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 TREATY, FRIENDSHIP, ETC., -AUSTRIA. JUNE 19, 1928. 1889 ARTICLE XV. Consular officers, including employees in a con- sulate, nationals of the State by which they are appointed other than those engaged in private occupations for gain within the State where they exercise their functions shall be exempt from all taxes, National, State, Pro- vincial, and Municipal, levied upon their persons or upon their property, except taxes levied on account of the possession or ownership of immovable property ~ituated in, or income derived from sources within the territories of the State within which they exercise their functions. All con- sular officers and employees, na- tionals of the 3tate appointing them, shall be exempt from the payment of taxes on the salary, fees or wages received by them in compensation for their con- sular services. Lands and buildings situated in the territories of either High Contracting Party, of which the other High Contracting Party is the legal or equitable owner and which are used exclusively for diplomatic or consular purposes by that owner, shall be exempt from taxation of every kind, National, State, Provincial and Municipel, other than assess- ments levied for services or local public improvements by which the premises are benefited. ARTICLE XVI. Consular offi- cers may place over the outer door of theIr respective offices the arms of their State with an ap- propriate inscription designat- mg the official office. Such offi- cers may also hoist the flag of their country on their offices in- cluding those situated in the capitals cf the two countries. They may likewise hoist such flag over any boat or vessel em- ployed in the exercise of the con- sular function. The consular offices and ar- chives shall at all times be in- violable. They shall under no circumstances be subject to in- vasion by any authorities of any ~ttifel XV. ~onfulatbeamte, ein- Personal property tal f~I'"1'~bat fU . 8\ exempt.ton. " I f-tp t..., et unge te ten et~ ",-on- fulat~, bie ~ng~onge be~ fie emen.. nenben ®taat~ fiub uub in bem ®taate, in bem fie i~rtn ~ienft bemdjten, feine ~erb~t/ttigreit prlbater ~rt Clu~Uben fiub bon allen mei~.., ®taClt~.. , ~aub~.. uub ~ommunaifteUetn Cluf i~e ~rfon uub Cluf il}t ~iQentum befreit. ~iefe SBefreiung gilt iebod) nid)t fiir ®teuem auf SBefi, oba ~entum an unbe- weglidjem $ermogen, ba~ inner~alb ~ @ebie~ b~ ®taa~ Iitgt, i:t bem bie SBeamttn i~ren ~ienft betridjten, uub fitr ®teuetn Cluf <finfltnfte, bie au~ OueUen inner~lb biefer @ebiete ftam. men. ~Ue ~onfulatbeamten unb ~ngeftenten, bie ~nge~6rlge be~ fie emennenben ®taa~ fiub, fiub Don ber SBeAa~lung bon ®teuern auf ben @e~alt, bie @eb1l~ren unb ben ~o~n, bie fie al~ <fntgelt fiit i~te ~ienfte beim Ronfulat empfangen, befreit. Itt ubf~ ub IttAf.Uube b' , Real property used ~tu ~uue ,n ~WU,' te tn for governmental pur. bem @ebtete etne! ber beiben ~o~en poses. bertragfdjliefieuben ~ile Iiegen uub im <figentum b~ auberen ~o~en bertrag" fdjliefienben ~eile~ ftegen uub bon ~m au~fdjliefilidj fitt .Bwede ber biplo" matifdjen ober fonfularlfdjen $ettre- tung~beg6tben benu,t werben, ftub Don ieglidjer ~rt uon ®teuern, fden ~ meidj~", ®taat~", ~anbe~" ober ~om.. munalfteuern, befreit, iebodj nidjt bon SBeitriigen fitr ~ienftleiftungen uub 6rtlidje 6ffentlidje ~nlagen bie biefen @runbftuden uub @ebliuben Augute fommen ~ttirer XVI. ~onfulatbeamte bUr" suJi and flag at con· fen uber ber<fingang~t1ltAu i~ren~lmt~. riiumen batl m!appen i~t~ ®taat~ mit einer angemeffenen 3nfdjrlft anbrlngen, bie ben amtlidjen ([gararter ber ~mt~ tiiume beAeidjnet. ~iefe SBeamten bUr- fen bie tjlagge igre~ ~anb~ auf igren ~mt~gebi1uben giffen, aud) in ben .pauptftiibten bewer ~iiuber. €5ie bUt.. fen biefe tjlagge ebenfaUtI aUf tebem ®djiff ober tj(t~tAeug giffen, ba~ bei t,er ~u~Ubung b~ ronfularifdjen ~ienfte~ benu~t wirb. ~ie .ftonfulattltiiume uub ~tdjibe oe!TarmstroBot (talk)Igi~s~r offi. - follen aU~eit unDede~lidj fein. ®ie foUen fei~faU~ bem <fiubrlngen bon SBeg6tben irgeubmeldjer ~rt in bem ~anbe, in bem bie 1)ienftriiume liegen,