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habitants of the two states shall likewise be permitted to fail and trade with their veffels, and with the fame liberty and safety to frequent the places, ports and havens of powers, enemies to both or either of the contracting parties, without being in any wife molested or troubled, and to carry on a commerce not only directly from the ports of an enemy to a neutral port, but even from one port of an enemy to another port of an enemy, whether it be under the jurifdiction of the fame or of different princes. And as it is acknowledged by this treaty, with respect to fhips and merchandizes, that free fhips fhall make the merchandizes free, and that every thing which make free fhall be on board of fhips belonging to fubjects of the one or the other of the contracting parties, fhall be confidered as free, even though the cargo or a part of it fhould belong to the enemies of one or both; it is nevertheless provided, that contraband goods fhall always be excepted; which being intercepted, fhall be proceeded against according to the fpirit of the following articles. It is likewife agreed, that the fame liberty be extended to perfons who may be on board a free fhip, with this effect, that although they be enemies to both or either of the parties, they fhall not be taken out of the free fhip, unless they are foldiers in the actual fervice of the faid enemies.

Free hips

goods; except con

traband articles.

This liber

to all kinds

ARTICLE VIII.

This liberty of navigation and commerce ty extends fhall extend to all kinds of merchandizes, except thofe only which are expreffed in the folchandize, lowing article, and are diftinguished by the Braband. name of contraband goods.

of mer

except con

jets et habitans des deux Etats de naviguer et de négocier avec leurs vaiffeaux et marchandifes, et de frequenter avec la même liberté et fureté, les places, ports et havres des puiffances ennemies des deux parties contractantes, ou de l'une d'elles, fans être aucunement inquiétés ni troublés, et de faire le commerce non feulement directement des ports de l'ennemi à un port neutre, mais encore d'un port ennemi à un autre port ennemi; foit qu'il fe trouve fous la jurifdiction d'un même ou de différents princes. Et comme il eft reçu par le présent traité par rapport aux navires et aux marchandifes, que les vaiffeaux libres rendront les marchandises libres, et que l'on regardera comme libre tout ce qui fera àbord des navires appartenants aux fujets d'une ou de l'autre des parties contractantes, quand même le chargement, ou partie d'icelui appartiendroit aux ennemis de l'un des deux; bien entendu něanmoins que les marchandifes de contrebande feront toujours exceptées; les quelles étant interceptées, il fera procédé conformement à l'efprit des articles fuivants. Il est également convenu que cette même liberté s'étendra aux perfonnes qui naviguent fur un vaiffeau libre; de maniere que quoi qu'elles foient ennemies des deux parties ou de l'une d'elles, elles ne feront point tirées du vaiffeau libre, si ce n'est que ce fuffent des gens de guerre actuellement

au fervice des dits ennemis.

ARTICLE VIII.

Cette liberté de navigation et de commerce s'étendra à toutes fortes de marchandifes, à la reserve seulement de celles qui font exprimées dans l'article fuivant et defignées fous le nom de marchandifes de contrabande.

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What

goods fhall

contra

band.

ARTICLE IX.

Under the name of contraband or prohibi

be deemed ted goods, fhall be comprehended armis, great guns, cannon balls, arquebufes, mufkets, mortars, bombs, petards, granadoes, fauciffes, pitch balls, carriages for ordnance, musket rests, bandoleers, cannon powder, matches, faltpetre, fulphur, bullets, pikes, fabres, fwords, morions, helmets, cuiraffes, halberds, javelins, piftols and their holfters, belts, bayonets, horfes with their harness, and all other like kinds of arms and inftruments of war for the use of troops.

What

not be

deemed

contraband.

ARTICLE X.

These which follow fhall not be reckoned in goods fhall the number of prohibited goods; that is to fay: All forts of cloths, and all other manufactures of wool, flax, filk, cotton or any other materials, all kinds of wearing apparel, together with the things of which they are commonly made, gold, filver coined or uncoined, brass, iron, lead, copper, latten, coals, wheat, barley, and all forts of corn or pulse, tobacco, all kinds of fpices, falted and smoked flesh, falted fifh, cheese, butter, beer, oil, wines, fugar, all forts of falt and provifions which ferve for the nourishment and fuftenance of man, all kinds of cotton, hemp, flax, tar, pitch, ropes, cables, fails, fail-cloth, anchors, and any parts of anchors, ship-masts, planks, boards, beams, and all forts of trees and other things proper for building or repairing fhips; nor fhall any goods be confidered as contraband, which have not been worked into the form of any inftrument or thing for the purpose of war by land or by fea, much lefs fuch as have been prepared or wrought up for any other ufe: all which fhall

ARTICLE IX.

On comprendra fous ce nom de marchandifes de contrebande ou défendues, les armes, canons, boulets, arquebufes, moufquets, mortiers, bombes, petards, grenades, fauciffes, cercles poiffés, affûts, fourchettes, bandouliéres, poudre à canon, méches, falpetre, souffre, balles, piques, fabres, epées, morions, cafques, cuiraffes, halbardes, javelines, piftolets et leurs fourreaux, baudriers, bayonettes, chevaux avec leurs harnois, et tous autres femblables genres d'armes et d'inftruments de guerre fervant à l'ufage des troupes.

ARTICLE X.

On ne mettra point au nombre des marchandifes defendues celles qui fuivent, fçavoir, toutes fortes des draps, et tous autres ouvrages de manufactures de laine, de lin, de foye, de coton et de toute autre matiére, tout genre d'habillement avec les chofes qui fervent ordinairement à les faire; Or, argent monnoyé ou non monnoyé, etain, fer, plomb, cuivre, laiton, charbon à fourneau, bled, orge, et toute autre forte de grains et de légumes, la nicotiané, vulgairement appellée tabac, toutes fortes d'aromates, chairs falées et fumées, poiffons falés, fromage et beurre, bierre, huile, vins, fucres, toutes fortes de fels et de provifions fervant à la nourriture et à la fubfiftance des hommes; tous genres de coton, chanvre, lin, poix, tant liquide que féche, cordages, cables, voiles, toiles, propres à faire des voiles, ancres et parties d'ancres quelles qu'elles puiffent être, mats de navire, planches, madriers, poutres et toute forte d' arbres, et toutes autres chofes néceffaires pour conftruire ou pour radouber les vaiffeaux. On ne regardera pas non plus comme marchandifes de contrebande, celles qui n'auront pas pris la

be reckoned free goods, as likewife all others which are not comprehended and particularly mentioned in the foregoing article; fo that they fhall not by any pretended interpretation be comprehended among prohibited or contraband goods; on the contrary, they may be freely tranfported by the fubjects of the King and of the United States, even to places belonging to an enemy, fuch places only excepted as are befieged, blocked or invefted, and thofe places only fhall be confidered as fuch, which are nearly furrounded by one of the belligerent powers.

In cafe of

and veffels

ARTICLE XI.

In order to avoid and prevent on both fides war, fhips all difputes and difcord, it is agreed, that in to be fur- cafe one of the parties fhall be engaged in a fea-letters, war, the fhips and veffels belonging to the fuband certifi- jects or inhabitants of the other thall be fur

nished with

cates.

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nifhed with fea-letters or palports, expreffing the name, property and port of the yeffel, and alfo the name and place of abode of the master or commander of the faid veffel, in order that it may thereby appear that the faid veffel really and truly belongs to the fubjects of the one or the other party. These paffports, which shall be drawn up in good and due form, fhall be renewed every time the veffel returns home in. the courfe of a year. It is alfo agreed, that the faid veffels when loaded fhall be provided not only with fea-letters, but also with certificates containing a particular account of the cargo, the place from which the veffel failed,

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