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 TREATY WITH THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. FEBRUARY 25, 1862. 1`217 Citizens of the United States shall, nevertheless, be bound to declare the quantity of tobacco and salt thus exported to the proper custom-house authorities, who shall, as heretofore, have the right to watch over the export of these articles, without thereby being entitled to levy any tax thereon on any pretence whatsoever. Aarrcrm XV. It is understood between the two contracting parties Importation ol that the Sublime Porte reserves to itself the faculty and right; of issuing €““l’°b";d°'·hf§‘)f£: a general prohibition against the importation into the Ottoman empire grey pm I of gunpowder, cannon, arms of war, or military stores, but such prohibition will not come into operation until it shall have been officially notified, and will apply only to the articles mentioned in the decree enacting the prohibition. Any of these articles which have not been so specifically prohibited shall. on being imported into the Ottoman empire, be subject to the local regulations, unless the legation of the United States of America shall think fit to apply for a special license, which will in that case be granted, provided no valid objection thereto can be alleged. Gunpowder, in particular, when allowed to be imported will be liable Gunpowder. to the following stipulations: 1. It shall not be sold by citizens of the United States in quantities exceeding the quantities prescribed by the local regulations. 2. When a cargo or 0. large quantity of gunpowder arrives in an Ottoman port, on board a vessel of the United States, such vessel shall be anchored at a particular spot, to be designated by the local authorities, and the gunpowder shall thence be conveyed, under the inspection of such authorities, to depots, or fitting places designated by the government, to which the parties interested shall have access under due regulations. Fowling-pieces, pistols, and ornamental or fancy weapons, as also small quantities of gunpowder for sporting, reserved for private use, shall not be subject to the stipulations of the present article. Ancricnm XVI. The iirmans required for merchant vessels of the Firmnnmrrmnv- United States of America, on passing through the Dardanelles and the °h“"" ""°!“‘ Bosphorus, shall always be delivered in such manner as to occasion to such vessels the least possible delay. Amrxcms XVII. The captains of merchant vessels of the United Custom-house States, laden with goods destined for the Ottoman empire, shall be "“‘“* obliged, immediately on their arrival at the port of their destination, to deposit in the custom-house of said port a true copy of their manifest. Anrrcne XVIII. Contraband goods will be liable to confiscation Contnbmd by the Ottoman treasury; but a report, or proces verbal, of the alleged g°°°°' act of contraband, must, so soon as the said goods are seized by the authorities, be drawn up and communicated to the consular authority of the citizen or subject to whom the goods said to be contraband shall belong; and no goods can be confiscated as contraband, unless the fraud with regard to them shall be duly and legally proved. ARTICLE XIX. All merchandise, the produce or manufacture of _i¤1 the Ottoman dominions and possessions, imported into the United States gg tfgggbgfszrzg of America, shall be treated in the same manner as the like merchandise, foreign power. the produce and manufacture of the most favored nation. All rights, privileges, or immunities, which are now. or may hereafter be granted to, or suffered to be enjoyed by the subjects, vessels, commerce, or navigation of any foreign power in the United States of America, shall be equally granted to, and exercised and enjoyed by the subjects, vessels, commerce, and navigation of the Sublime Porte. Anrxorz XX. The present treaty, when ratified, shall be substituted mlzmseuésttgtg for the commercial convention of the 16th of August, 1838, between for ;;;:m,_ the Sublime Porte and Great Britain, on the footing of which the commerce of the United States of America has been lxet·etofore placed, and shall continue in force for 28 [twenty-eight] years from the day