jjg CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. 17%. thereof, which shall have been made by the consul or vice-consnl, or by the judge who shall have proceeded in their absence, that the said effects and merchandize may be afterwards delivered, (after levying therefrom the costs) and without form of process, to the owners, who being furnished with an order for their delivery from the nearest consul or vice-consul, shall reclaim them by themselves, or by_the1r' order, either for the purpose of re-exporting such merchandize, in which case they shall pay no kind of duty of exportation, or for that of selling them m the country, if they be not prohibited there, and in this last case, the said merchandize, if they be damaged, shall be allowed an abatement of entrance duties, proportioned to the damage they have sustained, which shall be ascertained by the athdavits taken at the time the vessel was wrecked or struck. ARTICLE VIH. Pom, 0,- m,,_ The consuls or vice·consuls shall exercise police over all the vessels mls respecting of their respective nations, and shall have on board the said vessels all l'°”°l° *2*.****** power and jurisdiction in civil matters, in all the disputes which may °wn mmm there arise; they shall have an entire inspection over the said vessels, their crew, and the changes and substitutions there to be made; for which purpose they may gpvon board the said vessels whenever they may judge it necessary. ell understood that the functions hereby allowed shall be confined to the interior of the vessels, and that they shall not take place in any case which shall have any interference with the police of the ports where the said vessels shall be. ARTICLE IX. Powe, 0,-com The consuls and vice-consuls may cause to be arrested the captains, gulginyegggdgg officers, mariners, sailors, and all other persons, being part of the crews d¤:3¤‘*¢¤’,§· md of the vessels of their respective nations, who shall have deserted from
- ,’;,d?ng_ D"' the said vessels, in order to send them back and transport them out of
the country: For which purpose, the said consuls and vice-consuls shall address themselves to the courts, judges and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing, proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessel or ship’s roll, that those men were part of the said crews; and on this demand o proved (saving however where the contrary is proved) the delivery shall not be refused; and there shall be given all aid and assistance to the said consuls and vice-consuls for the search, seizure and arrest of the said deserters, who_ shall even be detained and kept in the prisons of the country, at their request and expense until they shall have found an opportunity of sending them back; but if they be not sent back within three months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same cause. ARTICLE X. Gi,,,,,,,, ,,m,_ In cases where the respective subjects or citizens shall have comnable for crimes mitted any crime, or breach of the peace, they shall be amenable to the Lfjlgglggéssry judges of the country. ARTICLE XI. Hmm m0_ When the said offenders shall be a part of the crew of a vessel of their coed when of- nation, and shall have withdrawn themselves on board the said vessel, g<;_*;<3:?nV(:¥l;d they may he there seized and arrested by order of the judges of the mei, vm5S_ country: These shall give notice thereof to the consul or vice—consul, whomay repair on board if he thinks proper: But this notification shall not in any case delay execution of the order in question. The persons arrested shall not afterwards be set at liberty until the consul or vice-
