1661. ARTICLE XX. Should any citizen of the United States of America die within the imits of the regency of Tripoli, the Bashaw and his subjects shall not nterfere with the property of the deceased; but it shall be under the mmediate direction of the Consul, unless otherwise disposed of by will. should there be no Consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of some person worthy of trust, until the party shall appear who has a right o demand them; when they shall render an account of the property. Neither shall the Bashaw or his subjects give hinderance in the execution of any will that may appear. Treaty concluded August, 1797 (Peace and Friendship). When a vessel of war of the United States of America shall enter the port of Tunis, and the Consul shall request that the castle may salute her, the number of guns shall be fired which he may request; and if the said Consul does not want a salute there shall be no question about it. But in case he shall desire the salute, and the number of guns shall be fired which he may have requested, they shall be counted and returned by the vessel in as many barrels of cannon powder. The same shall be done with respect to the Tunisian corsairs when they shall enter any port of the United States. Each of the contracting parties shall be at liberty to establish a Consul in the dependencies of the other; and if such Consul does not act in conformity with the usages of the country, like others, the government of the place shall inform his Government of it, to the end that he may be changed and replaced; but he shall enjoy, as well for himself as his family and suite, the protection of the Government; and he may import for his own use all his provisions and furniture, without paying any duty; and if he shall import merchandise (which it shall be lawful for him to do), he shall pay duty for it. 1664. ARTICLE XVIII. If the subjects or citizens of either of the contracting parties, being within the possessions of the other, contract debts, or enter into obligations, neither the Consul nor the nation, nor any subjects or citizens thereof, shall be in any manner responsible, except they or the Consul shall have previously become bound in writing; and without this obligation in writing, they cannot be called upon for indemnity or satisfaction. 1665. ARTICLE XIX. In case of a citizen or subject of either of the contracting parties dying within the possessions of the other, the Consul or the Vekil shall take possession of his effects (if he does not leave a will), of which he shall make an inventory; and the government of the place shall have nothing to do therewith; and if there shall be no Consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of a confidential person of the place, taking an inventory of the whole, that they may eventually be delivered to those to whom they of right belong. 1666. ARTICLE XX. The Consul shall be the judge of all disputes between his fellow-citizens or subjects, as also between all other persons who may be immediately under his protection; and in all cases wherein he shall require the assistance of the Government where he resides to sanction his decisions it shall be granted to him. 1667. ARTICLE XXI. If a citizen or subject of one of the parties shall kill, wound, or strike a citizen or subject of the other, justice shall be done according to the laws of the country where the offense shalı be committed; the Consul shall be present at the trial; but if any offender shall escape, the Consul shall be in no manner responsible for it. 1668. ARTICLE XXII. If a dispute or lawsuit on commercial or other civil matters shall happen, the trial shall be had in the presence of the Consul, or of a confidential person of his choice, who shall represent him, and endeavor to accommodate the difference which may have happened between the citizens or subjects of the two nations. TURKEY. (See THE OTTOMAN PORTE.) Feneral act between the United States and other powers, signed July 2, 1890, for the repression of the African slave trade.. [A copy of this act may be had on application to the Department of State.] ZANZIBAR. (See also MASKAT.) Treaty concerning import duties and Consuls, enlarging and defining stipulations of Treaty of September 21, 1833 (with Maskat); concluded July 3, 1886. The consuls of the United States appointed under the stipulations of the IXth Article of the treaty above mentioned, shall in addition to the rights, powers and immunities secured by said article, enjoy all the rights, privileges, immunities and jurisdictional powers which are now or may hereafter be enjoyed by the Consuls and Consular Agents of the most favored nations and conversely, the Consuls and Consular Agents which His Highness the Sultan may appoint to reside in the United States shall have the treatment of agents of like grade of the most favored nation. |