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 282 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1822. sailed bona fda for the ports of either nation, in the confidence of its being in force. In faith whereof; the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, and have thereto affixed their seals, at the city of Washington, this 24th day of June, A. D. 1822. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (1.. s.) G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE. (1.. s.) SEPARATE ARTICLE. S,,,,,,,,,,, a,, The extra duties levied on either side before the present day, by virtue ticle. of the act of Congress of 15th May, 1820, and of the ordinance of 26th July of the same year, and others confirmative thereof, and which have not already been paid back, shall be refunded. Signed and sealed as above, this 24th day of .I une, 1822. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (r.. s. G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE. (1.. s. July 12, 1822. nsiaasa. nr. TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. change of ratifi- an` In the name of the most holy and indivisible Trinity; The U. §._and Tun President of the United States of America, and I-Iis Majesty the E;_;‘;° gl:;};; King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having agreed, w-min dg5e,, in pursuance of the fifth article of the Convention concluded at London pnnoestothp on the 20th day of October, 1818, to refer the differences which had I£‘;'Sl;f;:’jn°pm_ arisen between the two lgovernments, upon the true construction and summ of the meaning of the first article of the Treaty of Peace and Amity, con- Iotharticls of the eluded at Ghent on the 24th day of December, 1814, to the friendly ante, .Si49, ’ engaging to consider his decision as final and conclusive. And his His li*lujesty's said mperial Majesty having, after due consideration, given his decision °“’“'d· upon these differences in the following terms, to wit: I rj_ S_ cm;,;,,,; f"1"hat the United States of America are entitled to claim from Great to injlemjiitica- Britain a just indemnification for all private property, which the British gf; izijjgja forces mayhpvefcarrjed away; and as the question relates to slaves 5,, the ,,0,,,,,5, more especra y or al the slaves that the British forces may have car sion of the Bri- rred away from places and territories of which the Treaty stipulates the Qfj:y°,*:$ 'jfsgd restitution, in quitting these same places and territories. ry., bg gmjcmf "That the United States are entitled to consider as having been so nifixedftjrueruiin carried away, all such slaves as may have been transferred from the °* °" ” ""°’· above-mentioned territories to British vessels within the waters of the po,. Ajuerjcan said territories, and who for this reason may not have been restored. slaves, carried “But that if there should be any American slaves who were carried ,,;,,,8,j ,0 j,,, ,.,_ as not stipulated the restitution to the United States the United States étoredhnojn- are not entitled to claim an indemnification for the said slaves." ,3,;*:;,;,*,;:3:,*. _ Nowlfor the purpose of carrying into effect this award of His Impe- Hjs jmwriaj rral Majesty, as arbitrator, his good offices have been farther invoked to Rgjesty s good assist in framing such Convention or Articles of Agreement between j’m;‘°jnv';‘j;d the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, as shall pro- ,0 ,,,,S;S,j,,y,,,m_ vide the mode of ascertaining and determining the value of slaves and mgeorivennon. of other private property, which may have been carried away in contra-
 * g;‘,j"g‘;j°’;;f8_ arbitration of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, mutually
 * ‘ij‘;)‘;j’c;'3:}  jtlway from territories of which the first article of the Treaty of Ghent