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out. Every ship purchased must 

 be naturalized. As, however, the 

 naturalization of ships, bought in a 

 foreign country, and afterwards 

 taken by a cruizer belonging to any 

 of the belligerent powers, may fre- 

 quently produce disagreeable ex- 

 planations in the sequel, it is hereby 

 declared, that in time of war ships 

 shall not be allowed to be natu- 

 ralised, which have formerly been 

 the property of the belligerents 

 or their subjects: nevertheless, with 

 the exception of all ships that were 

 naturalized before the present re- 

 gulation was adopted, which shall 

 enjoy all the rights which are con- 

 nected with the character of neu- 

 trals and Swedes. 



2d. The captain of the ship must 

 be provided with all papers requi- 

 site and proper for the security of 

 his voyage. Of this kind are (in 

 case the ship goes through the 

 Sound) a certificate of the place 

 where the vessel was built, an in- 

 voice, letters shewing the cargoes 

 not contraband, Turkish and Latin 

 passports, a certificate by the ma- 

 gistrate of the place, a pass for the 

 crew, a copy of the oath for the 

 owner, a charter-party with the 

 .subscription of the freighter, the 

 captain, and the person freighting 

 the vessel, a manifest with the like 

 subscriptions, containing a list of 

 the difJerent articles of the lading, 

 and the conditions of the intended 

 voyage, and a bill of health, where 

 the same is necessary. If the voy- 

 age be merely to the ports of the 

 Baltic, or the Sound, the Turkish 

 and Latin passes are not necessary ; 

 but the captain must have all the 

 other papers enumerated, without 

 exception. 



3d. All these documents must be 

 made out and delivered in a Swe- 



dish port, unless when a ship has lost 

 her papers by accident, or where 

 they have been forcibly taken away, 

 in which case these documents may 

 be renewed in a foreign port, if the 

 captain immediately on his arrival, 

 takes the precaution to exhibit an 

 authentic and properly certified de- 

 claration by which the accident is 

 proved, or the grounds stated on 

 which he desires the renewal. 



4th. The captain is prohibited 

 from having false acts or certificates, 

 or duplicates thereof. He is like- 

 wise prohibited from making use of 

 a foreign flag. 



.5th. It is required that the cap- 

 tain and half of the crew shall be 

 Swedish subjects. 



6th. Captains going to the main 

 ocean shall be bound to follow the 

 course pointed out in their instruc- 

 tions, and agreeable to the contents 

 of their certification. 



7th. Ships destined for the ports 

 of a belligerent power must, with 

 the utmost care, and under the se- 

 verest penalties, avoid carrying any 

 contraband commodities. To pre- 

 vent all doubts or misunderstand- 

 ing respecting what is contraband, 

 it is agreed that the following goods 

 shall be considered contraband. 

 QThe remainder of this article is 

 a transcript of the article of the 

 convention.] 



8th. All Swedish subjects are 

 prohibited to fit out privateers 

 against the belligerents, their sub- 

 jects and property. 



gth. A Swedish ship cannot be 

 employed by a belligerent power 

 to transport troops, arms, or any 

 warlike implements. Should any 

 captain be compelled to do so by 

 superior force, he is bound at least 

 to exhibit a formal protest against 

 such violence. 



