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 314 CONVENTION WITII COLOMBIA. [824. Articles ofeon- detention and confiscation, leaving free the rest of the cargo and the !¤'¤l>¤¤d l°¤¤d ship, that the owners may dispose of them as they see proper. No
 * ‘0:;fi:°;n vessel of either of the two nations shall be detained on the hig seas on

enemy’s port, account of having on board articles of contraband, whenever the master, ¤l¤¤ll b° ¤¤l>i°°'· captain, or supercargo of said vessel will deliver up the articles of een. °° °°“H’°°"°"' traband to the captor, unless the quantity of such articles be so great, and of so large a bulk, that they cannot be received on board the capturing ship without great inconvenience; but in this and in all other cases of just detention, the vessel detained shall be sent to the nearest convenient and safe port, for trial and judgement according to law. ARTICLE 17th. Vessels sailing And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port orplace f¤¤’¤P°"‘?Y belonging to an enemy, without knowing that the same is besieged, f}:%§d°h§;;° b°' blockaded, or invested, it is agreed, thatleverybvessgl so cirgumistanceg, wit crit noiice ma be turned awa from such ort or ace, ut s a not e etaine, 0f rhs f¤°°· mW noryshall any part of her cargo, ai not cohtraband, be confiscated, unless, agxgzzzzzgy after warning of such blockade or investment from the commanding or place. officer of the blockading forces, she shall again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper. Nor shall any vessel of either, that may have entered into such port before the same was actually besieged, blockaded or invested, by the other, be restrained from quitting such place with her cargo, nor if found therein after the reduction and surrender, shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to confiscation, but they shall be restored to the owners thereof ARTICLE 18th. R,g,,i,q0n of In order to prevent all kind of disorder in the visiting and examina- seas, they have agreed mutually, that whenever a vessel of war, public or private, shall meet with a neutral of the other contracting party, the first shall remain out of cannon shot, and may send its boat with two or three men only in order to execute the said examination of the papers concerning the ownership and cargo of the vessel, without causing the least extortion, violence, or ill treatment, for which the commanders of the said armed ships shall be responsible with their persons and property; for which purpose the commanders of said private armed vessels shall, before receiving their commissions, give sufficient security to answer for all the damages they may commit. And it is expressly agreed that the neutral party shall in no case be required to go on board the examining veisel, for the purpose of exhibiting her papers, or for any other purpose w atever. ARTICLE 19th. To avoid all kind of vexation and abuse in the examination of the emgigdnirim, to papers relating to the ownership of the vessels belonging to the citizens avoid v¢=><¤¢iP¤ of the two contracting parties, they have agreed, and do agree, that in l{:,;,h§,»°"°"“'"°' case one of them should be engaged in war, the ships and vessels be· _ P°P6\'¤ · . . . . relative to the longing to the citizens of the other must be furnished wrth sea·letters or ¤w¤¤¥¤h§g<>I passports, expressing the name, property and bulk of the ship, as also v°°°°1S’ °‘ the name and place of habitation of the master or commander of said vessel, in order that it may thereby appear, that the ship really and truly belongs to the citizens of one of the parties; they have likewise agreed that such ships being laden, besides the said sea-letters or passports, shall also be provided with certificates containing the several particulars of the cargo, and the place whence the ship sailed, so that it may be known whether any forbidden or contraband goods be on board the same; which certificates shall be made out by the olhcers of the place
 * i¤i¤¤ M ¤¤¤· tion of the ships and cargoes of both the contracting parties on the high