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 N¤v.¤¤.w3¤- TREATY WITH SARDINIA. Ratifications pzj.:,,j,,,,,Q,t;0,,' desirous of consolidating the relations of good understanding which of the President have hitherto so happily subsisted between their respective States and g;;;?`?,, SQS9 of facilitating and extending the commercial intercourse between the 'two countries, have agreed to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of atreaty of commerce and navigation, for which purpose the President of the United States has conferred full powers on Nathaniel Niles, their special agent near his Sardinian Majesty, and his Majesty the King of Sardinia has conferred like powers on the Count Clement Solar de la Marguerite, Grand Cross of the military and religious order of S. Maurice and S. Lazarus, of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, and Knight of the order of Christ, his first Secretary of State for the Foreign Affairs; and the said plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed the following articles. ARTICLE I. [{,,,;,,,0,,,,] ub. There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties my of com- a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of £;{,fj_¤¤<* ll"' their respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports and ` commercial places of the territories of each party, wherever 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 affairs, and they shall enjoy to that effect the same security and protection as the natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing. ART. II. yum, 0,- 9i_ Sardinian vessels arriving either laden or in ballast in the ports of the they pany, ar. United States of America, and reciprocally vessels of the United States arriving either laden or in ballast in the ports of the dominions of his ,,,h,,._ pu, on Sard1man_Majcsty, shall be treated on their entrance, during their stay thefooting of and at their departure, upon the same footing as national vessels coming ¤¤¤°¤¤lV¤¤¤°l¤· 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 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. ART. III. Imlportatione All kind of merchandise and articles of commerce either the produce gg EFT1C8g of the soil or the industry of the United States of America or of any 4,;: mm '“` other country, which may be lawfully imported into the ports of the domipiorjs caf Sprdirgas in Sardinian vessels, may also be so imported in vesses o the United States of America without a in other or hi her duties or charges of whatever kind or denominatiiori leiiied in the nime or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities or of any private establishment whatsoever, than if the same merchandise or produce had lmportatione been imported in Sardinian vessels. And reciprocally all kind of merlgsgafsdjmgn chandrse and articles of commerce, either the produce of the soil, or of U_ S_ the industry of the domrmons of Sardinia 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 Sardinian vessels, without (512)
 * },‘°;‘“;'·‘{§di839 Tun United States of America and his Majesty the King of Sardinia