612 TREATY WITH BELGIUM. 1845. state or to individuals, the same assistance and protection, and the same immunities, which would have been granted to its own vessels in similar cases. ARTICLE XVII. (5,,,,,,,;, and It is moreover agreed between the two contracting parties, that the vicmonsuls. consuls and vice-consuls of the United States in the ports of Belgium, and, reciprocally, the consuls and vice-consuls of Belgium in the ports of the United States, shall continue to enjoy all the privileges, protection, and assistance, usually granted to them, and which may be neces- Consul: of ei- sary for the proper discharge of their functions. The said consuls and lh:' °°“’:‘zb vice-consuls may cause to be arrested and sent back, either to their Lnnhgsland ° vessels or to their country, such seamen as may have deserted from the sem back de- vessels of their nation. To this end, they shall apply in writing to the fc;?;???];?? competent local authorities, and they shall prove, by exhibition of the muon_ vessel’s crew list, or other document, or, if she shall have departed, by copy of said documents, duly certified by them, that the seamen whom 1).,,.,;;;,;;,0,, they claim formed part of the said crew. Upon such demand, thus p¥¤¤f W be <i¤· supported, the delivery of the deserters shall not be refused. They “'°"°d “" shall moreover receive all aid and assistance in searching for, seizing, _ and arresting such deserters, who shall, upon the requisition and at the new-gmw expense of the consul or vice-consul, be confined and kept in the he ¤¤¤fl¤¤d ¤¤- prisons of the country until he shall have found an opportunity for sendg;;"" b°°k· ing them home. If, however, such an opportunity should not occur csmtnmmm within three months after the arrest, the deserters shall be set at liberty, exemptfrcm and shall not again be arrested for the same cause. It is, however,
- l‘°°;.°_l"°"` understood, that seamen of the country in which the desertion shall
occur are excepted from these provisions, unless they be naturalized citizens or subjects of the other country. ARTICLE XVIII. No mmsp du. Articles of all kinds, the transit of which is allowed in Belgium, ties chargeable coming from or going to the United States, shall be exempt from all {’,;‘°°{;f°é‘f“ f'°"“ transit duty in Belgium, when the transportation through the Belgian territory is effected on the railroads of the state. ARTICLE XIX. 'liiistreaty to The present treaty shall be in force during ten years from the date
- ’°°n*“c*:’lf:°n*3l’5 of the exchange of the ratifications, and until the expiration of twelve
“m,l',,,,hg,. ,,,,_ months after either of the high contracting parties shall have announced tipn shalrhavs to the_other its intention to terminate the operation thereof; each party Sl5m:;°::,°$°<;f reserving to itself the right of making such declaration to the other, at m,,,,,,, i, ,,,-,6, the end of the ten years above mentioned; and it is agreed, that after tenyesre. the expiration of the twelve months of prolongation accorded on both sides, this treaty and all its stipulations shall cease to be in force. ARTICLE XX. To he ratified, This treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged
- £h¤:g3*3¤¤ at Washington, within the term of six months after its date, or sooner,
w,,m,,g,°n_ if possible; and the treaty shall be put in execution within the term of wiahip twelve twelve months. mon s. In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the gesent treaty, in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals russels, the tenth of November, eighteen hundred and forty-five. THOS. G. CLEMSON, (r.. s. A. DECHAMPS, (r.. s.;
