Revista de navegación y comercio (1898-12-30 00:00:00), página 12

shall be subject in civil and criminal matters to the tribunals of the country in which they reside conformably to the common laws which regulate their competency, being enabled to appear before them in the same manner and employ the same procedure which the citizens of the country to which the tribunal belongs must observe.

Art. XII. Judicial proceedings pending on the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty in the territories over which Spain renounces or cedes her sovereignty shall be determined conformably with the following rules:
(1) Sentences pronounced in civil cases between individuals or in criminal matters, before the above-mentioned date, and against which there is, according to Spanish law, neither appeal nor annulment shall be considered determined, and shall be executed in due form by the competent authority in the territory within which the said sentences should be carried out.
(2) Civil law suits between individuals which have not been decided on the above-mentioned date shall pursue their course before the tribunal in which it is being tried or before the one which shall replace it.
(3) Actions in criminal matters pending on the afore-mentioned date before the Supreme Tribunal of Spain against citizens of the territory which according to this Treaty ceases to be Spanish shall remain under its jurisdiction until final sentence is pronounced, but once the sentence is pronounced its execution shall be entrusted to the competent authority of the place wherein the action arose.

Art. XIII. Literary, artistic and industrial rights of property acquired by Spaniards in the islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippines, and the other ceded territories at the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty shall continue to be respected.

Spanish scientific, literary, and artistic works, which are not dangerous to public order in the said territories, shall continue entering therein with freedom from all customs dues for a period of ten years, beginning from the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty.

civil y criminal de los Tribunales del país en que habiten, dentro del derecho que regule su competencia, compareciendo ante ellos de la misma manera y utilizando los propios procedimientos establecidos para los ciudadanos del país que habiten.

Art. 12. Los procedimientos judiciales pendientes se decidirán con arreglo á las siguientes prescripciones:

Primero. Las sentencias pronunciadas contra las cuales no quiepa ya recurso en el derecho español, se ejecutarán por las autoridades competentes del territorio.

Segundo. Los pleitos civiles continuarán su curso ante el Tribunal donde se encuentren ó el que lo reemplace.

Tercero. Las acciones criminales pendientes de resolución del Tribunal Supremo de España contra ciudadanos residentes en el territorio cedido ó abandonado, continuarán bajo la jurisdicción del Tribunal Supremo español, pero la ejecución de la sentencia quedará encomendada á la autoridad del territorio.

Art. 13. Los derechos de propiedad literaria, artística ó industrial adquiridos por los españoles en los territorios objeto del Tratado hasta la fecha de las ratificaciones del mismo, seguirán siendo respetados.

Las obras españolas literarias, científicas y artísticas que no ofrezcan peligro para el orden público, entrarán libres de todo derecho y tributo durante diez años, contados desde el cambio de ratificaciones del Tratado.