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 May zo, mo. TREATY WITH THE KING OF HANOVER. ,£*Q;$,;fQ""” The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Hanover, Nov. 14, texto. equally animated by the desire of extending as far as possible the com- Y¤'<>¤lM¤¤!l<>¤ mercial relations between, and the exchange of the productions of their 2¥?Q,‘;I{§j°§g°”° respective states, have agreed, with this view, to conclude a treaty of Jan. 2, 1841. commerce and navigation. _ l N¤2¤¤i¤¤¤r¤· For this purpose, the President of the United States of America has furnished with full powers, Henry Wheaton, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of Prussia; and His Majesty the King of Hanover has furnished with the like full powers Le Sieur Auguste de Berger his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of Prussia, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand-Cross of the order of Guelph, the red eagle of Prussia, the order of merit of Oldenburg &.c., who after exchanging their said full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed, subject to ratification, the following articles. ART. I. Rgcjpj-0c3i5b- _ There shall be between the territories of the High Contracting Parerty of wm- _ ties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. Inhabiggntg of to enter, with or without their ships, and cargoes, the ports, places, eghqr qllowgd waters and rivers of the territories of each party wherever foreign com- 8 ll’1lSBl0l'1 lh 0 ‘ ' ,,],,,,,,,,,,),,,,8 of merce is permitted. · I_ the cum, They shall be permitted to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever R¢¤id¤¤q¤. of said territories, in order to attend to their alliiirs, and also to hire and ggg;,_»3¤¤·¤···¤¤ occupy houses and warehouses, for the purposes of their commerce, provided they submit to the laws as well general as special, relative to the right of residing and trading. Anowed ,0 Whilst they conform to the laws and regulations in force, they shall manage their be at liberty to manage themselves their own business in all the territo- °““l’““‘°°“°‘ ries subject to the jurisdiction of each party, in respect to the consignment, and sale of their goods, by wholesale or retail, as with respect to the loading unloading and sending off their ships or to employ such agents and forolrcrs as they may deem proper, they being, in all these cases, to be treated as the citizens or subjects of the country in which they reside, it being nevertheless understood that they shall remain subject to the said laws and regulations also in respect to sales by wholesale or retail. F,,,, ,,0,,,,, ,0 They shall have free access to the tribunals of justice in their litigious tribunals of jus. affairs on the same terms which are granted by the law and usage of neo. the country to native citizens or subjects, for which purpose they may employ in defence of their rights such advocates, attorneys and other agents as they may judge proper. ART. II. Du,,,,,, ,0 be No higher or other duties shall be imposed in any of the ports of the thesame as on United States on Ilanovermn vessels, than those payable in the same "°“°””l"°”°l¤· ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of the Kingdom of Hanover on the vessels of the United States than shall be payable in vpmis ro Q _ the same ports on Hanoverian vessels.
 * fl`§:_““d "°"' The inhabitants of their respective states shall mutually have liberty
 * h:*shq;l;·L:>;p¤- The privileges secured by the present article to the vessels of the re-

,,,f*,,_,g ,1,,,,,,,, specttve high contracting parties shall only extend to such as are built emma_ within their respective territories, or lawfully condemned as prize ot (552)