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ARTICLE 484. Ownership of products of the mind......
485. Transfer.....
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ARTICLE 495. Adjustment of accounts between nations, and between
members of different nations......
281
496. The money of account to follow the law of decimal
502. What silver coins shall be legal tender, and to what
extent....
292
503. Limits of variation from standard weight or fineness
within which coins shall be current..
293
508. Coins of base metal not to form a part of the interna-
tional currency..........
296
TITLE XXI.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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for international purposes...
ARTICLE 509. The metric system of weights and measures adopted
345
510. The metric system to be employed in negotiations and
intercourse between governments.....
347
511. Customs duties to be levied by metric weight and
measure, and postal tariffs to be regulated by metric
weight....
512. Standard units of length and of weight.
348
513. Copies of the standards to be made and carefully pre-
served, as standards of verification.....
514. Working standards, or standards for daily use, to be
constructed and periodically verified....
349
515. Standard measures of capacity......
516. Certain denominations, not decimally related to the
units of length, capacity, surface and weight, to be
allowed.....
TITLE XXII.
LONGITUDE AND TIME.
ARTICLE 517. The meridian of Greenwich to be the prime meridian. 355
518. Maps, charts, nautical tables, &c., how to be prepared. 356
519. Public vessels to be furuished with tables and charts
conformed to the meridian of Greenwich, and re-
quired to keep their logs in accordance therewith.. 356
520. The Gregorian style of reckoning to be employed..... 357
521. Of the length of the year, and of leap years..... 357
522. The term "year" in contracts and written instruments,
ARTICLE 525. A signal code to be devised by an international com-
mittee........
526. The use of the international signal code to be en-
joined upon all ships, for all communications by
signal, except such as may be of a confidential
362
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527. Apparatus and printed instructions required for the
use of the international signal code to be provided. 362
PART IV.
PROVISIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE.
ARTICLE 528. Limit of permanent military force
529. Equipments and military reserves..
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368
536. Each nation bound by High Tribunal of Arbitration.. 370
537. Nations violating provisions to be resisted by all..... 371
538. Annual conference of representatives of nations.
538 a. Neutrality of inter-oceanic canal..
371
373
540. Foreign slaves become free by entering free nation.... 377
GUARDIANSHIP AND MENTAL ALIENATION.
ARTICLE 557. Natural and testamentary guardians
558. Judicially appointed guardians.
559. Sanity...
TITLE XXV.
PROPERTY.
CHAPTER XLI. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
XLII. TRANSFER.
XLIII. SUCCESSION.
XLIV. WILL.
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