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22d. It is farther agreed, that in 

 all cases the tribunals established 

 for prize-causes in the countries to 

 which the prizes shall be conducted, 

 shall alone be competent to take 

 cognizance of them ; and whatever 

 judgment the tribunal of one party 

 pronounces against any ship or 

 merchandizes, or property claimed 

 by citizens of the other, the sen- 

 tence shall make mention of the rea- 

 sons or motives which have led to 

 this judgment, an authentic copy of 

 which, together with all the pro- 

 ceedings relating to it, shall be de- 

 livered upon demand, without de- 

 lay, to the captain, or agent of the 

 said ship, upon his paying the 

 fees. 



23d. And to provide more 

 effectually for the safety of the citi- 

 zens of the two contracting parties, 

 and to prevent the injuries they 

 might have to fear from the ships of 

 war or privateers of each other, 

 all commanders of ships of war, or 

 of privateers, and all other citizens 

 of one of the two parties, shall ab- 

 stain from doing any damage to the 

 citizens of the other, and from offer- 

 ing any insult to their persons. If 

 they do the contrary, they shall be 

 punished, and held to give, in their 

 persons and property, satisfaction 

 and reparation, with interest, for 

 the injury, of whatever kind it may 

 have been. 



For this purpose, all captains of 

 privateers, before receiving their 

 commissions, shall enter into an 

 obligation, before a competent 

 judge, to give a guarantee, at least, 

 by two responsible sureties, who 

 shall liave no interest in the said 

 privateers, and each of whom, as 

 well as the captain, shall engage 

 particularly and indefeasibly for the 

 sum of 7000 dollars, or 36,820 



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francs ; and if the said vessels carry 

 more than 150 sailors, or soldiers, 

 for the sum of 14,000 dollars, or 

 73,64:0 francs, which shall serve to 

 compensate for the injuries or da- 

 mages which the said privateers, 

 their officers, crews, or any of them, 

 shall have done or committed dur- 

 ing their cruise, contrary to the 

 conditions of the present conven- 

 tion, or to the laws and instructions 

 which ought to be the rule of their 

 conduct ; in addition to which, the 

 said commissions shall be revoked 

 and annulled, in all cases where 

 there has been any aggression. 



24th. When the ships of war 

 belonging to the two contracting 

 parties, or those which their citizens 

 may have armed as privateers, shall 

 be admitted to take their prizes into 

 the ports of one of the two parties, 

 the said ships, whether public or 

 private property, as well as their 

 captors, shall not be obliged to 

 pay any duties, either to the officers 

 on the spot or to the judges, or any 

 other authorities whatever. The 

 above-mentioned prizes, when they 

 enter the ports or harbours of one 

 of the two parties, cannot be seized 

 or stopped ; and the officers of the 

 place cannot take any cognizance 

 of the validity of such prizes, which 

 shall be at liberty to go out and sail, 

 without any control, to such places 

 as the captains of such ships shall 

 show them to be bound to. It is 

 uniformly to be understood, that 

 the stipulations of this article shall 

 not be extended beyond the pri- 

 vileges of the most favoured na- 

 tions. 



25th. All privateers, bearing 

 commissions from a state or 

 prince at war with one or the other 

 nation, shall not fit out their ships 

 in the ports of one or the other 



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