The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-06-26
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fore entering on the exercises Of their function,
exhibit their commission or patent, in due form
TO the government to which they are accred
ted and, having received their erequator, the
shall be held and considered as such consuIs o
vice consuls. by all the authorities. magistrates
and Inhabitants in the consular district in wbcl
they reside.
ARTICLE XVII.
1t is likewise agreed that the consuls. vic
consuls, their secretaries, officers, and person
attached TO their service, they not being citi
zens of the country in which the consul or vc'
consul rcsides,) shall be exempt from all pub
lie service, and also from all kinds Of taxes
imposts and contributions, except those which
they shall be obliged 20 pay on account Of ths
commerce. or their property, and from which
the citizens of their respective county, resi-
dent in the other, are not exempt, in virtue o
the silpnlations contained in this treaty they
being, in every thing besides, subject to the
laws of the respective states, The archives
and papers of the consulates shall be respected
nyiolably, and. under no pretext whatever,
shall any magistrate, or other person, seize. OF
in any way interfere with them.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The said consuIs and vice consuls shall have
power to require the assistance Of the author-
ties Of the country for the arrest, detention,
and custody Of deseners from the public and
private vessels Of their country; and for this
purpose they shall address themselves to the
courts, Judges, or officers competent, and shall
demand the said deserters in writing, proving
by an exhibition Of the ships roll, or other
public document, that the men so demanded
are part Of the crew Of the vessel from which II
Is alleged they have deserted; and on this de-
mand, so proved, Saving, however, where the
contrary is more conclusively proved) the de-
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when arrested, shall be put at the disposal of
the said consuls or vice consuls and may bel
put in the public prisons, at the request and
expense Of those who reclaim them, to be sont
10 the ships to which they belong, or to others
Of the same nation; but if they should not be
scut within two months, TO be counted from
the day of their arrest they shall be set at lib
erty, aud shall be no more arrested for the same
cause.
ARTICLE xxx.
For the purpose of more effectually protect !
ing their commerce and navigation, the two
contracting parties do hereby agree TO form, as
soon hereafter as may be mutually convenient
a consular convention, which shall declare
specially, the powers and immunties Of the
consuls and vice consuls Of the respective par
ties.
ARTICLE xxx.
The United States of American and the
Peru-Bolivian Confederation, desiring to make
rs durable as circumstances will permit the re-
htions which are established between the two
parties in virtue of this treaty, or general con-
vention of peace, friendship, commerce, and
navigation, have declared solemnly, and do
agree, as follows:
lst. The present treaty shall be in force for
twelve years from the day of the exchange of
the ratifications thereof; and further, until the
end of one year after either Of the contracting
parties shall have given notice to the other of
ITS intention to terminate the same each of
them reserving to itself the right of giving such
notice to the other, at the end of said term of
twelve years. And it is hereby agreed between
the parties, that, at the expiration of one year
after such notice shall have been received by
either of them from the other, as above men
toned, this treaty shall, in all the points rela-
ting to commerce and navigation, altogether
ceass and determine and in all those parts
which relate to peace and friendship, it shall
be permanently and perpetually binding on
both powers.
I'd. IL any one or more Of the citizens of
either party shall infringe any Of the articles of
this treaty, such citizen or citizens shall be
held personally responsible therefor, and the
harmony and good correspondence between the
two nations shall not be interrupted thereby /;
each party engaging, in no way, TO protect the
offender or offenders, or to sanction such vio-
icnce, under pain of rendering itself liable for
the consequences thereof.
3D. II, (Which indie ed cannot be expected
unfortunately, any of The stipulations contained
m the present treaty shall be violated or in
iringed in any other way whatever, it is express
~ covenanted and agreed, that neither of the
contracting parties will order or authorize, any
act OF reprisals, nor declare or make war against
the other, on complaint of injuries or damages
resulting thererom, until the party considering
itself aggrieved shall first have presented to the
other statement or representation of such in
puies or damages, verified by competent proofs,
and have demanded redress and satisfaction,
and the same shall have been either refused
or unreasonably delayed.
4th. Nothing in this treaty contained shall,
however, be construed TO operate contrary To
former and existing public treaties with other
states or sovereigns
The present treaty ofpeace, friendship, COM
merce, and navigation, shall be approved and
ratified by the president of the United States OF
America, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate thereof, and by the supreme Pro-
tector Of the north and south Peruvian states,
president of the Republic of Bolivia, encharged
with the direction of the foreign relations OF
the Peu-Bolvian Confederation; and the rat
hications shall be exchanged within eighteen
months from the date of the signature hereof
or sooner, il possible.
In faith thereof, we, the plenpotentiarcs o
the United States Of America, and the Peru.
Bolivian Confederation, have signed and sealed
these presents.
SAMUEL LARNED, [sEALl
]. GARCIA DEL RIO, SEAL.
And whereas the said convention has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the respective
ratificatons Of the same were exchanged al
Lima on the 2sth day of May. 1888, by Edwin
Bartlett, consul of the United States in that
city, and Juan Garcia del Rio, minister of f.
nance Of the state of North Peru, on the part
OF their respective governments
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