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CHINESE COURTS-INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT. entry of all judicial processes of the Courts, such as summonses, war- rants, orders and juCigments, for the purpose of service or execution in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Article. 4. It is understood that the establishment of the Courts provided for in the present ~ment in no way affects the validity of judg- ments rendered by tile Chinese court now function4tg in the Interna- tional Settlement and its predecessor, and that such judgments shall be considered as final and valid except where an appeal has been lawfully taken or reserved. It is further understood that the judg- ments of the Courts established under the present Agreement shall be on the same footing as regards validity as the judgments of all other Chinese Courts. 5. It is understood that the present ~eement does not in any way affect or prejudice any future negotiations regarding the status of extra-Settlement roads. 6. It is understood that the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) now on deposit with the Bank of China to the credit of the present Chinese court in the International Settlement shall be main- tained by the Chinese Government to the credit of the new Courts established under the llresent Agreement. 7. It is aw-eed that m accordance with Chinese law, there shall be maintained by the Courts established under the present Agreement, a storage room for articles confiscated by the Courts, which remain the property of the Chinese Government, it being understood that con- fiscated opium and instruments for the smoking and preparation thereof shall be burned publicly in the International Settlement every three months and that the Municipal Council ma! present to the Presidents of the Courts for transmission to the Ministry of Justice such suggestions as it may desire to make regarding the dis- posal of confiscated arms. 8. It is understood that upon the coming into force of the present Agreement, all cases pending in the Chinese court now functioning in the International Settlement shall be dealt with in the Courts established under the present Agreement in accordance with the pro- cedure in force in the latter Courts, provided that the proceedings in mixed cases shall, as far as practicable, be continued from the point where they are taken over and concluded within a period of twelve months which period may be extended at the discretion of the Courts when the circumstances m any case 80 warrant. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to renew to Your Excel- lency the assurance of our highest consideration. J. DE PINTO DIAZ on behalf of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires In the name of the American Minister, JOSEPH E. JACOBS W. MEYRICK HEWLETT on behalf of His Britannic Majesty's Minister L GRONVOLD on behalf of the Norwegian Charge d'Affaires F E H GROENIIAN on behalf of the Netherlands charge d'affaires In the name of the French Minister: E. KOECHLIN HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. CHENGTING T . WANG, Minister jor Foreign Affair8, Nanking. 30:l1 0 - - :13--PT 2----70 2717