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 SUPPLEMENTAL TREATY-CHINA. Novmmmm 17, 1880. 829 Amsrcms IH. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China hereby promises and Tonnage du e e agrees that no other kind or higher rate of tonnage dues, or duties for *****1 dllm? °“ '”°" imports or exports, or coastwise trade shall be imposed or levied in the g’,:,"gYhfu;mP°”°d open ports of China upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the ` United States; or upon the produce, manufactures or merchandise imported in the samefrom the United States; ortrom any foreign country; or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise exported in the same to the United States or to any foreign country; or transported in the same from one open port of China to another, than are imposed or levied on vessels or cargoes of any other nation or on those of Chinese subjects. The United States hereby promise and agree that no other kind or Tonnage dues higher rate of tonnage dues or duties for imports shall be imposed or Md d¤ti¤¤ M5 imlevied in the ports of the United States upon vessels wholly belonging gg'? “° Un ‘“°d to the subjects of His Imperial Majesty and coming either directly or by ° °°' way of any foreign port, from any of the ports of China which are open to foreign trade, to the ports of the United States; or returning therefrom either directly or by way of any foreign port, to any of the open ports of China; or upon the produce, manufactures or merchandise imported in the same from China or from any foreign country, than are imposed or levied on vessels of other nations which make no discrimination against the United States in tonnage dues or duties on imports, exports, or coastwise trade; or than are imposed or levied on vessels and cargoes of citizens of the United States. Airrxcnn IV. When controversies arise in the Chinese Empire between citizens of Controversies. the United States and subjects of His Imperial Majesty, which need to be examined and decided by the public officers of the two nations, it is agreed between the Governments of the United States and China that such cases shall be tried by the proper official of the nationality of the defendant. The properly authorized olncial of the plaintiff’s nationality shall be freely permittedto attend thetrial and shall be treated with the courtesy due to his position. He shall be granted all proper facilities for watching the proceedings in the interests of justice. If he so desires, he shall have the right to present, to examine, and to cross-examine witnesses. If he is dissatisfied with the proceedings, he shall be permitted to protest against them in detail. The law administered will - be the law of the nationality of the officer trying the case. In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed and Ratification- ’ sealed the foregoing at Peking in English and Chinese, being three originals of each text, of even tenor and date, the ratifications of which shall be exchanged at Peking within one year from the date of its execution. Done at Peking this seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1880, Kuanghsii, sixth year, tenth moon, fifteenth day. JAIDZQS B. ANGELL. SEAL. Signatures. Jorm F. Swim. ‘ sun. Wm. Hmmr Tanscor. snnr. Pao Guin:. s11m.. L1 Hmmrsno. san. And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts Proclamation. and the respective ratiiicatious were exchanged at Peking on the 19th day of July 1881: _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof: