joint Proclamation issued by the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the various Puwers, accredited to the Court of Peking, for the information of all whom it may concern Be it hereby known that we, the Ministers Plenipotentiary above named, having presented certain matters to the Poate Plenipotentiaries have now received the consent of the Emperor of China to the same, by which it has been arranged that no wit ming the Foreign be allowed to reside
Legations. The boundaries of the said Legation Concession Area ere as follows:—(1) The Southern Bounidary tine marches along the foot of the city wall to the, from thence ending at the gate. All houses immediately in the vicinity of these two gites as well ax those leaning against the city wall out side, facing the South are to be included within the stid Legation Concession Are, (2) The Eastern boundary line begins at the Hata-gale inwards along the Great Street (Ta-Chih) to the Eastern Single Memorinl Tower, North of the Pa-shu man-tang, The Western houndy monees from the Chiienmé Checker-board Street (Chi-pan-chieh), northwards following the foo" of the walls of the Imper thence eastwards to the East Changon-gate, thence assam nor h to the foot of the wall of the Soubiecu pat of the Imperial City.
(4) the Northern boundary lie starts from the foot of the wall of the Southern portion of the Imperial City eastwards to the corner of she said Imperial ity, thence turning to the north, behind the Erh-shih-man-tang, north of the Eastern Single Memorial Tower, It is hereby required that all Chinese hitherto residing in the ares contained within the above-noted boundary. lines shall remove from thence, As for the houses and land thus given up by the said owners, the suid Foreign Ministers have already consulted and arranged wich the Chinese Governnent to settle the prices to be paid for the suid houses and lands in a just and impartial manner for compensstion of said owners, fy this connection of houses and land shall be rered to present their documents and lo deeds at the General Council House of the F isters, situated in the Should it have lust their title deeds and other documents they ae pers mitted to p. the matter to the suid General Council Hous+, explaining the cireumstine s, giving the location" with particulars of the boundary lines of the said property and all other important matters concerning the same.
The owners of all houses and lands within the Legation Cmeession Area must also each bring with him two ater persons, who shall vot only be witnesses but also' gusrauters that the title deeds, ete., produced by the alleged owners are bend fide and genuine documents; and they shall also nite the tre th of all allegations made by the said owners. After having made all careful and necessary examination into said claims the within-named Foreign Ministers shall decide upon just and equitable prices, so that the suid owners may obtain whatever may be the right we of their properties und.r the circumstances, Having determined upon the sums to be pid the said Foreign Ministers will demand these monies from the Chinese Now be it known that beginning from this date of the issuance of this proclamation a limit of twenty days, that is to say, to the 8th day of the 4th Muon (25th May). shall be given to the owners of the said properties to present their title deeds and documents or petitions thereon to the said General Council House in Shamao Street. If it should turn out that false title det d-have been presented, or that false owners have appeared' with claims to property not belonging to them, wud such like attempts at fraud, or there may be collusion with witnesses to perpetrate frauds, as soon as these are found out the severest punishments will be deale out to the culprits and no leniency will be exercised, May, 1901, 27h year of Kuang Hsii, 16-Wi day, 3rd moon,
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