STAT H OPA ME RS. 
ef them; the places, ports, and es- 
tablishments, of which mention is 
made above, shall be delivered up 
to the French republic, with the 
cannons, warlike stores, and arti- 
gles nec&sary for their defence, 
which shall be in them at the mo- 
ment when the present treaty shall 
be known at St. Domingo. The 
inhabitants of the Spanish part of 
St. Domingo, who, from induce- 
ments of hd or other motives, 
shall prefer removing with their 
property into the dominions of his 
Catholic majesty, shall be able to do 
so within the space of a year from 
the date of the treaty; the respec- 
tive generals and commanders of 
the two nations shall concert the 
measures necessary to be taken for 
the execution of the present aiti- 
cle. 
10. There shall be respectively 
granted to the individuals of the 
two nations restitution of the ef. 
fe&ts, revenues, and property of all 
forts, detained, seized, or confis- 
cated, on account of the war which 
has subsisted between the French 
republic and his Catholic majesty ; 
and likewise the most. speedy jus- 
tice with respect to the particular 
claims which these individuals may 
have in the states of the two con. 
tracting powers, . 
11. In the mean time, till there 
shall be a new treaty of commerce 
between the contracting parties, 
all correspondencies and commer- 
cial relations shall be re-established 
between France and Spain on the 
footing on which they stood before 
the present war. 
All French merchants shall be 
allowed to pass into Spain, there 
to resume their commercial esta- 
blishments. They shall make new 
ones according to their conveni. 
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ence, submitting, in common with 
all other individuals, to the laws 
and usages of the country. 
The Spanish merchants shall en. 
joy the same privileges, subject zo 
the same conditions, in France. 
12. , All the prisoners respec. 
tively made since the commence. 
ment of the war, without regard 
to the difference of number ang 
rank, comprehending the seamen 
and marines captured on board 
French or Spanish vessels, or those 
of other nations, as well as in ge. 
neral all those imprisoned on either 
side on account of the war, shall 
be delivered up within the space 
of two months at latest, after 
the exchange of the ratifications 
of the present treaty, without 
any appeal on either part, discharg_ 
ing, however, the private debts 
which the prisoners may have 
contracted during their captivity. 
The same mode shall be adopted 
with respect to the sick and 
wounded, immediately after thei 
recovery or cure. 
Commissioners on either side 
shall be immediately appointed to 
proceed to the execution of the pre- 
sent article. 
13. The Portuguese prisoners 
making a part of the troops of 
Portugal, who have served with 
the armies and on board the shi 
of his Catholic majesty, shall be 
in like manner comprehended in 
the above-mentioned exchange. It 
shall be the same with respect to 
the French troops taken by the 
Portuguese troops in question, 
14. The same peace, amity, and 
good understanding, stipulated by 
the present treaty between France 
and the king of Spain, shall take 
place between the king of Spain 
and the republic of the i 
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