STATE PAPERS. 
1ft. After the article 17th of the 
treaty of London, of the 19th Nov- 
ember, 1794, all merchandife of the 
énemy’s, or merchandife not fuffi- 
ciently afcertained to be neutral, 
conveyed under American flags, 
fhall be confifcated: but the flip 
on board of which fuch merchandife 
fhall be found, fhall be releafed and 
given to the proprietor. Thecom- 
miffaries of the Directory are en- 
joined to accelerate, by all the 
means in their power, the decifion 
of the contefts which fhall arife ei- 
ther upon the validity of the cap- 
tures of the cargoes, orupon freights 
and infurances. 
2d. According to the 18th arti- 
cle of the treaty of London, dated 
the 19th of November, 1794, rela- 
tive to articles declared contraband 
by the 24th article of the treaty, 
dated February 6th, 1778, are add- 
ed the following : 
Ship-timber ; 
Oakum, pitch, and rofin; 
Copper for fheathing veffels ; 
Sails, hemp, and cordage ; 
and every thing which ferves di- 
rectly or indirectly to the arming 
and equipping of veffels, excepting 
bar iron, and fir in planks. Thefe 
articles fhall be confifcated as often 
as they fhall be deftined, or attempt- 
ed to be carried to the enemy. 
$d. According to the 21 {t article 
of the treaty of London of the above 
date, every American who fhall 
hold a commiffion from the enemies 
of France, as well as every feaman 
of that nation compofing the crew 
of the fhips and vefléls, fhall, by 
this act alone be declared piratical, 
and treated as-fuch, without fuffer- 
‘ing the party to eftablifh that the 
aét was the coniequence of threats 
or violence. 
4th. In purfuance of the law of 
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the 14th February, 1793, the regu- 
lations of the 21{t October, 1794, 
and of the 26th July, fhali be com- 
plied with, according to their form 
and tenor. 
Every American fhip fhall there- 
fore be deemed a lawful prize which 
‘hall not have on board a bill of 
lading in due form, according to the 
lan annexed to the treaty of the 
6th of February, 1778, the execu- 
tion of which is enjoined by the 
25th and 27th articles of that treaty. © 
5th. The commiffioners of the 
Executive Direétory are required to 
carry into effect the penalties that 
attach on all clandeftine atterapis 
that may be made by American, or 
veffels belonging to any other na- 
tion, to pafs as neutral, on board 
the veffel where the fraud is at- 
tempted to be practifed, in the man- 
ner that thefe penalties have been 
repeatedly carried into effect during 
the prefent war. The penalty fhall 
attach where the blanks in the con- 
fignments and envoices are nof fill- 
ed up, though figned and fealed, 
where the papers are in the form of 
letters, containing fictitious figna- 
tures; where are double paffports 
or policies, {pecifying different def- 
tinations; where confignment is 
made to two or more factors, and 
where there are different receipts 
or papers of any kind which con- 
fign the whole or part of the fame 
goods to different owners or diffe- 
rent deftinations. 
6th. By this article, provifions of 
the treaty of the 9th Frimaire laft, 
relative to freight and infurance, 
are repealed, as far as they apply to 
infurance. 
7th. The prefent treaty fhall bé 
publifhed in the bulletin of the laws. 
The minifters of the marine and of 
the colonies, of juftice, and for fo- 
reign 
