Clearance. Ships of war. Mail steamers. Whalers, &c. shall be paid. All goods not entered on the manifest shall pay double duties on being landed. Any captain or commander that shall neglect to enter his vessel at the Japanese custom-house within the time prescribed by this regulation shall pay a penalty of sixty dollars ($CO) for each day that he shall so neglect to enter his ship. # REGULATION FOURTH. Ships wishing to clear shall give twenty-four (24) hours' notice at the custom-house, and at the end of that time they shall be entitled to their clearance; but if it be refused, the custom-house authorities shall immediately inform the captain or consignee of the ship of the reasons why the clearance is refused, and they shall also give the same notice to the American Consul. Ships of war of the United States shall not be required to enter or clear at the custom-house, nor shall they be visited by Japanese custom-house or police officers. Steamers carrying the mails of the United States may enter and clear on the same day, and they shall not be required to make a manifest, except for such passengers and goods as are to be landed in Japan; but such steamers shall, in all cases, enter and clear at the custom-house. Whale-ships touching for supplies, or ships in distress, shall not be required to make a manifest of their cargo; but if they subsequently wish to trade, they shall then deposit a manifest as required in regulation first. The word "ship," wherever it occurs in these regulations, or in the treaty to which they are attached, is to be held as meaning ship, bark, brig, schooner, sloop, or steamer. * Right of dem. cile. LUBECK. 681..(See Hanseatic Republics.) MADAGASCAR. Treaty concluded February 14, 1867, (Commerce.) The dominions of each contracting party, as well as the right of domicile of their inhabitants, are sacred, and no forcible possession of territory shall ever take place in either of them by the other party, nor any lomiciliary visits or forcible entries be made to the houses of either party against the will of the occupants. But whenever it is known for certain, or suspected, that transgressors against the laws of the kingdom are in certain premises, they may be entered in concert with the United States Consul, or, in his absence, by a duly authorized Officer, to look after the offender. Contracts for renting or leasing land or houses or Land-contracts. hiring laborers may be executed by deeds signed before the United States Consul and the local authorities. * * * 683.. ARTICLE IV. * Each contracting party may appoint Consuls to reside in the dominions of each other, who shall enjoy all privileges granted to Consuls of the most favored nations, to be witness of the good relationship existing between both nations, and to regulate and protect com merce. 684.. ARTICLE V. Citizens of the United States who enter Madagascar, Consuls. and subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar while sojourning in America, are subject to the laws of trade and commerce in the respective countries. In regard to civil rights, however, whether of person or property, of American citizens, or in cases of criminal offenses, they shall be under the exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction of their own Consul, only, duly invested with the necessary powers. But should any American citizen be guilty of a seri- Crimes. ous criminal offense against the laws of Madagascar, he shall be liable to banishment from the country. All disputes and differences arising within the domin- Disputes. ions of Her Majesty, between citizens of the United States and subjects of Madagascar, shall be decided before the United States Consul and an officer duly authorized by Her Majesty's government, who shall afford mutual assistance and every facility to each other in recovering debts. 685.. ARTICLE VI. No American vessel shall have communication with Vessels. the shore before receiving pratique from the local authorities of Madagascar; nor shall any subject of Her Majesty the Queen be permitted to embark on board an Desertion Wrecks. American vessel without a passport from Her Majesty's government. In cases of mutiny or desertion, the local authorities shall, on application, render all necessary assistance to the American Consul to bring back the deserters, and to re-establish discipline, if possible, among the crew of a merchant-vessel. 686.. ARTICLE VII. In case of a shipwreck of an American vessel on the coast of Madagascar, or if any such vessel should be attacked or plundered in the waters of Madagascar adjacent to any military station, Her Majesty engages to order the governor to grant every assistance in his power to secure the property, and to restore it to the owner or to the United States Consul, if this be not im-possible. Treaty concluded April 5, 1831, (Amity, Commerce, and Navigation.) * 687.. ARTICLE XXVIII. Consuls and In order that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the Vice-Consuls. two contracting parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatives, and immunities which belong to them by their character, they shall, before entering upon 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 authorities, magistrates, and inhabitants of the consular district in which they reside. It is agreed likewise to receive and admit Consuls and Vice-Consuls in all the ports and places open to foreign commerce, who shall enjoy therein all the rights, prerogatives, and immunities of the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the most favored nation, each of the contracting parties remaining at liberty to except those ports and places in which the admission and residence of such Consuls and Vice-Con-suls may not seem expedient. 638..ARTICLE XXIX. munities. It is likewise agreed that the Consuls, Vice-Consuls, Rights and imtheir Secretaries, 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 compulsory public service, and also from all kind of taxes, imposts, and contributions levied specially on them, 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 everything besides subject to the laws of their respective States. The archives and papers of the Consulates Archives. shall be respected inviolably, and under no pretext whatever shall any magistrate seize, or in any way interfere with them. 689.. ARTICLE XXX. The said Consuls shall have power to require the assistance of the authorities of the country, for the arrest, detention, and custody of deserters from the public and private vessels of their country; and for that purpose they shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters, in writing, proving, by an exhibition of the register of the vessel, or ship's roll, or other public documents, that the man or men demanded were part of said crews; and on this demand so proved, (saving always where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said Consuls, and may be put in the public prisons at the request and expense of those who reclaim them, to be sent to the vessels 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 not be again arrested for the same cause. 690..ARTICLE XXXI. For the purpose of more effectually protecting their commerce and navigation, the two contracting parties do hereby agree, as soon hereafter as circumstances will permit, to form a Consular Convention, which shall declare specially the powers and immunities of the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the respective parties. * * Deserters. Future conven tion. MOROCCO. Disputes. Trials of offenses. Deaths of citi zeus. ileges. Treaty concluded September 16, 1835, (Peace and Friend * ship.) * 691..ARTICLE XX. If any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons under their protection, shall have any dispute with each other, the Consul shall decide between the parties; and whenever the Consul shall require any aid or assistance from our government to enforce his decisions, it shall be immediately granted to him. 692.. ARTICLE XXI. If a citizen of the United States should kill or wound a Moor, or, on the contrary, if a Moor shall kill or wound a citizen of the United States, the law of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall be rendered, the Consul assisting at the trial; and if any delinquent shall make his escape, the Consul shall not be answerable for him in any manner whatever. 693.. ARTICLE XXII. If an American citizen shall die in our country, and no will shall appear, the Consul shall take possession of his effects; and if there shall be no Consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of some person worthy of trust, until the party shall appear who has a right to demand them; but if the heir to the person deceased be present, the property shall be delivered to him without interruption; and if a will shall appear, the property shall descend agreeably to that will, as soon as the Consul shall declare the validity thereof. 694.. ARTICLE XXIII. Consular priv- The Consuls of the United States of America shall reside in any seaport of our dominions that they shall think proper, and they shall be respected, and enjoy all the privileges which the Consuls of any other nation enjoy; and if any of the citizens of the United States shall contract any debts or engagements, the Consul shall not be in any manner accountable for them, unless he shall have given a promise, in writing, for the payment or fulfilling thereof; without which promise in writing, no application to him for any redress shall be made. * * * * |