Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 22.djvu/992

 TREATY-SERBIA—OOMMERCIAL. Ocronnu 2-14, 1881. 965 They shall be equally exempted from all obligatory official, judicial, administrative or municipal functions whatever. They shall have reciprocally free access to the courts of justice on Access to com-ts conforming to the laws of the country, both for the prosecution and for °fj“¤¤°¤· the defence of their rights in all the degrees of jurisdiction established by the laws. They can employ in every case advocates, lawyers and agents of all classes authorized by the law of the country, and shall enjoy in this respect, and as concerns domiciliary visits to their houses, manufactories, warehouses or shops, the same rights and advantages as are or shall be granted to the natives of the country, or to the subjects of the most favored nation. It is understood that every favor or exemption which shall be subse- Reciprocal favquently granted in this matter to the subjects of a foreign country by °?“ '*”d °*°“‘P‘ one of the two contracting powers shall be immediately and by right ’°*°”°' extended to the citizens or subjects of the other party. Anrrcnm V. Neither of the contracting parties shall establish a prohibition of im- Equality of pmportation, exportation or transit against the other which shall not be }fibi*=i<>¤» •¤P<>f¤¤- applicable at the same time to all other nations, except the special "“·? °‘°°¥" measures that the two countries reserve to themselves the right of ' establishing for a sanitary purpose, or in event of a war. Anrrcnm VI. As to the amount, the guarantee and the collection of duties on im- Reciprocal;-ight. ports and exports, as well as regards transit, re-exportation, warehous— =¤¤ to ¤·mq¤¤t cf ing, local dues and custom-house formalities, each of the two high con- f::;':' °“ mmm tracting parties binds itself to give to the other the advantage of every xw"' ' favor, privilege or diminution in the tariils on the import or export of the articles mentioned or not in the present convention, that it shall have granted to a third power. Also every favor or immunity which shall be later granted to a third power shall be immediately extended, and without condition, and by this very fact to the other contracting party. Anrrcmi VII. The products of the soil or of the industry of Serbia which shall be _Eqm1ity of duimported into the United States of America, and the products of the *1* ¤¤_ P1‘¤d¤<=¤» soil or of the industry of the United States which shall be imported into ::;·*°f°‘°h°’ °°““‘ Serbia, and which shall be destined for consumption in the country, for ' warehousing, for re-exportation or for transit, shall be subjected to the same treatment, and shall not be liable to other or higher duties than the products of the most favored nation. Anrrcmn VIII. Merchandise of every kind coming from one of the two territories or Merchandise cxgoing thither shall be reciprocal1y exempted in the other, from every ¤}¤pwd frvgl wmtransit duty, whether it pass directly through the country, or whether m d“”Y· " °“· · during the transit it shall be unloaded, stored and reloaded without prejudice to the special regulations which, conformably to Article V., may be established concerning gunpowder and arms of war. Antrwrr. IX. As concerns the custom·house laws and regulations on goods subjected Goods subject tc to ad valorcm duty, the importers and the products of one of the two •d '¤l°*°¤* *****5* countries shall be in all respects trwted in the other as the importers and products of the most favored country.