686 TREATY WITH THE KINGDOM OF SIAM. MAY 29, 1856. du·;°*i°l°S *"°° °* Bullion or personal effects may be imported or exported free of charge. Regulations Axrrcnn VIII. The code of regulations appended to this treaty shall mw enforced_ be enforced by the consul, with the cooperation of the Siamese authorities; and they, the said authorities and consul, shall be enabled to introduce any further regulations which may be found necessary in order to give effect to the objects of this treaty. rines and pen- All lines and penalties inflicted for infraction of the provisions and ““”°’· regulations of this treaty shall be paid to the Siamese government. Privileges, &e. Amxcnn IX. The American government and its citizens will be al-
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` or may hereafter be granted by the Siamese government to the government, citizens, or subjects of any other nation. This treaty ARTICLE X. After the lapse of ten years from the date of the ratifica- $‘%;‘;a"l‘:‘“°d tion of this treaty, upon the desire of either the American or Siamese government, and on twelve months’ notice given by either party, the present, and such portions of the treaty of 1833 as remain unrevoked by this treaty, together with the tariff and regulations thereunto annexed, or those that may hereafter be introduced, shall be subject to revision by commissioners appointed on both sides for this purpose, who will be empowered to decide on and insert therein such amendments as experience shall prove to be desirable. Whvu ~¤ t¤|$¤ ARTKJLE XI. This treaty, executed in English and Siamese, both ver- Zgggzsugg QQ3m' sions having the same meaning and intention, shall take effect immechanged. diately, and the ratincations of the same shall be exchanged at Bangkok _ within eighteen months from the date thereof zgsigggtm MW In witness whereof, the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed ’and sealed the present treaty in triplicate at Bangkok, on the twenty- ninth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six of the Christian era, and of the Independence of the United States the eightieth, corresponding to the tenth of the waning moon of the lunar month, Wesakh, or sixth month of the year of the Quadruped Serpent of the Siamese civil era, one thousand two hundred and eighteen, and the sixth of the reign of their Majesties the first and second Kings of Siam. [L. s. TOWNSEND HARRIS, [L. s. [L. s.] [L. s.] [1.. s.] [L. s.]* General Regulations under which American Trade is to be conducted in Siam. tm1?l¤s¤l¤·¢i¤¤S ¤f Rnennxrron I. The master of every American ship coming to Bang- °' kok to trade, must, either before or after entering the river, as may be Arrivals of found convenient, report the arrival of his vessel at the custom-house at
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ported, &c. . . . from whence he comes. Upon anchoring his vessel at Paknam he will deliver into the custody of the custom-house officers all his guns and ammunition, and a. custom-house officer will then be appointed to the vessel, and will proceed in her to Bangkok. 'Penalty for Rneunyrron II. A vessel passing Paknam without discharging her v*°13‘t‘°°' guns and ammunition, as directed in the foregoing regulation, will be sent back to Paknam, to comply with its provisions, and will be lined eight hundred ticals for having so disobeyed. After delivery of her guns , and ammunition she will be permitted to return to Bangkok to trade. &K?i;°Ib;Pgg§;;j Rneonarion III. When an American vessel shall have cast anchor ined with ggusul, at Bangkok, the master, unless a Sunday should intervene, will, within &¤· four-and-twenty hours after arrival, proceed to the American consulate and deposit there his ship’s papers, bills of lading, &c., together with a true manifest of his import cargo; and upon the consul’s reporting these
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