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 TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Dec. 20, 1849. 979 shall not discharge their seamen or land their passengers in the said ` Islands, except at Lahaina and Honolulu; and in all the ports named in this article, the whale ships of the United States shall enjoy, in all respects whatsoever, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which are enjoyed by, or shall be granted to, the whale ships of the most favored foreign nation. The like privilege of frequenting the three ports of the Sandwich Islands, above named in this article, not being ports of entry for merchant vessels, is also guaranteed to all the public armed vessels of the United States. But nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any vessel of the United States, having on board any disease usually regarded as requiring quarantine, to enter, during the continuance of such disease on board, any port of the Sandwich Islands, other than Lahaina or Honolulu. Anrrcnn VIII. The contracting parties engage, in regard to the personal privileges, Pravnagas gf that the citizens of the United States of America shall enjoy in the 9mm1S 9E" U· S· dominions of his Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, and the Qgawfgljngjj subjects of his said Majesty in the United States of America, that they versa,. shall have free and undoubted right to travel and to reside in the states Travel. of the two high contracting parties, subject to the same precautions of police which are practiced towards the subjects or citizens of the most favored nations. They shall be entitled to occupy dwellings and warehouses, and to dispose of their personal property of every kind and Trade. description, by sale, gift, exchange, will, or in any other way whatever, without the smallest hindrance or obstacle; and their heirs or repre- Heirship. sentatives, being subjects or citizens of the other contracting party, shall succeed to their personal goods, whether by testament or ab intestate; and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at will, paying to the profit of the respective governments, such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases. And in case of the absence of the heir and representative, such care shall be taken of the said goods as would be taken of the goods of a native of the same country in like case, until the lawful owner may take measures for receiving them. And if a question should arise among several claimants as to which of them said goods belong, the same shall be decided finally by the laws and judges of the land wherein the said goods are. Where, on the decease of any per- Real estateson holding real estate within the territories of one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by 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. The citizens or subjects of the contracting parties shall not be obliged Taxes. to pay, under any pretence whatever, any taxes or impositions other or greater than those which are paid, or may hereafter be paid, by the subjects or citizens of the most favored nations, in the respective states of the high contracting parties. They shall be exempt from all mili- _Military se;. tary service, whether by land or by sea; fromforced loans ; and from VM- every extraordinary contribution not general and by law established. Their dwellings, warehouses, and all premises appertaining thereto, destined for the purposes of commerce or residence, shall be respected. No arbitrary search of, or visit to, their houses, and no arbitrary exam- Right of seam}; ination or inspection whatever of the books, papers, or accounts of °f *°¤¢m°¤*¤· their trade, shall be made; but such measures shall be executed only in conformity with the legal sentence of a competent tribunal; and