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 166 TREATY WITH PRUSSIA. 1799. Vessels com. coast, belonging to the other,_but not willing to enter i11to port, or who ing on the coast entering into port are not willing to unload their cargoes or break bulk, gjyjgljygug shall have liberty to depart, and to pursue their voyage, without moles. wjghjnu tt, tation, and without being obliged to render account of their cargo, Olbreak bulk. to pay any duties, charges or fees whatsoever, except those established . for vessels entered into port, and appropriated to the maintenance of the port itself; or of other establishments for the safety and convenience of navigators, which duties, charges, and fees, shall be the same, and shall be paid on the same footing, [gs  Elie case of subjects or citizens of the country, where they are esta is e. ARTICLE IX. Shipwreeks. When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked, foundered, or otherwise damaged, on the coasts or within the dominions of the other, their respective citizens or subjects shall receive, as well for themselves as for their vessels and effects, the same assistance, which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the damage happens, and shall pay·tbe same charges and dues only as the said inhabitants would be subject to pay in a like case; and if the operations of repair shall require that the whole or any part of the cargo be unladed, they shall pay no duties, charges or fees on the part, which they shall relade and carry away. The ancient and barbarous right to wrecks of the sea shall be entirely abolished with respect to the subjects or citizens of the two contracting parties. ARTICLE X. Allattattott of The citizens or subjects of each party shall have power to dispose of personal estate. their personal goods within the jurisdiction of the other, by testament, donation, or otherwise, and their representatives, being subjects or citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods, whether by testament, or ab intestate, and may take possession thereof] either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country, wherein the said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases. And in case of the absence of the representative, such care shall be taken of the said goods, as would be taken of the goods of a native in like case, untill the lawfull owner may take measures for receiving them. And if question should arise among several claimants, to which of them the said goods belong, the same shall be decided finally by the laws and Realestate judges of the land, wherein the said goods are. And where, on the 6;:0 death of any person, holding real estate, within the territories of the one pmy {umn party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a tlplttttltt, sti,. citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by ahenage, legis of me such subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to °° "‘ withdraw the proceeds, without molestation, and exempt from all rights of detraction on the part of the government of the respective States. But this article shall not derogate in any manner from the force of the laws already published, or hereafter to be published, by his Majesty the King of Prussia, to prevent the emigration of his subjects. ARTICLE XI. Freedom ol- The most perfect freedom of conscience and of worship, is granted conscience. to the citizens or subjects of either party, within the 'urisdiction of the wurshi &.: · J P· '· other, and no person shall be molested 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 l