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 548 '1'REATY WITI1 ECUADOR. 1839. ARTICLE XXX. Coma,. ,0 gx_ In order that the consuls and vice-consuls of theltwo contracting Mbit. their cam. parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatwes and immunities which belong
 * ,!*;¤¤°¤;;c¤¤:,<j,,?,*;g to them by their public character, they shall, before entering on the

bef,,,,, mg. ,,,,,1, exercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patentlm due be considered as form to the government to which they are accredited; and, having ob· '“"h‘ tained their ezequatur, they shall be held and considered as such, by all the authorities, magistrates and inhabitants in the consular district in which the reside. y ARTICLE XXXI. 00,,,,,,,, &_,,_, It is likewise agreed that the consuls, their secretaries, officers and ancmptfrom cer- persons attached to the service of consuls, they not being citizens of °‘““ ‘“°'· the country in which the consul resides, shall be exempted 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, sub- 1.,,,,,, ,,,ch,v“ ject to the laws of the respective states. The archives and papers of and papers invio- the consulates shall be respected mvrolably; and, under no pretext l°bl°· whatever, shall any magistrate seize or in any way interfere with them. ARTICLE XXXII. Consuls may '1‘he said consuls shall have power to require the assistance of the {:,‘};‘;'°0,Eh3,“°*l" authorities of the country, for the arrest, detention and custody of de- G EU- . . . theyjgjeg in sw,. serters from the public and private vessels of their country; and for fin! d¤¤¤¤¤¤· that purpose they shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing; Mode 0, ,0, proving by an exhibition of the register of the vessel’s or ship’s roll, c,,,d,,,,,_ P or other public documents, that those men were part of the said crews, and on this demand, so proved, (saving, however, where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be put at the disposal of said consuls, and may be put Desai-t¤r¤,h<>w in the public prisons, at the request and expense of those who reclaim “°b° d‘“P°“°d °£ them, to be sent to the ships to which they belonged, or to others of the same nation. But if they be not sent back within two months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same cause. ARTICLE XXXIII. For the purpose of more eifectually protecting their commerce and v3,:,:',:'"]:; °°,: navigation, the two contracting parties do hereby agree, as soon hererormod. after as circumstances will permit them, to form a. consular convention, which shall declare, especially, the powers and immunities of the consuls and vice—consuls of the respective parties. ARTICLE XXXIV. C,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, It is further agreed, that the words, "most favored mztio1t," that bc put upon the occur in this treaty, shall not be so construed as to prevent either of ',;m€f“‘ the contracting parties from concluding any treaty or convention with ` any other nation or state it may think proper, as freely and as fully as p,-,,v;,,,_ though said words were not used : Provided, however, That notwithstanding any such trcaty or convention, the citizens of the United States shall be placed in Ecuador, with respect to navigation and commerce, upon an equal footing with the subjects of Spain and with the citizens of Mexico and of the other Hispano-American States, with which treaties have been, or may be, concluded ; and that the citizens of Ecuador shall be entitled to enjoy, in the United States, the same rights and privileges, with respect to navigation and commerce, that the citizens of the United States enjoy, or shall enjoy, in Ecuador.