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 TREATY-LATVIA. APruL 20, 1928. within his consular district1 the private vessels of any flag destined or about to clear for ports ot the country appointing him in order to observe the sanitary conditions and measures taken on board such vessels, and to be enabled thereby to execute intelli~ently bills of health and other documents required by the laws of hIS countryt and to inform his Government concerning the extent to which its sarutary regulations have been observed at ports of departure by vessels destined to its ports, with a view to facilitating entry of such vessels therein. ARTICLE XXVII. 2651 Each of the High Contracting Parties agrees to permit the entry ruFr'fjesen~ ~f dom~ free of all duty of all furniture, equipment and supplies intended 80gfI pro~ly ~f g:. for offi.cial use in the consular offices of the other, and to extend to suIs. such consular officers of the other and their families and suites as are its nationals, the privilege of entry free of duty of their baggage and all other personal property accompanying the officer to his post; pro- vided, nevertheless, tnat no arti.cle, the importation of which is pro- hibited by the law of either of the High Contracting Parties, may be brought into its territories. Personal property imported by con- sular officer~ their families or suites during the incumbency of the officers in Ot1i,ce shall be accorded the customs privileges and exemp- tions accorded to consular officers of the most favored nation. It is understood, however, that the ~rivileges of this Article shall I LiI!1ite te tion. if ~nsul d ul ffi d . . n pClva occupation. not be extende to cons ar 0 cers w 0 are engage In any prIvate occupation for gain in the countries to which they are accredited, save with respe,ct to governmental supplies. ARTICLE XXVIII. All proceedings relative to the salvage of vessels of either Hi~h Saiv3ge Y; shlpo Contracting Party wrecked upon the coasts of the other shall be wrec e vesse • directed by the consular officer of the country to which the vessel belongs and within whose district the wreck may have occurred. Pending the arrival of such officer, who shall be immediately in- formed of the occurrence, the local authorities shall take all neces- sary measures for the protection of persons and the preservation of wrecked property. The local authorities shall not otherwise inter- fere than for the maintenance of order, the protection of the inter- ests 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. It is understood that such merchandise is not to be subjected to any custom house charges, unless it be intended for consumption in the country where the wreck may have taken place. The intervention of the local authorities in these different cases r LO;;:l Intervention shall occasion no expense of any kind, except such as may be caused lmlt. 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. ARTICLE XXIX. SubJ'ect to any limitation or excention hereinabove set forth or Territories embraced • ~.. • 'by Treaty provisions. hereafter to be agreed upon, the terrItorIes of the HIgh Contracting Parties to which the rrovisions of this Treaty extend shall be under- ~tood to comprise 0.1 areas of land, water, and air over which the Parties respectively claim and exercise dominiop- as sovereign thereof, except the Panama Canal Zone.

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