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 CONSULAR CONVENTION-ROUL*IANIA. J UNE fif, 1881. Tl? upon the coasts of the United States, shall be directed hy the consulsgeneral, consuls and vice-eonsuls of the two countries respectively, and until their arrival, by the respective consular agents, wherever an agency exists. In the places and ports where an agency does not exist, the local authorities, until the- arrival of the consul in whose district the wreck may have occurred, and who shall be immediately informed of the occurrence, shall take all necessary measures for the protection of persons and the preservation of wrecked property. The local authorities shall not otherwise interfere than for the mamtenance of order, the protection of the interests of the salvors if these do not belong to the crews that have been wrecked, and to carry into effect the arrangements made for the entry and exportation of the merchandise saved. lt is understood that such merchandise is not to be subjected to any Custom-he u e custom-house charges, unless it be intended for consumption in the *5}****3**** Qu ¤*° *‘ country where the wreck inay have taken place. :v¥c2];§;;S§0,s‘ 'f The intervention of the local authorities in these different cases shall occasion no expense of any kind, except such as may be caused by the operations of salvage and the preservation of the goods saved, together with such as would be incurred under similar circumstances by vessels of the nation. Aurronn XV. ln ease of the death of any citizen of the United States in Roumania., Death of eil i- or of any Roumanian in the United States, without having any known ¤°¤¤· heirs or testamentary executor by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall give information of the circumstance to the consuls or consular agents of the nation to which the deceased belongs, in order that the necessary information may be immediately tbrwarded to parties interested. . Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents shall have Him! hsiw 99 the right to appear, personally or by delegate, in all proceedings on gf? ‘fb1_:;"5‘ behalf of the absent or minor heirs or creditors, until they are duly mg ' represented. . _ ARTICLE XVI. The present convention shall remain in force for the space of ten years, Duration. counting from the day of the exchange of the ratiiications, which shall be made in conformity with the respective constitutions of the two _ countries and exchanged at Bucarest as soon as possible. In case neither party gives notice, twelve mouths before the expira- Renewal. tion of the said period of ten years, of its intention not to renew this convention, it shall remain in force one year longer, and so on from year to year, until the expiration of a year from the day on which one of the parties shall have given such notice. In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention in duplicate, and have hereunto aiiixed their seals. Done at Bucarest the 5-17 day of June. in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. EUGENE SGHUYLEB. SEAL. D. Buxrmno. san,. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts iutiueetien. and the ratiiications of the two governments were exchanged in the city of Bucarest on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three: _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public. to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.