TREATY—TONGA. Ocroenn 2, 18%. 1443 United States charged With violations of laws and regulations of Tonga relating to customs, taxation. public health and local police not cognizable as such under the laws of the United States, shall be amenable to the jurisdiction of the Tongan Courts upon notice to the nearest U. S. Consul or Commercial Agent, if there be one resident in Tonga. who shall have the right to be present at the trial. and to direct or provide for the defense of the accused ; the proceedings at all such trials shall be public and the records thereof shall be public and accessible. IARTICLE XIII. Perfect and entire freedom of conscience and worship, with right Religious freedom. of sepulture according to their creed, shall be enjoyed b the citizens or subjects of either of the High Contracting Parties within the jurisdiction of the other. BLRTICLE XIV. This Treaty shall become effective upon promulgation and shall D¤¤>·*¢i<>¤- continue in force for ten years, and thereafter until one year after notice shall have been given by one of the High Contracting Parties to the other of its desire to terminate the same: save and except as to Article VI. (relative to the establishment or a coaling-station), which shall be ternéinable only by mutual consent. ARTICLE XV. » This Treaty shall be ratified and the ratiiications exchanged at Rawifications. Nukualofa as soon as possible. This Treaty is executed in duplicate, one copy being in English and the other in Tongan, both versions having the same meaning and intention, but the English version shall be considered the original, and shall control in case of any variance. In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty, and thereunto affixed their respective seals. Done in the harbor of Nukualofa. in Tongatabu, on board the United States Steamer, ‘*Mohican," this second day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six. GEo. H. BATES SEAL . S*K¤¤¤¤*>¤· SHIRLEY W. BAKER [SEAL . And whereas the said Treaty, as amended, has been duly ratified Rwncnuou. on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged at Nukualofa. Tongatabu, on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: Now. therefore, be it hnown that I, Grover Cleveland. President Pmclnmsrion. of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be , made public, as amended, to the end that the same. and every article and clause thereof, may be observed and fuliilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. · Done at the Citv of Washington, this 18th day of September. in , the year: of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and {SEAL.] eighty-eight and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and thirteenth. GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BAYARD, - Secretary of Siate.
