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 384 TREATY WITH PRUSSIA. 1828. ARTICLE XII. Certain stipn- The twelfth article of the treaty of amity and commerce, concluded l¤li¤¤S infer- between the parties in 1785, and the articles from the thirteenth to the i with the exception of the last paragraph in the nineteenth article, relating to the treaties with Great Britain, are, hereby, revived with the same force and virtue, as if they made part of the context of the present treaty; it being, however, understood that the stipulations contained in the articles thus revived, shall be always considered as, in no manner, affecting the treaties or conventions concluded by either party with other powers, during the interval between the expiration of the said treaty of 1799, and the commencement of the operation of the present treaty. _ _ _ Security of The parties being still desirous, in conformity with their intention neutral naviga- declared in the twelfth article of the said treaty of 1799, to establish Lfgtggtgiglhgrc between themselves, or in concert with other maritime powers, further Verity. provisions to ensure just protection and freedom to neutral navigation and commerce, and which may, at the same time, advance the cause of civilization and humanity, engage again to treat on this subject, at some future and convenient period. ARTICLE XIII. Vessels enter- Considering the remoteness of the respective countries of the two be bl¤¢l¢¤d¢d high contracting parties, and the uncertainty resulting therefrom, with "°"“· respect to the various events which may take place, it is agreed that a merchant vessel belonging to either of them, which may be bound to a port supposed, at the time of its departure to be blockaded, shall not, however, be captured or condemned, for having attempted, a first time, to enter said port, unless it can be proved that said vessel could, and ought to, have learnt, during its voyage, that the blockade of the place in question still continued. But all vessels which, after having been warned off once, shall, during the same voyage, attempt a second time to enter the same blockaded port, during the continuance of the said blockade, shall then subject themselves to be detained and condemned. ARTICLE XIV. Provisions as The citizens or subjects of each party shall have power to dispose of ,6,,,% gw donation, or otherwise, and their representatives, being citizens or subjects of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods, whether by testament, or ab intestate, and may take possession thereof, either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same, at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases. And in case of the absence of the representative, such care shall be taken of the said goods, as would be taken of the goods of a native, in like case, until the lawful owner may take measures for receiving them. And if question should arise among several claimants, to which of them said goods belong, the same shall be decided finally by the laws and judges of the land wherein the said goods are. And where, on the death of any person holding real estate, within the territories of the one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all duties of dctraetion, on the part of the Government of the respective States. But this article shall not derogate, in any manner from the force of the laws already published, or hereafter to be
 * Q${v:§"°'°’ twenty-fourth, inclusive, of that which was concluded at Berlin in 1799,
 * ‘;g‘;’:Q“;l,f'°' their personal goods within the jurisdiction of the other, by testament,