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ver a passenger vessel is retired from service other than in case of e to the insurance-credit funds of the State, these funds shall De property of the State in compensation for the engagement assumed

IV LIST OF DUïnes (Cahier deS CHARGES)

OBIECT AND TERM OF CONCESSION

of astion provides that the operation of maritime postal and general zes between France and United States of America, and France, A tiles, and Central America shall be modified in such a manner s remain within the limitation of 150 000,000 franes ($5,850,000) er the contract provisions.

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TERM OF CONTRACT

m of cot tract is for 14 years, beginning January 1, 1933, and ending 11 1946 unless previously canceled, and the State reserves the right term until the service is taken over by another contractor, in rent has not been renewed within reasonable time before its i wover the term of extension must not exceed 1 year without the The esteemnotaire or the contractor

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*te waites its power to subsidize directly or indirectly any service tance which touches at any point on the lines covered by the contract, sentvw a paint outside of France and touches any two points provided This limitation, however, does not apply to (1) supplementary restol for leal Leees of the colonies nor (2) to lines which by virtue Tew thert with the State assure a service to the coloni's in the Pacifie Artes and the Panama Canal, nor (3) to Ines which are to serve **me sportation purposes, which carnot be guaranteed to be taken over e Liractor, etc. The contractor, on the other hand, has the right ce in contracting for servi es which the Government may decide to re in extension of the services covered by the contract.

PERFORMANCE BOND

antee of performance, the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique a performa de bond in the amount of 3.000.000 franes ($117,000) in egy bills, State obligations, or floating property. The contractor al insurance policies covering vessels given as security under it be settled excepting under agreement with the Minister of Matte ed apples to claims against the contractor, as specified in the list or in all cases of accounting agreements with the State. Including ing postal at pments, all damage attributable to infractions of the „...a....y, and extra expenses arising from measures taken for ensuring se in case the contractor fails to carry out contract stipulations,

11 SPITIAL PROVISIONS COVERING SERVICES BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ve tract, provides 52 round-trip voyages annually between Havre and with one sailit z per week, except that from November 1 to March 1 gter fortalt may be made, on the condition that 32 obligatory mpeted within the year. Passenger vessels are prohibited from De Newfoundland Bank from Apr 115 to October 15. The company ie a jammer ger vessel on the Marseille New York line on type of Grazie w . h vesel is to be fitted out in Marsellie During the period wr 17, Mar-1. 1 this steamer may be substituted by a passenger steamer Hivre New York line, which may not be in the North Atlantic service I me The vessels covered by the contract when cord) ded were: amandie, under construction), Ile de France, Paris, and France. centrat provided that until the T-6 goes into service the Champlain and effe may be designated for postal service by special authorization for vage by the Minister of Merchant Marine.

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a tua be constructed for the service must have a minimum displacement, ↑ 22000 tons The contractor must possess at least three pas. swis having a speed of over 20 knots at sea. In case one of these

vessels goes out of service the Minister may require a replacement vessel to be ordered within the ensuing 6-month period.

SPEED

The average minimum speed to be maintained by each vessel during the year shall be fixed as follows: T-6 (Normandie, under construction), 23 knots; Ile de France, 20 knots; Paris, 20 knots; France, 18 knots; and for substitute vessels: Champlain, 18.5 knots; Lafayette, 17 knots.

For vessels to be built, the minimum speed shall be determined by competitive conditions in the trade. The minimum speed may be reduced by onetenth of a knot from January 1, 1933, for vessels in service on that date, and for each new vessel from the January 1 following its entry into service. CHAPTER III. SPECIAL DISPOSITIONS AS TO SERVICES BETWEEN FRANCE, MEXICO, THE ANTILLES, AND CENTRAL AMERICA

The services to be performed by the contractor are covered by four lines, as follows:

Line no. 1.-Covering fortnightly sailings between Havre, Plymouth, one or two Spanish ports, Barbados, Puerto Colombia, as well as several other ports, terminating at Cristobal, and return.

Line no. 2.-Covers 10 voyages a year between St. Nazaire, Bordeaux, four Spanish ports, and many ports in the West Indies, terminating at Santiago de Cuba, and returning via San Juan, St. Thomas, etc.

Line no. 3.-To supply two voyages not covered by line no. 2, in order to make monthly sailings locally between Fort de France, St. Lucie, Barbados, Pointe-a-Pitre, Basse-Terre, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, and San Martin (Puerto Rico) and return.

Line no. 4.-One monthly sailing in the interisland services between Fort de France, St. Lucie, Barbados, Trinidad, terminating at Demerara, and return.

The Minister is authorized to require the establishment of the services planned in the contract of April 21, 1927, whenever economic circumstances shall permit it, without, however, exceeding the maximum of the subvention. It is understood that line no. 2 and a line to Mexico, if established, shall terminate in St. Nazaire.

SPEED

The minimum average annual speed on Line No. 1 shall be 14 knots, while Lines Nos. 2, 3, and 4 shall be 11 knots. For vessels in service at the time the contract was concluded, the following variations were permitted:

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For the other vessels, such as Colombie, Cuba, and Mexique, no reduction is permitted. A reduction of one-tenth of 1 knot per year from January 1, 1933, shall be granted for passenger vessels in service at the time the contract was concluded and for new passenger vessels from the 1st of January following their entry into service.

CHAPTER IV. SPECIAL DISPOSITIONS CONCERNING THE SERVICES CONNECTING THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF FRANCE WITH ALGERIA AND TUNIS

The services defined by the charter party of March 1, 1928, shall be maintained and also all stipulations of that charter party.'

Vessels used in these services shall benefit in regard to their replacement through the functioning of special account in the contract. Mediterranean

7 See Shipping and Shipbuilding Subsidies, p. 122.

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be covered by special book entries, and the commission charged "inistration of the charter party of March 1, 1928, shall extend

to all transportation for the account of the Compagnie Genel stique in the Mediterranean, including the company-owned well as those which have been chartered from the State, and the shall be obliged to include in its membership 1 representative and 1 for Tunis

CHAPTER A DEFINITION OF SPIØD

ce annual speed is the average of the speeds obtained by each steamer during the various passages The total of the individual d by the number of passages shall establish the figure for the ***** mpww1, and the average speed of each passage shall be comFlug the distance between the port of departure and terminal le by the time used for passage, deduction being made for at port of call, exception also being made for cases of force majeure. Cafe +xcept broken shafts or lost propeliers, shall not be

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of passage shall be expressed in hours and tenths of an hour. Paid te expressed in knots and hundredths of knots, the final 2 computed to the hundredth of a knot. In the computation of Is attained, the periods of slowing up arising out of the necessity the ship arrive in port during working hours shall not be counted. gal speed of passenger vessels is equal to, or more than, the rised for that vessel, the required speed for the line shall be taken of the Towel If the average speed of a passenger vessel is less stewed authorized for that particular ship, the speed required for minus the deficiency, shall be taken as the speed of the ship The • may be required to replace each passenger vessel of which the **** for the voyages completed during the year past shall be one fer the contract speed for the line to which the vessel belongs or DID OM LEFT Vessels Itstedt.

years shall be allowed for effecting replacements, which period may +1 to 3 years if the replacement necessitates the construction of a The rested passet ger vessels may be readmitted into the postal if et reconstruction, when they have qualified by official trials.

Transportation for State account (see also p. 30)

traveling for account of the State, in the public service or under with the central or any colonial government of France, including with scholarships, are entitled to 30-percent rebate on transportation stence applicable to commercial passengers. Within this category - also families and parties or persons. The 30-percent reduction toegeven biga ige weights on the New York Line, but not on furniture ent which must be carried at commere al rates.

of the Merchant Marine Administration or Inspection General of on ansial tours of inspection relating to contract performance, are gratuitously the subsistence being chargeable to the State.

of troops transportation, the contractor must set aside certain spaces rize of troop equirment.

etractor undertakes to carry a number of passengers for State account Log ef yrth of the total number of berths on each of the four classes, 1. Intermediate, and third, which comprise the facilities of the In cases where the needs of the Government exceed one fourth, the • at all reserve the number of berths necessity, sublect to 15 days to stevione potice from the Government, prior to the sailing of the Fen lave' noti e shall be given when the number of the passengers wrote is hetsteen one-fourth and one half of the berths and 3 weeks shall If the number is over one half of the berths. tenth of the carrying capacity of the vessel must be reserved for State 1 cargo traffic up to the 10th day before sailing, upon the expiration the company may use this space for commere al purposes.

aneve tractor must grant the Government the most advantageous commerfrecht rates and is otherwise free to grant the Government special

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Transportation of State funds and property

The contractor must load on its passenger vessels, within the limits of capacity still available at the time a request is made, ordinary shipments of all kinds destined for the service of the State or the colonies, on condition that loading and discharging operations shall be performed under normal conditions and without prejudice to existing contracts. The contractor must carry the funds as well as bullion which the Treasury may ship or which may be shipped for its account, and at rates arranged with the Minister of Finance. Special agents accompanying shipments of funds or metals are entitled to free passage less subsistence, and the contractor is obliged to follow such agents' instructions for the loading and discharging of specie and for their placement and safekeeping on board.

Other transportation for State account

The contractor undertakes to carry bodies of soldiers, sailors, and officers, who have died abroad or in the colonies, at 25 percent reduction from the commercial rate. Special agreements cover the transportation of deserters, persons under discipline, untried prisoners, convicts, and persons under extradition for the Government of France or of a foreign country. For the transporting of insane persons, the contractor is entitled to double the rates paid for other passengers of the same class.

Transportation for account of the contractor

The contractor is permitted to carry passengers and cargo in accordance with commercial practice. The contractor forbids agents of the vessel or vessel employees from undertaking any commercial operation for their own account, and the usual navigation requirements, as to customs and quarantine regulations in ports of call, are required to be complied with under contract terms. Cargo must be properly stowed. Inflammable or dangerous cargo may not be placed on deck nor in any of the spaces reserved for passenger accommodations. The care of and service to, passengers are required by contract to be according to the best conditions in practice on French and foreign passenger vessels, such as prescribed food requirements for individuals, etc.

An official complaint register shall be carried on each vessel, visaed by a Government commissioner and open to all passengers, in an accessible part of each ship, and upon the return of each voyage a certified copy of this register shall be transmitted to the Merchant Marine Administration by the Government commissioner. In this manner, any complaint against the service of the ship may be entered by any passenger for consideration and action by the Merchant Marine Ministry.

An important concession is that the contractor shall give preference, all things being equal, to shipments of French commerce, among applications for space, provided these applications are made to the contractor's agents within the period established for this purpose and stated in notices posted in each agency. Such applications will be given serial numbers and registered at each agency on a counter book, showing date and hour of receipt.

CHAPTER VI. POSTAL SERVICE

The contractor undertakes to transport without limitation as to weight for account of the French Government, all mail tendered in ports served by the vessel, including diplomatic pouches.

The rate to be paid for the carriage of mail is established by article 40 of the law of December 19, 1926, which provides:

Free transportation of diplomatic pouches and, when necessary, for the official of the Postal Administration accompanying them, shall be provided. The contract provides for expeditious handling of mails in ports, for delivery and collection, and for port transportation of postal officials, and specifies that the contractor shall provide at this own expense for the replacement of, or repair to, sacks lost or damaged through ship's fault.

Postal agents on board

The Postal and Telegraph Administrations have the right to place on boar:1 each passenger vessel an official known as "Controller of Maritime Postal Service", who shall possess full and exclusive authority in regard to everything concerning receipt and transmission of mail entrusted to his care.

Iz ra'n.stetice, the Controller shall be accommodated as a first-class passenCuring calls in ports when there is no table service for passengers, otamiated as an officer of the ship and at a reduction of 50 percent foxs of the fist class passenger subsistence.

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vy mimolations are provided for the Controller and his work, as well aces for valuables and for storage of mail.

ce and accommodations, the Postal Administration undertakes citra for at one half the usual commercial rates for space actually £t incuding subsistence.

ved in cases of force majeure, the contractor assumes responsibility for the mails in the same manner as the Postal Administration is to rd parties.

Postal monopoly

entracter is forbidden to undertake the carriage of any mail matter ? that went by French and foreign post offices, French diplomatie and izes. The only exception to this rule is ship's papers and docuremaining in the custody of the master of the vessel.

home, jest is to be carried in compliance with the laws, agreements, regulaza, and tariffs in force or which may be formulated.

AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

eut tractor is held to the obligations and the advantages accruing to remia Government through agreements under the International Postal awiah may be made during the period of the contract. The same shall Diary agrvelent which may be concluded with the United States Post partment or transportation company by the Minister of Posts and 4′′N 4# G# Cumsition that they do not entail for the contractor greater ota por lesser advantages than those which would accrue in applying le agreements under the International Postal Union.

CHAPTER VIL ITINERARIES

lays and hours of departure at terminal points and other traffic con»..... be fixed by the Minister of Merchant Marine, upon proposal by weʼractor, after taking into consideration the requirements of the postal lizer ia) servies Alterations in itineraries may be made by the ut without extra remuneration to the contractor, in cases of epidemics et erg bojem

are from France must not take place before mail shipments from ave arrived Delays under the circumstances are subject to log entry hot ex-swd 6 hours without the consent of the contractor. www of force majeure creating delays or diversions must be covered by ar, i by reports of the master of the vessel, stating all conditions.

Rate control and preference

¿ʼrator shall fix commercial passenger rates and freight rates to the iere al advantage, upon conditions which shall be published in the

e erential reduction of at least 5 percent shall be fixed in favor of the lasses of pass tigers transported between France and the French as evernpared with those transported between Fran e and Colon. trates to or from the French Antilles and French Guiana must not be 11 at 1' me for similar freight to or from Colombia and Venezuela. carred from France to French Guiana should always be trans-hipped de France on first passenger vessel leaving that colony

*erchandise of foreign origin, transshipped to complete the cargo on falone Lars Vensel sailing from France, must not be charged a lower trate than that imposed by the contractor on similar goods of French bu wetit by the same vessel to the same destination.

zemre me po hatutdise, loaded in a foreign port, must not be charged a higher tate than that imposed by the contractor on similar merchandise over the same route, to be transshipped to a foreign port.

are forbidden to shippers of freight of foreign origin or destined shipped in a French port to a foreign port unless equal benefits are to goods of French origin or destined for France, loaded in the same on the same passenger vessel.

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