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 236 TREATY WITH SWEDEN. 1816. paid for the said vessels, or for the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid by vessels of the United States in the same circumstances, with an addi. tion only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. In order to avoid all uncertainty in respect to the duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, which a vessel belonging to the citizens or subjects of one of the contracting parties ought to pay, on arriving in the ports of the other, with a cargo consisting partly of articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the country to which the vessel belongs, and partly of any other merchandize, which the said vessel is permitted to import by the preceding articles, it is agreed that, in case a cargo should be thus mixed, the vessel shall always pay the duties, imposts, and charges, according to the nature of that part of the cargo which is subjected to the highest duties, in the same manner as if the vessel imported this sort of merchandise only. ARTICLE 5. Consuls, &.c. The high contracting parties grant mutually the liberty of having in the places of commerce and ports of the other, consuls, vice consuls, or commercial agents, who shall enjoy all the protection and assistance Proceedings necessary for the due discharge of their functions. But it is here ex- ·ka¤i¤Sé_¢05¤i$¤lS» pressly declared, that in case of illegal or improper conduct in respect ag:},;,?, ng to the laws or government of the country to which they are sent, the laws. said consul, vice consul, or agent, may be either punished according to law, dismissed, or sent away, by the offended government, that govern- Archives, &,e. ment assigning to the other the reasons therefor. It is, nevertheless, i¤"l°l¤*°· understood, that the archives and documents relative to the affairs of the consulate shall be protected from all examination, and shall he carefully preserved, being placed under the seal of the consul and of the authority of the place where he shall have resided. Cgnsuls and The consuls and their deputies shall have the right, as such, to act
 * ‘l;°;I;;l§l;Eg°¤ as judges and arbitrators in the differences which may arise between

Hgh,,,, m,,,,, the captains and crews of the vessels of the nation whose affairs are judges, $2,::. entrusted to their care. The respective governments shall have no right t,}:"!",*_:2°“ °f to interfere in matters of this kind, except the conduct of the captain ng and crew shall disturb the peace and tranquillity of the country in which the vessel may be, or that the consul of the place shall feel himself obliged to resort to the interposition and support of the executive authority to cause his decision to be respected and maintained. It Rights reserv· being, nevertheless, understood, that this kind of judgment, or award, $*:8**; shall not deprive the contending parties of the right which they shall ,,,j,,, d,,c,,,,,,,,,,_ have, on their return, to recur to the judicial authorities of their own country. (° This article ARTICLE 6. * n°H°"6°d°) In order to prevent all dispute and uncertainty in respect to what may be considered as being the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the contracting parties respectively, it is agreed, that whatever the chief or intendant of the customs shall have designated and specified as such, in the clearance delivered to the vessels which depart from the European ports of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, shall be acknowlodged and admitted as such in the United States; and that, in the same manner, whatever the chief or collector of the customs in the ports of the United States shall have designated and specified as the growth, produce, or manufhcture, of the United States, shall be acknowledged and admitted as such in the territories of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. The specification or designation given by the chief of the customs in