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 796 PUBLIC TREATIES. Amucrn VI. Protsctionto vss- Each party shall endeavour, by all means in their power, to protect and 8****- defend all vessels and other effects belonging to the citizens or subjects of the other, which shall be within the extent of their jurisdiction by ea or by land, and shall use all their eiforts to recover, and cause to be restored to the right owners, their vessels and eifects which may have been taken from them within the extent of their said jurisdiction, whether they are at war or not with the Power whose subjects have taken possession of the said eifects. ARTICLE VH. Embargo si- And it is agreed that the subjects or citizens of each of the contractd¤*»¤¤¢i¤¤· ing parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be liable to any embargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition or other Prosecutions for public or private purpose whatever; and in all cases of seizure, detendsbt ¤¤ ¢=¤‘i¤¤¤· tion, or arrest for debts contracted, or oilenses committed by any citizen or subject of the one party within the jurisdiction of the other, the same shall be made and prosecuted by order and authority of law only, and E f according to the regular course of proceedings usual in such cases. The d$’gL°g2‘::*a:d citizens and subjects of both panties shall be allowed to employ_ such
 * g,,,m_ advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge

proper, in all their ailairs, and in all their trials at law, in which they may be concerned, before the tribunals of the other party; and such agents shall have tree access to be present at the proceedings in such causes, and at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited in the said trials. Aaricnn VIII. V¤¤¤¤l¤ 9¤¤k*¤z In case the subjects and inhabitants of either party, with their ship- '°f“€°· ping, whether public and of war, or private and of merchants, be forced, through stress of weather, pursuit of pirates or enemies, or any other urgent necessity, for seeking of shelter and harbor, to retreat and enter into any of the rivers, bays, roads, or ports belonging to the other party, they shall be received and treated with all humanity, and enjoy all favor, protection, and help, and they shall be permitted to refresh and provide themselves, at reasonable rates, with victualsand all things needful for the sustenance of their persons, or reparation of their ships and prosecution of their voyage; and they shall no ways be hindered from returning out of the said ports or roads, but may remove and depart when and whither they please, without any let or hindrance. Anrrcrn IX. Captures by pi- All ships and merchandize, of what nature soever, which shall he PW- rescued out of the hands of any pirates or robbers on the high seas, shall be brought into some port of either state, and shall be delivered to the custody of the officers of that port, in order to be taken care of, and restored entire to the true proprietor, as soon as due and suiilcient proof shall be made concerning the property thereof. Aarionm X. wmcksa 0,- dm,. _When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked, foundered, or otheraged vessels. -wise damaged, on the coasts or within the dominion of the other, their ‘ respective subjects or citizens shall receive, as well for themselves as ior their vessels and eifects, the same assistance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the damage happens, and shall pay the same charges and dues only a the said inhabitants would be subject to pay in a like case; and if the operations of repair would require that the whole or any part of the cargo be unladen, they shallepay no duties, charges, or fees on the part which they shall relade and carry away.