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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1867. 179 Anrrotu III. The citizens of the contracting parties shall be permitted to enter Right; of my. sojourn, settle and reside in all parts of said territories, and such as dence and busimay wish to engage in business shall have the right to hire and occupy DW- warehouses, provided they submit to the laws, as well general as special, relative to the rights of travelling, residing, or trading. While they conform to the laws and regulations in force, they shall be at liberty to manage themselves their own business, subject to the jurisdiction ot' either party, as well in respect to the consignment and sale of their goods by wholesale or retail as with respect to the loading, unloading, and sending off their ships. They may also employ such agents or Emvlvymsut ef brokers as they may deem proper, and shall in all these cases be treated "‘€°“‘“· as the citizens of the country wherein they reside; it being, nevertheless, distinctly understood that they shall be subject to such laws and regulations also in respect to wholesale or retail. ·They shall have free ae- _ Erm sqwss to cess to the tribunals of justice, in cases to which they may be a party, -l“d“’i“l *·“b°°“1°· ·on the same terms which are granted by the laws and usage of the country to native citizens; for which purpose they may employ in defence of their interests and rights such advocates, attorneys, and other agents as they may think proper. Ammonia IV. The citizens of each of the high contracting parties, residing in the Liberty of cosother, shall enjoy the most perfect liberty of conscience. They shall be “°'°""°· subjected to no inconveniences whatever on account of their religious belief, nor shall they in any manner be annoyed or disturbed in the exercise of their religious worship in private houses, or in the chapels and places which they may select for that purpose; provided that in so doing they observe the decorum due to the laws, usages, and customs _ of the country. It is likewise agreed that the citizens of the one coun- Bl8bt¤ of b'“**l· try dying in the territory of the other, may be interred either in the ordinary cemeteries or in such others as may be selected for that purpose by their own Government, or by their personal -friends or representatives, with the consent of the local authorities. All such cemeteries, and funeral proeessions going to or returning from them, shall be protected from violation or disturbance. Anriotn V. The citizens of each of the high contracting parties, within the juri- Pi¤P°•*¤·i md *¤· diction of the other, shall have power to di posc of their personal prop- ;‘:;$“;f:peQ€yP"' erty by sale, donation, testament, or otherwise; and their personal ' representatives, being citizens of the other contracting party, shall succeed to their personal property, whether by testament or ab intestato. They may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, at their pleasure, and dispose of the same, paying such duty only as the citizens of the country wherein the said personal property is situated shall be sulpect to pay in like cases. In the absence of a personal representative, the same care shall be taken of the property as by law would be taken of the property of a native in a similar case, whilst the lawful owner may take measures for securing it. If n question should arise among claimants as to the rightful ownership of the property, the same shall be finally decided by the judicial tribunals of the country in which it is situated. When on the decease of any person holding real estate within the Real estate of territory of one party, such real estate would by the law of the_land d°°°¤¤°d P°”°¤°· dcsccud on u citizen of the other, were he not disqualxed  alicnugc, the longest term which the laws of the country in which it is situated will permit shall be accorded to him to dispose of the same; nor shall he be subjected, in doing so, to higher or other dues than if he were a Citizen of the country wherein such real estate is situated.