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 TREATY WITII GREAT BRITAIN. 1794. 127 conceal or assist them in any manner, but will bring to condign punish- Pirates not to ment all such inhabitants as shall be guilty of such acts or offences. l’°dP'°t°;'°‘l,j And all their ships with the goods or merchandizes taken by them  53;, Stzlbgn and brought into the port of either of the said parties, shall be seized restored. as far as they can be discovered, and shall be restored to the owners, or their factors or agents, duly deputed and authorized in writing by them (proper evidence being first given in the court of admiralty for proving the property) even in case such effects should have passed into other hands by sale, if it be proved that the buyers knew or had good reason to believe, or suspect that they had been piratically taken. ARTICLE XXI. It is likewise agreed, that the subjects and citizens of the two nations, Snbjects or shall not do any acts of hostility or violence against each other, nor °"*f°”j]°§°¤° accept commissions or instructions o to act from any foreign prince or 1;:;,5,: cgmggl, state, enemies to the other party; nor shall the enemies of one of the sion from afoparties be permitted to invite, or endeavour to enlist in their military mf!" €"mh“‘ service, any of the subjects or citizens of the other party; and the laws R 8 against all such offences and aggressions shall be punctually executed. And if any subject or citizen of the said parties respectively, shall accept any foreign commission, or letters of marque, for arming any vessel to act as a privateer against the other party, and be taken by the other party, it is hereby declared to be lawful for the said party, to treat and punish the said subject or citizen, having such commission or letters of marque, as a pirate. ARTICLE XXII. It is expressly stipulated, that neither of the said contracting parties _No reprisal will order or authorize any acts of reprisal against the other, on com- gidfmind °*` . . . . . . is action and plaints of injuries or damages, until the said party shall first have pre- m·,,,,,j_ sented to the other a statement thereof, verified by competent proof and evidence, and demanded justice and satisfaction, and the same shall either have been refused or unreasonably delayed. ARTICLE XXIII. The ships of war of each of the contracting parties shall, at all times, Ships of war be hospitably received in the ports of the other, their officers and crews ;;c°?j;‘d *,*:1 lz; paying due respect to the laws and government of the country. The ,,,,,.;,,;,1,,, ° officers shall be treated with that respect which is due to the commis- other. sions which they bear, and if any insult should be offered to them by any of the inhabitants, all offenders in this respect shall be punished as disturbers of the peace and amity between the two countries. And his Majesty consents, that in case an American vessel should, by stress of American vesweather, danger from enemies or other misfortune, be reduced to the {fsf necessity of seeking shelter in any of his Majesty’s ports, into which ,h,,,_ my ,,,,,6, such vessel could not in ordinary cases claim to be admitted, she shall, British ports. on manifesting that necessity to the satisfaction of the government of the place, be hospitably received and be permitted to rent, andgto purchase at the market price, such necessaries as she may stand in need oi, conformably to such orders and regulations as the government of the place, having respect to the circumstances of each case, shall prescribe. She shall not be allowed to break bulk or unload her cargo, unless the same shall be bona fide necessary to her being refitted. Nor shall be permitted to sell any part of her cargo, unless so much only as may be necessary to defray her expenses, and then not without the express permission of the government of the place. Nor shall she be obliged to pay any duties whatever, except only pon such articles as she may be permitted to sell for the purpose aforesaid.