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 280 CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. 1822. Tobacco, 1,600 lbs. avoirdupois, or 725 kilogrammes. Ashes, pot and pearl, 2,240 lb. avoirdupois, or 1,016 kilogs. Rice, 1,600 lb. avoirdupois, or 725 kilogrammes ; and for all weighable articles, not specified, 2,240 lb. avoirdupois, or 1,016 kilogrammes. ARTICLE 5. 1;,,,;,, of ,0,,, '1`he duties of tonnage, light—money, pilotage, port charges, brokerage, nage, light mc- and all other duties upon foreign shipping, over and above tho e paid F,.,,,,,,,, 6,, those specified in articles 1 and 2 of the present convention, shall not francs pei- ton exceed in France, for vessels of the United States, five francs per ton
 * ';g'é£·°{é“°*’° by the national shipping in the two countries respectively, other than
 * s$f2°‘g::“ of the vessel's American register; nor for vessels of France in the

’United States, ninety-four cents per ton of the vessel’s French passport. ARTICLE 6. com), and The contracting parties, wishing to favor their mutual commerce, vice consuls of by affording in their ports every necessary assistance to their respective f,£‘f;,:;“‘;‘;‘“ vessels, have agreed that the consuls and vice consuls may cause to be c,,,,,,,;,,,',,,,;; arrested the sailors, being part of the crews of the vessels of their of dsserters, respective nations, who shall have deserted from the said vessels, in ?:,d3d:;::;ég°m order to send them back and transport them out of the country. For ' which purpose the said consuls and vice consuls shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing, proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessel, or ship’s roll, or other official documents, that those men were part of the said crews; and on this demand, so proved, (saving however where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused; and there shall be given all aid and assistance to the said consuls and vice consuls for the search, seizure, and arrest, of the said deserters, who shall even be detained and kept in the prisons of the country, at their request and expense, until they shall have found an opportunity of sending them back. But if they be not sent back within three month, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same cause. ARTICLE 7. Convention to The present temporary convention shall be in force for two years be in ¢"<>r¤¤ ¤w¤ from the first day of October next, and even after the expiration of that l3’;‘:bgf"}g;; term, until the conclusion of a definitive treaty, or until one of the ’ ° parties shall have declared its intention to renounce it; which declaration shall be made at least six months before hand. Extmdugicg at And in case the present arrangement should remain without such dw wd ¤f two declaration of its discontinuance by either party, the extra duties speci- §';:h';’dl{)" $6 fied in the 1st and 2d articles, shall, from the expiration of the said two {mma, Mays., year, be, on both sides, diminished by one-fourth of their whole amount, from vm M and, afterwards, by one—fourth of the said amount from year to year, so Y°'“`* &°‘ long as neither party shall have declared the intention of renouncing it as above stated. ARTICLE 8. ctmvemgm to The pre ent convention shall be ratified on both sides, and the ratifi- P¤ ¤'¤¤iG¢dWi¤lr cations shall be exchanged within one year from the date hereof, or m °°° y°°'° sooner, if possible. But the execution of the said convention shall commence in both countries on the 1st of October next, and shall be effective, even in case of non-ratification, for all such vessels as may have