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 gg TREATY WITI·I PRUSSIA. 1785. ARTICLE XI. Liberty of con- The most perfect freedom of conscienceand of worship,_is_granted to ¤°l°¤°° ¤°· the citizens or subjects of either party, within the jurisdiction of the °°"°d' other, without being liable to molestation in that respect, for any cause other than an insult on the religion of others. Moreover, when the subjects or citizens of the one party, shall die within the jurisdiction of the other, their bodies shall be buried in the usual burying grounds, or other decent and suitable places, and shall be protected from violation or disturbance. ARTICLE XII. Libmy ,-0, If one of the contracting parties should be engaged in war with any either party to other power, the free intercourse and commerce of the subjects or ‘F“d° "’l°h”’€‘a‘ citizens of the party remaining neuter with the belligerent powers,
 * l?:,;j,;v,?r we shall not be interrupted. On the contrary, in that case as in full peace,

l the vessels of the neutral party may navigate lieely to and from the Free ships ports and on the coasts of the belligerent parties, free vessels- making 1¤¤l<¢ fr¤¤ free goods, insomuch, that all things shall be adjudged free which shall g°°ds' be on board any vessel belonging to the neutral party, although such things belong to an enemy of the other; and the same freedom shall be extended to persons who shall be on board a free vessel, although they should be enemies to the other party, unless they be soldiers in actual service of such enemy. ARTICLE XIII. No goods shall And in the same case of one of the contracting parties being engaged be dwrwd ¢¤¤- in war with any other power, to prevent all the diliiculties and misun-
 * °l";'l;l* use derstandings that usually arise respecting the merchandize heretofore

Esrlstiony; but called contraband, such as arms, ammunition and military stores of v¤¤¤9l¤ my b¤ every kind, no such articles carried in the vessels, or by the subjects or d°"“"°d‘ citizens of one of the parties to the enemies of the other, shall be deemed contraband, so as to induce confiscation or condemnation and aloss of property to individuals. Nevertheless, it shall be lawful to stop such vessels and articles, and to detain them for such length of time as the captors may think necessary to prevent the inconvenience or damage that might ensue from their proceeding, paying however a reasonable compensation for the loss such arrest shall occasion to the proprietors: And it shall further be allowed to use in the service of the captors, the whole or any part of the military stores so detained, paying the owners the full value of the same, to be ascertained by the current price at the place of its destination. But in the case supposed, of a vessel stopped for articles heretofore deemed contraband, if the master of the vessel stopped will deliver out the goods supposed to be of contraband nature, he shall be admitted to do it, and the vessel shall not in that case be carried into any port, nor further detained, but shall be allowed to proceed on ber voyage. ARTICLE XIV. vessel, to be And in the same cas where one of the parties is engaged in war furnjslgled with with another power, that the vessels of the neutral party may be readily burthen of the vessel, as also the name and dwelling of the master, which passports shall be made out in good and due forms, (to be settled by conventions between the parties whenever occasion shall require) shall be renewed as often as the vessel shall return into port; and shall
 * °a;:°:;' °" and certainly known, it is agreed, that they shall be provided with sealetters, or passports, which shall express the name, the property and