An Act for amending the Law in certain cases in rela- A. D. 1872. tion to Naturalization. W [25th July, 1872.] HEREAS by a Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America, supplementary to the Convention of the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, respecting naturalization, and signed at Washington on the twenty-third day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and a copy of which is contained in the schedule to this Act, provision is made in relation to the renunciation by the citizens and subjects therein mentioned of naturalization nationality in the presence of the officers therein mentioned: or And whereas doubts are entertained whether such provisions are altogether in accordance with the Naturalization Act, 1870 : And whereas other doubts have arisen with respect to the effect of "The Naturalization Act, 1870," on the rights of women. married before the passing of that Act; and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Naturalization Short title. Act, 1872, and this Act and "The Naturalization Act, 1870," may be cited together as "The Naturalization Acts, 1870 and 1872." of renuncia 2. Any renunciation of naturalization or of nationality made in Confirmation manner provided by the said supplementary Convention by the tion of nationpersons and under the circumstances in the said Convention in ality under that behalf mentioned shall be valid to all intents, and shall be the Convendeemed to be authorized by the said Naturalization Act, 1870. This section shall be deemed to take effect from the date at which the said supplementary Convention took effect. tion. Saving clause as to property of married women, Naturalization. 3. Nothing contained in "The Naturalization Act 1870,” shall deprive any married woman of any estate or interest in real or personal property to which she may have become entitled previously to the passing of that Act, or affect such estate or interest to her prejudice. SCHEDULE. CONVENTION between Her Majesty and the United States of America, supplementary to the Convention of May 13, 1870, respecting Naturalization. Signed at Washington, 23d February, 1871. [Ratifications exchanged at Washington, May 4, 1871.] WHEREAS by the second article of the Convention between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America for regulating the citizenship of subjects and citizens of the contracting parties who have emigrated or may emigrate from the dominions of the one to those of the other party, signed at London, on the 13th of May, 1870, it was stipulated that the manner in which the renunciation by such subjects and citizens of their naturalization, and the resumption of their native allegiance, may be made and publicly declared, should be agreed upon by the governments of the respective countries; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the President of the United States of America, for the purpose of effecting such agreement, have resolved to conclude a supplemental Convention, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, and the President of the United States of America, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; who have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. Any person being originally a citizen of the United States who had, previously to May 13, 1870, been naturalized as a British subject may at any time before August 10, 1872, and any British subject, who, at the date first aforesaid, had been naturalized as a citizen within the United States, may at any time before May 12, 1872, publicly declare his renunciation of such naturalization by sub Naturalization. scribing an instrument in writing, substantially in the form hereunto appended, and designated as Annex A. Such renunciation by an original citizen of the United States, of British nationality, shall, within the territories and jurisdiction of the United States, be made in duplicate, in the presence of any court authorized by law for the time being to admit aliens to naturalization, or before the clerk or prothonotary of any such court; if the declarant be beyond the territories of the United States, it shall be made in duplicate, before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States. One of such duplicates shall remain of record in the custody of the court or officer in whose presence it was made; the other shall be, without delay, transmitted to the department of State. Such renunciation, if declared by an original British subject, of his acquired nationality as a citizen of the United States, shall, if the declarant be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be made in duplicate, in the presence of a justice of the peace; if elsewhere in Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any judge of civil or criminal jurisdiction, of any justice of the peace, or of any other officer for the time being authorized by law, in the place in which the declarant is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose; if out of Her Majesty's dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of Her Majesty. ARTICLE II. The contracting parties hereby engage to communicate each to the other, from time to time, lists of the persons who, within their respective dominions and territories, or before their diplomatic and consular officers, have declared their renunciation of naturalization, with the dates and places of making such declarations, and such information as to the abode of the declarants, and the times and places of their naturalization, as they may have furnished. ARTICLE III. The present Convention shall be ratified by Her Britannic Majesty, and by the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as may be con venient. Naturalization. In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Washington, the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. (L.S.) EDWD. THORNTON. (L.S.) HAMILTON FISH, ANNEX (A.) I, A.B., of (insert abode), being originally a citizen of the United States of America (or a British subject), and having become naturalized within the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty as a British subject (or as a citizen within the United States of America), do hereby renounce my naturalization as a British subject (or citizen of the United States); and declare that it is my desire to resume my nationality as a citizen of the United States (or British subject.) (Signed,) A.B. in (insert Made and subscribed before me country or other subdivision, and state, province, colony, legation ORDERS IN COUNCIL. RUPERT'S LAND AND THE NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORY. At the Court at Windsor, the 23rd day of June, 1870. WE PRESENT, The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty. Lord Privy Seal. Mr. Gladstone. HEREAS by the "British North America Act, 1867," it was (amongst other things) enacted that it should be lawful for the Queen, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, on Address from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada, to admit Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, or either of them, into the Union on such terms and conditions in each case as should be in the Addresses expressed, and as the Queen should think fit to approve, subject to the provisions of the said Act. And it was further enacted that the provisions of any Order in Council in that behalf should have effect as if they had been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: And whereas by an Address from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada, of which Address a copy is contained in the Schedule to this Order annexed, marked A, Her Majesty was prayed, by and with the advice of Her Most Honorable Privy Council, to unite Rupert's Land and the North Western Territory with the Dominion of Canada, and to grant to the Parliament of Canada authority to legislate for their future welfare and good government upon the terms and conditions therein stated: And whereas by the "Rupert's Land Act, 1868," it was (amongst other things) enacted that it should be competent for the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay (hereinafter called the Company) to surrender to Her Majesty, and for Her Majesty, by any Instrument under Her Sign Manual and Signet to accept a surrender of all or any of the lands, territories, rights, privileges, liberties, franchises, powers, and authorities whatsoever, granted or purported to be granted by certain Letters Patent therein recited to the said Company within Rupert's Land, upon such terms and conditions as should be agreed upon by and between Her Majesty and the said Company; provided, however, that such surrender should not be accepted by Her Majesty until the terms and conditions upon which Rupert's Land should be admitted into the said Do |