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and military stores, such as gun- 
powder, lead, iron, plank, sul- 
phur, timber for building, tar, 
pitch, rosin, turpentine, and any 
other goods denominated naval and 
military stores, shall be permitted 
tobe sold in this regency, without 
paying any duties whatever at the 
custom-house of this regency. 
3. The vessels of both nations 
shall pass each other without any 
impediment or molestation ; and all 
goods, monies, or passengers, of 
whatsoever nation, that may be on 
board of the vessels belonging to 
either party, shall be considered as 
inviolable, and shall be allowed to 
pass unmolested. 
4. All ships of war belonging 
to this regency, on meeting with 
merchant vessels belonging to ci- 
tizens of the United States, shall 
be allowed to visit them with two 
persons only besides the rowers; 
these two only permitted to go on 
board said vessel, without obtaining 
express leave of the commander of 
said vessel, who shall compare the 
passport, 
said vessel to proceed on her voyage 
unmolested. All ships of war be- 
longing to the said United States 
of North America, on meeting 
with an Algerine cruizer, and shall 
have seen her passport and certi- 
ficate from the consul of the 
United States of North America, 
resident in this regency, shall be 
permitted to proceed on her cruize 
unmolested; no passport to be 
issued to any ships but such as are 
absolutely the property of citizens 
of the United States; and eighteen 
months shall be the term allowed 
for furnishing the ships of the 
United States with passports. 
5. No commander of any cruizer 
and immediately permit, 
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belonging to this regency, shall be 
allowed to take any person, of 
whatever nation or denomination, 
out of any vessel belonging to the 
United States of North America, 
in order to examine them, or under 
pretence of making them confess 
any thing desired; neither shall 
they inflict any corporal punish. 
ment, or any way else molest them. 
6. If any vessels belonging to the 
United States of North America 
shall be stranded on the coast of 
this regency, they shall receive 
every possible assistance from the 
subjects of this regency ; all goods 
saved from the wreck shall be per- - 
mitted to be re-embarked on board 
of any other vessel, without pay. 
ing any duties at the custom-house. 
7. The Algerinesare not, on any 
pretence whatever, to give or sell 
any vessel of war to any nation at 
war with the United States of 
North America, or any vessel ca. 
pable of cruizing to the detriment 
of the commerce of the United 
States. 
8. Any citizens of the United 
States of North America havin 
bought any prize condemned b 
the Algerines, shall not be again 
captured by the cruizers of the ~ 
regency then at sea, although they 
have not a passport; a certificate 
from the consul resident, being 
deemed sufficient, until sach time 
as they can procure such passport. 
g. If any of the Barbary states 
at war with the United States of 
North America shall capture any 
American vessel, and bring her into 
any of the ports of this regency, 
they shall not be permitted to sell 
her, but shall depart the port on 
procuring the requisite supplies of 
provision. 
to. Any 
