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the judgment of such ships as 

 may be brought before them, and 

 to the execution of their sentence. 

 — On the part of the Netherlands, 

 the vacancies shall be supplied, 

 in the possessions of his majesty 

 the king of the Netherlands, suc- 

 cessively by the governor or 

 lieutenant governor, the principal 

 magistrate and secretary of go- 

 vernment ; and upon the coast of 

 Africa, in case of the death of 

 any Netherland judge or arbi- 

 trator, the surviving members of 

 the court shall proceed to judg- 

 ment in the same manner as 

 above specified for the court re- 

 sident, in the possession of his 

 majesty the king of the Nether- 

 lands, in the event of the death of 

 the British judge or arbitrator. — 

 The high contracting parties 

 have further agreed, that the 

 governor or lieutenant governor 

 of the settlement, wherein either 

 of the mixed courts shall sit, in 

 the event of a vacancy arising, 

 either of the judge or arbitrator 

 of the other high contracting 

 party, shall forthwith give notice 

 of the same to the governor or 

 lieutenant governor of the nearest 

 settlement of such high contract- 

 ing party, in order that the loss 

 may be supplied at the earliest 

 possible period ; and each of the 

 high contracting parties agrees to 

 supply definitively, as soon as 

 possible, the vacancies that may 

 arise in the above-mentioned 

 courts, from death or any other 

 cause whatever. 



Treaty of Commerce between 

 Siveden and the United States 

 of America. 



In the name of the most Holy 

 and undivided Trinity. 



His Majesty the King of 

 Sweden and Norway, and the 

 United States of America, equally 

 animated with the sincere desire 

 of maintaining and consolidating 

 the relations of friendship and 

 commerce which have hitherto 

 subsisted between the two States, 

 and beins: convinced that this 

 object cannot be better fulfilled 

 than hy reciprocally establishing 

 the commerce between the two 

 States on the solid basis of liberal 

 and equitable principles, equally 

 advantageous to both countries, 

 have for this purpose nominated 

 Plenipotentiaries, and have fur- 

 nished them with the necessary 

 powers for treating and conclud- 

 ing in their name, viz. his Majesty 

 the King of Sweden and Norway, 

 Count Laurent Engestrom, his 

 Minister of State and of Foreign 

 Affairs, &c., and Count Adolphus 

 George Morner, his Counsellor 

 of State, <S:c. ; and the President 

 of the United States, Mr. Jona- 

 than Russell, citizen of the said 

 states, and their Minister Pleni- 

 potentiary to Sweden ; who, after 

 producing and exchanging their 

 full powers, which were found in 

 good and due form, have agreed 

 to the following articles : — 



Article 1 . There should be re- 

 ciprocal liberty of commerce be- 

 tween the countries under the 

 dominion of his Majesty the King 

 of Sweden and Norway, and the 

 United States of America. The 

 inhabitants of either country may, 

 with perfect safety for their 

 persons and cargoes, freely land 

 in the ports, places, and rivers of 

 the territories of the other, 

 wherever the vessels of the most 

 favoured nation are admitted. 

 They may stop there, and reside 



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