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 TREATY WITH ECUADOR. ·’““€ W lim- Tue United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, desiring to make lasting and firm the friendship and good understand- ¤h¤¤}s¤<1=¤·Q¤it¤, ing which happily prevails between both nations, have resolved to fix, $f;ja&a:,%i2‘5 in a manner clear, distinct, and positive the rules which shall, in the President, future, be religiously observed between the one and the other, by S°P‘· 23> 18*2- means of a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation. For this most desirable object, the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on James C. Pickett, a citizen of the said States, and the President of the Republic of Ecuador, on Doctor Luis de Saa, Minister of Finance, charged with the Department of the Interior and Foreign Relations; who, after having exchanged their saio full powers, in due and proper form, have agreed to the following articles: ARTICLE I. To bg a Pgyfecn There shall be a perfect, firm and inviolable peace and sincere friend- Efmi wd ¤¤vi<>1¤(i ship, between the United States of America. and the Republic of Ecu- ,,,°f,,,,§°§"°°(,,,Q,'Q,_ ador, in all the extent of their possessions and territories, and between ship. their people and citizens, respectively, without distinction of persons or places. ARTICLE II. 1~‘a—an-S granted The United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, deg{,'f;T;’»'f°°'l‘,f; siring to live in peace and harmony with all the other nations of the commoii to um earth, by means of a policy frank and equally friendly with all, engage °*h°'· mutually, not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or, on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional. ARTICLE III. Mutuajbcncgts The two high contracting parties, being likewise desirous of placing gh up: rhs- the commerce and navigation of their respective countries on the libequauy onjoycdf eral basis of perfect equality and reciprocity, mutually, agree, that the citizens of each, may frequent all the coasts and countries of the other, and reside and trade there, in all kinds of produce, manufactures and merchandise; and they shall enjoy all the rights, privileges and exemptions, in navigation and commerce, which native citizens do, or shall enjoy, submitting themselves to the laws, decrees and usages Except as to there established, to which native citizens are subjected: but it is un- 2*:,, °°¤·“i¤€»’ derstood, that this article does not include the coasting trade of either °` country, the regulation of which is reserved by the parties respectively, according to their own separate laws. And it is further agreed, that And ,],6 [nm, this article shall be subject to the following modification. That icgvs gr¤¤§¤d· $0 whereas by a law of Ecuador of March 21st, 1837, vessels built in the dock-yard of Guayaquil, shall be exempted from various charges, Guayaquil. therefore, vessels of the United States cannot claim this privilege, but shall enjoy it if it should be granted to vessels belonging to Spain, or to Mexico, and to the other Hispano-American Republics. ARTICLE IV. Equalization or They likewise agree, that whatever kind of produce, manufactures dulics 9¤ MSB'} or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, law- °"dLh°"°mg°°5` fully imported into the United States, in their own vessels, may be (155+;