The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-17

of the office. And they may also hoist the fiac q
their country on their consular edifce except il
places where legation ofther country is established
They may also hoist their flag on board any vesse
employed by them In port for the discharge of the
ART. v. The consular archives shall be at all time,
invoable, and under no pretence whatever shall The
local authorities be allowed to examine or seize the
papers forming part OF them. When. however, {
consular ohcer Is engaged In other business the pa
rate enclosure.
The offices and dwellings of Consules missi who
are not citizens of the country of their residenc,
shall be at all times inviolable. The local authori
ties shall not except in the case of the pr suit fol
shall SeV AMY &c S them IL 10
ed. In no event shall those offices or dwellings b.
used as places of asylum.
ART, vi: In the event of the death, prevention, OIL
absence OF Consuls General Consuls, Vice Consuls
and Consular Agents, their chancellors or secreta
ries, whose official character may have previously
been made known to the respective authorities il
Germany or in the United States. may temporari I,
exercise their functions, and, while thus acting heJ
shall enjoy all the rights, prerogatves and immuni
lies granted by this convention to the ncumbents.
ART. VII. Consuls General and Consus may, will
the expectations of their respective Governments
appoint Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents in thu
Cities ports and places within their consular juris
dictlon. These officers may be citizens of Germany
OF the United States, or any other country. They
shall be furnished with commission by the Consu
who appoints them and under whose orders they
are to act, or by the Government of the country
which he represents. They shall enjoy the privileges
stipulated for consular officers in this convention
subject TO the exceptions specified in Article ILL.,
ART. VIII. Consuls General, Consuls, Vlce-Con
sus, and Consular Agents shall have the right to ap
ply to the authorizes of the respective countries
whether Federal local. judicial or executive, with
in the extent of their consular district for the redress
of any nfraction of the treaties and conventions
listing between the two countries or of international
law to ask information of said authorities and tC
address eaid authorities to the end of protecting the
rights and interests of their countrymen especially
in cases of the absence of the latter In which cases
such Consuls, etc. shall be presumed to be their le
gal representatives. II due notice should not be
taken of such application the consular officers afore
said In the absence of the diplomatic agent OF tneii
country, may apply directly to the Government Of
the country where they reside.
ART. TX. Consuls General, Consuls, Vice. onsuls
or Consular Agents of the two countries, or thelI
chancelors, shall have the right cOnformaby to the
laws and regulations of their country
l. To take at their Office or dwelling, at the resi-
dence Of the parties ON board of vessels OF their
nation the depositonsof the captains and crews
of passengers board of them, of merchants or OF
any other citizens of their own country.
q To receive and verify unilatera acts, wills, and
requests of their countrymen, and any and all acts
OF agreement entered upon between citizens OF then
citizens other inhabitants of the country where
they reside and also all contracts between the latter
provided they relate to property situated or to bust
to be transacted in the territory of the nation
by which the said consular officers are appointed
All euch acts Of agreement and other instruments,
and also copies and tIanslations thereof, when duly
authenticated by such Consul General Consul, Vice
Consul, or Consular Agent under his official seal,
shall be received by public officials and in courts OF
justice legal documents or as authenticated copies.
the case may be- and shall have the same force and
effect as if drawn up or authenticated by competent
public officers of one the other of the two countries
ART. Kin case of the death or any citizen of Ger
many in the United States or of any citizen of the
United States in the German Empire, without hav-
ing in the country OF his decease any known heirs or
petent local authorities shall at once inform the
nearest consular officer of the nation to which the
deceased belongs of the circumstance in order that
the information hp immediately for
warded to parties interested.
The said consular officer shall have the right to ap
pear personally or by delegate in all proceedings on
behalf of the absent heirs creditors until they
duly represented.
In all SUGGESTIONS to inhertances citizens of each
Of the Contracting Parties shall pay in the country
of the other such duties only they would be liza
Bile to pay, If they citizens of the country in
which the property is situated or the judicial ad-
ministration of the same may be exercised.
ART. XI.-Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-C onsuls,
and COneular-AgeDts of the two countries are ex-
cusivey charged with the nyentorying and the safe
keeping of goods and effects of every kind left by
sailors or passengers ships of their nation, who
die either on board ship or land, during the voy
age or in the port of destination.
ART. XlI-Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Con-
sus, and Consular Agents shall be at liberty to go
either in person or by proxy board vessels of their
nation admitted to entry and to examine the officers
and crews, to examine the ships papers, to receive
declarations concerning their voyage, their destina-
tion and the incidents of the voyage also to draw
up manfests and lists OF freight, to facilitate the en-
try and clearance. of their vessels and finally to
company the said officers or crews before the judicial
or administrative authorities Of the country to assist
them as their Interpreters or agents.
The judicial authorities and custom house officials
shall in no case proceed to the examination search
Of merchant-vessels without having given previous
notice to the consular officers of the nation to which
the said vessels belong in order to enable the said
consular officers to be present.
They shall also give due notice TO the said consular
officers in order to enable them to be present at any
dispositions or statements to be made in courts OF
law or before local magistrates, by officers per-
sons belonging TO the crew. thus to prevent errors or
false interpretal u which might impede the correct
administration a. justice. The notice to Consuls.
Vice-C onsults, OR Consular Agents shall name the
hour fixed for such proceedings. Upon the non ap-
pearance of the said officers or their representatives
the case may be proceeded with in their absence.
ART. AIlI.-Consuls General Consuls, Vice Con-
suls, or Consular Agents shall have exclusive charge
of the internal order of the merchantvessels Of Their
nation and shall have the exclusive power to take
cOgnzance of ard to determine differences of every
Kind which may arise, either at in port, be-
tween the captains officers. and crews and specially
in reference to wages and the execution of mutual
contracts. Neither any court authority shall, OH
any pretext interfere in these differences, except in
cases where the differences on board ship are of ma
ture to disturb the peace and public order in port
on shore or when persons other than the officers and
crew of the vessel are parties to the disturbance.
Except as aforesaid the local authorities shall
fine themselves to the rendering of efficient aid to
the consus. when they may ask ii in order to
and hold all persons whose names are borne on the
ships articles, and whom they may deem it neces-
sary to detain. Those persons shall be arrested at
the sole request of the consus, addressed in writing
to the local authorities and supported by an official
extract from the register of the ship the list ofthe
crew. and shall be held during the whole time ofther
stay in the port at the disposal ofthe Consns Their
release shall be granted only at the request of the
Consus, made in writing.
The expenses of the arrest and detention of those
persons shall be paid by the consuls.
ART. XIV.-Consuls General, COnsuls, Vice Con-
suls, or Consular Agents may arrest the officers,
sailors, and all other persons making part of the
crews of ships-of-war or merchant-vesseIs of their
hp M hp or n 0
deserted said ships and vessels, for the purpose of
sending them on board or back to their country.
To that end, the Consuls of Germany in the United
States shall apply to either the Federal State, or
municipal courts or authorities; and the Consuls of
the United States in Germany shall apply to any of
the competent authorities, and make request in
writing for the deserters, supporting it by official
extract of the register of the vessel and the list of the
crew, or by other official documents, to show that
the men whom they claim belong to said crew. Upon
such request alone thus supported, and without the
exaction of any oath from the Consus the deserters
mot being citizens of the country where the demand
Is made either at the time Of their shipping or OF
their arrival in the por shall be given up to the Con-
sus All aid and protection shall be furnished them
for the pursuit. seizure and arrest of the deserters
there detained at the request and at the expense Of
the Consuls, until the said Consuls may find an op
portunity of sending them away
| Ii, however, such opportunity should not present
itself within the space of three months, counting
from the day of the arrest the deserters shall be sci
at liberty and shall not again be arrested for the
| cause.
ART, Xv--In the absence of an agreement to the
contrary between the owners, freighters and insur
ers 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
the Consuls General, Consuls Vice onsuls and Con
sular Agents, OF the respective countries. IT, how
ever, any nhabitant of the country citizen sub
Ject of third power shall be interested in the mat
i ter, and the parties cannot agree, the competent
| local authorities shall decide.
ART. XVI.-In the event of vessel belonging tc
the Government. or owned by citizen of one of tn,
two Contracting Parties being wrecked, or cast OIL
shore the coast of the other the local authorities
shall inform the Consul General, Consul Vice Con
sui, or Consular Agent of the district of the occur
renee or if there be no snch consular agency, they
shall inform the Consul General, Consul, Vice Con
4 sui, or Consular Agent of the nearest district.
All proceedings relative to the salvage of Ameri
can vessels wrecked or cast shore in the terrific
rial waters of the German Empire shall take place
/ accordance with the laws of Germany and recipro
cally, all measures of salvage relative to German yes
sells wrecked or cast on shore in the territorial
tiers OF the United States shall take place in accord
| ance with the laws of the United States
The consular authorities have in both countries tc
intervene only to superintend the proceedings hav
| ing reference to the repair and revictuaing or il
necessary to the sale of the vessel wrecked cast
on shore.
| For the intervention of the local authorities nc
charges shall be made except such in similar
| are paid by vessels of the nation.
In case OF doubt concerning the nationality of
shipwrecked vessel the local authorities shall have
exclusively the direction ofthe proceedings provided
| for in this article.
All merchandise and goods not destined for con-
sumption in the country where the wreck takes place
| shall be free of all duties.
ART. XVII.-With regard to the marks or labels Of
goods, of their PACKAGES and also with regard to
patterns and marks of manufacture and trade, the
citizens of Germany shall enjoy i'll the United States
of America, and American citizens shall enjoy in
Germany. the same protection as native citizens.
ART. XVlII-The present convention shall re-
main in force for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the notifications
which shall be exchanged at Berlin within the period
Of six months.