all have on board the
said vessels, all power and jurisdiction in civil matters, in all the
disputes which may there arise; they shall have an entire inspection
over the said vessels, their crew, and the changes and substitutions
there to be made. For which purpose they may go on board the said
vessels whenever they may judge it necessary: well understood, that
the functions hereby allowed shall be confined to the interior of the
vessels, and that they shall not take place in any case, which shall
have any interference with the police of the ports where the said
vessels shall be.

Article IX. The Consuls and Vice-Consuls may cause to be arrested the
captains, officers, mariners, sailors, and all other persons, being part
of the crews of the vessels of their respective nations, who shall
have deserted from the said vessels, in order to send them back, and
transport them out of the country. For which purpose, the said Consuls
and Vice-Consuls shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and
officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing,
proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessel or ship's roll,
that those men were part of the said crews: and on this demand, so
proved (saving, however, where the contrary is proved), the delivery
shall not be refused|; and there shall be given all aid and assistance
to the said Consuls and Vice-Consuls, for the search, seizure, and
arrest of the said deserters, who shall even be detained and kept in the
prisons of the country, at their request and expense, until they shall
have found an opportunity of sending them back. But if they be not sent
back within three months, to be counted from the day of their arrest,
they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same
cause.

Article X. In cases where the respective subjects, or citizens, shall
have committed any crime, or breach of the peace, they shall be amenable
to the judges of the country.

Article XI. When the said offenders shall be a part of the crew of a
vessel of their nation, and shall have withdrawn themselves on board
the said vessel, they may be there seized and arrested by order of the
judges of the country: these shall give notice thereof to the Consul
or Vice-Consul, who may repair on board, if he thinks proper: but this
notification shall not, in any case, delay execution of the order in
question. The persons arrested shall not afterwards be set at liberty,
until th