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 588 CONVENTION WITH WURTTEMBURG. 1844. ' In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries of the two Republics have signed and sealed the present Convention in Bogota, on the sixth day of the month of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. WM. M. BLACKFORD, (1.. s.) JOAQUIN ACOSTA, (1.. s.) C 0 N V E N T I 0 N April .0, isn. F or the mutual abolition of the droit Jaubaine and taxes Regiticatéons on emigration between the United States of America ana U§t.?i°is4'4. his Majesty the King ry Wurttemburg. Proclamation of the President g` the6U. S.. and subjects, to conclude a Convention for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine and taxes on emigration, have named for this purpose their respective Plenipotentiaries, namely the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on Henry Wheaton their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Royal Court of Prussia and His Majesty the King of Wurttemburg upon Baron de Maucler, his Captain of the Staff and Charge d’Aifaires at the said court, who after having exchanged their said full powers, found in due and proper form, have agreed to GL signed the following articles:. ARTICLE I. 1),.,,,,, ,j·,,,,_ Every kind of droit d’aubaine, droit de retraite, and droit de détract;¤ine.&.o. ubc- tion or tax on emigration, is, hereby, and shall remain abolished, bel'Sl‘°d· tween the two contracting parties, their States, citizens, do subjects respectively. ARTICLE II. Hsirs to real Where, on the death of any person holding real property within the g3°j?°'lY(¤ll<]H’· territories of one party, such real property would, by the laws of the me Ll::,,? g2g_ land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a term of two years to sell the same,———which term may be reasonably prolonged, according to circumstances,-and to withdraw the proceeds thereof, without molestation, Gr, exempt from all duties of detraction. ARTICLE III. 1),,,;,,,, on ,3;,,. The citizens or subjects of each of the contracting parties shall have pvsaj vf wr- power to dispose of their personal property within the States of the ff\’;“;a,l;]';’l;§‘;Q,’,d other, by testament, donation, or otherwise, and their heirs, legatees, i,yg,,g,,,t,g,,,,m,,_ and donees, being citizens or subjects of the other contracting party, shall succeed to their said personal property, and may take possession thereof, either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose
 * é,,,,{jj£,j4' Tum United States of America and His Majesty the King of Wurttemburg having resolved, for the advantage of their respective citizens