แ "in such manner as may be directed by one of Her "(5.) The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, shall apply to any "Miscellaneous. "13. Nothing in this Act contained shall affect the grant of "letters of denization by Her Majesty. "14. Nothing in this Act contained shall qualify an alien to "the owner of a British ship. be "15. Where any British subject has in pursuance of this Act "become an alien, he shall not thereby be discharged from any liability in respect of any acts done before the date of his so becoming an alien. แ แ allegiance Saving of prior to expatria "16. All laws, statutes, and ordinances which may be duly made tion. "by the legislature of any British possession for imparting to any 66 with re person the privileges, or any of the privileges, of naturalization, to Power of "be enjoyed by such person within the limits of such possession, colonies to "shall within such limits have the authority of law, but shall be legislate subject to be confirmed or disallowed by Her Majesty in the same manner, and subject to the same rules in and subject to which "Her Majesty has power to confirm or disallow any other laws, statutes, or ordinances in that possession. 66 "17. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context or subject"matter thereof,— 66 6 'Disability' shall mean the status of being an infant, lunatic, "British possession' shall mean any colony, plantation, island, 66 "The Governor of any British possession' shall include any 66 "Officer in the consular service of Her Majesty' shall mean " and include consul-general, consul, vice-consul, and consular spect to tion. naturaliza Definition of terms. Repeal of Acts. 66 agent, and Repeal of Acts mentioned in Schedule. "18. The several Acts set forth in the first and second parts of "the schedule annexed hereto shall be wholly repealed, and the "Acts set forth in the third part of the said schedule shall be repealed to the extent therein mentioned; provided that the repeal "enacted in this Act shall not affect 66 "(1.) Any right acquired or thing done before the passing of “(2.) Any liability accruing before the passing of this Act: "(4.) The institution of any investigation or legal proceeding or SCHEDULE. NOTE.-Reference is made to the repeal of the whole Act" where portions have been repealed before, in order to preclude henceforth the necessity of looking back to previous Acts. This Schedule, so far as respects Acts prior to the reign of George the Second, other than Acts of the Irish Parliament, refers to the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, intituled "The Statutes "of the Realm; printed by Command of His Majesty King George the "Third, in pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great "Britain. From original Records and authentic Manuscripts." PART I. ACTS WHOLLY REPEALED, OTHER THAN ACTS OF THE IRISH Date. 7 Jas. 1. c. 2. PARLIAMENT. Title. An Act that all such as are to be naturalized or restored in blood shall first receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and the oath of allegiance, and the oath of supremacy. 11 Will. 3. c. 6. (a) An Act to enable His Majesty's natural-bors 13 Geo. 2. c. 7. subjects to inherit the estate of their ancestors, either lineal or collateral, notwithstanding their father or mother were aliens. An Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's colonies in America. (a) 11 & 12 Wm. 3. (Ruff.) 66 Title. An Act to extend the provisions of an Act made in the thirteenth year of His present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for naturalizing foreign Protestants and others therein "mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in แ any of His Majesty's colonies in America," to other foreign Protestants who conscientiously scruple the taking of an oath. An Act to explain two Acts of Parliament, one of the thirteenth year of the reign of His late Majesty, "for naturalizing such foreign Protes"tants and others, as are settled or shall settle "in any of His Majesty's colonies in America," and the other of the second year of the reign of His present Majesty, "for naturalizing such "foreign Protestants as have served or shall 66 serve as officers or soldiers in His Majesty's "Royal American regiment, or as engineers in "America." An Act to prevent certain inconveniences that may An Act to declare His Majesty's natural-born An Act to amend the laws relating to aliens. PART II. ACTS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT WHOLLY REPEALED. Date. Title. 14 & 15 Chas. 2. c. 13. An Act for encouraging Protestant strangers and 2 Anne, c. 14. others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland. An Act for naturalizing of all Protestant strangers in this kingdom. 19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 29. An Act for naturalizing such foreign merchants, traders, artificers, artizans, manufacturers, workmen, seamen, farmers, and others as shall settle in this kingdom. 23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 38. An Act for extending the provisions of an Act passed in this kingdom in the nineteenth and twentieth years of His Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for naturalizing such foreign TREATY OF NATURALIZATION WITH THE UNITED STATES. (Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America relative to Naturalization. Signed at London, May 13, 1870.) [Ratifications exchanged at London, August 10, 1870.] "Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland, and the President of the United States of America, "being desirous to regulate the citizenship of British subjects who "have emigrated, or who may emigrate, from the British dominions "to the United States of America, and of citizens of the United "States of America who have emigrated, or who may emigrate, from "the United States of America to the British dominions, have re"solved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: "Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, "Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, "Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 66 "And the President of the United States of America, John "Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Her Britannic "Majesty ; "Who, after having communicated to each other their respective "full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon "and concluded the following articles: “ ARTICLE I.—British subjects who have become, or shall become, "and are naturalized according to law within the United States of "America as citizens thereof, shall, subject to the provisions of "Article II., be held by Great Britain to be in all respects and for "all purposes citizens of the United States, and shall be treated as "such by Great Britain. "Reciprocally, citizens of the United States of America who have "become, or shall become, and are naturalized according to law "within the British dominions as British subjects, shall, subject to "the provisions of Article II., be held by the United States to be in "all respects and for all purposes British subjects, and shall be "treated as such by the United States. "ARTICLE II.-Such British subjects as aforesaid who have be66 come and are naturalized as citizens within the United States, shall "be at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume their "British nationality, provided that such renunciation be publicly "declared within two years after the twelfth day of May, 1870. 66 "Such citizens of the United States as aforesaid who have become "and are naturalized within the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty as British subjects, shall be at liberty to renounce their natural"ization and to resume their nationality as citizens of the United "States, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within 66 two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the present con "vention. "The manner in which this renunciation may be made and publicly declared shall be agreed upon by the Governments of the 66 respective countries. "ARTICLE III.-If any such British subject as aforesaid, na"turalized in the United States, should renew his residence within "the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, Her Majesty's Government "may, on his own application and on such conditions as that Go"vernment may think fit to impose, re-admit him to the character "and privileges of a British subject, and the United States shall not, "in that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account "of his former naturalization. "In the same manner, if any such citizen of the United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of Her Britannic "Majesty, should renew his residence in the United States, the "United States Government may, on his own application and on "such conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, re"admit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United |