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 582 runmo rnnurizs. Anricrn VIII. E¤E*>*¤di*i¤¤ of The United States of America and the Orange Free State, on requi- °'“'"““l“‘ sitions made in their name through the medium _0f their respective diplomatic or consular agents, shall deliver up to justice persons who, being charged with the crimes enumerated in the following article, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiring party, shall seek asylum, Evideuceofciim- or shall be found within the territories of the other:_Prov1ded, That i¤¤li*s’· this shall he done only when the fact of the commission of the crime shall he so established as to justify their apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime had been committed in the country where the person so accnsedshall be found. ARTICLE IX. Crimes for-which Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of this con- ¤·‘U*°¤‘¥ ¤-**5* M vention who shall be charged with any of the following crimes, to wit : ""‘°°‘ Murder, (including assassination, parricide, infanticide, and poisoning;) attempt to commit murder; rape; forgery, or the emission of forged papers; arson; robbery, with violence, intim[id]ation, or forcible entry of an inhabited house; piracy; embezzlement by public officers, or by persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, when these crimes are subject to infamous punishment. Ancrrcmt X. S¤¤‘¤¤d¤¤‘. Mw The surrender shall be made by executives of the contracting parties ‘“°·d°· respectively. An·r1om·1 XI. Expense of ue- The expense of detention and delivery effected pursuant to the pre-
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Anrxcm XII. P¤>1i¤i¤¤] ¤*;f¤¤¤¤¤. The provisions of the aforegoing articles relating to the surrender of &°·· “°t' ‘“° “d°d· fugitive criminals shall not apply to offenoes committed before the date hereof, nor to those of a political character. Anzrrcnn XIII. Duration or een. The present convention is concluded for the period of ten years from veurwu- the day of the exchange of the ratiiications; and if, one year before the expiration of that period, neither of the contracting parties shall have announced, by an official notification, its intention to the other to arrest the operations of the said convention, it shall continue binding for twelve months longer, and so on from year to year until the expiration of the twelve months which will follow a similar declaration; whatever the time at which it may take place. Anrrcma: XIV. Batiucation. This convention shall be submitted on both sides to the approval and ratification of the respective competent authorities, and the ratillcations zgalltbe exchanged at Washington as soon as circumstances shall m1. Signatures. In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, and have thereunto alhxed their seals. mm Done in qnadrnplicate at Bloemfonten this 22d day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. W. W. EDGCOMB. san.] F. K. HOHN E. san.]