The true Democrat., 1855-05-08
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but only those which are peculiar to commercial agents.
 ARTICLE A. The consus of one of the contracting republics residing in another country may employ their good offices in favor of individuals of the othel IeP"oilc winch has no consul in that country. !. ARTICLE D. The contractingrepubicsr recognize nc character in consus, for which reason they VIII not enJoy III either country the immuntes grant eu to Puolc agents accredited in that character; but Ill order that the said consus may exercise their pro- per functions without difficulty or delay they shall ehloy the following prerogatives:
 l. The archives and papers of the consulate shall be lnvIolabe, and cannot be seized by any functionary of the country in which they may be.
 ConSuls, i'll all that exclusively concerns the ex- ercse of their functions, shall be Independent of the state in whose territory they reside.
 2 The consuls and their chancellors or secretaries snail De exempt from all public service and from tnbuuons personal and extraordinary, imposed in the country where they reside This exemption does not comprehend the consus their chancelors or secre- taries who may be natives of the country in which they reside.
 4. WheneIe the presence of consus may be re- qulred in courts or offices of justice, they shall be moned in writing.
 9: In order that the dwellings of consuls may be easily and generally known for the convenience of those who may have to resort to them, they shall be allowed to hoist on them the flag and to place over ther doors the coat of arms, of the nation in whose service the consul may be- with inscription expres- sing the functions discharged by him. but those insig
 
 asylum, nor as placing the house or its inhabitants beyond the authority of the magistrates who may tnnk proper to search them and who shall have that right in regard to them in the same manner as with regard to the houses of the other inhabants in the cases prescribed by by the laws.
 ARTICLE 6. The persons and dwellings of consuls snail be subject to the laws and authorities of the coun- try in all eases in which they have not received spe cal exemption by this convention, and in the same manner as the other inhabitants
 ARTICLE T.. COOSIllS no riV mas tO individual of their nation going to their nation who may be held to answer before any authority court or judge of the country for denqucncies committed by them. or for demand which may have been le- gally acknowledged; provided that in each pro- per notice thereof shall have been given to the consul and they shall that the vessels of their nation dc not infringe the rules of neutrality when the nation III winch the consul resides is at with another ton.
 ARTICLE s. The present convention shall be rati fled by the governments of the two contracting re publlcs and the notifications shall be exchanged at Bogota within the term of eighteen months, counted from this date, sooner if possible.
 ARTICLE 9. The present convention shall be bind ing upon the contracting parties long as the treaty ot peace friendship, navigation, and commerce be- tween the United States and New Granada the rati- 1catlOns of which were exchanged at Washington on the 10th of June, 164S, shall remain in force.
 In faith whereof we. the penipotenti;ries of the United State and of New Granada, have signed the present, and have affixed to it respective seals Washington, the 4th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1850.
 JOHN NJ. CLAYTON, [scal.1
 RAFAEL RlVAS. seal. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified both parts and the respective notifications of the same were exchanged at Bogota, the 30th day of October last, by YELvERToN P. KING, Charge d'Atircs of the United States to New Granada, and VIcToRIANo DE DIEeo PAREDEs, Secretary for For egn Affairs of New Granada, the part of their re- spective Governments
 Now, therefore, be it known. that I, WILLARD FILLMORE President of the United States of Ame- rica have caused the said Convention to be made pub lie, to the end that the same and every clause and ticle thereof. may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof. have hcreunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
 Done at the City of Washington, this 9th day
 of December. in the year of our Lord one l.. S.. thousand eight hundred and fifty one, and
 of the Independence of the United States, the
 seventy-siXth.
 Signed WILLARD FILLMORE. BY THE PRESIDENT
 Countersigned. DANIEL WEBSTER,
 Sscretd1y I .State