The Portland daily press., 1875-02-02

truly belongs to citizens of the said other party 1t
is also agreed that such vessel being laden, besides
the said sea-lcters, patents, passports, shall be
provided with manifests or certificates containing
the particulars of the cargo, and the place where 1t
taken on board so that it may be known whether
any part of the consists of conraband or pro
hibited articles; which certificate shall be made out
in the accustomed form by the authorities OF the port
whence the vessel sailed; without which requisites
the vessel may be detained, tic be adJudged by the
competent tribunals and may be declared good and
legal prize unless it shall be proved that the sad
defect omission owing to accident, or unless
it shall be satisfied or supplied by testimony equiva-
lent in the opinion of the said tribunals for which
purpose there shall be allowed reasonable length OF
time to procursand present IT,
ARTICLE XVI.
The preceding stipulaons relative to the visit and
examination of vessels shall apply only to those
which sail without convoy; for when sail vessels
shall be under convoy, the verbal declaration of the
commander of the convoy, his word of honor that
the vessels under bis protection belong the nation
whose flag they carry, and, when they are bound to
an enemys port, that they have ne conraband goods
| on board, shall be sufficient.
ARTICLE XVII.
1t is further agreed that, in all pIize-cases, the
courts specially established for such in the
country to which the prizes may be conducted shall
| alone take cognizance of them. And whenever such
| courts of either party shall pronounce ju gment
against any vessel merchandise, or property claimed
by the citizens of the other party the sentence or de-
cree shall set forth the reasons or motives on when
the shall have been founded; and an authent-
Gated copy Of the sentence or decree and Of al the
| manded, be delivered to the commander or agent of
| the said vessel, merchandise, property, without
| any delay, upon payment of The established
| legal fees for the same.
ARTICLE XVIII.
Whenever one of the contracting parties shall be
| engaged in war with another nation, no citizen Of
the other contracting party shall accept commits
sion or letter of marque for the purpose of assisting
or cooperating hosiely with the said enemy against
the said party so at war, under pain OF being treated
/ as pirate - -
If which is not to be expected, rupture should at
any time take place between the two contracting ma
tons and they should engage in with each other,
they have agreed for then, that the merchants,
traders and other citizens Of all occupations of either
the parties residing in the cities, ports, and
dominions of the other, shall have the privFceo OF
remaining and continuing Their - ana business y,
the FIJI anu uulsturbed enjoyment of their personal
nDerty and property so long as they conduct them
selves peaceaby and properly, and commit no ofense
against the laws. And in their acts should rem
der them Justly suspected, aud having thus forfeited
this privilege the respective Governments should Or
der them to leave the country the term Of twelve
| months from the publication or inmation of the
der therefor shall be allowed them in which to ar
range and settle their affairs, and remove with their
families effects andeproperty; to which end the nee
| essary sate-conduct shall be given to Them which
shall serve as sufficient projections until they ar
rive at the designated port and their embark; but
this favor shall not be extended to those who shall
act contrary to the established laws. 1t is, never
tbeless understood that the respective Governments
NAV order the persons so suspected to forth
with to such places in the interior as may be desg-
| mated. -
In the event Of war, or of any interruption OF
friendly intercourse between the high contracting
parties the money, private debts shares in the pub
lie funds, in the public or private banks or any
other pr oprrty whatever belonging to the citizens OF
the one party in the territories of the other, shall in
| no case be sequestrated or confiscated.
| fkAt1 ARTICLE XXI.
The high contracting parties desiring to avoid all
ineaue lily in their public communications and ofi-
ca intercourse agree to grant to their ENJOYS min
listers charges dafares and other diplomatic agents
the same favors, privileges, mmunities, and exemp-
lions that those of the most favored nation do or shall
enjoy it being understood that the favors, privileges
immunities, and exemptions granted by the one par
ty to the ENJOYS, minis ers, charges d'atfaires, or
Diplomatic agents OF the other party to those
of any other nation, shall be reciprocay granted and
extended those of both the high contracting parties
respectively.
| ARTICLE xXXII.
To protect more effectualy the commerce and nav
igaton of their respective citizens the United States
Of America and the Republic of Peru agree to admit
and receive, mutually, consus and v1ce-consus IN
all their ports open to foreign commerce, who shall
enjoy within their respective districts, all
the rights privileges and immunities of the consuls
and OF the most favored nation; but to
enjoy the rights prerogatives and mmunlties which
belong to them in virtue OF their public character
the cOnsuls and viceconsuls SHALL before exercising
their official functions, exhibit to the Government to
which they accredited their commissions or pat
ents in due form, order to receive their exequatur
| after receiving which they shall be acknowledged in
their official characters by the authorities, magis-
trates and inhabitants of the district in which they
reside. The high contracting partes neverthet S.
remain at liberty to except those ports and places
where the admission and residence of consuls and
yce-consus may not seem to be convenient, provid-
ed that the refusal to admit them lshal likewise eX-
tend to those of all nations.
ARTICLE XXXIu.
The oorsuls vice-consuls their officers and persons
| employed in their consulates shall be exempt from
all public service, and from all kinds of taxes, i'm
| posts, and contributions, except those which they
Shall be lawfully held to pay account OF their prop
erty commerce. and to which the citizens and 9TH
er inhabitants OF the country in which they reside
are subject, they being, in other respects subject
the laws Of the respective countries me archives
| spected; and no person, magistrate, or other public
authority SHALL under any pretext, interfere with or
| seize them.
The consuls and vice-consuls shall have power to
receive the assistance of the public authorities of
country in which they reside for the arrest, deen
ton and custody of deserters from the vessels of
war or merchant vessel of their nation; and where
| the deserters claimed shall belong to merchant
vessel the consus viceconsuls must address them
selves to the competent authority, and demand the
deserters in writing proving by the ships roll or 9TH
er public document that the individuals claimed ale
part OF the of the vessel from which 1t is al
legged that they have deserted; but should the in
diIiduas claimed form a part of the crew OF YES
sci OF war, the word or honor or commlSs01 ed
officer attached to the said vesssl shall be sufficient
to identity the deserters; and when the demand of
the cOnsus or vieeconsus SHALL IN either case be SO
proved the delivery OF the deserters shall not be
fused The said deserters, when arrested, shall be
delivered to the consuls vice consus Or at the
n maintained at the expense Of those who reclaim
them to be delivered to the vessels to which they be-
long or sent to others of the nation; but if the
| said deserters should not be delivered sent
within the term of two months, to be counted from
the day of their arrest they shall be set at liberty
| and shall not be again apprehended for the came
cause The high contracting parties agree that it
shall not be lawful for any public authority or any
other person within their respective domains to har
| Dor or protect such deserters. .-r. 5
20 ARTICLE XXXV.
| For the purpose of more effectually protecting
their commerce and navigation, the two contracting
| NAV be mutually convenient consular convention,
| which shall declare specially the powers and immu-
mites of the consus and vce-consuls OF the respect
| i've parties.
= ARTICLE xXxIv.
UntiI the conclusion of consular convention, the
high contracting parties agree that in the absence of
the legal heirs OF the consus or vice.
consuls OF either party shall be oficiO the eXecu
tors administrators OF the citizens of their
ton who may die within their consular Jurisdictions,
| and of their countrymen dying at sea whose prop
erty may be brought within their district The said
eonruls vce-consuls shall call in justice of the
peace or some other judicial authority to assist in
4 taking an inventory of the effects and property left
by the deceased, after which the said effects shall re-
main in the hands Of the said consus or vice-con-
\ suls, who shall be authorized to sell Immediately
such of the effects or property as may be OF perish
able nature and to dispose of the remainder accord
| ments. And where the deceased has been engaged
in commerce or other business, the consus or vice.
| c0nSulS snail nOlu Cne eHecCS property 50 re-
naming until the expiration of twelve calendar
months during which time the creditors, ii any, of
the deceased shall have the right to present their
claims and demands against the said effects and
| property; and all questions arising out of such
claims or demands shall be decided by the laws of
the country wherein the said citizens may have died.
1t is understood, nevertheless that if no claim de-
| mand shall have been made against the effects and
property of individual deceased, the consuls
vice-c nsus at the expiration of the twelve calen
dar months may close the estate and dispose of the
effects and property in accordance with the nstruc
| tons from their own governments,
ARTICLE XXXvH.
| AS a consequence of the principles of equality
herein established in virtue of which the citizens of
each one of the high contracting parties enjoy in the
territory of the other the same rights as natives,
| and receive from the respective governments the
same protection in their persons and property, it is
declared that only in that such protection
should be denied, account of the fact that the
claims preferred have not been promptly attended to
by the legal authorities or that manifest injustice
has done by such authorities and after all the
legal means have been exhausted, then alone shall
| diplomatic Intervention take place.
| .sFts q ARTICLE XXXVH.
The United States of America and the Republic of
Peru. desiring to make as durable possible the
lations established between the two parties in virtue
l biof atv Of dsh1 errp nov