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 TREATY `WITH SAN SALVADOR, JAN. 2, 1850. 893 ARTICLE 8. The citizens of neither of the contracting parties shall Indemnificabe liable to any embargo, nor be detained with their vessels, cargoes, lm f" €ml>=¤'· merchandise, or effects, for any military expedition, nor for any public or g°S’ &°' private purpose whatever, without allowing to those interested an equitable and sufficient indemnification. ARTICLE 9. Whenever the, citizens of either of the contracting Treatment Og parties shall be forced to seek refuge or asylum in the rivers, bays, ports, \*<=SS<>i¤· or dominions of the other with their vessels, whether 'merchant or war, public or private, through stress of weather, pursuit of pirates or enemies, or want of provisions or water, they shall be received and treated with humanity, giving to them all favor and protection for repairing their ships, procuring provisions, and placing themselves in a situation to continue their voyage, without obstacle or hindrance, of any kind. ARTICLE 10. All the ships, merchandise, and effects belonging to the Propcrtv rccitizens of one of the contracting parties which may be captured by °‘?§€;;°,‘;*gg‘;}6_ pirates, whether within the limits of its jurisdiction or on the high seas, Sacred, and may be carried or found in the rivers, roads, bays, ports, or dominions of the other, shall be delivered up to the owners, they proving in due and proper form their rights, before the competent tribunals; it being well understood that the claim shall be made within the term of one year by the parties themselves, their attorneys, or agents of their respective governments. ARTICLE 11. When any vessels belonging to the citizens of either Provision in of the contracting parties shall be wrecked or foundered, or shall suffer M50 of W1‘<¤<>k¤· any damage on the coasts or within the dominions of the other, there shall be given to them all assistance and protection, in the same manner which is usual and customary with the vessels of the nation where the damage happens; permitting them to unload the said vessel, if necessary, of its merchandise and effects without exacting for it any duty, impost, or contribution whatever, unless they may be destined for consumption or sale in the country of the port where they may have been disembarked. ARTICLE 12. The citizens of each of the contracting parties shall Provision r¤— have power to dispose of their personal goods or real estate within the jurisdiction of the other, by sale, donation, testament, or otherwise; and anccs. their representatives, being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods or real estate, whether by testament or ab intestato ,· and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases. ARTICLE 13. Both contracting parties promise and engage formally to Protection to give their special protection to the persons and property of the citizens of Qilgfgéy md each other, of all occupations, who may be in the territories subject to the jurisdiction of one or the other, transient or dwelling therein, leaving open and free to them the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country; for which purpose they may either appear in proper person, or employ in the prosecution or defence of their rights such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents and factors as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law; and such citizens or agents shall have tree opportunity to be present at the decisions or sentences of the tribunals in all cases which may concern them, and shall enjoy in such cases all the rights and privileges accorded to the native citizen. ARTICLE 14. The citizens of the United States residing in the tcrri- Liberty of torics of the Itcpublicof San Salvador shall enjoy the most perfect and °°¤$°*°¤°°· entire security of conscience, without being annoyed, prevented, or disturbed on the proper exercise of their religion, in private houses, or on the chapels or places of worship appointed for that purpose, provided