156 PUBLIC TREATIES. Anricnn XXV. Envoys, minis- Both the contracting parties being desirous of avoiding all inequality
- °”» &°· in relation to their public communications and otheial intercourse, hai c
agreed, and do agree, to grant to the envoys, ministers, and other pub-. lic agents the same favors, immunities, and exemptions which those of the most favored nation do or shall enjoy; it being understood that whatever favors, immunities, or privileges the United States of america or the Republic of Colombia may Gnd it 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. Anrronn XXVI. Cc n s u 1 s an d To make more effectual the protection which the United States and Vi¤¤·C°¤¤¤l¤· the Republic of Colombia hall ailbrd in future to the navigation and commerce of the citizens of each other, they agree to receive and admit Consuls and Vice Consuls in all the ports open to foreign commerce, who shall enjoy in them all the rights, prerogatives, and 1mmun1t1es ot the Consuls and Vice-Consnls of the most favored nation ; each contracting party, however, remaining at liberty to accept those ports and places in which the admission and residence of such Consuls may not seem convenient. Aarrcnn XXVII. E¤<¤q¤¤·¢¤r¤- In order that the Consnls and Vice-Consuls of the two contracting parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatives, and immunities which belong to them by their public character, they shall, before entering on the exercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patent in due fbrm to the Government to which they are accredited; and having obtained their exequatur, they shall be held and considered as such by all the alpthoritigs, magistrates, and inhabitants in the consular district in which t ey resi e. Anmcm XXVIII. Exemptions of It is likewise agreed that the Consuls, their secretaries, oiicers, and °°¤¤“1¤’ °m°°'¤· persons attached to the service of Consuls, they not. being citizens ol` the country in which the Consul resides, shall be exempt from all public service, and also from all kind of taxes, imposts, and contributions, except those which they shall be obliged to pay on account of commerce, or their property, to which the citizens and inhabitants, native and foreign, of the country in which they reside are subject, being in every- thing besides subject to the laws of the respective States. The archives and papers of the Consulates shall be respected inviolably, and under uotprtegext whatever shall any magistrate seize or in any way interfere wi em. Anrrcnn XXIX. ummm from The said Consnls shall have power to require the assistance of the vessels. authorities of the country for the arrest, detention, and custody of doserters from the public and private vessels of their country, and for that purpose they 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’s or ship’s roll, or other public documents, that those men were part of the said crews; and on this demand so proved, (saving, however, where the contrary is proved.) the delivery shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be put at the disposal of the said Consuls, and may be put in the public prisons at the request and expense of those who reclaim them, to be sent to the ships to which they belonged, or to others of the same nation. But 1f they be not sent back within two 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.
