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 [90 CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. 1800. 'I‘reatmem of treated. They shall not be imprisoned or deprived of any part of their ¢=\’¤W Md l>¤¤· wearing apparel, nor of the possession and use of their money, not ex. ’°"g°”· ceeding for the captain, supercargo and mate five hundred dollars each, and for the sailors and passengers, one hundred dollars each. Prizes to be Aer. XXII. It is further agreed, that in all cases, the established condemned by courts for prize causes, in the country to which the prizes may be cen. °’P’bl'sh"d ducted, shall alone take cognizance of them. And whenever such time comm tribunal of either of the parties shall pronounce judgment. against any vessel or goods, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or decree shall mention the reasons or motives on which the same shall have been founded, and an authenticated copy of the sentence or decree, and of all the proceedings in the case, shall if demanded be delivered to the commander or agent of the said vessel, without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same. D,,m,,g,,S by Amr. XXIII. And that more abundant care may be taken for the men of war or security of the respective citizens of the contracting parties, and to £g‘é°t°°" '° b° prevent their suffering injuries by the men of war or privateers of either ' party, all commanders of ships of war and privateers, and all others the said citizens, shall forbear doing any damage to those of the other party, or committing any outrage against them, and if they act to the contrary they shall be punished, and shall also be bound in their persons and estates to make satisfaction and reparation for all damages and the interest thereof, of whatever nature the said damages may bc. Command,,, For this cause all commanders of privateers, before they receive their orprivateers to commissions, shall hereafter be obliged to give before a competent K'" “°““‘Y· judge, sufficient security by at least two responsible sureties, who have no interest in the said privateer, each of whom, together with the said commander shall be jointly and severally bound in the sum of seven thousand dollars or thirty six thousand eight hundred and twenty francs, or if such ships be provided with above one hundred and fifty seamen or soldiers, in the sum of fourteen thousand dollars or seventy three thousand six hundred and forty francs, to satisfy all damages and injuries, which the said privateer, or her officers, or men, or any of them, may do or commit during their cruise, contrary to the tenor of this convention, or to the laws and instructions for regulating their conduct; and further, that in all cases of aggression the said commission shall be revoked and annulled. Armed vessels Amr. XXIV. When the ships of war of the two contracting parties, gldapriggiinst or those belonging to their citizens which are armed in war, shall be ,,,,3 :0, ,0%,; admitted to enter with their prizes the ports of either of the two paroxamined. ties, the said public or private ships as well as their prizes, shall not be obliged to pay any duty either to the officers of the place, the judges or any others; nor shall such prizes, when they come to and enter the ports of either party, be arrested or seized, nor shall the officers of the place make examination concerning the lawfulness of such prizes; but they may hoist sail at any time and depart and carry their prizes to the places expressed in their commissions, which the commanders of such ships of war shall be obliged to shew. It is always understood that the stipulations of this article shall not extend beyond the privileges of the most favored nation. Restrictions on Ama XXV. It shall not be lawful liar any foreign privateers who have ,:;‘;‘·5“ P’“'°‘ commissions from any prince or state in enmity with either nation, to ` ht their ships in the ports of either tration, to sell their prizes, or in any manner to exchange them; neither shall they be allowed to purchase provisions, except such as shall be necessary for their going to the nex