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 CONS ULAR CON VEN TION -ROUMAN IA. JUNE ,*5, 1881. 713 Anricrn VI. I _The consular offices shall at all times be inviolable. The local author- _ Consular officcs ities shall not, under any pretext, invade them. In no case shall they ““"°l“*"°· examine or seize the papers there deposited. In no case shall those omces be used as places of asylum. When aconsular officer is engaged in mther business, the papers relating to the consulate shall be kept sepnra e.. Auricrm VII. ln the event of the death, incapacity or absence of consuls-general, Death, absence, consuls, vice-cousuls and consular agents, their chancellors or secre· °* i¤°°P°°l*5’ °f taries, whose oillcial character may have previously been made known °m°°"‘ to the Ilepartment of State at Washington, or to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Roumania, may temporarily exercise their functions. and while thus acting they shall enjoy all the rights, prerogatives and immunities granted to the incumbents. _ Anrxcmz VIII. Consuls-genera! an-? consuls may, so far as the laws of their country Vice·consuls and allow, with the appiobation of 'their respective governments, appoint °°¤¤*}l*¤' ¤8°¤*°» vice-consuls and consular agents in the cities, ports and places within °PP°"m"°"° °f‘ their consular jurisdiction. These agents may be selected from among citizens of the United States, Roumanians or citizens of other countries. They shall be furnished with a regular commission, and shall enjoy the privileges stipulated for consular ohicers in this convention, subject to the exceptions specified in Articles IH. and IV. O Anrrcmu IX. Consuls-general, consuls, vice·consnls and consular agents shall have Right to address the right to address the administrative and judicial authorities, whether d'lt:,Q;:,*;:f in the United States, of the Union, the States or the municipalities, or :,:,,.,,,·{,,,_ in Roumania, of the State, the district or the commune, throughout the whole extent of their consular jurisdiction, in order to complain of any infraction of the treaties and conventions between the United States and Boumania, and for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of their countrymen. If the complaint should not be satisfactorily redressed, the consular officers aforesaid, in the absence of a. diplomatic agent of their country, may apply directly to the government of the country where they exercise their functions. ARTICLE X. _ , Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents may take D•1z¤¤¤*i°¤ U at their offices, at their private residence, at the residence of the parties,  °;::{. or on board ship, the depositions of the captains and crews of vessels of ,,,,5: their own country, of passengers on board of them, and of any other - citizen of their nation. They may also receive at their offices, conformably to the laws and regulations of their country, all contracts between the citizens of their country and the citizens or other inhabitants of the country where they reside, and even all contracts between the latter, provided they relate to property situated or to business to be transacted in the territory of the nation to which the said consular officer may belon. Such papers and omcial documents of every kind, whether in the original, in copies or in translation, duly authenticated and legalized by the consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents, and sealed with their odicial seal, shall be received as legal documents in courts of justice throughout the United States and Boumama.