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 740 PUBLIC TREATIES. quaint the other with its motives for having thus acted, it being under- Inviolability of stood, however, that the archives and documents relative to the affairs °’°m"°°· of the consulate shall be exempt from all searchxand shall be carefully preserved under the seals of the Cousuls, Vice-(Jonsuls, or Commercial Agents, and of the authority of the placewhere they may reside. gem., m an 4, of The Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents, or the persons duly disputes between authorized to supply their places, shall have the right as such to sit as m“"°"“ ““d °*`°‘”· judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between_ the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews or of the captain should disturb the order or tranquillity of the country, or the said_ Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be carried into effect or supported. It is, however, understood that this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive the contending parties to the right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their country. Anrrcmn XIV. Deserters from The said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents are authorized '°¤¤¤l¤· to require the assistance of the local authorities for the arrest, detention, and imprisonment of the deserters from the ships of war and merchantvessels of their country; and for this purpose they shall apply to the competent tribunals, judges, and officers, and shall in writing demand said deserters, proving, by the exhibition of the registers of the vessels, the rolls of the crews, or by other official documents, that such individuals formed part of the crews, and, on this reclamation being thus substantiated, the surrender shall not be refused. _ Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents, and may be conhned in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belonged, or to others of the same country; but if not sent back within the space of two months, reckoning from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the said cause; It is understood, however, that, if the deserter should be found to have committed any crime or oiience, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the case shall be depending shall have pronognced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into e ect. Anrrorn XV. Wreckcd or dam~ In case any vessel of one of the high contracting parties shall have ¤s¤d V¤¤¤<>1¤· been stranded or shipwrecked, or shall have suffered any other damage on the coasts of the dominions of the other, every aid and assistance shall be given to the persons shipwrecked or in danger, and passports shall be granted to them to return to their country. The shipwrecked vessels and merchandize, or their proceeds, if the same shall have been ‘ sold, shall_be_ restored to their owners, or to those entitled thereto, if claimed within a. year and a day, upon paying such costs of salvage as would be paid by national vessels in the same circumstances; and the salvage companies shall not compel the acceptance of their services, except in the same cases, and alter the same delays, as shall be granted to the captains and crews of national vessels. Moreover, the respective Governments will take care that these companies do not commit any vexations or arbitrary acts. _ Anrrcnm XVI. . Quarantine- It is agreed that vessels arriving directly from the United States of America, at aport within the dominions of His Majesty -the King of Sweden and Norway, or from the territories of his said Majesty in