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 TREATY WITH ALGIERS. 1816. 247 such prizes in the said ports, without paying any other customs or duties than such as are customary on ordinary commercial importations. Anr. 19. If any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons Consulot'U.S. under their protection, shall have any disputes with each other, the *° d°°ld° dis' Consul shall decide between the parties; and whenever the Consul shall guggrgggwgif require any aid or assistance from the government of Algiers to enforce zens, &e. 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 nations 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 of 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. Am. 20. If a citizen of the United States should kill, wound, or _In case ofkilI· strike, a subject of Algiers, or, on the contrary, a subject of Algiers mg- ‘Y,:l““d‘§’E• should kill, wound, or strike, a citizen of the United States, the law j):,,'?T;;ji,§’ ° of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall be rendered, the country topre- Consul assisting at the trial; but the sentence of punishment against an "°‘l· M- 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. Consul °{U_S_ Am. 21. The omit of me Uma sees of America stint not be {‘,§;§,‘;,”,$t§;{‘};, required to pay any customs or duties whatever on any thing he imports imports for his from a foreign country for the use of his house and family. j;:1F§_“”d Am. 22. Should any of the citizens of the United States of America citizens of die, within the Regency of Algiers, the Dey and his subjects shall not U; S- dtllnsg interfere with the property of the deceased, but it shall be under the im· SQL; 2f1M?` mediate direction of the Consul, unless otherwise disposed of by will. giers, their pro- Should there be no Consul, the edects shall he deposited in the hands §°"Yhl°dl?° ¤¤· of some person worthy of trust, until the party shall appear who has ,,g;,°°f,,;;°§gn_ a right to demand them, when they shall render an account of the pro- sul, unless, Gao. petty ; neither shall the Dey or his subjects give hindrance in the execution of any will that may appear. ARTICLE ADDITIONAL AND EXPLANATORY. The United States of America, in order to give to the Dey of Algiers Part of the a proof of their desire to maintain the relations of peace and amity !€¤hfA¤'¤¢l¤ of between the two powers upon a footing the most liberal, and in order lI·:“°;§,°§§{"g t0 withdraw any obstacle which might embarrass him in his relations milled. with other states, agree to annul so much of the eighteenth Article of the foregoing Treaty, as gives to the United States any advantage in the ports of Algiers over the most favored nations having Treaties with, the Regency. Done at the Palace of the Government, in Algiers, on the 22d day of December, 1816, which corresponds to the third of the Moon Safar, year of the Hegira 1232. Whereas the undersigned William Shaler, a citizen of the State of New-York, and Isaac Chauncey, Commander in Chief of the Naval Forces of the United States, stationed in the Mediterranean, being duly appointed Commissioners, by Letters Patent under the signature of the President and Seal of the United States of America, bearing date at the City of Washington, the twenty-fburth day of August, A. D. 1816, for negociating and concluding the renewal of a Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Dey and Subjects of the Regency