[Untitled]
Darmstadt, September 9, 1868.
No. 7.]
My Lord: Upon the receipt of your
lordship’s circular dispatch of the 11th ultimo I addressed a
note to Baron Dalwigk, of which I have the
honor to inclose herewith a copy, and I have now received from
his excellency the answer, of which a copy is likewise herewith
transmitted.
Your lordship will learn from this correspondence that children
born of alien parents within the grand ducal dominions retain
their “status” as aliens, unless they are appointed to a public
employment in the grand duchy, or are naturalized by a special
act.
I have, &c.,
The Lord Stanley, M. P., &c.
Baron: Having been instructed by my
government to furnish it with a report concerning the laws
relating to the nationality of children born in the grand
ducal territory of parents not natives of the grand duchy, I
have recourse to your excellency’s kindness, begging you to
be pleased to furnish me with information concerning the
laws in question.
I avail myself, &c.,
His Excellency Baron
Dalwigk, &c., &c., &c.
Sir: In reply to the communication
which you were pleased to address to me under date of the
19th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that, according
to article 13 of the constitution of the grand duchy,
citizenship is acquired—
- 1.
- By birth, for those whose father or mother are at
that time Hessian subjects.
- 2.
- By marriage, for a foreign woman who marries a
Hessian subject.
- 3.
- By appointment to a public office.
- 4.
- By special admission.
Consequently, children born in the grand ducal territory of
foreign parents are regarded as foreigners until they have
acquired Hessian nationality by one of the means above
mentioned.
Accept, &c.,
BARON VON DALWIGK.
Darmstadt, September 7,
1868.
