SAMOA: COMMERCE, CONSULAR RIGHTS, SHIPPING
4 Miller 241
1st
All foreign Consuls duly appointed and received in Samoa shall be protected and respected both in their persons and property, and all foreigners obtaining the consent of the Government and conforming to the Laws shall receive the protection of the Government.
2nd
All foreign vessels shall be received into the ports and harbours of Samoa for the purpose of obtaining supplies and for Commerce, and with their officers and crews, so long as they shall comply with these regulations, and behave themselves peaceably shall receive the protection of the Governt
3rd
The fullest protection shall be given to all foreign ships and vessels which may be wrecked, and any property saved shall be take possession of by
- ↑ These regulations, though perhaps not technically constituting an international agreement, are included because of their historical interest and because "they treat of matters which are frequently the subject of conventions, . . . they undoubtedly were regarded by the native chiefs who signed them as being of a promissory nature, . . . and, indeed, they contain clauses reading somewhat like mutual promises" (Hunter Miller, Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, vol. 4, p. 244). See 4 Miller 244, for notes on this document (text source, etc.) and on the status of Samoa at the time these regulations were signed.
- ↑ TS 313, post, p. 116.
- ↑ TS 314, post, p. 276.