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 EC UADOR, 1839. -189 sale of their goods and merchandise by wholesale or retail, as with respect to the loading, unloading, and sending off their ships; they being in all these cases to be treated as citizens of the country in which they reside, or, at least, to be placed on a footing with the subjects or citizens of the most favored nation. They shall be subject, however, to puch general taxes and contributions as are or may be established by aw. ARTICLE VIII. The citizens of neither of the contracting parties shall be liable to Embargo or deany embargo, nor be detained with their vessels, cargoes, mcrchandises, l>¤¤¤i¤¤· or elfects for any military expedition, nor for any public or private purpose whatever, without allowing to those interested a sufficient indemniiication. Ancrrcnn IX. Whenever the citizens of either of the_contracting parties shall be Vessels in disforced to seek refuge or asylum in the rivers, bays, ports, or dominions *"°““· of the other, with their vessels, whether merchant or of war, public or private, through stress of weather, pursuit of pirates or enemies, 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 obstacles or hindrance of any kind. Aizrioun X. All the ships, merchandise, and the enects belonging to the citizens C¤¤l>*¤¤¤‘¢¤ by Diof one of the contracting parties, which may be captured by pirates, "“°°“· whether within the limits of its jurisdiction or on the high seas, 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 should be made within the term of one year by the parties themselves, their attorneys, or agents of their respective Governments. ARTICLE XI. When any vessels belonging to the citizens of either of the contract- Wreckcd or daming parties shall be wrecked, toundered, or shall suifer any damage on *8** '°***°*°- 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 be destined for consumption. Anrrorn XII. The citizens of each of the contracting parties shall have power to Qisposal and indispose of their personal goods within the jurisdiction of the other, by h°""i&“°° °* l‘°" sale, donation, testament, or otherwise, and their representatives, being °°"° I"`°P°"" citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods, whether by testament or ab intestato, and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such duties only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases. And if, in the case of real estate, the said heirs would be pre- Heirs to mu vented from entering into the possession of the inheritance on account •>¤¤¤l>¤- of their character of aliens, there shall be granted to them the term of three years to dispose of the same as they may think proper, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, nor any other charges than those which are imposed by the laws of the country.