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 2832 FR~ENDSHIP, ETC., TREATY-EL SALVADOR. FEBRUARY 22, 1926. Notarial acts, etc. , by consular officers. Depositions, etc. Po. '!, p. 2839. they are appointed in the enjoy- ment of their rights accruing by treaty 01' otherwise. Complaint may be made foT. the infraction of those rights. Failure upon tLe part of the proper authorities to grant redres~ or to accord protection may justify interposi- tion through the diplomatic chan- nel, and in the absence of a diplo- matic representative, a consul general or the consular officer stationed at the capital may upply directly to the government of the country. ARTICLE XX Consular officers may, in pur- suance of the laws of their own country, take, at any appropriate place within their respective dis- tricts, the depositions of any occupants of vessels of their own country, or of any national of, or of any person having permanent residence within the territories of, their own country. Such offi- cers may draw up, attest, certify and authenticate unilateral acts, deeds, and testamentary disposi- tions of their countrymen, and also contracts to which a country- man is a party. They may draw up, attest, certify and authenti- cate written instruments of any kind purporting to express or embody the conveyance or en- cumbrance of property of any kind within the territory of the State by which such officers are appointed, and unilateral acts, deeds, testamentary dispositions and contracts relatin~ to prop- erty situated, or busmess to be transacted within, the territories of the State by which they are appointed, embracing unilateral acts, deeds, testamentary dispo- sitions or agreements executed solely by nationals of the State within which such officers exer- cise their functions. pales, con el fin de prowger a los nacionales del Estado que los ha nombrado, en el goce de sus derechos provenientes de tratado o de otra manera. Podran pre- sentarse en queja por la infrac- ci6n de esos derechos. La falta de parte de las autoridades corres- pondientes en hacer justicia 0 en otorgar la protecci6n, podro. justificar la mediaci6n de la via diplomatica, y en defecto de un representante diplomatico, podro. un c6nsul general 0 el funcionario consular de la capital, dirigirse directamente al Gobierno del Estado. ARTICULO XX Loi funcionarios consulares pueden, en cumplimiento de las leyes de su pais y en cualquier lugar conveniente dentro de sus respectivos distritos, tomar las declaraciones de cualesquiera ocu- pantes de barcos de su pais, de cualquier nacional 0 de cual- quiera persona que tenga una residencia permanente en los terri- torios de su pais. Esos mismos funcionarios podran extender, au- torizar, certificar y autenticar documentos unilaterales, traspa- sos de inmuebles y disposiciones testamentarias de sus connacio- nales, y tambien contratos en los que fuere parte un connacional. Podran extender, otorgar, certi- ficar y autenticar instrumentos escritos de toda clase que impli- quen Ia manifestaci6n 0 encierren la transferencia 0 el gravamen de bienes de cualquiera clase dentro de los territorios del Estado gue ha nombrado a esos funcionanos, y documentos unilaterales, tras- pasos de inmuebles, disposiciones testamentarias y contratos refe- rentes a bienes situados 0 a nego- cios que deban efectuarse en los territorios del Estado que los ha nombrado, inclusive documentos unilaterales, traspasos de inmue- bles, disposiciones testamenta- rias 0 convenios concluidos uni- camente por na.cionales del Estado donde dichos funcionarios consu- lares ejerzan sus funciones.