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 ]2‘ PUBLIC TREATIES. Ancricmn XXIX. Exequaturs. In order that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the two contracting parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatives, and immunities which belong to them by their public character, they shall, before entering on the ex— ercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patent in due form to the Govermnentto which they are accredited ; and having obtained their exequatur, they shall be held and considered as such by all the authorities, magistrates, and inhabitants in the consular district in which they reside. Aacriotn XXX. E¤¤¤¤1>¤i¢>¤¤ of It is likwise agreed that the Consuls, their Secretaries, officers, and °°"°“]'“` °m°°”· persons attached to the service of Consuls, they not being citizens ot the country in which the Consul resides, shall be exempt from_ all public service, and also from all kind of taxes, imposts, and contributions, except those which they shall be obliged to pay on account of commerce or their property, to which the citizens and inhabitants, native and foreign, of the country in which they reside are subject, being in every- thing besides subject to the laws of the respective States. The archives and papers of the consulate shall be respected inviolably, and under no pretexlt whatever shall any magistrate seize or in any way interfere with them. Amucnm XXXI. Deserten from The said Consuls shall have power to require the assistance of the V¤¤¤¤l¤· authorities of the country for the arrest, detention, and custody of deserters from the public and private vessels of their country, and for that purpose they shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and otiicers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing, proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessels or ship’s roll, or other public documents, that those men were part of the said crews; and, on this demand so proved, (saving, however, where the contraryis proved,) the delivery shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shaH be put at the disposal of the said Consuls, and may be put in the public prisons at the request and expense of those who reclaim them, to be sent to the ships to which they belonged, or to others of the same nation. But if they be not sent back within two months, to be counted from the dzgdog tlkeir arrest, they shall be set at liberty and shall be no more arres or e same cause. Aarionn XXXII. consular con-For the purpose of more effectually protecting their commerce and '°¤°*°¤· navigation, the two contracting parties do hereby agree, as soon hereafter as circumstances will permit them, to form a consular convention, which shall declare specially the powers and immunities of the Consuls and V1ce·Consuls of the respective parties. Aarrom XXXIII. The United States of America and the Federation of the Centreof America, desiring to make as durable as circumstances will permit the relations which are to be established between the two parties by virtue ot this treaty, or general convention of peace, amity, commerce, and iligysgsation, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the following c°Ev::;(¤¤ ¤f_ 1st. The present treaty shall remain in full force and virtue for the · term of twelve years, to be counted from the day of the exchange of the ratiiications, in all the parts relating to commerce and navigation;