their do minions. other, in the extent of their jurifdiction, by sea or by land; and fhall use all their efforts to recover, and caufe to be restored to the right owners, their veffels and effects which fhall be taken from them within the extent of their faid jurifdiction. Veffels the coast, or entering the ports of either nation,how ed. ARTICLE VIII. The veffels of the fubjects or citizens of coming on either party, coming on any coaft belonging to the other, but not willing to enter into port, or being entered into port, and not willing to unload their cargoes or break bulk, fhall have to be treat- liberty to depart and to purfue their voyage, without molestation, and without being obliged to render account of their cargo, or to pay any duties, charges or fees whatsoever, except those established for veffels entered into port, and appropriated to the maintenance of the port itself, or of other establishments for the fafety and convenience of navigators, which duties, charges and fees fhall be the fame, and fhall be paid on the fame footing as in the cafe of fubjects or citizens of the country where they are established. In cafe of relief fhall ed, and goods reitored. ARTICLE IX. When any veffel of either party fhall be hipwrecks wrecked, foundered or otherwife damaged on be afford the coafts, or within the dominion of the other, their respective fubjects or citizens fhall receive, as well for themfelves as for their veffels and effects, the fame affiftance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the damage happens, and fhall pay the fame charges and dues only as the faid inhabitants would be fubject to pay in a like cafe: and if the operations of repair fhall require that the whole or any part of their cargo be unladed, toyens ou fujets de l'autre, et fe trouvant dans l'étendue de fa jurifdiction par mer ou par terre et elle employera tous fes efforts pour recouvrer et faire reftituer aux propriétaires légitimes les vaiffeaux et effets qui leur auront été enlevés dans l'étendue de fa dite jurifdiction. ARTICLE VIII. Les vaiffeaux des fujets ou citoyens d'une des deux parties contractantes, arrivant fur une côte appartenante à l'autre, mais n'ayant pas deffein d'entrer au port, ou y étant entrés, ne defirant par de decharger leurs cargaifons, ou de rompre leur charge, auront la liberté de repartir et de poursuivre leur route fans empêchement, et fans être obligés de rendre compte de leur cargaison, ni de payer aucuns impôts, charges et droits quelconques, excepté ceux établis fur les vaiffeaux une fois entrés dans le port, et destinés à l'entretien du port même, ou à d'autres établiffemens, qui ont pour but la fûreté et la commodité des navigateurs, lefquels droits, charges et impôts feront les mêmes et fe payeront fur le même pied qu'ils font acquittés par les fujets ou citoyens de l'état où ils font établis. ARTICLE IX. Au cas que quelque vaiffeau appartenant á l'une des deux parties contractantes auroit fait naufrage, échoué ou fouffert quelque autre dommage fur les côtes ou fous la domination de l'autre, les fujets ou citoyens refpectifs recevront, tant pour eux que pour leurs vaiffeaux et effets, la même affiftance qui auroit été fournie aux habitans du pays où l'accident arrive; et ils payeront feulement les mêmes charges et droits, auxquels les dits habitants auroient été affujettis en pareil cas. Et fi la réparation du vaiffeau exigeoit que la cargai The Citizens or each party, of their perfonal eftate by will or otherwife. they fhall pay no duties, charges or fees on the part which they fhall relade and carry away. The ancient and barbarous right to wrecks of the fea fhall be entirely abolished, with refpect to the fubjects or citizens of the two contracting parties. ARTICLE X. The citizens or fubjects of each party shall have power to dispose of their perfonal goods Subjects of within the jurifdiction of the other, by teftamaydifpofe ment, donation or otherwife; and their reprefentatives, being fubjects or citizens of the other party, fhall fucceed to their faid personal goods, whether by teftament or ab inteftato, and may take poffeffion thereof either by themfelves or by others acting for them, and difpofe of the fame at their will, paying fuch dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the faid goods are, fhall be fubject to pay in like cafes. And in cafe of the abfence of the reprefentative, fuch care fhall be taken of the faid goods, and for fo long a time as would be taken of the goods of a native in like cafe, until the lawful owner may take measures for receiving them. And if question shall arise among feveral claimants to which of them the faid goods belong, the fame fhall be decided finally by the laws and judges of the land wherein the faid goods are. And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, fuch real estate would by the laws of the land defcend on a tions con- citizen or fubject of the other, were he not difqualified by alienage, fuch fubject fhall be allowed a reasonable time to fell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without moleftation, and exempt from all rights of detraction on the part of the government of the respective Regula. eerning the fame. fon fût déchargée en tout ou en partie, ils ne payeront aucun impôt, charge ou droit de ce qui fera rembarqué et emporté. L'ancien et barbare droit de naufrage fera entiérement aboli à l'égard des fujets ou citoyens des deux parties contractantes. ARTICLE X. Les citoyens ou fujets de l'une des deux parties contractantes auront dans les états de l'autre, la liberté de difpofer de leurs biens perfonnels, foit par teftament, donation ou autrement, et leurs héritiers étant fujets ou citoyens de l'autre partie contractante, fuccéderont à leurs biens, foit en vertu d'un testament, ou ab inteftat, et ils pourront en prendre poffeffion, foit en perfonne, foit par d'autres agiffant en leur place, et en difpoferont à leur volonté, en ne payant d'autres droits que ceux aux-quels les habitants du pays où la fucceffion eft devenue.vacante, font affujettis en pareille occurrence. Et en cas d'absence des héritiers, on prendra auffi longtemps, des biens qui leur font échus, les mêmes foins qu'on auroit pris en pareille occafion des biens des natifs du pays, jufqu'à ce que le propriétaire légitime ait agrée des arrangemens pour recueillir l'heritage. S'il s'éleve des conteftations entre différens pretendans ayant droit à la fucceffion, elles feront décidées en dernier reffort felon les loix et par les juges du pays où la fucceffion eft vacante. Et fi par la mort de quelque perfonne poffédant des biens-fonds fur le territoire de l'une des parties contractantes, ces biens-fonds venoient à paffer, felon les loix du pays, à un citoyen ou fujet de l'autre partie, fi celui-ci, par fa qualité d'étranger est inhabile de les pofféder, il obtiendra un delai convenable pour les vendre et pour en retirer le provenu, fans obftacle, exempt de tout droit Liberty of confcience fecured. tates. But this article fhall not derogate in any manner from the force of the laws already published or hereafter to be published by his Majefty the King of Pruffia, to prevent the emigration of his fubjects. ARTICLE XI. The most perfect freedom of confcience and of worship, is granted to the citizens or subjects of either party, within the jurisdiction of the other, without being liable to molestation in that refpect, for any cause other than an infult on the religion of others. Moreover, when the subjects or citizens of the one party, shall die within the jurifdiction of the other, their bodies fhall be buried in the ufual burying grounds, or other decent and fuitable places, and fhall be protected from violation or difturbance. Liberty for with a na with the o ther. ARTICLE XII. If one of the contracting parties fhould be either par- engaged in war with any other power, the free ty to trade intercourfe and commerce of the fubjects or tion at war citizens of the party remaining neuter with the belligerent powers, fhall not be interrupted. On the contrary, in that cafe as in full peace, the veffels of the neutral party may navigate freely to and from the ports and on the coafts of the belligerent parties, free veffels making free goods, infomuch, that all things shall be make free adjudged free which fhall be on board any veffel belonging to the neutral party, although fuch things belong to an enemy of the other; and the fame freedom fhall be extended to perfons who fhall be on board a free veffel, although they should be enemies to the other par Free fhips goods. |