Agency and
Consulate-General of the United States in Egypt,
Cairo, April 10, 1878.
(Received May 1.)
No. 224.]
I have the honor to inclose a copy of the dispatch, its translation and two
printed copies in Erench of the decree.
[Inclosure in No.
224.—Translation.]
Cherif Pasha to Mr.
Farnman.
Cairo, April 2,
1878.
No. 56.]
Mr. Agent and Consul-General: The experience
acquired in the application of the laws of the reform has led the corps of magistracy to propose several
modifications of articles 507, 528, 622, 639, 646, 688, and 707 of the
Civil and Commercial Code of Procedure.
A simple comparison of the old text with the new texts which are intended
to be introduced will suffice to show the utility of these
modifications, and the advantages which will result from them to all
parties interested.
Considering these advantages, and the new guarantees which these
modifications] are calculated to bring about in the management of cases
of “expropriation” (act of dispossessing debtors
of their real property), the Khedive has invested them with his high
sanction by decree dated the 24th of December last.
I have the honor to transmit you, printed in all three languages, this
decree, which is to be put into execution one month after its present
publication, according to the requirements of article 35 of the
“Réglement d’Organization Judiciaire”; and, convinced beforehand, Mr.
Agent and Consul-General, that you will recognize the force and
opportuneness of the provisions it contains, I renew to you the
expression of my high consideration.
The minister of foreign affairs and of justice,