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 4 PUBLIC TREATIES. HANSEATIO REPUBLICS. [The Hanseatic Republics were incorporated into the North German Union, under the constitution of the latter, July 1, 1867.] HANSEATIO REPUBLICS, 1827. Dec. 20, 1827. CONVENTION OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION, WITH THE .-—;-—-- HANSEATIC REPUBLICS, CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON DECEMBER 20, 1827; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE JANUARY 7. 1828; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT; RA'l`IFlCA'l‘IONS EXCHANGED AT WASHINGTON JUNE 2, 1828 ; PROCLAIMED J UNE 2, 1828. Convention of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States of America and the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. Contracting pan- The United States of America on the one part, and the Republic and t1¤¤- Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, the Republic and Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, and the Republic and Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, (each State for itself separately,) on the other part, being desirous to give greater facility to their commercial intercourse, and to place the privileges of their navigation on a basis of the most extended Iiberality, have resolved to fix, in a manner clear, distinct, and positive, the rules which shall be observed between the one and the other, by means of a convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation. Negotiators. For the attainment of this most desirable object, the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on Henry Clay, `their Secretary of State; and the Senate of the Republic and Free Hanscatic City of Lubeck, the Senate of the Republic and Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, and the Senate of the Republic and Free Han~ seatic City of Hamburg, have conferred full powers ou Vincent Rumpii, their Minister Plenipotentiary near the United States of America; Who, after having exchanged their said full powers, found in due and proper iorm, have agreed to the following articles: Anricms I. Imncrtetionintc The contracting parties agree, that whatever kind of produce, manu- ?h°HU“‘”°‘1. S*“'°°° facture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, also imported in vessels of the said Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Tcuuugo duties Bremen, and Hamburg; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargoof the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the United States, or of either of the Importation into said Hanseatic Republics. And, in like manner, that whatever kind of Ilansentic Repub- produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from {l°§;"3"?€°:;’"h° time to time, lawfully imported into either of the said Hanscatic Re- "' ° °' ‘ publics, in its own vessels, maybe also imported in vessels of the United Tonnage duties. States; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be Exports. made in vessels of the one party or of the other. And they further agree, that whatever may be lawfully exported, or re-exported, by one party in its own vessels, to any foreign country, may, in like manner, 130,,,, t;,,,, and be exported or re-exported in the vessels of the other party. And th0 dvuwlmcks. same bounties, duties, and drawbacks shall be allowed and collectcd, whether such exportation or rc-exportation be made in vessels of the p0rgc1,Mg,,s_ 0ll0 party or of the other. Nor shall higher or other charges, of lilly kind, be imposed in the ports of the one party, on vessels of the other, than are or shall be payable in the same ports by national vessels.
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