I 48 PUBLIC TREATIES. of trade orcommerce, that gra-nt shall in no event be construed to divest the Chinese authorities of their right of jurisdiction over persons and property within said tract of land, except so far as that right may have been expressly relinquished by treaty. Amrotn II. U n st 1 p ul ated The United States of America and llis Majesty the Emperor of China, P'**’"*H°°- believing that the safety and prosperity of commerce w1l_l thereby best be promoted, agree that any privilege or_ immunity in respect to trade or navigation within the Chinese dominrons which may not have been stipulated for by treaty, shall be subject to the discretion of the Chinese Government and may be regulated by it accordingly, but not in a manner or spirit incompatible with the treaty stipulations of the parties. Amuonn III. Chingy; .;.,,,,.,1;., The Emperor of China shall have the right to appoint Consulsat ctc. ports of the United States, who shall enjoy the same privileges and _1 m- munities as those which are enjoyed by public law and treaty in the United States by the Consuls of Great Britain and Russia, or either of them. Anrrom IV. Lilmiy °f °°¤· The 29th article of the treaty of the 18th of June, 1858, having stipu- “°·“""°· _ lated for the exemption of Christian citizens of the United States and Xg5f; ifefllflog Chinese converts from persecutions in China on account of their faith, 1,,58, ,,_’136_]it is further agreed that citizens of the United States in China of every religious persuasion, and Chinese subjects in the United States, shall enjoy entire liberty of conscience, and shall be exempt from all disability or persecution on account of their religious faith or worship in either C•**¤*>*¤¤'i¤¤· country. Cemeteries for sepulture of the dead, of whatever nativity or nationality, shall be held in respect and free from disturbance or profanatiou. Anrrcm V. Right ¤£ Vvlvn- The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially
- éu,;`0'3'*¥'““"“ recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his homo
' and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent _ Involuntary em- residents. The high contracting parties therefore join in reprobating
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- }¤¤<:l¤ Fo MPM- any other than an entirely voluntary emigration for these purposes-
" "° · They consequently agree to pass laws making it a penal offence for a citizen of the United States or Chinese subjects to take Chinese subjects either to the United States or to any other foreign country, or tor a Chinese subject or citizen of the United States to take citizens of the United States to China or to any other foreign country without their free and voluntary consent, respectively. Anrronn VI. privsieges of M. Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy idents. · the same privileges, immunities or exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation; and, reciprocally, Chinese subjects visiting or residing 1D the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. But nothing herein contained shall be held to confer naturalization upon citizens of the gigmd States in China, nor upon the subjects of China in the United a es.
