The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-24
CENTRAL AMERICAN TREATIES
foundations OF Texts Of Agreements
Received Here

Received Here
The State Department. has j'FSt received
from Mt Sorsby.. the United States Con
sui at san Juan del Norte, a translation
OF tho treaty OF commercial Law adopted
between the Republics of Nicaragua. Hon
duras Guatemala. Salvador. and Costa
Rica- The treaty reads in substance:
The Governments of Nicaragua. Costa
HiCa. Guatemala. Honduras. and Saliva
dog. through the medium of their repre-
sentative pIauipot utiary delegates. have
agreed as follows
Article l. To ratify the treaty respect
ing commercial law which was adopted
in Guatemala June l.. 1897. by the dele
gates of the First Central American Jul
GIcial Congress. with the modification Of
article %. which, for the sake of clear
ness. is as follows:
This treaty shall become the law OF
the Republic which accepts it from the
time Of the PRONUNCIATION Of tn" respective
ratification and shall become as an inter
national compact between two or more
States from the notice Of their approba-
ton. which shall be equivalent 10 an eN-
change
The noncompliance of one or more Of
the clauses of this treaty shall not aHnul
or impair the legal force Of the remain
ing clauses
The consul also notes that the treaty Of
friendship and commerce between Mexico
and Nicaragua has been approved. and
was signed by the President and Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua Septem-
Der ?. 1891
The consul also sends a translation or
the treaty Of international law between
Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador, GUate-
mala, and Costa Rica, celebrated at San
Salvador on the 18th day of February,
1901. the chief clauses of which follow
The Governments Of the Republics,
through their respective pIenipotentiaries,
celebrated the following treaty:
Article l. The natural OF manufactured
products of the States OF Central America
shall be free from fiscal or municipal du-
ties of import and export IL each one Of
the States.
This privilege does not extend TO ar
ticles prohibited and Of Illicit commerce.
90 the preparations or manufactures Of
the same. nor TO articles sent from one
port to another in transit as foreign H-ar-
chandise- The respective Governments
may Independently OF Jointly establish
such rules as may De thought necessary
10 prevent frauds upon the treasury
Art. ,. Refers 20 the right OF Central
Americans TO pursue their professions Ia
any one of the countries
Art. 3. Refers to the discharge Of pub
lie functions by Central Americans I'm any
other State than the one in which they
reside.
Art D. The diplomatic and consular
representatives may unite in the name OF
the Republic Of Central America when
ever solicited by any Of the siguatory
parties. for affairs In which they are not
exclusively interested
Art 8. The aye Republics VIII act in
accord relative 10 the exhibition OF the
products Of Central America abroad.
Art. g. The signatory Governments
bind themselves 20 terminate BY means OF
arbitration whatever question or differ
euce may arise between them, II salts
factiry termination cannot be reached by
diplomatic means
Art e. At least every five years a con-
GTeSS Of the pleuIpOtentiaries Of the five
Republics VIII convene with the object
of revising and reforming and amplfy-
ing This treaty. and for the Incorporate
OppDTLuue or necessary for the advance
Uyut Of the work OF uuiticaJIOu in the
I t. gisIatlOn Of the States. The next ses-
| sion VIII be held on January Is. 1913, IN
! the city Of San Jose. Costa RiCa.
Art s. This treaty shall become the
law of the Republic accepting II from the
Z time Of the PRONUNCIATION Of the rCSpcr-
tive ratification. and shall be in force as
an international compact between two or
more States from the date of the com
muuicatlOn Of their appreciation. which
shall be equivalent 70 an exchange Of rat
lticatiCus-
THE rejection Of one or more Of the
I clauses OF this treaty shall not impair
| Tho legal force OF the other clauses.