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GENERAL ACT-SLAVE TRADE. JULY 2, 1890. 899 dans les ports et les contrées and places near the coast, with a avoisinant la cote, a Peffet d’em— view to preventing the sale and pecher la mise en vente et 1’em- shipment of slaves brought from barquement des esclaves amenés the interior, as well as the iormade Pintérieur, ainsi que la forma- tion and departure landwards of tion et le depart vers Pinterieur de bands of slave-hunters and dealers. bandes de chasseurs a Phomme et de marchands d’esclaves. Les caravanes débouchant a la Caravans arriving at the coast Inspection of cmcote ou dans son voisinage, ainsi or in its vicinity, as well as those va""' que celles aboutissant a Pintérieur arriving in the interior at a locality dans une localite occupee par les occupied by the territorial power, autorites de la Puissance territo— shall, on their arrival, be subjected riale, seront, des leur arrivée, sou- to a minute inspection as to the mises a un controle minutieux persons composing them. Any quant a la composition de leur such person being ascertained to personnel. Tout individu qui have been captured or carried off serait reconnu avoir été capture by force, or mutilated, either in his on enlevé de force ou rnutile, soit native place or on the way, shall dans son pays natal, soit en route, be set free. sera mis en liberte. Anrronn XVIH. Anrrcms XVIII. Dans les possessions de chacune In the possessions of each of the crm2g °*’ m' des Puissances contractantes, Pad- contracting powers, it shall be the ` ministration aura le devoir de pro- duty of the government to protect teger les esclaves libéres, de les liberated slaves,to return them, if repatrier, si c’est possible, de leur possible, to their country, to proprocnrer des moyens d’existence curemeans of subsistence for them, et de pourvoir en particulier a and, in particular, to take charge Pédncation et al’etablissement des of the education and subsequent entants délaisses. employment ofabandoned children. Aivrrcms XIX. Anrrcrn XIX. Les dispositions penales prevues The penal arrangements pro- _ l·;1urr1ig¤¤i¤¤ <>¢`x•¤¤ at Particle V seront rendues appli- vided for by Article V shall be ap- `° °° ° cables a tous les actes criminels ou plicable to all oilences committed delictuenx accomplis au cours des in the course of operations conopérations qui ont pour obiet le nected with the transportation of transport et le trafic des esclaves and traiiic in slaves on land whenpar terre, a quelque moment que ever such offences may be ascerces actes soient constates. tained to have been committed. Toutindividu qui aurait encouru Any person having incurred a une penalite, a raison d’une infrac- penalty in consequenceof an offence tion prevue par le present Acte provided for by the present general general, sera soumis a Pobligation act, shall incur the obligation of de fournir un cautionnement avant furnishing security before being de ponvoir entreprendre une ope- able to engage in any commercial ration commerciale dans les pays transaction in countries where the on se pratique la traite. slave-trade is carried on. CHAPITRE III. Répression dc la CHAPTER III. Repression of the traite sur mer. Slave-trade by Sea. I.—Dispovili0ns Généralcs. SECTION I. General p¢·ovi»2i0ns. Anrrcrn XX. Anrrcxma XX. Les Puissances signatairesrecon- The signatory powers recognize R,,,,,.,,,,,;,,,, of ,,,,,8 uaissent Fopportunite de prendre the desirability of taking steps in mee by ¤<>·=