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 BRUNSWICK AND LUNEBURG, 1854. 93 BRUNSWICK AND LUNEBURG. BRUNSWICK AND LUNEBURG, 1854. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF An st 21 1854. HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LUNEBUl2l(£§g((N%)LI`J1II)IIgDHg'% —·£·u··;—— WASHINGTON AUCUST 21, 1854; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE, l‘éé€?*Ri‘tt%Ei‘FE>tS“£§€§A§zG‘Ei? u.¥’t€l‘QE‘&&'i?é§“E“‘“E“T i"'" ‘°· CLAIMED JULY 30. 1855. JULY 28’ m°5’ PRO' [The duchy of Brunswick and Liinehurg became a state of the North German Union by the constitution of the latwr, which took edect July 1, 1867.] The President of the United States of America. and His Highne s the Contracting pu- Duke of Brunswick and Liineburg, animated by the desire to secure **°°· and extend by an amicable convention the relation happily existing between the two countrie, have, to this effect, appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States of America, William L. Marcy, N¤s¤¤i¤¤¤‘¤· Secretary of State of the United States; and His Highness the Duke of Brunswick and Liineburg, Dr. Julius Samson, his said Highness’ Consul at Mobile, Alabama; Who, after the exchange of their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and signed the following articles: Anmcm I. The citizens of each one of the high contracting parties shall have power 1);,,,,,,] and ,,,_ to dispose of their personal property, within the jurisdiction of the other, heritance of persubject to the laws of the State or country where the domicil is, or the ¤<>¤¤l I>¤‘¤I>¤¤‘i=y- property is found, either by testament, donation, or ab intestate, or in any other manner, and their heirs, being citizens of the other party' shall inherit all such personal estates, whether by testament or ab intestate, and they may take possession of the same, either personally or by attorney, and dispose of them as they may think proper, paying to the respective governments no other charges than those to which the iuhab~ itants of the country in which the said property shall be found would be liable in a similar case; and in the absence of such heir or heirs the Absent heirs. same care shall be taken of the property that would be taken in the like case for the preservation of the property of a citizen of the same country, until the lawful proprietor shall have had time to take measures for possessing himself of the same; and in case any dispute should arise between claimants to the same succession, as to the property thereof, the question shall be decided according to the laws, and by the judges, of the country in which the property is situated. ARTICLE II. If by the death of a person owning real property in the territory of Dcviswwr bcirn one of the high contracting parties such property should descend, either °f '°“l °'“°”°· by the laws of the country or by testamentary disposition, to a citizen of the other party, who, on account of his being an alien, could not be permitted to retain the actual possession of such property, such term as the laws of the State or country will permit shall be allowed to him to dispose of such property, and collect and withdraw the proceeds