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CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND CAMBODIA.
Art. X.-The town of Phnom-penh shall be administered by a Municipal Com- mission composed of the Resident-General or his delegate, President; six French officials or merchants appointed by the Governor of Cochin-China; three Cambodians, one Annamite, two Chinese, one Indian, and one Malay appointed by His Majesty the King of Cambodia from a list presented by the Governor of Cochin-China.
Art. XI.-The present Convention of which, in case of dispute and agreeably to international usage, the French text shall be considered the original-confirms and completes the treaty of the 11th August, 1863, the Royal Ordinances, and the Con- ventions between the two Governments so far as they are not contrary to the preceding provisions.
It shall be submitted for the ratification of the Government of the French Re- public, and the ratification shall be delivered to His Majesty the King of Cambodia with as brief delay as possibly.
In faith whereof His Majesty the King of Cambodia and the Governor of Cochin-China have signed the present act and affixed their seals thereto.
Done at Phnom-penh the 17th day of June, 1884.
CHARLES THOMSON.
NORODOM.
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