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 233 TREATY WITH SWEDEN. 1816. the colonies of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and con. tirmed by the governor of the colony, shall be considered as sufficient proof of the origin of the articles thus specified or designated to obtain for them admission into the ports of the United States accordingly. ARTICLE 7. Vessm am, The citizens or subjects of one of the contracting parties, arriving cargoes may with their vessels on any coast belonging to the other, but not willing °”*°'R°"'· to enter into port, or being entered into port, and not willing to unload
 * §,,Y°y,j;$,,lQQ:or break bulk, shall have liberty to depart, and to pursue their voyage,

&.c. iii those without molestation, and without being obliged to render account of E1;:;€?:c*;:;’:d their cargo, or to pay any duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, on ' the vessels or cargo, excepting only the dues of pilotage, when a pilot shall have been employed, or those of quayage, or light money, whenever these dues are paid in the same circumstances by the citizens or Limitation or subjects of the country: It being,_nevertheless,_understood, that when. ¤h1¤ P¤V1l¤B¤· ever the vessels belonging to the citizens or subjects of one of the con. tracting parties shall be within the jurisdiction of the other, they shall conform to the laws and regulations concerning navigation, and the places and ports into which it may be permitted to enter, which are in force with regard to the citizens or subjects of the country; and it shall be lawful for the officers of the customs in the district where the said vessels may be, to visit them, to remain on board, and to take such precautions as may be necessary to prevent all illicit commerce while such vessels remain within the said jurisdiction. ARTICLE 8. [vessels my It is algo agreed, thlat this vesicle; caf one of the conéracaing parties, and partof enterin the orts o the other, s a e ermitte to isc ar e apart T::;' ‘j';;€‘:,s· only otéheir Idargoes, whenever the captaiii or owner shall desde so to wnhptiw m, do, and they shag be allowed to depalijt freely jvith the remainder, wgthmaindenon out a in an uties im osts, or c ar es w ratsoever except on t at lmylllglhc V"' partiivliiclg shhl have, bedjn landed, and which shall ,be miirked and pomonal du· . . . . . ,;,,8, gw_ noted on the list or manifest containing the enumeration of the merchandise which the vessel ought to have on board, and which list ought always to be presented, without reservation, to the officers of the customs at the place where the vessel shall have arrived; and nothing shall be paid on the part of the cargo which the vessel takes away; and the said vessel may proceed therewith to any other port or ports in the same (pountry, into which vessels of the most favoured nations are permitte to enter, and there dis ose of the same; or the said vessel ma Exccpqnn as depart therewith to the ports bf any other country. It is, however, un}; l0 V¤$¤<=l¤· derstood, that the duties, imposts, or charges, which are payable on the vessel itself, ought to bc·paid at the first port where it breaks bulk and discharges u part of the cargo, and that no such duties or impositions shall be a ain demanded in the ports of the same country where the said vessel may thereafter enter, except the inhabitants of the country be subjected to further duties in the same circumstances. ARTICLE 9. Rights and pri· The citizens or subjects of one of the contracting parties, shall enjoy '*l°8°¤ °l C`"' in the ports of the other, as well for their vessels as for their merchan- "°p°l‘ disc, all the rights and privileges of cntrepot, which are enjoyed by the most fhvoured nations in the same ports. ARTICLE 10. ln case any vessel, belonging to either of the two states or to their