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 TREATY "WITH ALGIERS. 1815. 227 supplies of provisions; but the vessels of war of the United States, with any prizes they may capture from their enemies, shall have liberty to frequent the ports of Algiers for refreshments of any kind, and to sell such prizes in the said ports, without any other customs or duties than such as are customary on ordinary commercial importations. Am. 19. If any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons Consulof U.S. under their protection, shall have any disputes with each other, the to deeide die- Consul shall decide between the parties; and whenever the Consul shall require any aid or assistance from the government of Algiers to enforce zens, &.c. his decision, it shall be immediately granted to him; and if any disputes shall arise between any citizens of the United States and the citizens or subjects of any other nation having a Consul or Agent in Algiers, such disputes shall be settled by the Consuls or Agents of the respective nations; and any disputes or suits at law that may take place between any citizens of the United States and the subjects of the Regency of Algiers, shall be decided by the Dey in person, and no other. _ ART. 20. If a citizen of the United States should kill, wound, or In ease ofltillstrike, a subject of Algiers, or, on the contrary, a subject of Algiers l¤€· ‘•!’,;’,“"d'”g• should kill, wound, or strike, a citizen of the United States, the law $5,53- SEA ° of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall be rendered, the country to pre- Consul assisting at the trial; but the sentence of punishment against an "°'l· &·°- American citizen shall not be greater or more severe than it would be against a Turk in the same predicament; and if any delinquent should make his escape, the Consul shall not be responsible for him in any manner whatever. C 1 {US ODSU 0 · n Am-. 21. The Consul of the United States of America shall not be *1*** ’° Pei dl; required to pay any customs or duties whatever on any thing he imports jj;;$}5ll·O,?j,i,,° from a foreign country for the use of his house and family. puns? and ami y. Am-. 22. Should any of the citizens of the United States of America gmane gf die, within the limits of the Regency of Algiers, the Dey and his sub- U, S- drlivti jects shall not interfere with the property of the deceased, but it shall  ;fi,l_°' be under the immediate direction of the Consul, unless otherwise dis- gam, than- pm. posed of by will. Should there be no Consul, the effects shall be de- gerfyhwdlye lmposited in the hands of some person worthy of trust, until the party ,i2‘;,l0f,,;;°gn_ shall appear who has a right to demand them, when they shall render Sui, unlggg, gw, an account of the property; neither shall the Dey or his subjects give hindrance in the execution of any will that may appear. I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of a Treaty of Peace negotiated by Commodore Decatur and myself with the Regency of Algiers, and signed by the Dey of that Regency on the 30 June, 1815. On. board the UZ S. S. Guerricrc, 6 July, 1815. WM. SHALER.