Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 2c.djvu/735

 728 PUBLIC TREATIES. assistance shall be given to the persons shipwrecked, or who ma be in danger thereof, and passports shall be granted to them to secure their return to their own country. The ships and merchandizes wrecked, or their proceeds, if the effects have been sold, being clanned in a year and a day, by the owners or their attorney, shall be restored, on their paying the costs of salvage, conformable to the laws and customs of the two nations. Arccrrcmc XXI. Vessels seeking When the subjects and inhabitants of the two parties, with their ves- [S¤¤.A¤i<=l¤ XIL in commerce, shall be forced by tempest, by pursuit of prrvateers and ot ???? of u§*l;‘}"Id enemies, or by any other urgent nece sity, to retire and enter any ot ,,.;,,,;.°,,f°1827 ppf the rivers, bays, roads, or ports of either of the two parties, they shall 735,741.] ’ be received and treated with all humanrtyand politeness, and they shall enjoy all friendship, protection, and assistance, and they shall be at liberty to supply themselves with refreshments, provisions, and every- thing necessary for their sustenance, for the repair of their vessels, and for continuing their voyage; provided allway that they pay a reasonable price: and they shall not in any manner be detained or hindered from sailing out of the said ports or roads, but they may retire and depart when and as they please, without any obstacle or hindrance. Arrrrorn XXII. Rights of resi- In order to favour commerce on both sides as much as possible, it is dew in U m ° °f agreed that, in case a war should break out between the said two na- ""' _ tions, which God forbid, the term of nihe months after the declaration trgwmgg 15}:; of war shall be allowed to the merchants and subjects respectively on A,.;,,,;,, Xvu, one side and the other, in order that they may withdraw with their treaty of 1827, pp. effects and moveables, which they shall be at liberty to carry off or 735/7*1-] to ell where they please, without the least obstacle; nor shall any seize their effect, and much less their persons, during the said nine months; but on the contrary, passports which shall be valid for a time necessary for their return, shall be given them for their vessels, and the eifects which they shall be willing to carry with them. And if anything is taken from them, or if any injury is done to them by one of the parties, their people and subjects, during the term above prescribed, full and entire satisfaction shall be made to them on that account. The above-mentioned passports shall also serve as a safe conduct against all insérltsfortprrzes which privateers may attempt against their persons an e ec s. Ancrrcrn XXIII. Lotterscfmarqua No subject of the King of Sweden shall take a commission or letters [See Article XII, of marque for arming any vessel to act as a privateer against the United m*{c‘;f°181}6g§“{l States of America, or any of them, or against the subjects, people, or mm, of 1827, ppj inhabitants of the said United States, or any of them, or against the 735,741.] property of the inhabitants of the said States, from any Prince or State whatever, with whom the said United States shall be at war. Nor shall any citizen, subject, or inhabitant of the said United States, or any of them, apply for or take any commission or letters of marqne for arming any vessel to cruize against the subjects of his Swedish Majesty, or any of them,_ or their property, from any Prince or State whatever with whom his said Majesty shall he at war. And if any person of either nitionm hzll talze such commissions or letters of marque, he shall be p 18 a pirate. Antrrcnn XXIV. Vessels touching The vessels of the subjects of either of the parties coming upon any ¤i= P<>¤¤· coast belonging to the other, but not willing to enter into port, or being entered into port, and not willing to unload their cargoes or to break bulk,
 * 69*80- sels, whether they be public and equipped for war, or private or employed.