45^ A. D. 1766. 



16) In hiring domeftics ihe fubjecls of either power niuft conform 

 to the laws of the country in which they are. 



1 7) In law proceedings the Britifli merchants fhall be amenable only 

 to the college of commerce, or, in places at a diftance from it, to the 

 magiflrntes of the towns, with a right of appeal from them to the col- 

 lege of commerce. The Ruflian merchants in the Briiifli dominions 

 fhall have the fame protedion and juftice which the laws grant to foreign 

 merchants of the mofl favoured nations. 



18) The merchants of either country fhall not be obliged to iliow 

 their books or papers, unlefs for the fake of proof in the courfe of 

 juftice : and their books and papers fliall upon no account whatever be 

 feized. Bankrupts are to be treated according to the laws of the place. 

 An arreft may be laid on the effeds of a debtor refuling to pay, equi- 

 valent to the \-alue of the debt, and, for want of fufficient effeds, on 

 the perfon of the debtor ; and delegates appointed by the creditors 

 fhall diftribute the eflfeds among them with all poflible difpatch. The 

 fame procedure fhall be obferved towards the Rulfian merchants in the 

 dominions of Great Britain. 



19) ' In cafe of complaints and law fuits, three perfons of fair and 

 ' tmblcmiflied charader among the foreign merchants fhall, with a pro- 

 ' per regard to circumflances, be named by the college of commerce, 

 ' and where there is no fuch college, by the magiftrate, to examine the 

 ' books and papers of the parties ; and the report they fliall make to 

 ' the college of commerce, or to the magiftrate, of w^hat they fhall 

 ' find in the faid books or papers, fhall be held a good proof.' 



20) The a6ls of the clerks or fervants of merchants, having power 

 from them, fhall be binding upon them at the cuflom-houfe. Ruffian 

 fervants employed in fhops fliall be regiftered, and bargains made by 

 them fhall bind their maflers. 



21) Ruffian merchants removing to diftant provinces fhall flill be 

 hable to be fucd by their Britifh creditors before the college of com- 

 merce, who, after feeing proof of the debt, fliall cite them thrice ; and 

 if they do not appear in a fafhcient time, the college fliall give judg- 

 ment, which fhall be forwarded to the governor of the province to 

 which the debtor has removed, and by him be put in execution. 



22) Brokers fhall be obliged to make good all lotFes occafioned by 

 deficient quality or fraudulent package of the goods paffing through 

 their hands ; and they fhall receive a fair brokerage. 



23) A regulation fliall be made to prevent abufes in the package of 

 leather, hemp, and flax : and if any difputes arife, they fhall be deter- 

 mined by the commiffioners of the cuftoms. 



24) For the encouragement of the trade of Great Britain, it is agreed, 

 that Englifh woollen cloths fliall pay no higher duties than the follow- 

 ing, viz. cloth for the foldiers and coarfe York-fhire cloth (called in the 



