The Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic

THE ITALIAN LEGACY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Article 2. Article 4 of the aforementioned treaty shall be amended as follows: “Citizens and subjects of

the respective States shall be exempted from embargoes and seizures of their ships, cargo, merchandise

or property, be it for military or public purposes, without indemnification, negotiated in advance by

the involved parties.”

Article 3. Article 9 of the aforementioned treaty shall be amended as follows: “The privileges, rights,

liberties, favors, immunities, and exemptions granted by each State to their respective merchant ves-

sels do not, in any way, involve cabotage rights, which are reserved for each country’s domestic ves-

sels; their enforcement is thus subject to each State’s respective laws on the matter.”

Article 4. The following paragraph has been added to article 13: “The terms of this Article do not in-

clude any facilities or privileges which either country finds in their best interest to grant to any citizen

or foreigner who requests them, for the purposes of establishing special steamship routes, or any pro-

vision by each country’s maritime trade laws, unless they benefit both countries’ ships.”

Article 5. The sixth clause of Article 17 of the aforementioned treaty shall be amended with the ap-

propriate wording to make it read as follows: “The removal of both seals shall be performed either by

mutual consent or as mandated by the appropriate judge.”

Article 6. Article 19 of the aforementioned treaty is hereby suppressed.

Article 7. The final paragraph of Article 22 […] shall read as follows: “The requesting party shall pro-

vide the officially sanctioned agent with the payment they are legally owed.”

Article 8. The following paragraph has been added to Article 26 of the aforementioned treaty: “The

provisions of this Article do not grant the contracting States the right to claim priority treatment as a

result of any treaties requiring concessions or special favors to or from bordering States.”

Article 9. The following article shall be added to the aforementioned treaty: “The Dominican govern-

ment, whenever a contract is drafted by an Italian migrant to the Dominican Republic, be it in Italy

Appointment

of confirmation

(exequatur) for Angelo

Porcella Vicini as

Consul of Italy in the

Dominican Republic

issued by President

Ramón Cáceres. Image

from the archives of

the Porcella family,

direct descendants.

Porcella Family