °r° °°°°l’ cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the capture. In the case of a. British vessel searched and detained as aforesaid by an United States cruiser, she shall be sent to the nearest or most accessible British colony, or shall be handed over to a British cruiser, if one should be available in the neighborhood of the capture. Aivrioma II. Whenever a ship of either of the two navies, duly au- smsaimw thorized as aforesaid, shall meet a merchant vessel liable to be searched WW ¤¤¤¤¤- under the provisions of the treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, and of this additional convention, the search shall be conducted with the courtesy and consideration which ought to be observed between allied and friendly nations; and the search shall, in all cases, be made by an officer holding a rank not lower than that of lieutenant in the navy, or by the officer who at the time shall be second in command of the ship by which such search is made. Anricnm III. The commander of any ship of the two navies, duly Proceeding authorized as aforesaid, who may detain any merchant vessel in pursu- ],Q*,:{*¤gg§¤°l ance of the tenor of the present instructions, shall leave on board the uwghcm vessel so detained the master, the mate, or boatswain, two or three at end crawleast of the crew, and all the `cargo. The captor shall, at the time of Declaration detention, draw up in writing a declaration, which shall exhibit the state in which he found the detained vessel; such declaration shall be signed by himself, and shall be given or sent in with the detained vessel, to be produced as evidence in the proper court.