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 1246 TREATY WITH LIBERIA. OCTOBER 21, 1862. country, shall not be prohibited by the Republic of Liberia, nor be subject to higher duties than are levied on the same kinds of merchandise or goods coming from any other foreign country or imported in- any other foreign vessels. All articles the produce of the Republic of Liberia may be exported therefrom by citizens of the United States and United States vessels, on as favorable terms as by the citizens and vessels of any other foreign country. _ Goods in Li- In like manner all merchandise or goods coming from the Republic of b°"l““ "°”°l'· Liberia in any vessels, or imported in Liberian vessels from any country, shall not be prohibited by the United States of America, nor be subject to higher duties than are levied on the same kinds of merchandise or goods coming from any other foreign country or imported in any other foreign vessels. All articles the produce of the United States, or of their territories, may be imported therefrom by Liberian citizens and Liberian vessels on as favorable terms as by the citizens and vessels of any other foreign country. _ _ _ Vessels ARTICLE V. When any vessel of either of the contracting parties mage l within the territories of the other, the respective citizens shall receive the greatest possible aid, as well for themselves as for their vessels and effects. All possible aid shall be given to protect their property from being plun- Disputes as to dered and their persons from ill treatment. Should a dispute arise as to ”l”g°‘ the salvage, it shall be settled by arbitration, to be chosen by the parties res ectivel. Privileges of Xnrrcniii VI. It being the intention of the two contracting parties to
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` of the most favored nation, it is hereby agreed between them that any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever in matters of commerce and navigation, which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other state, shall be extended to the citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favor of that other state shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional. Consnls. ARTICLE VII. Each contracting party may appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions of the other; but no such consul shall enter upon the exercise of his functions until he shall have been approved and admitted, in the usual form, by the government of the country to which he is sent. The United Aarxotn VIII. The United States Government engages never to 2]*g:;‘;°‘u'·:_’lm interfere, unless solicited by the Government of Liberia, in the affairs solicited; with between the aboriginal inhabitants and the Government of the Republic the domestic cpu- of Liberia, in the jurisdiction and territories of the Republic. Should any °°""“ °f L‘b“"“‘ United States citizens suffer loss, in person or property, from violence by the aboriginal inhabitants, and the Government of the Republic of Liberia should not be able to bring the aggressor to justice, the United States Government engages, a requisition having been first made therefor by the Liberian Government, to lend such aid as may be required. Citizens of the United States residing in the territories of the Republic of Liberia are desired to abstain from all such intercourse with the aboriginal inhabitfants as will tend to the violation of law and a disturbance of the peace 0 the country. Ratiiiontions. Anricnn IX. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at London, within the space of nine months from the date hereof Signature. In testimony whereof, the plenipotentiaries before mentioned have hereto subscribed their names and aflixed their seals.