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 440 CONVENTION WITH CHILE. 1832. liberty to except those ports and places in which the admission and residence of such consuls may not seem convenient C°ngu]s’ &,,_ ARTICLE XXVII. In order that the consuls and vice consuls of the muptexhibit two contracting parties may enjoy the-rightstprerogutives, and immu-
 * ?:;°°m‘“‘S' nities, which belong to them, by their public character, they shall,

` before entering on the exercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patent, in due form, to the.Government to which they are accredited; and, having obtained their exequatur, they shall be held and considered as such, by all the authoritiesnmagistrates and inhabitants, in the consular district in which they reside. immunities of ARTICLE XXVIII. It is likewise agreed, that the consuls, their secre- ¤¤¤¤¤l¤» &»¢=· taries, officers, and persons attached to the service of consuls, they not being citizens of the country in which the consul resides, shall be exempt from all public service, and, also, from all kinds of _ taxes, imposts, and contributions, except those which they shall be obliged to pay on account of commerce, or their property, to which the citizens and inhabitants, native and foreign, of the country in which they reside are subject; being in every thing besides subject to the laws of their respective states. The archives and papers of the consulate shall be respected inviolably; and, under no pretext whatever, shall any magistrate seize, or in any way interfere with them. - Awrrcns XXIX. The said consuls shall have power to require the tlidiiidrbilili: assistance of the authorities of the country for the arrest, detention, fgvgrggfggfgg and custody (pf idesxers from th; pubgcuangdprivatg vesspls of thir- _ countr ; an, or at ur ose they s a a ress themse ves to the m oourtsgljndges, and officgs ciiompetent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing, proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessel or ship’s roll, or other puglic dtacuments, thiat(those min were pan; of said crews; and on this eman , so rove , savin , owever, w ere the contrary is proved) the delivery shall not be rgfused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be put at the disposal of said consuls, and maybe put in the public prison at the request and expence of those who reclaim them, to be sent to the ships to which they belonged, or to Desmemmust others of the same nation. But if they be not sent back within two ¤e,g_g¤¢ b”°k months, reckoning from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at m,,,,i:Sv° liberty, and shall no more be arrested {br the same cause. It is understood, however, that if the deserter should be found to have committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the case may be depending, shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effect. comin, ,,,,,,_ Anrrcnn XXX. For the purpose of more etfectually protecting their vemion to be commerce and navigation, the two contracting parties do hereby agree, i°*"¤°‘l· as soon hereafter as circumstances will permit them, to form a consular convention, which shall declare, specially, the powers and immunities of the consuls and vice con uls of the respective parties. Anrrcm XXXI. The United States of America and the Republic of Chile, desiring to make, as durable as circumstances will permit, the relations which are to be established between the two parties, by virtue of this treaty, or general convention of pence, amity, commerce, and nayigation, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the following omts: Treaty to r¤— P 1st. The present treaty shall remain in full force and virtue for the wm v° WH"' the ratifications; and, further until the end of one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the contracting parties reserving to
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