,. I 832 I ROCLAMATIONS. tion they are, and the latter shall transmit it to the nearest consula: agent, without delay. _ A special regulation will be promulgated by the Sublime Porte, to determine the mode of action of the local police in the several cases provided heretofore. In localities more distant than nine hours' travel from the residence of the consular agent, in which the law of the judicial organization of the Velayet may be in iorce, foreigners shall be tried without the assistance of the consular delegate by the Council of Elders fulfilling the function of justices of the peace, and by the tribunal of the canton, as well for actions not exceeding one thousand piastresas for offences entailing a nne of five hundred piastres only at the maximum. _ Foreigners shall have, in any case, the right of appeal to the tribunal of the arrondissement against the judgments issued as above stated, and the appeal shall be followed and judged with the assistance of the consul, in conformity with the treaties. The appeal shall always suspend the execution of a sentence. In all cases the forcible execution of the judgments, issued on the conditions determined heretofore, shall not take place without .the cooperation of the consul or of his delegate, The Imperial government will enact a law which shall determine the rules of procedure to be observed by the parties, in the application of the preceding regulations. _ Foreigners, in whatever locality they may be, may freely submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Council 0 Elders or of the tribunal of the canton, without the assistance of the consul, in cases which do not exceed the competency of these councils or tribunals, reserving always the right of appeal before the tribunal of the arrondissement, where the elase may be brought and tried with the assistance of the consul or his e egate. · The consent of a foreigner to`be tried as above stated, without the assistance of his consul, shall always be given in writing, and in advance of all procedure. It is well understood that all these restrictions do not concern cases which have for their object questions of real estate, which shall be tried and determined under the conditions established by the law. The right of defence and the publicity of the hearings shall be assured in all cases to foreigners who may appear before the Ottoman tribunals, as well as to Ottoman subject . . ·The precedingdispositions shall remain in force until the revision of the ancient treaties, a revision which the Sublime Porte reserves to itself the right to bring about hereafter by an understanding between it and the friendly Powers. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiarics have signed the Protocol, and have affixed thereto their-seals. - · - Done at Constantinople the eleven th of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. · · (Signed :)_ A. AARIFI. [L. s.] (Signed:) GEO. H. BOKER; [L. s.] [Translation.] Law conceding to foreigners the ·r»ight of holding mal estate cn. the Ottoman Empire. Imperial Rcscripts-Let it be done in conformity with the contents. 7 Sepher, 1284, (January 18, 1867.) . , _ mgm of hold- With the object of developing. the prosperity of the countr to ut Qfwgfj {,j;”*P‘;B‘“ an end to the difficulties, to the abuses, and to the uucertaintéb whgch Nhave arisen on the subject of the right of foreigners to hold ro in . . p new the Ottoman Empire, and to complete, in accordance with. a precise
