The Russian Consul or his delegate
proceeds to the hearing of the claimant and the Russian witnesses
in the court in session, and interrogates the defendant and the
Chinese witnesses through the medium of the Chinese Dignitary at
Urga or his delegates or of his assistants in the other localities
of autonomous Outer Mongolia; the Russian Consul or his delegate
examines the evidence presented, demands security for
"revindication" and has recourse to the opinion of experts, if he
considers such expert opinion necessary for the elucidation of the
rights of the parties, etc.; he takes part in deciding and in the
drafting of the judgment, which he signs with the Chinese
Dignitary at Urga or his delegates or his assistants in the other
localities of Autonomous Outer Mongolia. The execution of the
judgment constitutes a duty of the Chinese authorities.
The Chinese Dignitary at Urga and his Assistants in the other
localities of autonomous Outer Mongolia may likewise personally or
through their delegates be present at the hearing of an action in
the Consulates of Russia wherein the defendant or the accused is a
Russian subject and the claimant or the complainant is a Chinese
subject. The execution of the judgment constitutes a duty of the
Russian authorities.
Art. 17. Since a section of the Kiachta-Urga-Kalgan telegraph line
lies in the territory of autonomous Outer Mongolia, it is agreed
that the said section of the said telegraph line constitutes the
complete property of the Autonomous Government of Outer Mongolia.
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