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CONVENTION—WAR ON LAND. Ocromm 18, 1907. 2309 ARTICLE 55. ARTICLE 55. L’Etat occupant ne se consi— The occu `n State shall be Ad?“i¤*S**="i°¤ of derera que comme administrateur regarded oril}; gs administrator giiiixii iiii)fii<iii¤m°°` et usufruitier des édifices publics, and usufructuary of public buildimmeubles, forets et exploitations in s, real estate, forests, and agriagricoles appartonant a l’Etat en- cuiltural estates belonging to the nemi et se trouvant dans le pays hostile State, and situated in the occupé. Il devra sauvegarder occupied country. It must safele fonds de ces propriétés et les guard the capital of these propadministrer conformément aux erties, and administer them in régles de l'usufruit. accordance with the rules of usufruct. Aarrorna 56. Anrrcrn 56. Les biens des communes, ceux The ro ert of munici alities M““i°*P°l·’°“8*°°¤· des établissements consacrés aux that of)in§titu}i;ions dediclsited td m"pmpmy` cultes, a la charité et a 1’instruc- religion, charity and education, tion, aux arts et aux sciences, the arts and sciences, even when meme appartenant a l’Etat, se- State property, shall be treated ront traités comme la propriété as private property. privée. I Toute saisie, destruction ou All seizure of, destruction or zoidéauua-gem. ma dégradationintentionnelle desem- wilful damage done to institublables établissements, de monu- tions of this character, historic ments historiques, d’ceuvres d’art monuments, works of art and et de science, est interdite et doit science is forbidden, and should étre poursuivie. be made the subject of legal proceedings. Certiiié pour co ie conforms: Le Secrétaire-Ciiénéral du Ministere des Affaires Etrangéres des Pays-Bas, IIANNEMA. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified by the R°‘*“°*’·“°“· Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Governments of Austria- Hungary, Bolivia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Salvador, and Sweden, and the ratiiications of the said Governments were, under the provisions of Article 5 of the Am- P- 229*1 said Convention, deposited by their respective plenipotentiaries with the Netherlands Government on November 27, 1909; Now, therefore, be it known that I, \Villiam Howard Taft, President *"°°l*“¤***i°”· of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of lVashington this twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. ‘ WM H Tarr By the President: P C Knox Secretary <y'Statc.