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 584 Puente TREATIES. Anrxcxm Ill. Employment of American merchants established in the welldefended States of the b¤`°k°*‘¤· Sublime Porte for purposes of commerce shall_ have liberty to employ semsars, (brokers,) of any nation or religion, in like manner as merchants of other friendly Powers; and they shall not be disturbed in their affairs, nor shall they be treated, in any way, contrary to estab- A¤¤¤fl¤¤¤ V¢>¤· lished usages. American vessels arriving at or departing from the '°'“· ports of the Ottoman Empire shall not be subjected to greater visit by the omcers of the custom-hon e and the Chancery of the Port than vessels of the most favored nations. Anrrcm IV. Settlemontorais- If Iitigations and disputes should arise between the subjects of the pntos. Sublime Porte and citizens of the United States, the parties shall not be heard, nor shall judgment he pronounced unless the American Dragoman be present. Causes in which the sum may exceed Eye hundred piastres, shall be submitted to the Sublime Porte, to be decided accord- J¤r§¤di<=¤i¤5¤ wer ing to the laws of equity and justice. Citizens of the United States of A‘“°"°"“ °“"”°"“· America. quietly pursuing their commerce, and not being charged or convicted of any crime or offence, shall not be molested ; and even when they may have committed some offence they shall not be arrested and put in prison, by the local authorities, but they shall be tried by their Minister or Consul, and punished according to their odence, following, in this respect, the usage observed towards other Franks. Aurrcnn V. uname states American merchant vessels that trade to the dominions of the Subuagtoborospeotod. lime Porte, may go and come in perfect safety with their own flag; but they shall not take the flag of any other Power, nor shall they grant their flag to the vessels of other nations and Powers, nor to vessels of rayahs. The Minister, Consuls, and Vice-Consnls of the United States shall not protect, secretly or publicly, the rayahs of the Sublime Porte, and they shall never suffer a departure from the principles here laid down and agreed to by mutual consent. An·r1cLn VI. Polgduct of *6*- Vessels of war of the two contracting parties, shall observe toward “° “ ° '""· each other, demonstrations of friendshipand good intelligence according to naval u age; and towards merchant vessels they shall exhibit the same kind and courteous manner. ARTICLE VII. Passage or the Merchant vessels of the United States, in like manner as vessels of D***`d°¤°U°°- the most favored nations, shall have liberty to pass the Canal of the Imperial Residence, and go and come in the Black Sea, either laden or in ballast; and they may  laden with the produce, manufactures, and effects of the Ottoman Empire, excepting such as are prohibited, a well as of their own country. Anrroma VIII. _ Ships not to be Merchant vessels of the two contracting Parties shall not be forcibly ¤¤vr¤¤¤<>¤· taken, for the shipment_ot' troops, munitions and other objects of war, gnthe captain or proprietors of the vessels shall be unwilling to freight m. Anrrcru IX. Wrecks. If any merchant vessel of either of the contracting parties should be wrecked, assistance and protection shall be afforded to those of the