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 TREATY WITH MADAGASCAR. FEBRUARY 14. 1867. 491 Treaty between the United States of America and the Queen of Madagascar; Ooncluded February 14, 1867; Raltfied July 8, 1868; Proclaimed October 1, 1868. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Feb. 14, 1867. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a treaty of commerce between the United States of America Pr¤¤¤¤bl¤· and her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Antananarivo, the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which treaty is word for word as follows : — TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA AND on HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN or MADAGASCAR. Between Rainimaharavo, chief secretary of state, 16 vtra., Adriantsito- C?“"°°“°¤ haina, 16 vtra., Rafaralahibemalo, head of the civilians, on the part of the pmté; government of her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar, and Major John P. Finkelmeier, the commercial agent of the U. S. for Madagascar, on the part of the government of the U. S. of America, all duly authorized to that effect by their respective governments, the following articles of a commercial treaty have this day been drawn up and signed by mutual agreement: ARTICLE I. Her Majesty Rasoherina Manjaka, Queen of Madagascar, _P6¤<>¤_¤¤d and his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of f"°"dsmp‘ America, both desirous, for the good and weltare of their respective countries, to enter into a more close commercial relation and friendship between the subjects of her Majesty and the people of the United States, hereby solemnly declare that peace and good friendship shall exist between them and their respective heirs and successors forever without war. ARTICLE II. The dominions of each contracting party, as well as the Bight of d<>¥¤•· right of domicile of their inhabitants, are sacred, and no forcible posses- °u°‘ sion of territory shall ever take place in either of them by the other party, nor any domiciliary visits or forcible entries be made to the houses of either party against the will of the occupants. But whenever it is When any known for certain, or suspected, that transgressors against the laws of the £;°;';§;;d‘““Y kingdom are in certain premises, they may be entered in concert with the ` United States consul, or, in his absence, by a duly authorized officer, to look after the offender. The right of sovereignty shall in all cases be respected in the domin- Religious ions of one government by the subjects or citizens of the other. Citizens “'°"’h‘p‘ of the United States of America shall, while in Madagascar, enjoy the privilege of free and unmolested exercise of the Christian religion and its customs. New places of worship, however, shall not be builded by them without the permission of the government.