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 40 TREATY WITH THE NETHERLANDS. ITS2 ARTICLE XII. Goods fourrd On the contrary, it is agreed, that whatever shall be found to be laden l‘m““,?'jj;"l’°QJ° by the subjects and inhabitants of either party, on any ship belonging w?,°:,r:ii,Ci3,ji, nevertheless such effects and merchandizes as were put_on board such si; months vessell before the declaration of war, or in the space of six months affer °"°'· it, which effects shall not be, in any manner, subject to confiscation, but shall be faithfully and without delay restored m nature to the owners who shall claim them, or cause them to be claimed, before the confiscation and sale, as also their proceeds, if the claim could not be made. but in the space of eight months after the sale, which ought to be publiclr: Provided nevertheless, that if the said merchandizes are contraband, it shall by no means be lawful] to transport them afterwards to any port belonging to enemies. ARTICLE XIII. V°¤F¤l¤ °*`“’¤' And that more effectual care may be taken for the security of sub- 3; gghzgzilit? jects and people of either party, that they do not suffer molestation from either party; if the vessells of war or privateers of the other party, it shall be forbidden dw! 2%*0 b° to all commanders of vessells of war and other armed vessells of the tion. States of America, as well as to all their officers, subjects and people, togive any offence or do any damage to those of the other party; and if they act to the contrary, they shall be, upon the first complaint which shall be made of it, being found guilty after a just examination, punished by their proper judges, and moreover obliged to make satisfaction for all damages and interests thereof, by reparation, under pain and obliga tion of their persons and goods. ARTICLE XIV. q*Ptains of For further determining of what has been said, all captains of pri- vateers, or litters-out of vessells armed for war, under commission and amen, ,0 bg on account of private persons, shall be held, before their departure, to fggppgjbjgrfvr give sufficient caution, before competent judges, either to be entirely mM_ “"‘ responsible for the malversations which they may commit in their cruizes or voyages, as well as for the contraventions of their captains and officers against the present treaty, and against the ordinances and edicts which shall be published in consequence of and conformity to it, under pain of forfeiture and nullity of the said commissions. ARTICLE XV. &Go¤ds rpscued All vessells and merchandizes of whatsoever nature, which shall be bggggzgf '° rescued out of the hands of any pirates or robbers, navigating the high seas without requisite comissions, shall be brought into some port of one of the two states, and deposited in the hands of the officers of that port in order to be restored entire to the true proprietor, as soon as due and sufficient proof}: shall he made concerning the property thereofi
 * °p,i:,,sd, un. to the enemies of the other, or to their subjects, although xt be not comless put on prehended under the sort of prohibited goods, the whole may be cong°"{d b‘?i°"°f fiscated in the same manner as 1f it belonged to the enemy; except
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