II.

China takes all measures emanating from her sovereign rights on the lands of the railway, neither the railway administration nor the municipalities shall under any pretext whatever oppose these measures in so far as the said measures are not in contravention of the contracts concluded with the Chinese Eastern Railway Co.

III

The contracts of the Chinese Eastern Railway actually in existence remain in full force.

IV.

The laws or ordinances and legislative measures resulting from China's sovereign rights shall be drawn up and published by Chinese officials in the form of proclamations.

V.

High Chinese officials and official agents visiting the lands of the railway shall be received by the management of the railway and the municipalities with all due consideration and respect.

VI.

Municipal organizations shall be established in the important commercial centres situated on the lands of the railway. The inhabitants. of the commercial centres according to the importance of the localities and the number of the inhabitants, shall name by election delegates who shall choose an executive committee; or, the inhabitants themselves shall participate in municipal affairs and a representation from amcag them shall be elected, who shall be charged with the execution of the resolution adopted by the assembly of all the inhabitants.

VII.

There is not the slightest difference made upon the lands of the railway between the Chinese population and that of other nationalities, all the inhabitants enjoy the same rights and are subject to the same obligations.

VIII.

Every member of the community who is the owner of real (property) of a fixed value or who pays a fixed annual rent and tax shall have the right to vote.

IX.

The president is elected by the assembly of delegates and chosen from amongst themselves regardless of nationality.

X.

The assembly of delegates is competent to pass upon all local questions of public utility. Institutions in which a part only of the inhabitants is interested such as churches, chambers of commerce, schools, charitable institutions, etc., shall be supported by that portion of the inhabitants by means of assessments.

XI.

The assembly of delegates chooses from amongst its members, and without distinction of nationality, the members charged with the management of municipal affairs; not to exceed three in number. In addition, the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway shall each appoint a delegate. The delegates and the above mentioned members, including the president, shall constitute the executive committee.

XII.

The president of the assembly of delegates is at the same time president of the executive committee.

XIII.

The president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway, occupying a position superior to that of the presidents of the assemblies. of delegates and of the committees, have the power of control and personal revision which they may exercise when they deem it necessary. The delegates mentioned in article XI present to them reports on current affairs. Besides all the resolutions passed by the assembly of delegates shall be submitted to the joint approval of the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway. After which, these resolutions shall be published in the form of a notice in the name of the executive committee and become binding on all the inhabitants whatever their nationality may be.

II.

China takes all measures emanating from her sovereign rights on the lands of the railway, neither the railway administration nor the municipalities shall under any pretext whatever oppose these measures in so far as the said measures are not in contravention of the contracts concluded with the Chinese Eastern Railway Co.

III

The contracts of the Chinese Eastern Railway actually in existence remain in full force.

IV.

The laws or ordinances and legislative measures resulting from China's sovereign rights shall be drawn up and published by Chinese officials in the form of proclamations

V

High Chinese officials and official agents visiting the lands of the railway shall be received by the management of the railway and the municipalities with all due consideration and respect.

VI.

Municipal organizations shall be established in the important commercial centres situated on the lands of the railway. The inhabitants of the commercial centres according to the importance of the localities and the number of the inhabitants, shall name by election delegates who shall choose an executive committee; or, the inhabitants themselves shall participate in municipal affairs and a representation from amcag them shall be elected, who shall be charged with the execution of the resolution adopted by the assembly of all the inhabitants.

VII.

There is not the slightest difference made upon the lands of the railway between the Chinese population and that of other nationalities, all the inhabitants enjoy the same rights and are subject to the same obligations.

VIII.

Every member of the community who is the owner of real (property) of a fixed value or who pays a fixed annual rent and tax shall have the right to vote.

IX.

The president is elected by the assembly of delegates and chosen from amongst themselves regardless of nationality.

X.

The assembly of delegates is competent to pass upon all local questions. of public utility. Institutions in which a part only of the inhabitants is interested such as churches, chambers of commerce, schools, charitable institutions, etc., shall be supported by that portion of the inhabitants by means of assessments.

XI.

The assembly of delegates chooses from amongst its members, and without distinction of nationality, the members charged with the management of municipal affairs; not to exceed three in number. In addition, the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway shall each appoint a delegate. The delegates and the above mentioned members, including the president, shall constitute the executive committee.

XII.

The president of the assembly of delegates is at the same time president of the executive committee.

XIII.

The president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway, occupying a position superior to that of the presidents of the assemblies. of delegates and of the committees, have the power of control and personal revision which they may exercise when they deem it necessary. The delegates mentioned in article XI present to them reports on current affairs. Besides all the resolutions passed by the assembly of delegates shall be submitted to the joint approval of the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway. After which, these resolutions shall be published in the form of a notice in the name of the executive committee and become binding on all the inhabitants whatever their nationality may be.

XIV.

In case the resolution of the assembly of delegates should not be approved by the president of the Chiao She Chu or the director of the railway, these resolutions must be returned to the assembly for reconsidera

tion. If the same resolution is adopted by a majority of three-fourths of the members present, it becomes binding.

XV.

Important questions concerning the public interest or the municipal finances in the commercial centres upon the lands of the railway shall be submitted, after discussion in the assembly of delegates, to the examination and approval of the president of the company (high Chinese official according to article I of the contract of 1896) conjointly with the principal administration (board of directors) of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company.

XVI.

The Chinese Eastern Railway Company has the free administration of the lands specially affecting the service of the railway, such as stations, workshops, etc. All the other lands of the railway company, not leased to others, as well as buildings reserved for the exclusive use of this company, if these lands and buildings have not been transferred to the municipalities in accordance with the plans agreed upon, shall be temporarily subject, as heretofore, to the administration of the said company. The lands in this category shall be provisionally exempt from taxes, etc.

XVII.

The foregoing general arrangements are to serve as a base for the elaboration of a detailed arrangement concerning the municipalities and the police; likewise the rate of taxation shall be determined. It is agreed to proceed to the elaboration of this arrangement within a month from the date of the signature of the present agreement (11th May, 1909).

XVIII.

Until the detailed arrangement concerning the municipal organizations have been elaborated and put into effect the municipalities shall conform provisionally to existing regulations, with the application of article XIII of the present agreement relative to the rights of control of the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway with respect to the municipalities. If the president of the Chiao She Chu and the director of the railway shall not approve the decisions of the assembly of delegates and if, after an exchange of views, an agreement can not be reached by these officials, two special delegates shall be separately elected by the inhabitants, Chinese and foreign. The president of the Chiao She Chu and the