New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-20


ulatOns OF their country: l. Wills and be-
| quests of their cOuntrymen, and all such
! acts and contracts between their cOutrymen
as are intended to be drawn up in an az
| thentic form and verified 2. Any and al
acts of agreement entered upon between
citizens Of their own country and inhabi--
| ants Of the country where they reside
| All such acts of agreement, anG other q
| strnments. and also copies thereof, when
duly authenticated by such consul general,
! consul, vice consul or consular agent under
his official seals, shall be received in courts
of justice as lega! documents, or as authen:i-
Gated copies, as the case may be, and shall
have the same force and effect if drawn
up by competent public officers of one Or
| the other of the two countries.
| COnsuls general, cOnsuls, vice cOnsuls. or
| consular agents of the respective countries
| shall have the power to translate and legal
ize all documents issued by the authorities
OF functiOnaries OF their own country: and
such papers shall have the same force ard
effect in the country where the aforesaid Of
ticers reside as if drawn up by sworn in:e:
prefers
ARTICLE X.
COnsuls general, cOnsuls, vice cOnsula O,
consular agents shall be at liberty to 90 on
board the vessels of their nation admitted 20
entry, either in person or by proxy, and 20
examine the captain and crew, to look into
the register of the ship, to receive DECLARE
tons with reference to their voyage. their
destination, and tie incidents of the voyage;
also, to draw up manitests lists Of irei gh-,
to assist i'll dispatching their vessels. and,
finally, to accompany the said captains or
crews before the courts and before the adj
mnistrative authorities, in order to act az
their interpreters or agents in their bust
ness transactions or applications Of auy
kind.
The judicial authorities and customho,.se
officials shall, in no case. proceed to the ex-
animation or search Of merchant vessels
without previous notice to the consular al
thority OF the nation to which the said YES
sells belong, in order to enable them 70 be
present
They shall also give due notice to con-
suls, vice consuls, or consular agents, N
order to enable them to be present at any
dispositions or statements to be made n
courts of law, before local magistrates
by captains or persons composing the crew,
thus to prevent errors or false interpreta-
tiOns which might impede the correc. adj
ministration of justice,
The notice to cOnsuls, vice consuls. OF
consular agents shall name the hour liked
for such proceedings, and upon the NOE
appearance of the said officers or their rep
resentatives. the case shall be proceeded
with IN their absence.
ARTICLE NJ
COnsuls, vice cOnsuls, or consular agents
shall have exclusive charge of the internal
order of the merchant vessels of their ma
ton. They shall have therefore the exclu-
sive power to take cOgnizance of and 20
settle all differences which may arise d.
sea or in port between captains. officers
and crews, i'll reference to wages and the
execution of mutual contracts, subiec. Il
each case to the laws OF their own nation.
The local authorities shall in no way IN
tertere. except in cases where the differ
ences on board ship are of a nature 10 dis
turb the peace and public order in pcrr or
on shore. or when persons other than he
officers anu the crew of the vessel are
parties to the disturbance: except as atore-
said the local authorities shall cOE1:re
themselves to the rendering OF forcble as
slstance ii required by the conSulS vice
consuls. or consular agents, and shall cause
the arrest, temporary imprisonment. and
on board his own vessel, of every
person whose name is found on the muster
rolls or register of the ship or lit o: lie
crew.
ARTICLE MI.
COnsuls general. consulS vice corsu1s
or consular agents shall have the power 70
cause the arrest OF all sailors or all other
persons belonging to the crews of vessels
OF their nation who may be guilty of having
deserted on the respective territories OF lie
high contracting powers and to have them
9tHt vi podiu OF pdch TO their la-4Te
To that end they shall make a written an
plicatlon to the competent local AUTHORITY
it by the exhibition of the Sims
re gister and list of the crew. or else should
the vessel have sailed previously. bv pro
ducing an authenticated copy of these docu-
ments. showing that the persons claimed
really do belong to the ships crew
Upon such request the surrender OF tie
ieserter shall not be refused. Every aid
and assistance shall, moreover. be granted
to the said consular authorities for the de-
lection and arrest OF deserters. ana tie
latter shall he taken TO the prisons of tie
country and there detained at the reoue..
ana expense OF the consular authority until
there may be an opportunity for sending
them away.
The duration of this imprisonment s}.al
not exceed the term of three months. a. -re
nNplration OF which time and upon three
lays notice to the consul. the prisoner
shall be set free, and he shall not be liable
TO rearrest for the same cause.
Should. however, the deserter have con-
united on shore an indictable otfense the
local authorities shall be free to postpone
his extradition until due sentence stall
lave been passed and executed.
he high contracting parties agree la.
sealnen. or other individuals forming par.
Df the ships crew. who are citizens OF The
country in which the desertion took place,
shall not he affected by the provisions OF
this article.
ARTICLE MIL
liz all cases where no other agreement 20
The contrary exists between owners. freight.
.rs, and insurers. all damages suffered a.
sea by the vessels of the two countries.
"nether they enter the respective ports
voluntarily or by stress of weather, shall be
settled by the cOnsuls general. consuls vice
ohsuls, or consular agents OF their respect
We nation. provided no interests of citizens
II the country where the SAID tunctonares
'eslde, nor OF citizens of third power. are
concerned. In that case. and in the absence
u friendly compromise between all par
les interested, the adjudication shall take
llace under supervision Of the local an
horities.
ARTICLE XIV
In the event of a vessel belonging to lie
government, or owned by a citizen of one of
he two contracting states. being wrecked
'r cast on shore upon the coast Of lie
'ther, the local authorities shall inform The
'onsuis general, cOnsuls. vice consuls. or
consular agents of the district of the occur
'ence; or, II such consular agency does not
'Xlst. they shall communicate with the con-
ui general, consul, vice consul or consular
gent OF the nearest district.
All proceedings relative TO the salvage OF
American vessels wrecked or east on shore
II Austro- hungarian waters shall be d.
ected by the United States conSuls general
onsuls, Nlce-consuls, or consular agents.
llso all proceedings relative to the salvage
u Austro- Hungarian vessels wrecked OF
asst on shore in American waters shall he
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