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 190- PUBLIC TREATIES. ARTICLE XIII. Protection to Both the contracting parties promise and engage, formally,_to give. I*6¤'¤<>¤¤ and P*°P· their special protection to the persons and property of the citizens of °"’Y‘ each other, of all occupations, who may be in the territories subjectlto the jurisdiction of the one or the other, transient or dwelling therein, leaving open and free to them the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country in which they may be ; for which they may employ, in defence of their rights, such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law; and such citizens or agents shall have tree opportunity to be present at the decisions and sentences of the tribunals in all cases which mav concern them, and likewise at the taking ot all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited on the said trials. Aarrcnn XIV. Liberty ¤f 9¢>¤- It is likewise agreed that the most perfect and entire security of con- ’$*‘{)“°‘? fm'] "¤b" science may be enjoyed by the citizens of both the contracting parties, ° um" in the countries subject to the jurisdiction of the one and the other, without their being liable to be disturbed or molested on account of their religions belief, so long as they respect the laws and established usages of the country. Moreover, the bodies of the citizens of one of the contracting parties, who may die in the territories of the other, shall be buried in the usual burying-grounds, or in other decent or suitable places, and shall be protected from violation or disturbance. Aurrcrm XV. N°¤*·"*l *'°d°- It shall be lawful for the citizens of the United States of America and of the Republic of Ecuador to sail with their ships with all manner of liberty and security, no distinction being made who are the proprietors of the merchandises laden thereon, from any port to the places of those who now are or hereafter shall be at enmity with either of the contracting parties. It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with their ships and merchandises before mentioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever; not only directly trom the places of the enemy before mentioned, to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of one power or under several. Frm ships make And it is hereby stipulated, that free ships shall also give treedom to free goods. goods, om] that everything shall be deemed tree and exempt which shall be found on board the ships belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, although the whole lading, or· auv part thereof, should appertain to the enemies of either, contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed, in like manner, that the same liberty shall be extended to persons who are on board a tree ship, with this eifect, that, although they may be enemies to both or either _ _ _ party, they are not to be taken out of that free ship, unless they are th£·;*:;g:§*3’g °f officers or soldiers, and in the actual service of the enemies: Provided, I ‘ however, and 1t is hereby agreed, that the stipulations in this article contained, declaring that the dag shall cover the property, shall be ll|l· derstood as applying to those powers only who recognize`this principle; but it either of the two contracting parties shall be at war with a third, and the_other neutral, the llag of the neutral shall cover the property gihepginies whose governments acknowledge this principle, and not of