Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 8.djvu/570

 558 TREATY WITH HANOVER. l840. In me arse. If any question should arise among several claimants to which of verul ¤l¤im¤¤*¤· them the said property belongs, the same shall be finally decided by the laws and judges of the country wherein it is situate. In mc of ,.,,,,1 Where, on the decease of any person, holding real estate within the estate, alien territories of one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, ll°“'*" “U‘?‘”°d descend on a citizen or subject of the other wcrc he not disqualified by time to dispose . . . . . of the same_ alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all duties of detraction on the part of the government of the respective states. Eqwsy &c_ The capitals and effects which the citizens or subjects of the respective of persons re- parties, in changing their residence, shall be desirous of removing from g‘§;:‘:$€;;‘:mP“ the place of their domicile, shall likewise be exempt from all duties of ` dctractian or emigration on the part of the respective governments. ART. VIII. Rgghrm The ancient and barbarous right to wrecks of the sea shall be enyvrecks abol- tirely abolished with respect to the property belonging to the citizens or ‘“l‘°d· subjects of the Contracting Parties. Assistance jn When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked, stranded or otherease of shin- wise damaged on the coasts, or within the dominions of the other, their '”""°k· &°' respective citizens or subjects shall receive, as well for themselves as for their vessels and effects, the same assistance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the accident happens. Swag, p,,y_ They shall be liable to pay the same chargesand dues of salvage as able. the said inhabitants would be liable to pay in a like case. Dudes payable If the operations of repair shall require that the whole or any part of in case of un- the cargo be unloaded, they shall pay no duties of custom, charges or l¤*§di¤s ¤<> fc- fees, on the part which they shall reload and carry away, except as are pa"' payable in the like cases by national vessels. CMM uma It is nevertheless understood, that if; whilst the vessel is under repair, for srbr e on the cargo shall be nnladen, and kept in a place of deposite, destined to g¤<>d¤. E6- receive goods, the duties on which have not been paid, the cargo shall be liable to the charges and fees lawfully due to the keepers of such warehouses. ART. IX. D,,,,,,,,,,, or The present treaty shall be in force for the term of twelve years from the trcuty. the date hereof: and further until the end of twelve months after the Government of the United States on the one part or that of Hanover on the other, shall have given notice of its intention of terminating the same. ART. X. R,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,, ,0 The present treaty shall be approved and ratified by the President of be exchanged the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of “’ °°¤ "*°'“hS· their Senate ; and by His Majesty the King of Hanover; and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at the city of Berlin, within the space often months from this date, or sooner if possible. The S· natures In iaith whereof the respective plcnipotentiaries have signed the above in twolliin- articles as well in French as in English, and have atlixed thereto E¤¤€;°='·¤°° *0 the seals of their arms, declarinrr at the same time that the sionae cited ns a - °. ¤ pwc,,dcm_ ture in the two languages shall not hereafter he cited as a precedent, nor in any manner prejudice the contracting parties. Done in quadruplicate at the city of Berlin the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty, and the sixty-fourth of the independence of the United States of America. HENRY WHEATON, (r.. s., AUGUSTUS DE BERGER, (1.. s.)