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 TREATY WITH MOROCCO. 1787. {03 ARTICLE XVII. Mem;,,,,,, Merchants shall not be compelled to buy or sell any kind of goods gidaiiuyoggl but such as they shall think proper; and may buy and sell all sorts of exeeptdiose merchandize but such as are prohibited to the other Christian nations. nations. ARTICLE XVIII. All goods shall be weighed and examined before they are sent on q;,,,,,;,,, be board, and to avoid all detention of vessels, no examination shall after- examined bewards be made, unless it shall first be proved that contraband goods §"° 3***** °” have been sent on board, in which case, the persons who took the con- ,3:; ’,:,lig,:2:, traband goods on board, shall be punished according to the usage and casebf fraud. custom of the country, and no other person whatever shall be injured, nor shall the ship or cargo incur any penalty or damage whatever. ARTICLE XIX. No vessel shall be detained in port on any pretence whatever, nor be Wm], not ,0 obliged to take on board any articles without the consent of the com- be detained. mander, who shall be at full liberty to agree for the freight of any goods he takes on board. ARTICLE XX. If any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons under their How disputes protection, shall have any disputes with each other, the consul shall ¤h¤llb¤ Settleddecide between the parties, and whenever the consul shall require any aid or assistance from our government, to` enforce his decisions, it shall be immediately granted to him. ARTICLE XXI. If a citizen of the United States should kill or wound a Moor, or, on How c,;,,,,, the contrary, if a Moor shall kill or wound a citizen of the United shall be punish- States, the law of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall °d· be rendered, the consul assisting at the trial; and if any delinquent shall make his escape, the consul shall not be answerable for him in any manner whatever. ARTICLE XXII. If an American citizen shall die in our country, and no will shall How estates appear, the consul shall take possession of his effects ; and if there shall gzzgfgdllh be no consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of some person disposed O2 worthy of trust, until the party shall appear who has a right to demand them; but if the heir to the person deceased be present, the property shall be delivered to him without interruption; and if a will shall appear, the property shall descend agreeable to that will as soon as the consul shall declare the validity thereofi ARTICLE XXIII. The consuls of the United States of America, shall reside in any sea· Cpnsulsand port of our dominions that they shall think proper; and they shall be *h¤¤' P¤Y¤l¤¢¢•· respected, and enjoy all the privileges which the consuls of any other nation enjoy; and if any of the citizens of the United States shall contract any debts or engagements, the consul shall not be in any manner accountable for them, unless he shall have given a promise in writing for the payment or fulfilling thereof, without which promise in writing, no application to him for any redress shall be made.