750 CONVENTION—0BANGE FREE STATE. Duc. 22, 1871. Equal imposts on No higher impost, under whatever name, shall be exacted from the citizens of _¤i@ Mr citizens of one of the two countries residing or established in the other 'Q’}}““"·V '°“‘ *1* '¥ g > than shall be leviedupon citizens of the country in which they reside, ` “' nor any contribution whateverto which the latter shall not be liable. Seizure ¤f_ prop- In case of war or of the seizure or occupation of property for public BWI fi)! Public Pm" purposes, the citizens of one of the two countries Iesldlllg OI` 9Sl?8»lJllShBd WM in the other shall be placed upon an equal footing with the citizens of the country in which they reside with respect to indemnities for damages they may have sustained. · Anrrcnm III. _ Disposal of and The citizens of each one of the contracting partiessliall have power - succession to prop- to dispose of their person al property within the jurisdiction of the other, °"’Y- by sale, testament, donation, or in any other manner, and their heirs, whether by testament or ab intestate, or their successors, being citizens of the other party, shall suceeedto the said property or inherit it, and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for"them ; they may dispose of the same as 'they may think _ proper, paying no other charges than those to which. the inhabitant of the country wherein the said property is situated shall be liable to pay Absence or s n c- in a similar ease. In the absence of such heir, heirs, or other succes- ¤¤¤¤‘>P¤· sors, the same care shall be taken by the authorities for the preservation of the property that would be taken for the preservation .of the property of a native of the same country, until the lawful proprietor shall have had time to take measures for possessing himself of the same. ‘l when ,,1,,,,, ,1,. But in case real estate situated within the territories of one of the competent to nom contracting parties should fall to a citizen of the other party, who, on Ml WMM _ account of his being an alien, could not be permitted to hold such property, there shall be accorded to the said heir or other successor such term as the laws will permit to sell such property; he shall be at liberty at all times to withdraw and export the proceeds thereof without ditheulty, and without paying to the government anysother charges than those which, in a similar case, would be paid by an inhabitant of the country in which the real estate may be situated. · Anrrcm ·IV. _ _ Cvutr <> Y ur ¤ i v B Any controversy which may arise among the claimants to the prop-- 3“’f;’,$ ‘g‘*‘“‘?“:; *° erty of a decedent shall be decidcdaccording to the laws and by the °° °" ° °“ ”' Judges of the country in which the property may be situated. . · Aagrrcnn V. , Consuls and vice- The contracting parties give to each other the privilege of having, ¤<>¤¤¤l¤· each- in their respective States, consuls and vice-consuls of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges as those of the most favoredhation. .. ADPT0V2i vi"- But before any consul or vice consul shall act as such, he shall, in the ordinary form, be approved by the government of the country in which - his functions are to be discharged. _Priv¤t¤ bu¤iu•>¤¤ In their private and business transactions, consuls and vice-consuls °*· shall be submitted to the same laws and usages as private individuals, , . citizens of tho place in which they reside. Offences by- It is hereby understood that in case of offence against thelaws, by a consul or vice-consul, the government from which [ he received] his exequatur may withdraw the same, send him away from the country, or have him punished in conformity with the laws, assigning to the other government its reason for so doing.
