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 1738 EXTRADITION TREATY-LATVIA. Ocronmz 16, 1923. —;4...;.°°°°‘*¤¢1° lm- T5·eat between the U ited States and Latvia or the extradition ty" fugiitives from justwb: S` ned at Riga, October 16, 1923; tion advised by the Senate,i§an·u.ary 7, 1924; ratified by the Rresz _ nt, January 10, 1.924,- ratified by Latvia, Febrqary 8, 1924; ratwatwns exchanged at Riga, March 1, 1924; proclatmed March 8, 1 24. Br um Pammnm or rmt Urrrmn Smrms or Axmmcs. A PROCLAMATION. naman uuey WHEREAS a Treaty between the United States and Latvia pro- '%¤¤I:i»ii.°` viding for the extradition of fugit1ves from justice was concluded and signed b their respective Plenipotentiaries at R1ga on the sixteenth day of? October one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, the original of which Treaty is word for word as follows: ceamcuugrwes The United States of America and Latvia desiring to promote the cause of 'ustice, have resolved to conclude a treaty for the extra- · dition of] fugitives from justice between the two countries and have appointed for that purpose the following Plempotentnmes: P1¤¤x>¤¤¤¤¤¤n‘ The President of the United States of America: F. W. B. Coleman, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Riga; and The President of the Republic of Latvia: Germain Albat, Minister Plenipotentiary, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their res ective full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed) upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I. gfrrinigimchumd it Government of Latvia shall, upon requisition duly madesagiereiii provided, deliver up to justice any person who may be charged with, or may have been convicted of, any of the crimes specified in Article H of the present Treaty committed within the jurisdiction of one of the High Contracting Parties, and who shall seek an asylum or shall be found within the territories of the other; provided that such surrender shall take lace only upon such evidence of criminality, as according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed. ARTICLE H. E"“‘°*‘“"'° °""“’°· Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of the present Treaty, who shall have been charged with or convicted of H any of the following crimes: ““?"‘ 1. Murder, comprehending the crimes designated by the terms parritgde, agsassination, manslaughter when voluntary, poisoning or in antici e.
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