1758. CONSULS, Usurpation of Jurisdiction by.—
I have it in charge, from the
President of the United States, to give notice
to all the consuls and vice-consuls of France,
that if any of them * * * shall assume
any jurisdiction not expressly given by the
convention between France and the United
States, the exequatur of the consul so transgressing
will be immediately revoked, and his
person submitted to such prosecutions and
punishments as the laws may prescribe for the
case.—
Circular to French Consuls.
Ford ed., vi, 417.
(Sep. 1793)
