The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-19

country Wnere they reside. |HH
.- ARTICLE X. &
Consuls general, consuls, viee.consuls, and
consular agents, may take at their offices, AZ
tho residence Of the parties, at their private
residence, or on board ship, the dispositions
OF the captains and crews OF vessels Of their
own country, Of passengers on board OF them,
and OF any other citizen or subject Of their
nation. They may also receive at their
offices, comfortably TO the laws and regula-
tons Of their country all contracts between
the citizens and subjects Of their country, and
the citizens, subjects, or other Inhabitants Of
the country where they reside, and even all
contracts between the latter, provided they
relate to property situated or TO business TO
DO transacted In the territory Of the nation 10
which said consular officer NAV belong,
Copies Of such papers, and official documents
OF every Kind, whether In the original, copy,
or TRANSLATION, duly authenticated aud legal
ised by the consuls general, consuls, Vice
| consuls, and consular agents, and sealed
with their Official seal, shall be received as
legal documents In courts Of Justice through
out the United States and Italy.
| ARTICLE XII.
Consuls general, consuls, vice -consuls, and
consular agents shall have exclusive charge
OF the internal order Of the merchant vessels
OF their nation, and shall alone take cogni-
lance OF differences which may arise, either
OF sea or In port, between the captains, OIL
GERS, and crews without exception, particu-
larry In reference to the adjustment OF wages
and the execution Of contracts. Neither tho
Federal, State, or municipal authorities or
courts In the United States, nor any court or
authority In Italy, shall on any pretext In
terfere In these differences, but shall render
forcible aid to consular officers when they
may ask II, to search, arrest, and imprison
oil persons composing the crew whom they
may deem y necessary to conflne. Those
persons shall be arrested at the sole request
OF the consuls addressed In writing to either
tho Federal, State, or municipal courts or
authorities in the United States, or TO any
court or authority In Italy, and supported by
an official extract from the register of tho
ship, or the list Of the crew, and shall be
hold during the whole time Of their stay In
the port, at the disposal Of the consular
| officers.
Their release shall be granted at the mere
request OF such officers made In writing.
The expenses Of the arrest and detention OF
officers.
| ARTICLE XII.
| In conformity with the act of Congress, Is
| March, 1855, "to regulate the carriage OF
Passengers on steamships and other yes-
scls,") all disputes and differences Of any
nature between the captains and their OIL
GERS on one hand, and the Passengers Of
their ships on the other, shall be brought to
and decided by the circuit or district courts
In the United States, to the exclusion of all
other courts or authorities.
ARTICLE XIII.
Tho respective consuls general, consuls,
'ice-consuls, and consular agents may ar
rest the officers, sailors, and all other per-
sons making part Of the crew Of ships-of-
war or merchant vessels Of their nation who
may be guilty, or be accused Of having de-
serted said ships and vessels, for the pur-
pose Of sending them on board or back to
their country. To that end, the consuls of
Italy In the United States may apply in
writing to either the federal, State, or munI-
clpal courts or authorities; and the consuls
OF the United States In Italy may apply to
any OF the competent authorities and make
request In writing for the deserters, sup
porting 1t by the exhibition Of the register Of
the vessel and list Of the crew, or by other
Official documents, to show that the persons
claimed belong to the said crew.
Upon such request alone, thus supported,
and without the exaction Of any oath from
the consular officers, the deserters, not be-
Ing citizens or subjects Of the country where
the demand Is made at tho time Of their ship
ping, shall DO given up. All the necessary
aid and protection shall be furnished for the
search, pursuit, seizure and arrest of the de-
serters, who shall even be put and kept In
the prisons Of the country, at the request
and expense OF the consular officers until
there may be an opportunity for sending
them away; II, however, such an opportu-
nifty should not present itself within the
space OF three months, counting from the
day OF the arrest, the deserter shall be set
at liberty, nor shall he be again arrested for
the same cause.
ARTICLE XIV.
In the absence Of an agreement to the con-
trary between the owners, freghters and in
surers, all damages suffered at sea by the
vessels Of the two countries, whether they
enter port voluntarily or are forced by stress
OF weather, shall be settled by the consuls
general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular
agents OF the respective countries where they
reside. II, however, any inhabitant of the
country, or citizen or subject of q third
power, shall be interested In the matter, and
the parties cannot agree, the competent
local authorities shall decide.
ARTICLE XIV.
All proceedings relative to the salvage of
American vessels wrecked upon the coasts OF
Italy, and Of Italian vessels wrecked upon
the coasts Of the United States, shall be d.
rected by the consuls general, consuls, and
vice-consuls of the two countries respective
ly, and, until their arrival, by the respective
consular agents, whenever an agency exists.
In the places and ports where an agency
arrival of the consnI IN Whose Am, un' t ,he
wreck NAV have occnrroS H ga u,si hn h an9
Immediately he in fnrmsd Of t%c occnrro Sna,'
shail tale al nnooss".,, y, sno oesurlcnIe,
protection of persons md tho nrosor,a al az
property. The local authoritiss shaII NO,
otherwise interfere than for tbe wointenon ncs
of order. the nrotection Of tho in,sros,S oS
the salyors. II thew do not bcIonS ~ Tho
crews that have been wrecSed and 10 carr
into effect the srraneemonts ,aaSa e e. ~
entry and eynortatIen 81 r. ,',n.ot IT,, uno
saved. II ia nndsrstond ,ha '"s sroh ,',aaana
dlse Ia not 10 he snh,oc, I'M od ouon nie,o ,
bonse char urIoss I, So , W my Ius'oni-
snmntInn is tbe en oomn,.r y. ihaenueu LOT CON
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any known heIrs or PHENOMENON s' or na,s
by him appointed, the competent local au.
thoritles shall inform the consuls or con:
cs ss ,os ., tne nation 70 which the de-
that The necessary inform"tIon mo III h o'I In
mediately forwarded to parties lnterested.