MAIL SHIPS.
319
Council
5. When the packets employed by the French Postal Administration and by the British Postal Administration are national vessels owned by the State (France), or vessels belonging to companies subsidized for the execution of postal service, such packets cannot be diverted from their destination nor be liable to seizure, embargo, or "Arrêt de Prince".
Passengers on such packets, who may not desire to go on shore during the vessel's stay in a port of either State, cannot be on any account taken from on board.
Nevertheless, the local authorities may claim the expulsion from on board of persons wanted in pursuance of a regular warrant for any crimes or offences who may have taken refuge or embarked in mail-boats, and, in case of necessity, searches may be carried out on board such vessels by the competent authorities. The individuals in question shall then be handed over to them.
It is, however, agreed that the authorities cannot proceed on board unless they have previously given notice, at least one hour before the search, to the consulate or vice-consulate, in order that the consul or vice-consul, or his delegate, may be present at the searches in question. The letter giving notice shall be addressed to the consul or vice-consul, and shall state the exact hour, and if the agents neglect either to appear in person or to be represented, the proceedings shall go on in their absence.
The execution of such measures shall not delay the departure of the vessel for more than an hour after the time of departure fixed in the time-tables of the company, which must be duly communicated by the respective companies to the authorities of each port of call.
The present Article shall not apply to packets entrusted with a mail service and belonging to companies subsidized by either State, until a bond has been entered into, once for all, by the said companies to satisfy, after due hearing and definite decision, the legal consequences of any liability incurred either by the captains of their packets or by the companies themselves.
The aforesaid bond must be guaranteed by a security within the jurisdiction of the tribunals of the country in which the bond may have been entered into.
6. The packets of the two Administrations shall be at liberty to take on board, or land at the ports of the two countries at which they touch, whether regularly or accidentally, specie and gold and silver bullion, as well as passengers, of whatever nation they may be, with their wearing apparel or baggage, on condition that the captains of those packets shall submit to the sanitary, police, and customs regulations.
MAIL SHIPS.
319
Council
5. When the packets employed by the French Postal Administration Order in and by the British Postal Administration are national vessels owned by (France). the State, or vessels belonging to companies subsidized for the execution of postal service, such packets cannot be diverted from their destination nor be liable to seizure, embargo, or " Arrêt de Prince ".
Passengers on such packets, who may not desire to go on shore during the vessel's stay in a port of either State, cannot be on any account taken from on board.
Nevertheless, the local authorities may claim the expulsion from on board of persons wanted in pursuance of a regular warrant for any crimes or offences who may have taken refuge or embarked in mail- boats, and, in case of necessity, searches may be carried out on board such vessels by the competent authorities. The individuals in question shall then be handed over to them.
It is, however, agreed that the authorities cannot proceed on board unless they have previously given notice, at least one hour before the search, to the consulate or vice-consulate, in order that the consul or vice-consul, or his delegate, may be present at the searches in question. The letter giving notice shall be addressed to the consul or vice-consul, and shall state the exact hour, and if the agents neglect either to appear in person or to be represented, the proceedings shall go on in their absence.
The execution of such measures shall not delay the departure of the vessel for more than an hour after the time of departure fixed in the time-tables of the company, which must be duly communicated by the respective companies to the authorities of each port of call.
The present Article shall not apply to packets entrusted with a mail service and belonging to companies subsidized by either State, until a bond has been entered into, once for all, by the said companies to satisfy, after due hearing and definite decisiou, the legal consequences of any liability incurred either by the captains of their packets or by the companies themselves.
The aforesaid bond must be guaranteed by a security within the jurisdiction of the tribunals of the country in which the bond may have been entered into.
6. The packets of the two Administrations shall be at liberty to take on board, or land at the ports of the two countries at which they touch, whether regularly or accidentally, specie and gold and silver bullion, as well as passengers, of whatever nation they may be, with their wearing apparel or baggage, on condition that the captains of those packets shall submit to the sanitary, police, and customs regu-
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