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have presented to the other a statement thereof, verified by com- 

 petent proof and evidence, and demanded justice and satisfaction 

 and the same shall either have been refused or unreasonably delayed. 



ARTICLE XXIII. 



The ships of war of each of the contracting parties shall, at all 

 times, be hospitably received in the ports of the other, their officers 

 and crews paying due respect to the laws and Government of the 

 country. The officers shall be treated with that respect which is due 



to the commissions which they bear, and if any insult should be 

 23 offered to them by any of the inhabitants, all offenders in this 



respect shall be punished as disturbers of the peace and amity 

 between the two countries. And His Majesty consents that in case 

 an American vessel should, by stress of weather, danger from 

 enemies, or other misfortune, be reduced to the necessity of seeking 

 shelter in any of His Majesty's ports, into which such vessel could 

 not in ordinary cases claim to be admitted, she shall, on manifesting 

 that necessity to the satisfaction of the Government of the place, 

 be hospitably received, and be permitted to refit and to purchase at 

 the market price such necessaries as she may stand in need of, con- 

 formably to such orders and regulations as the Government of the 

 place, having respect to the circumstances of each case, shall pre- 

 scribe. She shall not be allowed to break bulk or unload her cargo, 

 unless the same should be bona fide necessary to her being refitted. 

 Nor shall be permitted to sell any part of her cargo, unless so much 

 only as may be necessary to defray her expenses, and then not with- 

 out the express permission of the Government of the place. Nor 

 shall she be obliged to pay any duties whatever, except only on such 

 articles as she may be permitted to sell for the purpose aforesaid. 



ARTICLE XXIV. 



It shall not be lawful for any foreign privateers (not being sub- 

 jects or citizens of either of the said parties) who have commissions 

 from any other Prince or State in enmity with either nation to arm 

 their ships in the ports of either of the said parties, nor to sell what 

 they have taken, nor in any other manner to exchange the same; nor 

 shall they be allowed to purchase more provisions than shall be 

 necessary for their going to the nearest port of that Prince or State 

 from whom they obtained their commissions. 



ARTICLE XXV. 



It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to 

 the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the 

 ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to 

 pay any fee to the officers of the Admiralty, or to any judges what- 

 ever ; nor shall the said prizes, when they arrive at and enter the ports 

 of the said parties be detained or seized, neither shall the searchers or 

 other officers of those places visit such prizes, (except for the pur- 

 pose of preventing the carrying of any part of the cargo thereof on 

 shore in any manner contrary to the established laws of revenue, 

 navigation, or'commerce), nor shall such officers take cognizance of 



