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INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION

Commissioner on the part of the United States: B. Ogden Chisolm, of New York

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AT ROME
(Convention of June 7, 1905)

Member of the Permanent Committee: Asher Hobson, of Washington

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT PARIS
(Convention of December 9, 1907)

Representative of the United States: Surgeon Walter W. King, of the Public Health Service

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In 1876, as the result of negotiations between the Ottoman and Egyptian Governments and the various Christian powers represented at Cairo, courts were created in Egypt having sole jurisdiction in the trial of civil and commercial causes arising between natives and foreigners or between foreigners of different nationality, in all questions of real estate, and in suits of foreigners against the Egyptian Government or members of the Khedival (now Royal) family. These mixed tribunals, in matters within their exclusive jurisdiction, are taking the place of the consular courts which continue to exercise general criminal jurisdiction over their nationals, to decide matters involving the civil status of their nationals, and to adjudicate civil and commercial suits to which their nationals exclusively are parties. There are three tribunals of original jurisdiction (first instance), one each at Cairo, Alexandria, and Mansura, and a court of appeals at Alexandria. The judiciary is made up of foreign and Egyptian judges, at present 65 in number, 16 of whom serve on the bench of the court of appeals. Judgments in the lower courts are rendered by three judges, of whom two are foreigners, in the court of appeals by five judges, of whom three are foreigners. The foreign judges are appointed by the King of Egypt on the recommendation of their respective governments. The United States is represented in these courts by the following judges:

Court of appeals: Jasper Yeates Brinton, of Pennsylvania (appointed 1921)

Courts of first instance: Pierre Crabités, of Louisiana (appointed 1911); Robert Llewellyn Henry, of Louisiana (appointed 1924)

UNITED STATES MEMBERS OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION (Convention Signed at The Hague, July 29, 1899)

Elihu Root, formerly Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and United States Senator

John Bassett Moore, professor of international law and diplomacy at Columbia University; formerly Counselor for the Department of State

Charles Evans Hughes, formerly Governor of the State of New York, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and Secretary of State

XXVII. FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

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Greece...

Dec. 12, 1924.

Guatemala.
Jan. 11, 1928.

Haiti..

Feb. 10, 1925.

Honduras..
Mar. 9, 1925.

Hungary..

Jan. 11, 1922.

Irish Free State..
Oct. 7, 1924.3

Italy.....

Mar. 2, 1925.

Mr. Henry Chilton, C. M. G., E. E. and Acting counselor of embassy 1812 R Street.
M. P.

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