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 PERU-BOLIVIA, 1836. 693 shall pay no other or higher duties, charges or fees, whatsoever either on their vessels or cargoes, than the citizens or subjects of the most favored [nation] are, or shall be, obliged to pay on their vessels and cargoes; and they shall enjoy, respectively, all the rights, privileges, and exemptions, in navigation and commerce, which the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation do or shall enjoy; they submitting themselves to the laws, decrees, and usages there established, to which such citizens or subjects are of right subjected. But it is understood that the stipulations contained in this article do Coasting-trad o not include the coasting trade of either of the two countries; the regu- ¤¤¤¤P*¤d· lation of this trade being reserved by the parties, respectively, according to their own separate laws. Anrrcnn IV. It is likewise agreed that it shall be wholly free for all merchants,, Privileges Of commanders of ships, and other citizens of both countries, to manage m°'°l*““*°·&°· themselves their own business in all the ports, and places subject to the jurisdiction of the other, as well with respect to the consignment and sale of their goods and merchandize, as to the purchase of their returns, unloading, loading, and sending off of their vessels. The citizens of neither of the contracting parties shall be liable to any embargo, nor to be detained with their vessels, cargoes, merchandize, or effects, for any military expedition, nor for any public or private purpose whatever, without being allowed therefor a sufficient indemnification. Neither shall they be ,ca1led upon for any forced loan, or occasional contributions ; nor be subject to military service on land or sea. Aurxorm V. Whenever the citizens of either of the contracting parties shall be Vessels seeking forced to seek refuge, shelter, or relief, in the rivers, bays, ports, and ¤>f¤s¤· domiuions of the ot-her, with their vessels, whether of war, (public or private,) of trade, or employed in the fisheries, through stress of weather, want of water or provisions, pursuit of pirates or enemies, they shall be received and treated with humanity; and all favor and protection shall be given to them, in the repairing of their vessels, procuring of supplies, and placing of themselves in a condition to pursue their 'voy- age, without obstacle or hindrance. Anricnn VI. All ships, merchandize, and eifects belonging to citizens of one of the Captures by pi·* contracting parties, which may be captured by pirates, whether on the ¥'¤°°°· high seas, or within the limits of its jurisdiction, and may be carried or found in the rivers, roads, bays, ports, or dominions of the other, shall be delivered up to the owners, they proving, in due and proper form, their rights before the competent tribunals; it being understood that the claim should be made within the term of two years, by the parties themselves, their attornies, or the agents of their respective Governmonts. Aurronr:. VII. Whenever any vessel belonging to the citizens of either of the con- Wreckulormuutractin g parties shall be wrecked, thunder, or suifer damage, on the coast, *8**** "°°°°}°· or within the dominions of the other, all assistance and protection shall be given to the said vessel, her crew, and the merchandize on board, in the same manner as is usual and customary with vessels of the_ nation where the accident happens, in like cases; and it shall be permitted to her, if necessary, to unload the merchandize. and etfects on board, with the proper precautions to prevent their illicit introdnction, without exacting, in this case, any duty, impost, or contribution whatever, provided the same be exported.