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 338 PUBLIC TREATIES. sentence of one of the mixed courts of justice, as well, astfmy othler persons found on board the vessel, shall be sent and delu ere dp to tune jurisdiction of the nation under whose flag the condemned vessel nas sailing at the time of capture; and that the witnesses and proots`neoeT. sary to establish the guilt of such master, crew, or other persons shall also be sent with them. _ _ _ __ _ when vessel be- The same course shall be pursued with regard to subjects or citirgns I’°“""`· on board a vessel of any third Power, or on board a vessel sailing without dug or papers, which may be condemned by any competent court for having engaged in the African slave trade. Anrrcm X. Negroes found The negroes who are found on board of a vessel condemned by the on board ¤¤¤- mixed courts of justice, in conformity with the stipulations of this d°“*“°d V°°’°1“· treaty, shall be placed at the disposal of the Ciovernment whose cruiser has made the capture. They shall be immediately set at liberty, and shall remain free, the Government to whom they have been delivered guaranteeing their liberty. Anrroms: XI. {nm-nmanu tm- The acts or instruments annexed to this treaty, and which it is munexed to meaty. tually agreed shall form an integral part thereof, are as follows: _ [see Article IV, (A.) Instructions for the ships of the navies of both nations, destined ¤°**f°****°'* °HS70» to prevent the African slave trade. P' 3"1‘] (B.) Regulations for the mixed courts of justice. Anrronn XII. Ram,] t. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall I °“ W"' be exchanged at Loudon, in six months from this date, or sooner if _ possible. It shall continue and remain in full force for the term of ten t Dtu ’ ** I *0 “ °’ years from the day of exchange of the ratiiications, and further, until '°°' Y` the end of one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, each of the contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at the end of said term of ten years; and it is hereby agreed between them that, on the expiration of one year after such notice shall have been received by either from the other party, this treaty shall altogether cease and determine. Signatures_ In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiarios have signed the present treaty, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. Dam Done at Washington the seventh day of April, in the year of our · Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. FL. s. LYoNs. [1.. s. A u, , ANNEX (A * T0 THE TREATY BETWEEN T E V · _ AND GRf§AT BRITAIN, FOR THE sUPPRIgsIId§Iblf¤DTiIinA`Txi:*i2ifJLA§Ls.1E.lA¥1t§ TRADE, SIGNED AT WASHINGTON ON THE vm DAY or APRIL, 1862. brnstiinctions for Inatructionsfor the ships of the United States and British navics employed “ 'P“° ‘"“'· to ,prevcnt the African slave trade. Anrrouz I. Right of search- The commander of any ship belonging to the United States or British navy which shall be furnished with these instructions shall have u. right to search and detain any United States or British merchant vessel " Sec Annex to Convcntion_¢EE(li  ___"`
 * 8* W ** ***** d of either contracting party who may be found by a cruiser of the other