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 478 TREATY WITH VENEZUELA. 1836. the same; which certificates shall be made out by the officers of the place whence the ship saild, in the accustomedform: without such requisites, said vessels may be detained, to be adjudged by the competent tribunal, and may be declared legal prize, unless the said defect shall be proved to be owing to accident, and satisfied or supplied by testimony entirely equivalent. ARTICLE 23. v;,;,;,,g mg,,- It is further agreed, that the stipulations above expressed relative to l¤¤i¢>n¤ to apply the visiting and examination of vessels, shall apply only to those which fxlgggtzgzsfgs sail without convoy, and when said vessels shall be under convoy, the y` verbal declaration of the commander of the convoy, on his word of honour, that the vessels under his protection belong to the nation whose flag he carries; and when they are bound to an enemy’s port, that they have no contraband goods on board, shall be sufficient. ARTICLE 24. p,;,,, ,,0,,,,, It is further agreed, that in all cases, the established courts for prize only to try prize causes, in the country to which the prizes may be conducted, shall alone °°“’°’• take cognizance of them; and whenever such tribunals, of either party, shall pronounce judgment against any vessel, or goods, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or decree shall mention the reason or motives on which the same shall have been founded, and an authenticated copy of the sentence or decree, and of all the proceedings in the case, shall, if demanded, be delivered to the commander or agent of said vessel, without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same. ARTICLE 25. q-,,,, ,,,,,,,,,1 Whenever one of the contracting parties shall be engaged in war with party not to ac- another State, no citizen of the other contracting party shall accept a {‘0°g,f:,';‘é°‘ commission or letter of marque, for the purpose of assisting or co-ope- ,,,,,,,, the rating hostilely with the said enemy, against the said party, so at war,
 * Iher. under the pain of being considered as a pirate.

ARTICLE 26. 1,, c,,,,, 0;,,.,,,. Il, by any fiitality, which cannot be expected, and which God forbid, between the the two contracting parties should be engaged in a war with each other, P""‘°“· they have agreed, and do agree, now for then, that there shall be allowed the term of six months to the merchants residing on the coasts, and in the ports of each other, and the term of one year to those who dwell in the interior, to arrange their business, and transport their effects, wherever they please, giving to them the safe-conduct necessary for it, which may serve as a sufficient protection until they arrive at the designated port. The citizens of all other occupations, who may be established in the territories or dominions of the United States and of the Republic of Venezuela, shall berespected and maintained in the full enjoyment of their personal liberty and property, unless their particular conduct shall cause them to forfeit this protection, which, in consideration of humanity, the contracting parties engage to give them. ARTICLE 27. No m,,,,,,,,,, I Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to the indiglen of money vrduals of the other, nor shares, nor moneys which they may have in "' l”°“k· &·°· public funds, nor in public or private banks, shall ever, in any event of war or of national difference, be sequestered or confiscated. ARTICLE 28. 05;,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,._ Both the contracting parties being desirous of avoiding all inequality course. in relation to their public communications and official intercourse, have