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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1867. ]8[ No prohibition shall be imposed on the importation of any article the Equality ¤f pwgrowth, produce, or manufacture of the United States or their fisheries, 1‘“’i°i°“°· or of the Dominican Republic and her fisheries, from or to the ports of the United States or the Dominican Republic, which shall not equally extend to every other foreign country. Anrrcnu X. Should one of the high contracting parties hereafter impose discrim- Discriminating inating duties upon the products of any other nation, the other party duties. shall be at liberty to determine the manner of establishing the origin of its own products intended to enter the country by which the discriminating duties are imposed. Anrrcna XI. When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked, stranded, or other- Wrecks. wise damaged on the coasts or within the jurisdiction of the other, their respective citizens shall receive, as well for them selves as for their vessels and effects, the same assistance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the accident happened, and they shall be liable to pay the same charges and dues of salvage a the said inhabitants would be liable to pay in a like case. If the repairs which a tranded vessel may require shall render it S¤r¤¤d¤dve¤¤¤1¤· necessary that the whole or any part of her cargo should be unloaded, no duties of customs, charges, or tees on such cargo as may he carried away shall be paid, except such as are payable in like case by national vessels. It is understood, nevertheless, that if, while the vessel is under repair, the cargo shall be unladen and kept in a place of deposit destined for the reception of goods, the duties on which have not been paid, the cargo shall be liable to the charges and fees lawfully due to the keepers of such warehouses. Aarrcnm XII. It shall be lawful for the citizens of either country to sail with their Neutral trade. ships and merchandise (contraband goods always excepted) from any port whatever, to any port of the enemy of the other, and to sail and trade with their ships and merchandise, with perfect security and liberty, from the countries, ports, and places of those who are enemies of either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, and to pass not only directly from the places and ports of the enemy aforementioned, to neutral ports and places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be or be not under the jurisdiction of the same power, unless such ports or places be effectively blockaded, besieged, or invested. And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place Bloqkgdgd POM_ belonging to an enemy without knowing that the same is either besieged blockaded, or invested, it is agreed that every vessel so circumstanced may be turned away from such port or place, but she shall not be detained, nor any part of her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscated, unless, after notice of such blockade or investment, she shall again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper; provided the same be not blockaded, besieged, or invested. Nor shall any vessel of either of the parties that may have entered into such port or place before the same was actually besieged, blockaded, or invested by the other, be restrained from quitting such place with her cargo, nor, if found therein after the reduction and surrender of such place, shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to confiscation, but they shall be restored to the owners thereof.