VII. It is agreed that the Republic of Panama shall have an easement over and through the waters of the Canal Zone in and about Limon and Manzanillo bays to the end that vessels trading with the City of Colon may have access to and exit from the harbor of Colon, subject to the police laws and quarantine and sanitary rules and regulations of the United States and of the Canal Zone established for said waters. The United States also agrees that small vessels may land at the east wall which extends along the shore to the south of the foot of Ninth Street and recently constructed by the Panama Railroad Company in the harbor of Colon free of any wharfage or landing charges that might otherwise accrue to the said company under the terms of its concessions from the Government of Colombia; and the United States further agrees that it will construct and maintain a landing pier in a small cove on the southerly side of Manzanillo Island in the northwesterly portion of the arm of the sea known as Boca Chica (sometimes called Folks River), to be used as a shelter harbor for small coasting boats of the Republic of Panama, without any wharfage or other landing charges. VIII. Inasmuch as the highway known as the "Sabanas Road" will come entirely within the bounds of the City of Panama under this agreement the authorities of the Canal Zone are hereby relieved of the duty to repair and maintain such road, or any part of it, and the same shall be done henceforth by the authorities of the Republic at their cost and expense. IX. It is agreed that the Republic of Panama will not construct nor allow the construction of any railway across the Sabanas or other territory hereby transferred to that Republic without a mutually satisfactory agreement having been previously arrived at between the two governments; and this shall be without prejudice to any right the United States may have to object to such railway projection under any of the Provisions of the Canal Treaty of November 18, 1903. X. The contracting parties hereby agree that this Convention shall not diminish, exhaust, or alter any rights acquired by them heretofore in conformity with the Canal Treaty of November 18, 1903; and it is further expressly agreed that the United States, in the exercise of the rights granted to it under articles II and III of the said Canal Treaty and subject to article VI of said Treaty, may enter upon and use, occupy, and control the whole or any portion of the Sabanas land, or other territory hereby transferred to the Re public of Panama, as the same may be necessary, or convenient, for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of the Canal or of any auxiliary canals, or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of said enterprise. XI. This agreement shall not be construed to modify the rights of the authorities of the Canal Zone to employ citizens of the Republic of Panama residing in the territory of the Republic as provided in section V of the above-mentioned agreement of June 15, 1904, and for which purpose the Government of the Republic granted the permission required by paragraph 2 of article 7 of the Panamanian Constitution. XII. The civil and criminal cases pending in the courts of the Canal Zone and the Republic of Panama at the time of the execution of this Convention shall not be affected hereby but the same shall be proceeded with to final judgment and disposed of in the courts where they are now pending as though this agreement had not been entered into. XIII. The exhibits accompanying this agreement are signed by the representatives of the respective governments for identification. This Convention, when signed by the plenipotentiaries of the high contracting parties, will be ratified by the two governments in conformity with their respective constitutional laws, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Panama at the earliest date possible. In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention in duplicate and have hereunto affixed their respective seals. Done at the City of Panama, the second day of September, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fourteen. WILLIAM JENNINGS PRICE. 1914. PROTOCOL OF AN AGREEMENT RELATING TO NEUTRALITY. Signed at Washington October 10, 1914. (Treaty Series, No. 597.) Protocol of an agreement concluded between Honorable Robert Lansing, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and Don Eusebio A. Morales, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, signed the tenth day of October, 1911. The undersigned, the Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, in view of the close association of the interests of their respective Governments on the Isthmus of Panama, and to the end that these interests may be conserved and that, when a state of war exists, the neutral obligations of both Governments as neutrals may be maintained, after having conferred on the subject and being duly empowered by their respective Governments, have agreed: That hospitality extended in the waters of the Republic of Panama to a belligerent vessel of war or a vessel belligerent or neutral, whether armed or not, which is employed by a belligerent power as a transport or fleet auxiliary or in any other way for the direct purpose of prosecuting or aiding hostilities, whether by land or sea, shall serve to deprive such vessel of like hospitality in the Panama Canal Zone for a period of three months, and vice versa. In testimony whereof, the undersigned have signed and sealed the present Protocol in the city of Washington this tenth day of October, 1914. ROBERT LANSING [L. S.] 1915. PROTOCOL PROVIDING FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE RIOT AT PANAMA CITY JULY 4, 1912. Signed at Panama November 27, 1915. (Treaty Series, No. 620.) ARTICLES. I. Cases to be submitted to Mr. van II. Submission of papers. III. Honorarium. IV. Decision final and binding. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Panama, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, His Excellency, William Jennings Price, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Panama, on the part of the United States, and His Excellency, Ernesto T. Lefevre, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on the part of the Republic of Panama, being duly authorized thereto, have agreed upon and concluded the following protocol: WHEREAS, the Government of the United States claims indemnities for the death and injury of American citizens in a riot which occurred in Cocoa Grove, Panama City, July 4, 1912; and WHEREAS, the Government of Panama has agreed, in principle, to the payment of such indemnities irrespective of the cir cumstances affecting the riot; and WHEREAS, the two Governments have been unable to agree upon the amounts of such indemnities, and have concluded to submit to arbitration the determination of the amounts to be paid by the Republic of Panama, it is, therefore, agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. The High contracting parties agree to submit to His Excellency W. L. F. C. van Rappard, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited by the Government of the Netherlands to the Governments of the United States and Panama, the determination of the amount of damages to be paid for each one of the American citizens killed and for each one injured as a result of the riot, and agrees that he shall award the amounts so determined against the Government of Panama. ARTICLE II. His Excellency W. L. F. C. van Rappard shall determine the amounts of such damages upon such papers as may be presented to him by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama at Washington, respectively, within five months from the date of the signing of this agreement, but it is expressly understood and agreed that such papers shall relate only to the amount of damages to be paid. The case shall then be closed unless His Excellency shall call for further documents, evidence, correspondence, or arguments from either Government, in which event, such further documents, evidence, correspondence or arguments shall be furnished within sixty days from the date of the call. If such documents, evidence, correspondence or arguments are not furnished within the time specified a decision in the case shall be given as if they did not exist. The entire case of each Government shall be presented in writing. ARTICLE III. A reasonable honorarium to His Excellency W. L. F. C. van Rappard shall be paid by the Government of Panama. ARTICLE IV. The decision of His Excellency W. L. F. C. van Rappard shall be accepted as final and shall be binding upon the two Governments. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto signed their names and affixed their seals. Done at Panama the 27th day of November 1915. WM JENNINGS PRICE. [SEAL.] SEAL. 1919. CONVENTION FACILITATING THE WORK OF TRAVELING SALESMEN. Signed at Washington February 8, 1919; ratification advised by the Senate June 4, 1919; ratified by the President July 9, 1919; ratified by Panama September 24, 1919; ratifications exchanged at Washington December 8, 1919; proclaimed December 10, 1919. (Treaty Series, No. 646; 41 Statutes at Large, 1696.) ARTICLES. I. Right of domiciled commercial travelers to operate under license from other contracting party; enemy nationals may be excepted. II. Certificate from country of domi- III. Sale of samples permitted, V. Bonding of samples of commer- X. Ratification; duration. VI. Customs formalities to be simplified. VII. Vendors directly to consumer IX. Most-favored-nation clause. The United States of America and the Republic of Panama being desirous to foster the development of commerce between them and to increase the exchange of commodities by facilitating the work of traveling salesmen have agreed to conclude a convention for that purpose and have to that end appointed as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Frank L. Polk, Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, and The President of the Republic of Panama, Señor José Edgardo Lefèvre, Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Panama near the Government of the United States of America. Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I. Manufacturers, merchants, and traders domiciled within the jurisdiction of one of the High Contracting Parties may operate as commercial travelers either personally or by means of agents or employees within the jurisdiction of the other High Contracting Party on obtaining from the latter, upon payment of a single fee, a license which shall be valid throughout its entire territorial jurisdiction.1 In case either of the High Contracting Parties shall be engaged in war, it reserves to itself the right to prevent from operating within its jurisdiction under the provisions of this treaty, or otherwise, enemy nationals or other aliens whose presence it may consider prejudicial to public order and national safety. 1 Licenses are issuable by the Department of Commerce in accordance with "An act to give effect to certain provisions of conventions with foreign governments for facilitating the work of traveling salesmen," approved September 22, 1922. |