Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-03

the dutv of tbe min;oter of tbo ITnitoa ctat",
notify The same to tha aovarnor cenaroi iI's' os :
provice where snch mort is WIN sboIl foThwith ,
cognisa the sod consul ond ar.nt h;m "l.n an,ha.i
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Art XT All cit;,ons If tbo Jrr;tod cto.0,
America in China neoceohlv attondinn r''tE ~ ~,
affairs. beno nlnced on a conmon footino or ami; @
and GOOD wifi with snbiects of China XXI recai,
and enjoy for themselves and everything ann. enne
tanning to them tho protection Of thc oca outbo, r
ties OF government who shall defend them fra, m
all insult or injury Of ony Sort If their dwelling
or property be Threatened or ottocked hv max max
ineendiaries or other violent or lawIess nerson o
the local officers on reouisition bv tho consu
shall Immediately disnatcb military lorce N Al,
perse the rioters apprehepd tbo cuiIfv individual,
and punish them with the utmost rioor Of the lou
Subjects of China guilty of onv criminal oct tC
wards citizens of the United States shall he nm
ished by the Chinese authorities ACCORDING to th
laws OF China and citizens of the United State,
either on shore or in auy merchant vessel wb,
may insult, trouble, or wound tbe porsons or in
jure the property Of Chinese, or commit any otbe
improper act in China shall be punished onlv h,
the consul or other public functionary thereto M
thorzed, according to the aws of tho IInito,
States. Arrests in order to trial NAV he mado h,
either the Chinese or the United States authortie:
ART XII, Citizens of the United States, re-
siding or soourning at any Of the ports open t(
foreign commerce, shall be permitted to rent
houses and places of business, or hire sites q,
which they can themselves build houses or bosni
tails, churches and cemeteries. The parties inte
rested can fix the rent by mutual and equitable
agreement the proprietols shall not demand m
exorbtant price nor shall the local authorities in
terfere, unless there be some objections offered OF
the part Of the inhabitants respecting the place
The legal fees to the officers for applying thel
seal shall be paid. The citizens of the United
States shall not unreasonably insist on particular
spots, but each party shall conduct with Justice
and moderation. Any desecration Of the cemcte
ries by natives of China shall be severely punished
according to law. At the places where The shin,
of the United States anchor, or their citizens re- n
side, the merchants seamen, or Others can freel,
pass and repass in the immediate neighborhood
but, in order to the preservation of the public
peace, they shall not 90 into the country to tbC
villages and marts to sell their goods unawlully in
fraud Of the revenue.
ART Kill II any vessel of the United State:
be wrecked or stranded on the coast Of China, ant
be subjected to punder or other damage, tho pro
per officers of government, on receiving Information
of the fact shall Immediately adopt measures fo
its relief and security the persons on board shal
receive friendly treatment, and be enabled to repai
at once to the nearest port, and shall enjoy all ia
cities for obtaining supplies Of provisions ant
water If tho merchant vessels of the Unitet
States, while within the waters over which tn,
Chinese government exercises Jurisdiction, be plum
dered by robbers or pirates, then the Chinese oca
authorities civil and military on receiving informa
ton thereof shall arrest the esaid robbers Or pirates
and punish them according to law, and shall caus,
all the property which shall be recovered to be re
stored to the owners or placed in the hands of the
consul If, by reason of the extent of the terri
tory and numerous population of China, it shall in
any case happen that the robbers cannot be appre
hcndedand the property only in part recovered
the Chinese government shall not make indemnity
for the goods lost but if it shall be proved that
the local authorities have been in collusion with
the robbesthe same shall be communicated to the
superior authorities for memorializing the Throne
and these officers shall pc severely punished and
their property confscated to repay the losses.
ART, XIV. The citizens of the United States
are permitted to frequent the ports and cities Of