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 416 TREATY WITH MEXICO. 1831. hereafter be paid by the citizens of the Power in whose territories they may reside. Parsons and Arvrrcu: XIV. Both the contracting parties promise and engage to property to bg give their special protection to the persons and property of the citizens 9*0***6- of each other, of all occupations, who may be rn their territories, subject to the jurisdiction of the one or of the other, transient. or dwelling therein; leaving open and free to them the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country in which they may be; for which they may employ, in defence of their rights, such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law; and the citizens of either party, or thenr agents, shall enjoy, in every respect, the same rights and privileges, either in prosecuting or defending their rights of person or of property, as the citizens of the country where the cause may be tried. Secumy as ,0 Anrrotn XV. The citizens of the United States of America, residing migggomn Mex. in the United Mexican States, shall enjoy in therrlhouses, persons, and iw- properties, the protection of the Government, with the most perfect security and liberty of conscience: they shall not be disturbed or molested, in any manner, on account of their religion, so long as they respect the Constitution, the laws, and established usages of the country where they reside; and they shall also enjoy the privilege of burying the dead in places which now are, or may hereafter be assigned for that purpose; nor shall the funerals or sepulchres of the dead be disturbed in any manner, nor under any pretext. I,,,},,, United The citizens of the United Mexican States shall enjoy, throughout States. all the States and Territories of the United States of America, the same protection; and shall be allowed the free exercise of their religion, in public or in private, either within their own houses, or in the chapels or places of worship set apart for that purpose. 8,,6,,,,,), ,0 Anrrrctm XVI. It shall be lawful for the citizens of the United States www mining of America, and of the United Mexican States respectively, to sail with °"°my B pc'"' being made who are the owners of the merchandise laden thereon, from any port to the places of those who now are, or may hereafter be at enmity with the United States of America, or with the United Mexican States. It shall likewise be lawful for the aforesaid citizens respectively to sail with their vessels and merchandise, before mentioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy, before mentioned, to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of the same Government or under FNB ship',-M several; and it is hereby stipulated that free ships shall also give freedom goods. to goods; and that every thing shall be deemed free and exempt which shall be found on board the vessels belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, although the whole lading or any part thereof should appertain to the enemies of either, contraband goods being Frog sbimmo always excepted. It is also agreed that the same liberty be extended to pawns, persons who are on board a free vessel, so that, although they be enemies to either party, they shall not be made prisoners, or taken out of that free vessel, unless they are soldiers, and in the actual service of the Lim,,,,,,,,,., of enemy. By the stipulation that the flag shall cover the property, the the principle. two contracting parties agree that this shall be so understood with respect to those powers who recognise this principle; but if either of the
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