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Revolt.

Destroying c. Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea. vessel at sea. d. Revolt or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the captain or master.

shipboard.

Assaults on e. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

ing.

Slave-trad

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14. Crimes and offences against the laws of both countries for the suppression of slavery and slave-trading.

15. Receiving money, valuable securities or other property knowing the same to have been unlawfully obtained, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property so received is not less than two hundred dollars or one thousand francs.

Extradition shall also be granted for participation or complicity in or attempt to commit any of the crimes or offences above mentioned when such participation, complicity, or attempt is punishable by the laws of the two

countries.

ARTICLE III.

Requisitions. Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made by the diplomatic agents of the contracting Parties, or, in the absence of these from the country or its seat of government, they may be made by the consular officers.

Documents required.

Procedure.

Preliminary

arrests.

In France.

In United States.

If the person whose extradition is requested shall have been convicted of a crime or offence, a duly authenticated copy of the sentence of the court in which he was convicted, or, if the fugitive is merely charged with a crime or offence, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant of arrest in the country where the crime or offence has been committed and of the depositions or other evidence upon which such warrant was issued, shall be produced.

The extradition of fugitives under the provisions of this treaty shall be carried out in the United States and in France, respectively, in conformity with the laws regulating extradition for the time being in force in the State on which the demand for surrender is made.

ARTICLE IV.

The arrest and detention of a fugitive may be applied for on information, even by telegraph, of the existence of a judgment of conviction or of a warrant of arrest.

In France, the application for arrest and detention shall be addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs who will transmit it to the proper department.

In the United States, the application for arrest and detention shall be addressed to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver a warrant certifying that the application is regularly made and requesting the competent authorities to take action thereon in conformity to statute.

In both countries, in case of urgency, the application Urgent cases. for arrest and detention may be addressed directly to the competent magistrate in conformity to the statutes in force.

formal requist

In both countries, the person provisionally arrested, Release if shall be released, unless within forty days from the date tion not made of arrest in France, or from the date of commitment in in forty days. the United States, the formal requisition for surrender with the documentary proofs herein before prescribed be made as aforesaid by the diplomatic agent of the demanding government or, in his absence, by a consular officer thereof.

ARTICLE V.

Neither of the contracting Parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this convention.

ARTICLE VI.

Neither country obliged to deliver its own citizens.

offenses.

A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the No delivery offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded be for political of a political character, or if he proves that the requisition for his surrender has, in fact, been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character.

Determina

If any question shall arise as to whether a case comes within the provisions of this article, the decision of the tion. authorities of the Government on which the demand for surrender is made shall be final.

ARTICLE VII.

only for

dited.

No person surrendered by either of the High contract- Trial to be ing Parties to the other shall be triable or tried or be offense for punished for any crime or offence committed prior to his which extraextradition, other than the offence for which he was delivered up, nor shall such person be arrested or detained on civil process for a cause accrued before extradition, unless he has been at liberty for one month after having been tried, to leave the country, or, in case of conviction, for one month after having suffered his punishment or having been pardoned.

ARTICLE VIII.

Extradition shall not be granted, in pursuance of the provisions of this convention, if the person claimed has been tried for the same act in the country to which the requisition is addressed, or if legal proceedings or the enforcement of the penalty for the act committed by the

of time, etc.

Persons

under prosecu

try where found.

person claimed have become barred by limitation, according to the laws of the country to which the requisition is addressed.

ARTICLE IX.

If the person whose extradition may be claimed, purtion in coun- suant to the stipulations hereof, be actually under prosecution for a crime or offence in the country where he has sought asylum, or shall have been convicted thereof, his extradition may be deferred until such proceedings be terminated, and until such criminal shall be set at liberty in due course of law.

Persons

claimed by other countries.

Disposal of articles seized with person.

Expenses.

ARTICLE X.

If the individual claimed by one of the High contracting Parties, in pursuance of the present treaty, shall also be claimed by one or several other Powers on account of crimes or offences committed within their respective jurisdictions, his extradition shall be granted to the State whose demand is first received; Provided, That the Government from which extradition is asked is not bound by treaty, in case of concurrent demands, to give preference to the one earliest in date, in which event that shall be the rule; And Provided That no other arrangement is made between the demanding Governments according to which preference may be given either on account of the gravity of the crime committed or for any other reason.

ARTICLE XI.

All articles seized which were in the possession of the person to be surrendered at the time of his apprehension, whether being the proceeds of the crime or offence charged, or being material as evidence in making proof of the crime or offence, shall, so far as practicable, and if the competent authority of the State applied to orders the delivery thereof, be given up when the extradition takes place. Nevertheless, the rights of third parties with regard to the articles aforesaid shall be duly respected.

ARTICLE XII.

The expenses incurred in the arrest, detention, examination and delivery of fugitives under this treaty shall be borne by the State in whose name the extradition is sought; Provided, That the demanding Government shall not be compelled to bear any expense for the services of such public officers or functionaries of the Government from which extradition is sought as receive a fixed salary; And Provided, That the charge for the services

of such public officers or functionaries as receive only fees or perquisites shall not exceed their customary fees for the acts or services performed by them had such acts or services been performed in ordinary criminal proceedings under the laws of the country of which they are officers or functionaries.

ARTICLE XIII.

Procedure in

In the colonies and other possessions of the two High colonies, etc. contracting Parties, the manner of proceeding may be as follows:

The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal who has taken refuge in a colony or foreign possession of either Party may be made to the Governor or chief authority of such colony or possession by the chief consular officer of the other in such colony or possession; or if the fugitive has escaped from a colony or foreign possession of the Party on whose behalf the requisition is made, by the Governor or chief authority of such colony or possession.

Such requisitions may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of this treaty, by the respective Governors or chief authorities, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or refer the matter to their Government.

ARTICLE XIV.

The present treaty shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of the exchange of Ratifications, and shall not operate retroactively.

Effect.

Former

On the day on which it takes effect, the conventions treaties suof november 9, 1843, february 24, 1845, and february 10, perseded. 1858, shall cease to be in force except as to crimes therein enumerated and committed prior to that date.

The ratifications of this treaty shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible, and it shall remain in force for a period of six months after either of the two Governments shall have given notice of a purpose to terminate it.

Exchange of ratifications.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective Plenipo- Signatures. tentiaries have signed the above articles both in English and the French languages and have hereunto affixed their

seals.

Done in duplicate at Paris, on the 6th January 1909,
[SEAL] HENRY WHITE
[SEAL S. PICHON

And whereas, the said Treaty, as amended by the Senate of the United States, has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Paris, on the twenty

Ratifications exchanged.

Proclama

tion.

37 Stat. L.,

pt. 2, p. 1538.

seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof, as amended, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and of the Inde[SEAL] pendence of the United States of America the one-hundred and thirty-sixth. WM H TAFT

By the President

PC KNOX

Secretary of State.

Feb. 7, 1911. Treaty between the United States and Great Britain providing for the preservation and protection of fur seals. Signed at Washington, February 7, 1911; ratification advised by the Senate, February 15, 1911; ratified by the President, March 6, 1911; ratified by Great Britain, April 20, 1911; ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 7, 1911; proclaimed, December 14, 1911.

Fur seals protection with Great Britain.

Preamble.

Contracting

powers.

Plenipoten

tiaries.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a Treaty between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland providing for the preservation and protection of fur seals, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the original of which Treaty is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of adopting effective measures for the preservation and protection of the fur seals, have resolved to conclude a treaty for that purpose and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State of the United States; and

His Britannic Majesty, the Right Honorable James Bryce, O. M., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington;

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