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by treaties may pass through its territory; what mails may 
be distributed within the same; and, lastly, to impose the 
usual duties of import upon any articles destined for inland 
consumption, in which the enterprise shall loyally assist the 
Government. 
Article IX. The mails of the Republic and the public 
offices, also the changes of garrisons which may take place 
in the direction of the route, shall be transported by the 
railway free of charge along the whole track of the line; but 
it is especially stipulated that, inasmuch as the trains must 
make their trips at fixed days and hours, the transit shall 
not suffer any delay or impediment in any case and under 
any circumstances. 
Article X. The usual public roads, whether highways or 
byeways, passed over by the transit line shall not be occu¬ 
pied nor cut without being conveniently reconstructed to 
the satisfaction of the Government. 
Article XI. Any questions, disputes, or differences which 
may arise between the enterprise and any inhabitant of the 
Republic shall be subject to the decision of the judges and 
tribunals of Nicaragua, and those arising between the Go¬ 
vernment and the enterprise shall be resolved within the 
Republic by three persons of known probity, natives or 
foreigners, chosen one by each party, and the third by the 
two already nominated,—the vote, sentence or decree of a 
majority of said Arbitrators being decisive without any fur¬ 
ther recourse. 
Article XII. The transit enterprise shall never, either by 
themselves or through their heirs, successors, administrators, 
or assigns, at any time and under any circumstances, alienate 
the rights conceded to them by the present convention, nor 
shall they alienate the works of the railroad, docks, or other 
hydraulic works to any foreign government, nor to any 
Company or individual without the express consent of Ni¬ 
caragua. 
Article XIII. Should the works of the Interoceanic 
Transit be unfinished at the expiration of the time fixed m 
