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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE KINGDOM OF ANNAM.
As travelling may be attended with some danger in the present state of the country, foreigners shall not avail themselves of this privilege until the Annamite Government, in accord with the representatives of France at Hué, shall judge the country sufficiently quiet.
If French travellers wish to traverse the country as savants, declaration of this fact shall be made; under this title they shall enjoy the protection of the Government, who shall give them the necessary passports, aid then in the accomplishment of their mission, and facilitate their studies.
Art. XVI.—All disputes between Frenchmen or between Frenchmen and foreigners shall be tried by the French Resident.
When French subjects or foreigners shall have disputes with Annamites or some complaint to make or claim to lodge they shall first state the matter to the Resident, who shall endeavour to bring about an amicable arrangement.
If such arrangement be impossible, the Resident shall request the assistance of an Annamite judge commissioned to that effect, and these two, after having examined the affair conjointly, shall determine it according to the rules of equity.
In like manner, if an Annamite have a dispute with a French subject or foreigner, the former shall address himself to the Magistrate, who, if he cannot reconcile the parties, shall request the assistance of the French Resident and decide with him.
But all disputes between Frenchmen or between Frenchmen and foreigners shall be decided by the French Resident alone.
Art. XVII.-Crimes and misdemeanours committed by Frenchmen or foreigners on Annamite territory shall be tried at Saigon by competent tribunals. On the requisition of the French Resident the local authorities shall use all their efforts to arrest the criminals and deliver them to him,
If a crime or misdemeanour be committed on French territory by a subject of His Majesty, the Consul or agent of His Majesty shall be officially informed of the proceedings instituted against the accused and placed in a position to assure himself that all legal forms are duly observed.
Art. XVIII.-If any wrong-doer guilty of disorder or robbery on French territory, shall seek refuge on Annamite territory, the local authorities, on being advised of the fact, shall endeavour to capture the criminal and deliver him to the French authorities.
In like manner, if robbers, pirates, or criminals of any description, subjects of the King, shall take refuge on French territory, they shall be searched for immediately advice is received, and, if possible, arrested and given up to the authorities of their country.
Art. XIX.--In case of the decease of a French subject or foreigner on Annamite territory, or of an Annamite subject on French territory, the goods of the deceased shall be delivered to his heirs, or, in their absence or default, to the Resident, who shall be charged with the delivery of them to those entitled thereto.
Art. XX. To assure and facilitate the execution of the clauses and stipulations of the present treaty, one year after its signature His Excellency the President of the French Republic shall appoint a Resident, having the rank of Minister, at the court of His Majesty the King of Annam. The Resident shall be charged with the main- tenance of amicable relations between the High Contracting Parties and to see to the conscientious execution of the articles of the treaty.
The rank of this envoy and the honours and prerogatives to which he shall be entitled shall be subsequently settled by common accord and on the footing of perfect reciprocity between the High Contracting Parties.
His Majesty the King of Annam shall have the right to appoint Residents at Paris and at Saigon.
The expenses attendir g the sojourn of these Residents with the allied Governments shall be borne by their respective Governments.
Art. XXI.—This treaty replaces the treaty of 1862, and the French Government undertakes to obtain the consent of the Spanish Goverument. In cases where Spain does not accept the modifications of the Treaty of 1862 the present treaty shall have