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 842 CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. FEBRUARY 23, I871. hOR°;*¤ggl¤**g¤ presence it was made; the other shall be, without delay, transmitted to W O me °’ the Department of State. ifin the United Such renunciation, if declared by an original British subject, of his K“‘gd°mi acquired nationality as a citizen of the United States, shall, if the do- _ _ clarant be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be made th‘f°l?°F'h°’°‘“ in duplicate, in the presence of a justice of the peace; 1f' elsewhere in e British do-. . ., . . . . . . mi,,;,,,,,, Her Britanmc Majestys domimons, in triplicate, in the presence of any judge of civil or criminal jurisdiction, of any justice of the peace, or of any other officer for the time being authorized by law, in the place in which the declarant is, to administer an Ioatb for any judicial or other legal purpose: if out of Her Majesty’s dom1n1ons, in triplicate, m the presence of any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of Her Majesty. Lists, &c. of ARTICLE II. 'I`he contracting parties hereby engage to communicate g;]”°“sY°“°““' each to the other, from time to time, lists of the persons who, within their g their natu-. . . . . . . - . ,-aiizmou who respective domimons and territories, or before their diplomatic and con- Y¤¤‘¤iSh°d- sular officers, have declared their renunciation of naturalization, with the dates and places of making such declarations, and such infbrmation as to the abode of the declarants, and the times and places of their naturalization as they may have furnished. }57<>¤::¥j¢i<>¤t_ Anriore III. The present convention shall be ratified by the President Edin °" l' of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereofhandvpy [-Ier Britannic Majcsty,band the ratifications shall be exc ianve at as mgton as soon as may e convenient. Incwitness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Washington the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. sean.] HAMILTON FISH. sun,.] EDW’D THORNTON. Annex. ANNEX A. Form ofdsc- I, A. B., of [insert abode], being originally a citizen of the United gggtgfiggfi States of America, [or a British subject,] and having become naturalized naturalization_ within the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty as a British subject, [or as a citizen- within the~United States of America,] do hereby renounce my naturalization as a British subject, [or citizen of the United States,] and declare that it is my desire to resume my nationality as a citizen of the United States, [or British subject.] (Signed) A. B. Made and subscribed to before me, ——-—-, in [insert country or other subdivision, and State, province, colony, legation, or consulate,] this --- day of-- 187 —. ’ (sigma) E. r., Justice of the Pence, [or other title.] [sam.,] HAMILTON FISH, [san,.] EDW’D THORNTON. Convention And whereas the said supplemental convention has been duly ratified on P¤‘°°l¤im€d· both parts, and the respective ratitications of the same were exchanged in this city on the fourth day of May, 1871, by Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, and Sir Edward Thornton, K. C. B., Her Britanmc Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary accredited to this Government, on the part of their respective Governments: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Uussns S. GRANT, President of the United States of America, have caused the said supplemental convention to be made public to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be dbserved and fultilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof;