EXTRACTS FROM TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS[REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Treaty concluded July 27, 1853, (Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation.) 500..ARTICLE IX. of one Country in terri If any citizen of either the two contracting parties Case of death of shall die without will or testament, in any of the terri- citizens tories of the other, the Consul-General or Consul of the tory of the other. nation to which the diseased belonged, or the representative of such Consul-General or Consul, in his absence, shall have the right to intervene in the possession, administration, and judicial liquidation of the estate of the deceased, conformably with the laws of the country, for the benefit of the creditors and legal heirs. 501.. ARTICLE XI. It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties to appoint Consuls, for the protection of trade, to reside in any of the territories of the other party; but, before any Consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved and admitted by the government to which he is sent; and either of the contracting parties may except from the residence of Consuls such particular places as they judge fit to be excepted. The archives and papers of the Consulates of the respective governments shall be respected inviolably, and under no pretext whatever shall any magistrate, or any of the local authorities, seize, or in any way interfere with them. Consuls. Agents and Con The Diplomatic Agents and Consuls of the Argentine Privileges, &c., Confederation shall enjoy, in the territories of the of Diplomatic United States, whatever privileges, exemptions, and suls. immunities are, or shall be, granted to Agents of the same rank, belonging to the most favored nation; and, in like manner, the Diplomatic Agents and Consuls of the United States, in the territories of the Argentine Confederation, shall enjoy, according to the strictest reciprocity, whatever privileges, exemptions, and immunities are, or may be, granted in the Argentine Confederation to the Diplomatic Agents and Consuls of the most favored nation. Consuls-General Consuls, &c.. ap. ognition of. AUSTRIA. Consular Convention concluded July 11, 1870. 502..ARTICLE I. Each of the high contracting parties shall be at libpointment and rec-erty to establish Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Consular Agents at the ports and places of trade of the other party, except those where it may not be convenient to recognize such officers; but this exception shall not apply to one of the high contracting parties without also applying to every other Power. Consuls-General, Consuls, and other Consular Officers appointed and taking office according to the provisions of this article, in one or the other of the two countries, shall be free to exercise the right accorded them by the present convention throughout the whole of the district for which they may be respectively appointed. The said functionaries shall be admitted and recognized respectively upon presenting their credentials in accordance with the rules and formalities established in their respective countries. The exequatur required for the free exercise of their official duties shall be delivered to them free of charge; and upon exhibiting such exeqnatur they shall be admitted at once and without interference by the authorities, Federal or State, judicial or executive, of the ports, cities, and places of their residence and district, to the enjoyment of the prerogatives reciprocally granted. Exequaturs. Rights of Con citizens of the them. 503.. ARTICLE II. The Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consul General & sular Agents, their Chancellors, and other Consular OffiState appointing Cers, if they are citizens of the State which appoints them, shall be exempt from military billetings, from service in the military or the national guard, and other duties of the same nature, and from all direct and personal taxation, whether Federal, State, or municipal, provided they be not owners of real estate, and neither carry on trade nor any industrial business. of State appointing If, however, they are not citizens of the State which Rights of same appoints them, or if they are citizens of the State in when not citizens which they reside, or if they own property, or engage them. in any business there that is taxed under any laws of the country, then they shall be subject to the same taxes, charges, and assessments as other private individuals. They shall, moreover, enjoy personal immunities, except for acts regarded as crimes by the laws of the country in which they reside. If they are engaged in commerce, personal detention can be resorted to in their case only for commercial liabilities, and then in accordance only with general laws, applicable to all persons alike. 504.. ARTICLE III. Testimony in courts of justice Consuls-General, Consuls, and their Chancellors, ViceConsuls, and Consular Officers, if citizens of the country of Consuls, &c. which appoints them, shall not be summoned to appear as witnesses before a court of justice, except when, pursuant to law, the testimony of a Consul may be necessary for the defense of a person charged with crime. In other cases the local court, when it deems the testimony of a Consul necessary, shall either go to his dwelling to have the testimony taken orally, or shall send there a competent officer to reduce it to writing, or shall ask of him a written declaration. 505..ARTICLE IV. to Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consu- Consuls, &c., to have liberty lar Agents shall be at liberty to place over the chief hoist flag, &c. entrance of their respective offices the arms of their nation, with the inscription: "Consulate-General," Consulate," "Vice-Consulate," or "Consular Agency," as may be. They shall also be at liberty to hoist the flag of their country on the consular edifice, except when they reside in a city where the legation of their Government may be established. They shall also be at liberty to hoist their flag on board the vessel employed by them in port for the discharge of their duty. 506..ARTICLE V. Consular archives are invio The consular archives shall be at all times inviolable, and under no pretense whatever shall the local ble authorities be allowed to examine or seize the papers forming part of them. |