'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎21r] (21/112)

Article 51.
• ^ 1G ^ orrim ^ s ^? T1 appoint such subordinate officers or officials as may be found
indispensable to assist it in carrying out the duties with which it is charged.
Article 52.
In all matters relating to the navigation of the waters within the limits of the
jurisdiction of the Commission all the ships referred to in Article 37 shall be treated
upon a footing of absolute equality.
Article 53.
Subject to the provisions of Article 47 the existing rights under which dues and
charges can be levied for various purposes, whether direct by the Turkish Government
or by international bodies or private companies, on ships or cargoes within the limits
ot the jurisdiction ot the Commission shall be transferred to the Commission. The
Commission shall fix these dues and charges at such amounts only as may be reasonably
necessary to cover the cost of the works executed and the services rendered to shipping,
including the general costs and expenses of the administration of the Commission, and
the salaries and pay provided for in paragraph 3 of the Annex to this Section.
For these purposes only and with the prior consent of the Council of the League of
Nations the Commission may also establish dues and charges other than those now
existing and fix their amounts.
Article 54.
All dues and charges imposed by the Commission shall be levied without any
discrimination and on a footing of absolute equality between all vessels, whatever their
port of origin, destination or departure, their flag or ownership, or the nationality or
ownership of their cargoes.
4'his disposition does not affect the right of the Commission to fix in accordance with
tonnage the dues provided for by this Section.
Article 55.
The Turkish and Greek Governments respectively undertake to facilitate the
acquisition by the Commission of such land and buildings as the Commission shall
consider it necessary to acquire in order to carry out effectively the duties with which it
is entrusted.
Article 56.
Ships of war in transit through the waters specified in Article 39 shall conform in all
respects to the regulations issued by the Commission for the observance of the ordinary
rules of navigation and of sanitary requirements.
Article 57.
(1) Belligerent warships shall not revictual nor take in stores, except so far as may
be strictly necessary to enable them to complete the passage of the Straits and to reach
the nearest port where they can call, nor shall they replenish or increase their supplies
of war material or their armament or complete their crews, within the waters under the
control of the Commission. Only such repairs as are absolutely necessary to render them
seaworthy shall be carried out, and they shall not add in any manner whatever to their
fighting force. The Commission shall decide what repairs are necessary, and these must
be carried out with the least possible delay.
(2) The passage of belligerent warships through the waters under the control ot
the Commission shall be effected with the least possible delay, and without any other
interruption than that resulting from the necessities ol the service.
(3) The stav of such warships at ports within the jurisdiction of the Commission
shall not exceed twenty-four hours except in case ot distress. In such case they si a 1
be bound to leave as soon as possible. An interval of at least twenty-four hours shall
always elapse between the sailing of a belligerent ship from the waters under the control
of the Commission and the departure of a ship belonging to an opposing belligerent,
(4) Any further regulations affecting in time of war the waters under the control
of the Commission, and relating in particular to the passage of war material and contraband
destined for the enemies of Turkey, or revictualling, taking in stores or carrying out
repairs in the said waters, will be laid'down by the League of Nations.
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