Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-31
NUMBER IA.
commissions or letters Of marque. he
shall be punished according to their
respective laws. .....

commissions or letters of marque, he
shall be punished according to their
respective laws.
ARTICLE xxvr.
The high contracting parties grant
to each other the liberty of having in
the ports Of the other consuls or vice
consuls of their own appointment, who
shall enjoy the same privileges and
powers as those Of the most favored
nation but if any of the said consuls
or vice consuls shall carry on trade,
they shall be subjected to the same
laws and usages to which private i'll.
dividuals of their nation are subjected
in the same place.
1t is understood that whenever cith-
er Of the two contracting parties shall
select a citizen of the other for q con-
sular agent, to reside in any ports or
commercial places of the latter, such
consul or agent shall continue to be
regarded, Notwithstanding his quality
of a foreign consul, as citizen of tho
nation to which he belongs, and con.
sequently shall be subject to the laws
and regulations to which natives are
subjected in the place of his residence.
This obligation, however, shall in no
respect embarrass the exercise Of his
consular functions or affect the invio-
Liability uf the consular archives.
The said consuls and vice consuls
shall have the right, as such, to sit as
judges and arbitrators in such differ
ences as may arise between the mas
ters and crews of the vessels belong.
ing to the nation whose interests arc
committed to their charge without the
interference of the local authorities,
unless their assistance should be re-
qnired, or the conduct of the crews or
OF the captain should disturb the order
or tranquility of the country. 1t is,
however, understood that this species
of Judgment or arbitration shall not
deprive the contending parties Of the
right they have to resort, on their re-
turn, to the Judicial authority of their
own country.
The said consuls and vice consuls
are authorized to require the assist
ance of the local authorities for the
arrest and Imprisonment of the desert
crs from the ships of war and MGR
chant vessels of their country. For
this purpose they shall apply to the
competent tribunals, judges, and off,
GERS, and shall, in writing, demand
such deserters, proving by the cxlibi.
ton of the registers Of the vessels, the
muster rolls of the crews, or by any
other official documents, that such In
dividuals formed part Of the crews;
and On this claim being substantiated
the surrender shall not be refused.
Such desertcrs, when arrested, shall
be placed at the disposal of the con-
suls and vice consuls, and may DO
confined in the public prisons at the
request and cost of those who shall
clam them in order to be sent to the
vessels to which they belong, or to
others of the same country. But if
not sent back within three months of
the day of their arrest they shall DO
set at liberty, and shall not again DO
arrested for the same cause. How
ever, if the desertcr shall be found 10
have committed any crime or offence.
his surrender may be delayed until
the tribunal before which his case
shall be pending shall have pronounc-
ed its sentence and such sentence
shall have been carried into effect.
ARTICLE xxvI.
The United States of America and
the Republic of Venezuela, on requisi-
tions made in their name through tho
medium of their respective diplomatic
and consular agents, shall deliver
up TO justice persons who, being
charged with the crimes enumerated
in the following article committed
within the jurisdiction of the reqnir-
ing party, shall seek asylum or shall
be found within the territories OF the
other Prorided, That this shall be
done only when the fact of the COM
mission Of the crime shall be so estab-
lished as to justify their apprehension
and commitment Tor trial, if the crime
had been committed in the country
where the persons SO accused shall be
found in all of which the tribunals
of said country shall proceed and de-
eide according to their own laws.
ARTICLE XVIII
Persons shall be delivered M, nc.
cording to the provisions of this con-
vention, who shall be charged with
any of the following crimes, to wit:
murder, (including assassi ination, par.
ricide, infanticide, and poisoning > at
tempt to commit murder rape; for
gerry the counterfeiting of money
arson robbery with violence, intimi-
dation, or forcible entry Of an inhabi-
ted house piracy; embezzlemeht by
public officers. or by persons hired or
salaricd, to the detrimcnt of their en-
ployers, when these crimes are subject
to Infamous punishment.
ARTICLE xxx.
On the part Of each country tho
surrender shall be made only by the
authority of the executive thereof.
The expenses of detention and deliv-
cry, effected in virtue Of the preceding
articles. shall he at the cost of tho
party making the demand.
ARTICLE XXX.
The provisions Of the aforcgoing ar.
ticles relating to the surrender Of
fugitive criminals shall not apply to
offences committed before the date
hereof, or to those Of a political char
! acter.
ARTICLE yXXI.
/ This convention is concluded for
the term of eight years. dating from
the exchange Of the ratification and
il one year before the expiration Of
that period neither of the contracting
parties shall have announced, by an
official notification, its intention To
the other to arrest the operations Of
said convention, it shall continue
binding for twelve months longer, and
SO Oh, from year to year, until the ex-
piration Of the twelve months which
will follow a similar declaration, what.