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 FREATY WI'1`H AUSTRIA. 1829. 399 countries, have, in consequence, agreed to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce and navigation, for which purpose the President of the United States has conferred full powers on Mnrrrrn VAN Bunmv, their Secretary of State; and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria has conferred like powers on Lewis, Barrow mr Lmneuen, his said Majesty’s Consul for the port of New York, and the said Plenipotentiaries having exchanged their said full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed the following articles: ARTICLE I. There shall be between the territories of the high con- Frumd, tracting parties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The established. inhabitants of their respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places and rivers of the territories of each party, whercver foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their commercial affairs ; and they shall enjoy, to that efI`ect, the same security, protection and privileges as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing. Anrrcma II. Austrian vessels arriving, either laden or in ballast, in Tonnage duthe ports of the United States of America; and, reciprocally, vessels of lisa &·°- the United States arriving, either laden, or in ballast, in the ports of the dominions of Austria, shall be treated on their entrance, during their stay and at their departure, upon the same footing as national vessels coming from the same place, with respect to the duties of tonnage, light-houses, pilotage and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers and all other duties or charges of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever. An·rrcLn III. All kind of merchandise and articles of commerce, Duties on imeither the produce of the soil or the industry of the United States of P°"’· America, or of any other country, which may be lawfully imported into the ports of the dominions of Austria, in Austrian vessels, may also be so imported iuvessels of the United States of America, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if the same merchandise or produce had been imported in Austrian vessels. And, reciprocally, all kind of merchandise and articles of commerce, either the produce of the soil or of the industry of the dominions of Austria, or of any other country, which may be lawfully imported into the ports of the United States, in vessels of the said States, may also be so imported in Austrian vessels, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination levied in the name, or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if the same merchandise or produce had been imported in vessels of the United States of America. Anrrcnu IV. To prevent the possibility of any misunderstanding, it Precedingstipis hereby declared that the stipulations contained in the two preceding “j{***°¤$,F¤¤,:,*· articles, nre, to their full extent, applicable to Austrian vessels and their u y °pp`°° °' cargoes, arriving in the ports of the United States of America; and, reciprocally, to vessels of the said States and their cargoes arriving in the ports of the dominions of Austria, whether the said vessels clear directly from the ports of the country to which they respectively belong, or from the ports of any other foreign country. Arvrrcts V. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States, of any article the produce or manufac-