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will be permitted under any circumstances whatever. The effects of 

 all persons deceased shall be given up to the consul of the nation to 

 which they may have belonged. 



4th. Any person guilty of the crime of murder upon any foreigner, 

 shall be given up without delay to the commander of any public vessel 

 of the nation to which the deceased may belong, upon his demanding 

 the same. 



5th. Every vessel shall pay a port-charge of five dollars for anchor- 

 age and water, before she will be allowed to receive refreshments on 

 board, and shall pay for pilotage in and out, the sum of seven dollars, 

 before she leaves the harbour ; and pilots shall be appointed, subject to 

 the approval of the consuls. 



6th. No work shall be done on shore, nor shall any natives be em- 

 ployed on board vessels on the Sabbath day, under a penalty of ten dol- 

 lars, unless under circumstances of absolute necessity. 



7th. All trading in spirituous liquors or landing the same is strictly 

 forbidden; any person offending shall pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, 

 and the vessel to which he belongs shall receive no more refreshments. 

 Any spirituous liquors found on shore shall be seized and destroyed. 



8th. All deserters from vessels will be apprehended, and a reward 

 paid of eight dollars, viz., five dollars to the person who apprehends 

 him, and three dollars to the chief of the district in which he may be 

 apprehended, on his delivery to the proper officer of the vessel. No 

 master shall refuse to receive such deserter, under a penalty of twenty- 

 five dollars. Deserters taken after the vessel has sailed shall be de- 

 livered up to the consul, to be dealt with as he may think fit. Any 

 person who entices another to desert, secretes a deserter, or in any 

 way assists him, shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars or one 

 month's hard labour on the public roads. 



9th. No master shall land a passenger without permission of the 

 government, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars, and no individual 

 shall be permitted to land or reside in Samoa, without special permis- 

 sion of the government. Any one so landing shall be compelled to leave 

 by the first opportunity. 



10th. If a sick person be left on shore from any vessel for the re- 

 covery of his health, he shall be placed under charge of the consul, who 

 shall be responsible for his sick expenses, and will send him away by 

 the first opportunity after his recovery. 



11th. Any seaman remaining on shore after nine o'clock at night, 

 shall be made a prisoner of, until the next morning, when he shall be 

 sent on board, and shall pay a fine of five dollars. 



12th. All fines to be paid in specie or its equivalent ; or be com- 



