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 PARAGUAY, 1859. 595 _ In the same manner shall be treated and considered such Paraguayan Privilssev ¤f ¤i¤i- citizens as may arrive at the ports of the United States of America “°““ °*` P*“'°K“"Y· yvxoélzlozggocs in Paraguayan vessels, or vessels of the United States of 1 . Anrrcts III. The two high contracting parties hereby agree that any favor, privi- Favors granted lege, or_ immunity whatever, in matters of commerce or navigation, *·°°*h°' “"·‘·i°”“*° which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter b°°°m° °°"""°"' grant, to the citizens or subjects of any other State, shall extend, in identity of cases andoircumstanccs, to the citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favor of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for an equivalent compensation, it the concession shall have been conditional. Aizrromt IV. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation or _Eq¤r•li*y of ¤l¤· exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of °!3°“ P“"1“‘"‘°i the two contracting States than are or shall bepayable on the like arti- °`— °r °°°° "' cle being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation or exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the two contracting parties 'into the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation or exportation of similar articles to the territories of any other nation. Anrrom "V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light, or Tonnage, light, or harbor dues, pilotage, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any b¤·*b°¤‘ < ¤¤¤» Gwother local charges, shall he imposed in any of the ports of the territories of the Republic of Paraguay on vessels of the United States of America than those payable in the same ports by Paraguayan vessels, nor in the ports of the territories of the United States of America on Paraguayan vessels, than shall be payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States of America. 'ABTICLE VL The same duties shall be paid upon the importation and exportation lD¤¤if¤ ¤:_¤“3rtiof any article which is or may be legally importable_or exportable into :8:;,. mg? muy; the dominions of the United States of America and into those of Para- ,,,,_,,y_ guay, whether such importation or exportation be made in vessels of the United States of America or in Paraguayan vessels. Aurrcnn VII. All vessels which, according to the laws of the United States of vxipnulity of America, are to be deemed vessels of the United States ot America, and all vessels which, according to the laws of Paraguay, are to be deemed Paraguayan vessels, shall, for the purposes of this treaty, be deemed vessels of the United States of America and Paraguayan vessels, respectively. ARTIGLE VIII. Citizens of the United States of America shall pay, in the_ territories of impart ¤¤d ¤¤· the Republic of Paraguay, the same import and export duties which are ’°'° °'°" established or may be established hereafter for Paraguayan citizens. In the same manner the latter shall pay, in the United States of America, the duties which are established or_may hereafter be established for citizens of the United States of America.