ARTICLE XIII.

Each of the contracting parties shall exercise due diligence in procuring the extradition and prosecution of its citizens who may be charged with the commission of any of the crimes or offenses mentioned in Article II, exclusively committed in its territory against the government or any of the citizens of the other contracting party, when the person accused may have taken refuge or be found within the territory of the latter, provided the said crime or offense is one that is punishable, as such, in the territory of the demanding country.

ARTICLE XIV.

The present convention shall take effect thirty days after the exchange of ratifications, when the convention of October 11, 1870, and the additional article of October 22, 1887, shall cease to be in force and shall be superseded by the present convention which shall continue to have binding force for six months after a desire for its termination shall have been expressed in due form by one of the two governments to the other.

It shall be ratified and its ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.

In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles both in the English and Spanish languages, and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done, in duplicate, at the City of Washington, this 27th day of February one thousand nine hundred and three.

Signed November 10, 1906; ratification advised by the Senate December 13, 1906; ratified by the President March 6, 1907; ratifications exchanged June 13, 1907; proclaimed July 9, 1907.

ARTICLES.

I. Reciprocal rights.

II. Reciprocal compliance with laws.

III. Effect; duration.

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GUATEMALA FOR THE RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF PATENTS.

The United States of America and the Republic of Guatemala, desiring to secure for their respective citizens the reciprocal protection of their patents, have for that purpose resolved to conclude a

• These treaties were not perfected by exchange of ratifications and were never proclaimed by the President.

Convention and to that end have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to-wit:

The President of the United States of America, Mr. Philip M. Brown, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the United States to Guatemala, and,

The President of Guatemala Mr. John Barrios M. Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after exhibiting to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

ARTICLE I.

Citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties, shall in the territory of the other, enjoy the same rights as are enjoyed by native citizens in all matters pertaining to the protection of inventions by letters patent.

ARTICLE II.

In order to enjoy the protection of their inventions, the citizens of each country must fulfill the formalities required by the laws of the country in which the protection is asked.

ARTICLE III.

This Convention shall take effect upon its promulgation in both countries and shall remain in force until the expiration of one year after either of the high Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same.

The ratifications of this Convention shall be exchanged at Guatemala city as soon as possible within one year from the date thereof. In witness whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention this tenth day of November nineteen hundred and six, and have hereunto affixed our seals.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

PHILIP M BROWN

JUAN BARRIOS M.

HAITI.

NOTE. See Hayti, page 921.

HANOVER.

(Hanover was conquered and merged into Prussia in 1866 and is now included in the German Empire.)

1840.o

TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded May 20, 1840; ratification advised by the Senate July 15, 1840; ratified by the President June 28, 1840; ratifications exchanged November 14, 1840; proclaimed January 2, 1841.

I. Commerce and navigation. II. Discrimination in duties. III. Discrimination in duties. IV. Coasting trade.

V. Nationality of vessels.

ARTICLES.

VI. Consuls.

VII. Reciprocal privileges of citizens. VIII. Shipwrecks; salvage.

IX. Duration.

X. Ratification.

The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Hanover, equally animated by the desire of extending as far as possible the commercial relations between, and the exchange of the productions of their respective States, have agreed, with this view, to conclude a treaty of commerce and navigation.

For this purpose, the President of the United States of America. has furnished with full powers Henry Wheaton, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of Prussia; and His Majesty the King of Hanover has furnished with the like full powers Le Sieur Auguste de Berger, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of Prussia, Lieutenant General, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Guelph, the Red Eagle of Prussia, the Order of Merit of Oldenburg, &c.;

Who, after exchanging their said full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed, subject to ratification, the following articles:

ARTICLE I.

There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation.

This treaty was superseded by the treaty of 1846.

The inhabitants of their respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter, with or without their ships and cargoes, the ports, places, waters, and rivers of the territories of each party wherever foreign commerce is permitted.

They shall be permitted to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce, provided they submit to the laws, as well general as special, relative to the right of residing and trading.

Whilst they conform to the laws and regulations in force, they shall be at liberty to manage themselves their own business, in all the territories subject to the jurisdiction of each party, in respect to the consignment and sale of their goods, by wholesale or retail, as with respect to the loading, unloading, and sending off their ships, or to employ such agents and brokers as they may deem proper, they being, in all these cases, to be treated as the citizens or subjects of the country in which they reside, it being nevertheless understood that they shall remain subject to the said laws and regulations also in respect to sales by wholesale or retail.

They shall have free access to the tribunals of justice in their litigious affairs on the same terms which are granted by the law and usage of the country to native citizens or subjects, for which purpose they may employ in defence of their rights such advocates, attorneys, and other agents as they may judge proper.

ARTICLE II.

No higher or other duties shall be imposed in any of the ports of the United States on Hanoverian vessels than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of the Kingdom of Hanover on the vessels of the United States than shall be payable in the same ports on Hanoverian vessels.

The privileges secured by the present article to the vessels of the respective high contracting parties shall only extend to such as are built within their respective territories, or lawfully condemned as prize of war, or adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the municipal laws of either of the parties, and belonging wholly to their citizens or subjects respectively, and of which the master, officers, and two-thirds of the crew shall consist of the citizens or subjects of the country to which the vessel belongs.

The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Kingdom of Hanover, or of any other country belonging to the Germanic Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia, from whatsoever ports of the said country the said vessels may depart, whether such importation shall be in vessels of the United States or in Hanoverian vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of the Kingdom of Hanover of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and of every other country of the continent of America and the West India Islands, from whatsoever ports of the said countries the vessels may depart, whether such importation shall be in Hanoverian vessels or the vessels of the United States.

The same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Kingdom of Hanover, or of any other country belonging to the Germanic Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia, to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States, or in Hanoverian vessels, departing from the ports of Hanover; and the same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and of every other country on the continent of America and the West India Islands, to the Kingdom of Hanover, whether such exportation shall be in Hanoverian vessels or in vessels of the United States departing from the ports of the United States.

ARTICLE III.

No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Kingdom of Hanover, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Kingdom of Hanover of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country.

No higher or other duties and charges shall be imposed in the United States on the exportation of any articles to the Kingdom of Hanover, or in Hanover on the exportation of any articles to the United States, than such as are or shall be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country.

No prohibition shall be imposed on the exportation or importation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, or the Kingdom of Hanover, to or from the ports of said Kingdom or of the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations.

ARTICLE IV.

The preceding articles are not applicable to the coasting trade and navigation of the high contracting parties, which are respectively reserved by each exclusively to its own citizens or subjects.

ARTICLE V.

No priority or preference shall be given by either of the contracting parties, nor by any company, corporation, or agent, acting on their behalf, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article of commerce lawfully imported on account or in reference to the national character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or of the other in which such article was imported.

ARTICLE VI.

The contracting parties grant to each other the liberty of having, each in the ports of the other, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, agents, and commissaries of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers as those of the most favored nations; but if