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 TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY, ·1¤¤•=B<>» ¤¤·1 Czmcluded between the United States ty" America and has Iuly 6, 1815. _, ——j———- Hzglmess Omar Bctshaw, Dey of Algters. Peace and Azur. 1. There shall be, from the conclusion of this Treaty, a firm, friendship- inviolable, and universal, peace and friendship between the President and Citizens of the United States of America, on the one part, and the Dey and Subjects of the Regency of Algiers, in Barbary, on the other, made by the free consent of both parties, and on the terms of the most Favors in Na- favored nations: And if either party shall hereafter grant to any other vi8¤¤i¤¤ ¤¤d b nation any particular favor or privilege in navigation or commerce, it
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each, Src. is freely granted to such other nations; but when the grant is conditional, it shall be at the option of the contracting parties to accept, alter, or rleject, such conditions, in such manner as shall be most conducive to their respective interests. Abolition of Ama 2. It is distinct] understood between the contractinc arties, ’ name w atever, s ever e require y the e an e enc o Algiers from the United States of America, on any pietext whzieveb American cm. ART. 3. The Dey of Algiers shall cause to be immediately delivered $2; $151;: d6- up to th;. American squadron now oil` Algiers, all Ehe Amegicqp qitizergs ‘ now in is possession, amounting to ten, more or ess; an a the su - jects of the Dey of Algiers, ndw in possession of the United States, amounting to five hundred, more or less, shall be delivered up to him; the United States, according to the usages of civilized nations, requiring no ransom for the excess of prisoners in their favor. lndemnifiqg. ART. 4. A just and full compensation shall be made by the Dey of l1<>11¢9_Am¤;§· Algiers to such citizens of the United States as have been captured and Qjgllaillgsnsnsr detained by Ajgerine cruiserp, or whp hlave been forced to abandon their lpqgqf mpw, propert in icrs, in vio ation o tre twenty-second article of the 6::- P y Treatyibf Peaci and Amity, concluded betweed the United States and 133l"°' p°g° :lheg)eydof'Algiegs, on the fifth of September, one thousand seven hunre an nmet - ve. Dales ofcottpn And it is agiieed between the contracting parties, that, in lien of the {*,23 $l0·0O01¤ above, the Dey of Algiers shall cause to be delivered forthwith into the ’ hands of phbe lAmp_rican (ionsul residing at Algiers, the whole of a quantity o a es o cotton eft b the late Consul General of the United States in the public magazine! in Algiers; and that he shall pay into the hands of the said Consul the sum of ten thousand Spanish dollars. Engmiey pm. Am'.  If any goods belonging to any nation with which either of Fxgtligelggssls the parties are at war, should be loaded on board vessels belonging to 0,- smh puny_ the other party, they shall pass free and unmolested, and no attempts shall be made to take or detain them. sggiggipicn _ Arvr. 6. If any citizens or subjects, with their etleots, belonging to on {md an either party, shall be foundpn board a prize vessel taken from an enemy cngmirlls ,,,,,8; by the otherlparty, such citizens or subjects shall he liberated immeto be rberated. diately, andlrn no case, or on any other pretence whatever, shall any American citizen be kept in captivity or confinement, or the property (224)
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