“STATE ghee al elit 
according to the form inserted in 
this present treaty ; and the ship, 
when she shall have shewn such 
pasport, shall be free and at liberty 
to pursue her voyage, so as it shall 
not be lawful to molest or give her 
chace in any manner, or force her 
to quit her intended course, 
- 1g. Consuls shall be reciprocally 
established, with the privileges and 
power which those of the most fa- 
voured nations enjoy in the ports 
where their consuls reside, or are 
permitted to be. 
zo. It is also agreed, that the 
inhabitants of the territories of 
each party shall respectively have 
free access to the courts of justice 
of the other; and they shall be 
permitted to prosecute suits for the 
recovery of their property, the pay- 
ment of their debts, and for ob- 
taining satisfaction for the damages 
which. they may have sustained, 
whether the persons whom they 
may sue, be subjects or citizens of 
the country in which they be found, 
or any other persons whatever who 
may have taken refuge therein ; 
and the proceedings and sentences 
of courts, shall be the same as if 
the contending parties had been. 
subjetts or citizens of the said 
country. 
21. In order to terminate all 
differences on account of the losses 
Sustained by the citizens of the 
United States, in consequence of 
their vessels and cargoes having 
been taken by the subjeéts of his 
Catholic majesty during the late 
war between Spain and France, it 
is agreed that all such cases shall 
be referred to the final decision of 
commissioners to be appointed in 
the following manner. His Catho- 
lic majesty shaJl appoint one com- 
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niiesiviie; and the president of the 
United States, by and with the ad- 
vice and consent of the senate, shall 
appoint another ; and the said two 
commissioners shall agree on the 
choice ‘of a third, or if they can. 
not so agree, they shall each pro. 
pose one person, and of the two 
names so proposed, one shall be 
drawn by lot in the presence of the 
two original commissioners; and 
the person whose name shall be 
drawn shall be the third commis. 
sioner; and the three commis- 
sioners so appointed shall be sworn 
impartially to examine and decide 
the claims in question, according 
to the merit of the several cases, 
and to justice, equity, and the laws 
of nations. The said commissioners 
shall meet and sit at Philadelphia ; 
and in case of the death, sickness, 
or necessary absence of any such 
commissioner, his place shall be 
supplied in the same manner as he 
was first appointed, and the new 
commissioner shall take the same 
oaths, and do the same duties.— 
They shall receive all complaints 
and applications authorized by this 
article during eighteen months from 
the day on which they shall as- 
semble. They shall have power to 
examine all such persons as come 
before them, on oath or affirma. 
tion, touching the complaints in. 
and also to receive in 
evidence all written testimony, au. 
thenticated in such a manner as 
they shall think proper to require. 
or admit. The award of the said: 
commissioners, or any two of them, | 
shall be final and conclusive, both 
as to the justice of the claim, and-the 
amount of the sum to be paid to 
the claimants ; and his Chatholicma. 
jesty undertakes to cause the same 
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