ملف رقم ٢٤٠ لسنة ١٩١٣ "سكة حديد المحمرة - خرم آباد؛ اتفاقية خور موسى" [و‎‎٥‎٣] (٤٥٢/١١٠)

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may be acquired by such company, the intention being that in no case shah such
royalty be payable more than once in respect of the same profits.
Ai t. 8 . J he workmen employed by the company or companies shall as far as possible
be subjects of His Imperial Majesty the Shah, except the technical staff, such as the
managers, engineers, foremen, mechanics, &c.
Art. .). fhe Imperial Government binds itself to take all and any necessary
measures to facilitate and to secure the safety and the carrying out of the objects of
iis concession and of the lands, buildings, and other property of the concessionnaire,
and to protect the representatives, agents, and servants of the ‘ concessionnaire, and of
any companies formed to acquire or work the said concession or any part thereof. The
mpenal Government having thus fulfilled its engagements, the concessionnaire and the
companies created by him shall not have any power under any pretext whatever to claim
damages from the Persian Government.
r u ^ ie ex pi ra ti on of the term of the present concession ail materials,
buildings, and apparatuses then used by the company or companies for the exploita
tion of its or their industry shall become the property of the said Government, and the
company or companies shall have no right to any indemnity in this connection.
^ th e event of any r dispute or difference arising between the parties to
the present concession m respect of its interpretation or the rights or responsibilities of
either of the parties therefrom resulting, such dispute or difference shall be submitted
to two arbitrators at Tehran, one of whom shall be named by each of the parties, and to
an umpire, who shall be appointed by the arbitrators before they proceed to arbitrate.
I he decision of the arbitrators or, in the event of the latter disagreeing, that of the
umpire shall be final.
Art. 12 . This act of concession made in duplicate is written in the English language
and translated into Persian with the same meaning, but, in the event of there being
any dispute as to the meaning, the English text shall alone prevail.
Done in duplicate at Tehran this
day of
1910.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1 .
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,/v. i i vv v f/ ' Draft Mining Concession in Southern Persia.
LE Gouvernement de Sa Majeste Imperiale le Schah, voulant accorder son appui cl
une entreprise utile a la prosperity du pays et destinee k faire decouvrir et mettre en
valeur les richesses minieres de son sol, accorde dans ce but une concession a
(ci-dessous designe par les mots “ le concessionnaire,’’ qui comprendront
egalement ses ayants droit) moyennant les clauses et conditions qui suivent, dont le
texte formera contrat et engagement entre le Gouvernement Imperial et ledit conces
sionnaire.
Article l er . Le Gouvernement Imperial accorde, pour la duree de yingt annees,
a partir de la date de la signature de la presente concession, le droit et privilege'
exclusif.de r 6 c herche de toutes mines et mineraux (sauf ceux ci-dessous exceptes)
qui seraient situes dans la zone suivante :—
Sont expressement exceptees les mines d’or, de pierres precieuses, de chaux et pierre
a chaux, de gypse et pierres k platre, d argile, de kaolin, de marbre et pierres a batir, de
sable et de sel gemme.
Sont egalement exceptees les mines d’asphalte, ozokerite et gaz naturel, concedees
par lacte du 28 mai, 1901, et toutes cedes qui se trouveraient actuellement en etat
d exploitation reguliere et legale on qui auraient ete concedees anterieurement a la date
du present contrat.
Les travaux de recherche et de decouverte ci-dessus concydees se feront aux frais,
risques en perils du concessionnaire et moyennant une juste et equitable reparation
aux dommages que ces travaux pourraient yventuellement causer h la surface du sol,
soit dans les terrains appartenant a des particuliers, soil dans les terrains cultives,
boises oil construits appartenant a I’Etat. Le cas ycheant, fappreciation du dommage
sera fixye de commun accord entre les parties interessees on, k defaut de cet accord, par
deux experts nommes fun par le Gouvernement Imperial 1’autre par le concessionnaire.
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