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 722 TREATY-COREA. MAY 22, 1882. defeudzmt, according to the laws of that nation. The properly authorized ofhcial of the plai11tiff’s nationality shall be freely permitted io- metend the trial, and shall be treated with the courtesy due to l11s posirion. He shall be grunted all proper tincilities for watching the proceedings in the interests of justice. If he so desires, he shall have the right io present, to examine and to cross-examine witnesses. If he 1Q dissatisfied with the proceeclingsle shall be permitted to protest aigamst them in detail. Piqrliiiwtivn 0 f It is however mutually agreed and understood between the high ""““““l P’°°°d' contracting powers, that whenever the King of Chosen shall have so m` {hr moditied and reformed the statutes and judicial procedure of his kingdom that, in the judgment of the United States, they conform to the laws and course of justice in the United States, the right of exterritorial jurisdiction over United States citizens in Chosen shall be abandoned, and thereafter United States citizens, when within the limits of the Kingdom of Chosen, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the native authorities. ’ Amsrcnm V. Mcmlmnts and Merchants and merchant vessels of Chosen visiting the United States merchant v¤•¤¤l¤- for purposes of traffic, shall pay duties and tonnagedues and all fees according to the Customs-Regulations of the United States, but no higher or other rates of duties and tonnage-dues shall be exacted of them, than are levied upon citizens of the United States or upon citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. Merchants and merchant vessels of the United States visiting Chosen Duma. for purposes of traiiic, shall pay duties upon all merchandise imported and exported. The authority to levy duties is of right vested in the government of Chosen. The tariif of duties upon exports and imports, Smuggling. together with the Customs-Regulations for the prevention of smuggling and other irregularities, will be fixed by the authorities of Chosen and communicated to the proper officials of the United States, to be by the latter notified to their citizens and duly observed. Raw <>f tariff- It is however agreed in the first instance as a general measure, that the tariff upon such imports as are articles of daily use shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of ten per centum; that the tariff upon such imports as are luxuries, as for instance foreign wines, foreign tobacco, clocks and watches; shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of thirty per centum, and that native produce exported shall pay a duty not to exceed five per centum ad valorem. And it is further agreed that the duty upon foreign imports shall be paid once for all at the port of entry and that no other dues, duties, fees, taxes or charges of any sort shall be levied upon such imports either in the interior of Chosen or at the ports. _ T<¤¤{•s¤ ¢l¤fi•• United States merchant-vessels entering the ports of Chosen shall wm 8*** pay tonnage-dues at the rate of ive mace per ton, payable once iu three months on each vessel, according to the Chinese calendar. A1zr1cL1¤ VI. Bizhm ¤f¤i*i¤¤¤¤· Subjects of Chosen who may visit the United States shall be permitted to reside andto rent premises, purchase land, or to construct residences or warehouses in all parts of the country. They shall be freely permitted to pursue their various calliugs and avocations, and to tzraiiioin all merchandise, raw and mauuihotured, that is not declared contraband by law. Citizens of the United States who may resort to the ports of Chosen which are open to foreign commerce, shall be permitted to reside at such open ports within the limits of the concessions and to lease buildings or land, or to construct residences or warehouses therein. They shull be freely permitted to pursue their various callings and evo