Report Upon Samoa, Or the Navigator's Islands: Made to the Secretary of State |
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A. B. STEINBERGER American citizen American consul Apia appointed arrest Atua Auckland Britannic Majesty's Acting British consul Capt Captain Stevens cocoa-nut Colonel Steinberger Commander copra court credentials day of October December Deponent desire dispatch districts documents English excellency Fiji flag foreign Godeffroy government of Samoa HAMILTON FISH harbor hereby certify hereunto set honor inform J. M. Coe kingdom of Samoa land laws letter Levuka London Missionary Society Majesty Majesty's Acting Consul Majesty's ship Barracouta Malietoa Mamea Manono Manua Matautu Mauga meeting ment miles missionaries Mulinuu natives obedient servant officers Pago Pagopago person premier present protection received reef request residents S. F. WILLIAMS S. S. Foster Samoan government Samoan Islands Savaii schooner Peerless seal Secretary set my hand Steinberger's Taimua THOMAS WILLIAM WILLIAMS tree true copy Tui Manua Turner Tuscarora Tutuila United States consul Upolu vessel vide inclosure village wish witness whereof yacht Peerless
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Page 17 - ... one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, each of the contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at the end of the said term of ten years.
Page 17 - Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their ministers, officers, or authorities respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found, within the territories of the other...
Page 16 - And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage...
Page 17 - Governments shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive or person so charged, that he may be brought before such judges or other magistrates, respectively, to- the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered...
Page 17 - ... to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining judge or magistrate to certify the same to the proper executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive. The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by the party who makes the requisition, and receives the fugitive.
Page 17 - If any one or more of the citizens of either party shall infringe any of the articles of this treaty, such...
Page 17 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 16 - Consular officers, owners, or agents shall pay only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the salvage or other expenses which would have been payable in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel. The...
Page 16 - States by the citizens of the Republic of Costa Rica under the same conditions. The citizens of the high contracting parties shall reciprocally receive and enjoy full and perfect protection for their persons and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in...
Page 17 - ... ports of the other, shall be exempt from all duties of port or navigation paid for the benefit of the state, if the motives which led to their seeking refuge be real and evident, and if no cargo be discharged or taken on board, save such as may relate to the subsistence of the crew, or be necessary for the repair of the vessels, and if they do not stay in port beyond the time necessary, keeping in view the cause which led to their seeking refuge.