422 TREATY WITH MEXICO. 183]. tribunal of either party shall pronounce judgment against any vessel, or goods, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or decree shall mention the reason or motives on which the same shall have been founded; and an authenticated copy of the sentence or decree, in conformity with the laws and usages of the country, and of all the proceedings of the case, shall, if demanded, be delivered to the commander or agent of said vessel, without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same. I,, the 8.,,9,,, Anrrctn XXVI. For the greater security of the intercourse between of war between the citizens of the United States of America and of the United Mexican ‘h° P‘“""· States, it is agreed now for then, that if there should be at anytime hereafter an interruption of the friendly relations which now exist, or a war unhappily break out between the two contracting parties, there shall be allowed the term of six months to the merchants residing on the coast, and one year to those residing in the interior of the States and Territories of each other respectively, to arrange their business, dispose of their effects, or transport them wherescever they may please, giving them a safe conduct to protect them to the port they may designate. Those citizens who may be established in the States and Territories aforesaid, exercising any other occupation or trade, shall be permitted to remain in the uninterrupted enjoyment of their liberty and property, so long as they conduct themselves peaceably, and do not commit any offence a ainst the laws; and their goods and effects, of whatever class and comhtion they may be, shall not be subject to any embargo or sequestration whatever, nor to any charge nor tax other than may be established upon similar goods and effects belonging to the citizens of the State in which they reside respectively; npr shall the debts between individuals, nor moneys in the public funds, or in public or private banks, nor shares in companies, be confiscated, embargocd, or detained. Mimstm and An·r·rcr.n XXVII. Both the contracting parties being desirous of Pulzliq ¤g¤¤t§·· avoiding all inequality in relation to their public communications and
é,‘1"‘““" official intercourse, have agreed and do agree to grant to the envoys,
'ministers, and other public agents, the same favors, immunities, and exemptions which those of the most favored nation do or may enjoy: it being understood that whatever favors, immunities, or privileges the United States of America or the United Mexican States may find proper to give to the ministers and public agents of any other power, shall by the same act be extended to those of each of the contracting parties. gon,,,;,, &_c_ Anwrcm XXVIII. In order that the consuls and vice-consuls of the 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 ull the authorities, magistrates, and inhabitants of the consular disr1,c;Mmhm·;ry trict in which they reside. It is agreed likewise to receive and admit ¤¤¤l Privllvsca 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 viceconsuls may not seem expedient. Dmnm {mm Jhlt'l‘lCLE XXIX. It is likewise agreed that the consuls, vice-consuls, ,,,,,,,j,_ their secretaries, officers and persons attached to the service of consuls, they not being citizens of the country in which the consul resides, shall
