Saving of letters of denization. Saving as to British ships. Saving of allegiance prior to expatriation. Power of colonies to legislate "tions of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of "State to give certified copies of such certificate: "(4.) Entries in any register authorized to be made in pursuance "of this Act shall be proved by such copies and certified "in such manner as may be directed by one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the copies "of such entries shall be evidence of any matters by this "Act or by any regulation of the said Secretary of State "authorized to be inserted in the register: "(5.) The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, shall apply to any "regulation made by a Secretary of State, in pursuance "of or for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the "provisions of this Act. "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 be "the owner of a British ship. "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. 66 "16. All laws, statutes, and ordinances which may be duly made "by the legislature of any British possession for imparting to any person the privileges, or any of the privileges, of naturalization, to "be enjoyed by such person within the limits of such possession, "shall within such limits have the authority of law, but shall be "subject to be confirmed or disallowed by her Majesty in the same naturaliza- " 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. with respect to tion. Definition of terms. "17. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context or subject"matter thereof, 666 Disability' shall mean the status of being an infant, lunatic, "idiot, or married woman: 66 "British possession' shall mean any colony, plantation, island, territory, or settlement within her Majesty's dominions, and "not within the United Kingdom, and all territories and places under one legislature are deemed to be one British "possession for the purposes of this Act: 66 "The Governor of any British possession' shall include any "any duties imposed by this Act on an officer in the diplomatic "Officer in the consular service of her Majesty' shall mean Acts. "18. The several Acts set forth in the first and second parts of Repeal 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 "(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 Here follows the schedule of repealed Acts. 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; "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 be"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. "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 natura"lization and to resume their nationality as citizens of the United "States, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within "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 "respective countries. "Article III.—If any such British subject as aforesaid, natura"lized 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 Govern"ment 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 "States, and Great Britain shall not, in that case, claim him as a "British subject on account of his former naturalization. "Article IV.-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 London as soon "within twelve months from the date hereof. as may be "In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed "the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. "Done at London the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1870. "35 & 36 Vict. c. 39. An Act for amending the Law in certain "cases in relation to Naturalization. [25th July 1872.] "Whereas 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 or nationality in the presence "of the officers therein mentioned: "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: Confirma tion of renunciation "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.' "2. Any renunciation of naturalization or of nationality made in manner provided by the said supplementary convention by the persons and under the circumstances in the said convention in "that behalf mentioned shall be valid to all intents, and shall be "deemed to be authorized by the said Naturalization Act, 1870. "This section shall be deemed to take effect from the date at which vention. "the said supplementary convention took effect. 66 of nationality under the Con "3. Nothing contained in 'The Naturalization Act, 1870,' shall Saving clause as to deprive any married woman of any estate or interest in real or property of "personal property to which she may have become entitled premarried "viously to the passing of that Act, or affect such estate or interest "to her prejudice." women. SCHEDULE. "Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America, "supplementary to the Convention of May 13, 1870, respecting "Naturalization. Signed at Washington, February 23, 1871. [Ratifications exchanged at Washington May 4, 1871.] 66 "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 con"clude a supplemental convention, and have named as their pleni"potentiaries, 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: "Art. 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 natura"lization by subscribing 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 con |