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 river police below Galatz, and exclusive of the Port of Soulina, shall henceforward bear the title of Inspector of the Navigation of the Lower Danube^ and shall, as formerly, be assisted by a Chancellor and by Sub-Inspectors stationed on the different sections of the river under his superintendence, and all placed under his orders.

The Inspector of the Navigation, the Chancellor of the Inspection, as well as the Sub-Inspectors of the river sections, the Captain of the port of Soulina, and all the staff placed under the orders of the last-mentioned official, are named by the Commission by simple majority of votes, and without distinction of nationality. Their appointment can likewise be cancelled by the Commission.

The Inspector of the Navigation and the Captain of the port of Soulina perform their functions under the direct authority of the Commission, which pays them, and before which they and their subordinates take oath of office. They decide, as Judges of First Instance, upon contraventions committed within the limits of their respective districts, in matters of police and of navigation, and their decisions are given in the name of the European Commission of the Danube.

III. The management of the funds of the Soulina Navigation shall no longer be entrusted to a special agent. It shall be placed exclusively in the hands of the European Commission, or of the authority which may succeed it, and shall be carried on in the manner which is or may be determined by the said Commission or authority.

The method of levying the dues and the administration of the funds of the Soulina navigation may be modified by an unanimous decision arrived at in plenary session.

IV. The final provision of Art. XIV of the Public Act of 1865 is modified in the following sense — namely, that the prohibition to employ any portion of the sums collected by dues levied on sea-going vessels, or of loans, raised by the hypothecation of these dues, to cover the expense of works or of administrative expenditure in relation to a section of the river lying above Isaktcha, is limited to that part of the river which lies above Galatz.

V. The European Commission is charged with the