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shelter and utility. He shall construct in each of them fortresses and 
warehouses : he shall carry into effect the line of communication between 
the two ports by means of water-carriage or railroads, in both cases by 
means of steam ; and he shall establish as many steamboats and trains of 
steam-cars as shall be deemed necessary. 
Third. — The grantee shall pay at a just valuation for any private prop- 
erty through which the route shall pass ; but he shall not occupy, on ac- 
count of public utility, more than a quarter of a league on either side of 
the line, which is all he can require the proprietors to sell. 
Art. 5. — The indemnifications which, are hereby accorded to the 
grantee, and to those who may acquire his rights, or any part thereof, 
are the following : He shall have the right of collecting the passage dues 
for the term of fifty years, at the expiration of which time they shall re- 
vert to the Government of the Republic ; and for sixty years the exclu- 
sive privilege of carrying on the transport by steam- vessels and railroad - 
cars, with the right of determining an equitable rate of freight. But he 
shall give to the Government, from the time that the line of communica- 
tion shall be opened for the transport of effects, the fourth part of the 
net produce of the receipts for this purpose, deducting the expenses of 
administration, preservation, and repair thereof. The Government shall 
also give a fourth part of the net profits to the Negotiation during a like 
term of fifty years, when it shall enter into possession of its before-men- 
tioned rights over the line of communication. The Government and the 
Negotiation may each name their agents to look into the receipts and 
expenditures, during the whole of the time that each respectively shall 
be entitled to the before-mentioned fourth part of the profits. All the 
unoccupied lands for a distance of ten leagues on either side of the line 
of communication are hereby conceded in fee simple to the Negotia- 
tion. 
Art. 6. — All foreigners are permitted to acquire real property, and to 
exercise any trade or calling, not even excepting that of mining, within 
the distance of fifty leagues on either side of the line of transit. That 
territory shall be the country of all who may come to establish them- 
selves there, subject, however, to the laws of the Republic. 
Art. 1, — The Government engages to give to the Negotiation every 
protection and assistance, as well for effecting the survey as for carrying 
on the works, but the remuneration of the services of the inhabitants of 
these parts shall be at the expense of the Negotiation. The Govern- 
ment also engages not to impose any contributions or taxes upon travel- 
lers or effects in transitu, until the expiration of the aforesaid term of 
