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Article 3d. To make more, efFectual the pro-
lection which the United States and4be Repub--
lie Of San Salvador shall afford In Future to the
navigation and commerce Of the-cltizens Of Zach
othef, they agree to receive and - afpit consuls
end viss-eonsuls In all the ports open to foreign
e.m rec. whs shall enjoy In them 81 the rights,
. sfeGaEivss, and imzsnfties Of tie consuls and
S.cs-eo1ssis Of the most favored nation; each
. yntraeting party, however, remainine at liberty
10 excsp. those ports and places in which the ed
m: .sio1 and residence Of such consuls may not
saem convenient.
Article 81. In order that the consuls and vice
soslsuls Of the two contracting parties may en-
Which belong to them By their public character,
they shall, bafore entering on the exercise OF
rheir functions, exhibit their commission or
patent In due form to the Government to which
they are accredited; and, having obtained their
exequatur, they shall be held and considered as
such by all the authorities, magistrates, and in
habitants in the Consular District in which they
reside.
Article 80. It is likewise agreed that the con-
suls, their secretaries, officers, and persons at
tached to the service of consuls. they not being
citizens OK the country Ia which theconsul resides,
shall be exempt from all public service, and al
so from all kind OF taxes, imposts, and contribu-
tions, except those which they shah be Obliged
to pay on account of commerce Or their proper
ty, to which the citizens and inhabitants, ma
tive and foreign, OF the country in which they
reside are snbject, being in every thing besides
subject to the laws Of the respective States
The archives and papers ofthe consulates shall
be respected inviolably, and under no pretext
whatever shall any magistrate seize or In any
way interfere with them.
Article 49, The said consuls shall have pow
to require the assistance of the authorities of
the country for the arrest, detention, and custo-
dy OF deserteTs from the public and private ves-
sels Of their country: and for that purpose they
hall ad. IN tha ind
and officers competent, and shall demand in
writing the said deserters, proving by an exhi-
bition of the registers of the vessels or ships
roll or other public documents, that those men
50 proved, (saYing, however, where the contra
ry is proved by other testimonials,) the delive-
ry shall not be refused. Such deserters, when
arrested, shall be put at the disposal of the said
consuls, and may be put in the public prisons at
the request and expense of those who reclaim
them, to be sent to the ships to which they be-
longed, or to others Of the same nation; but if
they be not sent back within two months, to be
counted from the day of arrest, they shall be set
at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the
same cause.
Article 81. For the purpose of more efectu-
ally protecting their commerce and navigation,
the two contracting parties do hereby agree to
form, as soon hereafter as circumstances will
permit, consular convention, which shall de-
clare specially the powers and immunities of
the consuls and yice-consuls Of the respective
parties.
Article 35 The United States of North Amer
lea and the Republic of San Salvador, desiring
to make as durable as possible the relations
which are to be established by virtue Of this
treaty, have declared solemnly, and do agree to,
the following points,.
1st. The present treaty shall remain in full
force and vigor for the term Of twenty years
from the day of the exchange of the ratifcatons;
and if neither party notifies the other of its in
tention of reforming any or all the articles of
this treaty twelve months before the expiration
of the twenty years stipulated above, the said
treaty shall continue binding OH both parties be-
yond the said twenty years until twelve months
from the time that one of the parties notifies
the other of its intention of proceeding to re-
form.
I'd. If any one or more of the citizens of
either party shall infringe any of the articles of
this treaty. such citizens shall be held personally
responsible for the same, and the harmony and
good correspondence between the nations shall
not be interrupted thereby; each party engagi ing
in no way to protect the offender, or sanction
such violation.
Sd. If, unfortunately, any of the articles con-
tained in this treaty should be violated or in
fringed in any way whatever, it is expressly
stipulated that neither of the two contracting
parties shall ordain or authorize any acts oi
reprisal, nor shall declare war against the
other, on complaints of injuries or damages, uu-
til the said party considering itself offended shall
have laid before the other statement Of such
injui les OF damages verified by competent proofs
demanding justice and satisfaction. and the same
shall have been denied, in violation of the law:
and of International right
article 81. The present treaty of peace, amity
commerce, and navigation shall be approved
and ratified by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent o.
the Senate thereof; and by the President of tht
Republic of San Salvador, with the consent ant
appreciation OF the Congress of the same; anC
the ratifcations shall be exchanged, in the City
of Washington or San Salvador, within eigh
months from the date of the signature thereof
or sooner if possible.
In faith whereof, We, the Plenipotentiaries Of
the United States of America, and of the Repub
lie of San Salvador. have signed and sealed these
of January, in the year of our Lord one thous.
and eight hundred and fifty, and Of the indie
pendence of the United States the seVenty-fourth
E. GEO. SQUIER- r.. ST.
AUGUSTIN MORALES. L. 81
And whereas the said treaty has been duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective rati
fcations of tn. same have been exchanged.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, FRANK
LIN PIERCE, President of the United States
have caused the said treaty to be made public
to the end that the same, and every article anC
clause thereof, may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by The United States and the cit
liens thereof.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States te
be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this eigh
&. 81 teentlsday of April, in the year of -Ou
Lord one thousand eight hundred ant
fifty-three, aifd OF the independence o
the United States the seyenty-seventh
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By THE PRESIDENT:
". L. MARCY, Secretary of State.