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 504 '1`REATY WITH GREECE. 1837. shall break bulk, or unlade part of their. cargoes; but that no duties, imposts, or charges of the same description shall be demanded anewun the ports of the same country, which suchvessels might afterwards wish to enter, unless national vessels be in similar cases, subject to some ulterior duties. ARTICLE XII. Each of the hi h contractin arties rants to the other the privilege Tdiziifhldihbzldty of appointing in Its commercig hurts ahd places, consuls, vice-consuls, md P'l"ll°S°*’· and commercial agents, who shall enjoy the full protection and receive every assistance necessary for the due exercise of their functions; but it is expressly declared that in case ofhillegal or imprcyperilconguct wiyh res act to the laws or overnment of the country in w ic said consu s, vicgconsuls, or commgrcial agents, shall reside, they may be prosecuted and punished conformably to tlhe laws, and deplrlivpld eg éhe exercise pf their functions b the offende Government, w ic s a acquaint e Archives, &c. other with its modves for having thus acted; it being understood, how- °f °°“*“l.°'°S ever, that the archives and documents relative to the affairs of the con-
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under the seals of the consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, and of the authority of the place where they may reside. The consuls vice-consuls, or commercial agents, or the persons duly 0 B B,. 2 _ trgriligli undo authorized to supply their places, shall have the right as such, to sit as
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" °' tains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests 184°•°h· 105- are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews, or of the captain, should disturb the order or tranquillity of the country; or the said consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be carried into effect or supported. It is, however, understood, that this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive thehcontending parties of the right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their country. ARTICLE XIII. Conms Gu The said consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, are authorised may ,0q,,§,,, dk, to require the assistance of the local authorities for the arrest, detention, pssrstarreg of the and imprisonment of the deserters from the ships of war and merchalpt °°° °“‘ °"“°° vessels of their country, and for this pur ose they shall apply to the gi,:,:,l;&,T°st °f competent tribunals, judges, and officers, sud shall, in writing, demand said deserters, proving by the exhibition of the registers of the vesgels, the rolls of the crews, or b other official documents, that such in ividuals formed part of the crgws, and on this reclamation being thus sub- Dascrmsl stantiated, the surrender shall not be refused. Such deserters, when when arrested, arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said consuls, vice-consuls, l‘°" l’° d'°‘ or commercial agents, and may be confined in the public prisons at the pmrequest and cost of those who claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belonged, or to others of the same country. But if not sent back within the space of two months, reckoning from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same cause. H- u d,,,,,,,.,,,,, It is understood, however, that if the deserter should be found to have ghould be guilty committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the ¢g¤¤¥ ¢¤¤¤¢r tribunal before which the case shall be depending, shall have pronounced °‘ its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into elfect.