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 TREA'l‘Y—ESTHONIA. Dzmommna 23, 1925. 2387 or agreements executed solely by nationals of the State within which such oilicers exercise their fnmctions. Instruments and documentsthus executed and.co ies and transla- °}’”°’°* tions thereof, when duly authenticated under his ogcial seal by the consular oiicer shall be received as evidence in the territories of the contracting parties as original documents or authenticated copies as the case may be, and all have the same force and eifect as if drawn by and executed before a notary or other public oiiicer duly authorized in the country by which the consular oiiicer was ap- pointed; provided, always that such documents shall have been drawn and executed in conformity to the laws and regulations of the coun- try where they are designed to take effect. ARTICLE XXII. A consular oiiicer shall have exclusive jurisdiction over contre- ,¤°,‘Z,‘}§§,’;" c'§,‘}§§f,’{,§§Z versies arising} out of the internal order of private vessels of his ¤1¤¤·¤¤¢- country, and s all alone exercise jurisdiction in cases, wherever aris- ing, between oiiicers and crews, pertaining to the enforcement of discipline on board provided the vessel and the persons charged with wrongdoing shall have entered a port within is consular district. Such an o cer shall also have jurisdiction over issues concerning the ° adjustment of wages and the execution of contracts relating thereto provided the local laws so permit. _ When an act committed on board of a private vessel under the £°’ “‘ °°""°"“' iia of the State by which the consular otlicer has been a pointed and witghin the territorial waters of the State to which he has been a - pointed constitutes a crime according to the laws of that State sug- jecgng the person guilty thereof to punishment as a criminai,.the co ar oflicer shal not exercise jurisdiction except in so far as he is ermitted to do so by the local law. K consular odicer may freely invoke the assistance of the local m$}§,;Qgg*,·'“¥{,°I{*§{;,g_’ police authorities in may matter pertaining to the maintenance of me mternal order on boar of a vessel imder the flag of his countiky within the territorial waters of the State to which he is appointe , and upon such a request the requisite assistance shall be given. A consular oiiicer may appear with the oilicers and crews of gessels ,u;,*g§°;,§$§°0,‘g,§°;f’° nmder the iiag of his country before the judicial authorities of the State to which he is appointed to render assistance as an inter- preter or agent. ARTICLE XXIII. In case of the death of a national of either Hi h Contracting N°“°° °‘ "°°“‘ *'§ Party in the territory of the other without having §n the territory ¥i%i¤5°:?:i1%¢iii¤<;·¤a of his decease any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the com etent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest consular o§cer of the State of which the deceased was.a national of the fact of his death, in order that necessary information maly be forwarded to the parties interested. _ n case of the death. of a national of either of the High Contract— ,,,}§°§‘§“°{$,‘§,,,{’§' Of'}; mg Parties without will or testament, in the territoiéy of the other mm <{¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ High Contracting Party, the consular oiiicer of the tate of which the deceased was a national and within whose district the deceased made his home at the time of death, shall, so far as the laws of the country lpermit and pending the appointment of an administrator and unt` letters of administration ave been granted, be deemed qualified to take charge of the property left by t e decedent for the preservation and roteetion of the same. Sue consular oflicer shall ave the right to Ee appointed as administrator within the discretion of a tribunal or other agency controlling the administration of estates

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