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 TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Dmc. 20, 1849. 981 be found to have committed any crime or offence, their surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which their case shall be depending shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effect. Arvrrcmn XI. It is agreed that perfect and entire liberty of conscience shall be Libertyotconenjoyed by the citizens and subjects of both the contracting parties, in “°i°"°°· the countries of the one and the other, without their being liable to be disturbed or molested on account of their religious belief But nothing Proviro as to contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with the exclu- “°h°°l’· sive right of the Hawaiian government to regulate for itself the schools which it may establish or support within its jurisdiction. Aivricmn XII. If any ships of war or other vessels be wrecked on the coasts of the wrecks. states or territories of either of the contracting parties, such ships or vessels, or any parts thereof, and all furniture and appurtenances belonging thereunto, and all goods and merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof, if sold, shall be faithfully restored with the least possible delay to the proprietors, upon being claimed by them, or by their duly authorized factors; and if there are no such proprietors or factors on the. spot, then the said goods and merchandise, or the proceeds thereof, as well as all the papers found on board such wrecked ships or vessels, shall be delivered to the American or Hawaiian consul,or vice-consul, in whose district the wreck may have taken place; and such consul, vice·consul, proprietors, or factors, shall pay only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the rate of salvage and expenses of quarantine which would have been payable in the like case‘of a wreck of anational vessel; and the goods and merchandise saved from the wreck shall not be subject 4 to duties unless entered for consumption, it being understood that in case of any legal claim upon such wreck, goods, or merchandise, the same shall be referred for decision to the competent tribunals of the country. Awrrcnn XIH. , The vessels of either of the two contracting parties which may be vessel; driven forced by stress of weather or other cause into one of the ports of the l¥::<> gm ji! other, shall be exempt from all duties of port or navigation paid for the :,_°S° ° w°° ` " benefit of the state, if the motives which led to their seeking refuge be ‘· real and evident, and if no cargo be discharged or taken on board, save ` such as may relate to the subsistence of the crew, or be necessary for the repair of the vessels, and if they do not stay in port beyond the time necessary, keeping in view the cause which led to their seeking refuge. Anmcnn XIV. The contracting parties mutually agree to surrender, upon official prrtraditionof requisition, to the authorities of each, all persons who, being charged ¤¤¤¤¤¤1¤· with the crimes of murder, piracy, arson, robbery, forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall be found within the territories of the other, provided that this shall only be done upon uch evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the person so charged shall be found, wouldzjustify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime had there been committed; and the respective judges and other magistrates of the two governments shall have authority, upon complaint made under oath, to