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the Order of Christ of Portugal, Commander of the Order of the Lion of Brunswick, Knight of the Order of Constantine of the Two Sicilies, Knight of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;
His Majesty the King of Italy, the Sieur Alexander Verdinois, Knight of His Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, His Agent, and Consul-General of Italy to His Majesty
the Sultan of Morocco;
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, administering the Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Morocco;
His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, the Sieur José Daniel Colaço, Commander of His Order of Christ, Knight of the Order of the Rose of Brazil, His Consul-General to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;
His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, the Sieur Selim d'Ehrenhoff, Knight of His Order of Vasa, His Consul-General to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;
And His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco and Fez, the learned Sid Mohammed Bargash, His Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :--
ARTICLE I.
His Sheriffian Majesty having, in the interest of humanity, ordered the construction, at the expense of the Morocco Government, of a lighthouse on Cape Spartel, consents to make over, during the whole duration of the present Convention, the entire direction and the administration of that establishment to the Representatives of the Contracting Powers. It is well understood that such delegation in no way affects the rights of property and sovereignty of the Sultan, whose flag shall alone be hoisted on the tower of the lighthouse.
ARTICLE II.
The Morocco Government not possessing at present any navy, either of, war or of commerce, the expenses necessary for the maintenance and administration of the light- house shall be defrayed by the Contracting Parties by means of an annual contribution which shall be equal in amount for each of them; if hereafter the Sultan should possess a military or mercantile navy, he engages to take part in the expenses in the same proportion as the other signing Powers. The expense of repairs, and, if need be, of re-construction, shall moreover be at his charge.
ARTICLE III.
The Sultan shall furnish, for the security of the lighthouse, a guard composed of a kaid and four soldiers. He engages besides to provide, by every means in his power, even in case of war, either internal or external, for the preservation of that establishment, as well as for the security of the keepers and persons employed there.
On the other hand, the Contracting Powers engage, each so far as it is concerned, to respect the neutrality of the lighthouse, and to continue the payment of the contribu- tion destined for its maintenance, even in the event (which God forbid) of hostilities breaking out either between them, or between any one of them and the Kingdom of Morocco.
ARTICLE IV.
The Representatives of the Contracting Powers, charged, in virtue of Article I of the present Convention, with the entire direction and the administration of the lighthouse, shall establish the necessary regulations for the service and superintendence of that establishment, and no modification shall be afterwards introduced into those regulatious unless by common agreement between the Contracting Powers.
ARTICLE V.
The present Convention shall remain in force for ten years. In case none of the High Contracting Parties should, six months before the expiration of that period, have announced, by an official declaration, its intention to terminate the operation of the Conven- tion so far as it is concerned, the Convention shall remain in force during another year, and so on from year to year until due notice be given for its termination.
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ARTICLE VI.
The execution of the reciprocal engagements contained in the present Convention is subjected, as far as may be necessary, to the fulfilment of the formalities and rules established by the constitutional laws of those of the High Contracting Parties for whom such a sanction is required, and who engage to take measures for obtaining the same with the least possible delay.
ARTICLE VII,
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tangiers as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate, in French and Arabic, at Tangiers the protected of God, the fifth day of the moon of Moharrem, in the year of the Hegira 1282, corresponding to the thirty-first day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
J. H. DRUMMOND HAY.
J. H. DRUMMOND HAY.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
ERNEST DALUIN.
(L.S.)
FRANCISCO MERRY Y COLOM.
(L.S.)
JESSE H. Mc MATH.
(L.S.)
AYME D'AQUIN.
(L.S.)
A. DE VERDINOIS.
(L.S.)
J. H. DRUMMOND HAY.
(L.S.)
JOSE DANIEL COLAÇO.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
S. D'EHRENHOFF.
(Arabic Signature of the Morocco Plenipotentiary.)
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