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which the commanders of the said ships of war or privateers shall be 

 obliged to show. 



No shelter or refuge shall be given in their ports to such as have 

 made a prize upon the subjects or citizens of either of the said 

 parties; but, if forced by stress of weather or the dangers of the 

 sea to enter them, particular care shall be taken to hasten their 

 departure, and to cause them to retire as soon as possible. Nothing 

 in this treaty contained shall, however, be construed to operate con- 

 trar} r to the former and existing public treaties with other sovereigns 

 or states ; but the two parties agree that, while they continue in amity, 

 neither of them will in future make any treaty that shall be incon- 

 sistent with this or the preceding article. 



Neither of the said parties shall permit the ships or goods belong- 

 ing to the subjects or citizens of the other to be taken within cannon 

 shot of the coast, nor within the jurisdiction described in Article 12, 

 so long as the provisions of the said article shall be in force, by ships 

 of war or others having commissions from any prince, republic, or 

 state whatever. But in case it should so happen, the party whose 

 territorial rights shall thus have been violated shall use his utmost 

 endeavors to obtain from the offending party full and ample satis- 

 faction for the vessel or vessels so taken, whether the same be vessels 

 of war or merchant vessels. 



ART. 20. If at any time a rupture should take place (which God 

 forbid) between His Majesty and the United States, the merchants 

 and others of each of the two nations, residing in the dominions 

 of the other, shall have the privilege of remaining and continuing 

 their trade, so long as they do it peaceably, and commit no offence 

 against the laws; and in case their conduct should render them sus- 

 pected, and the respective Governments should think proper to order 

 them to remove, the term of twelve months from the publication ot 

 the order shall be allowed them for that purpose, to remove with 

 their families, effects and property; but this favor shall not be ex- 

 tended to those who shall act contrary to the established laws; and, 

 for greater certainty, it is declared that such rupture shall not be 

 deemed to exist while negotiations for accommodating differences 

 shall be pending, nor until the respective ambassadors or ministers, 

 if such there shall be, shall be recalled or sent home on account of 

 such differences, and not on account of personal misconduct, accord- 

 ing to the nature and degree of which both parties retain their rights 

 either to request the recall or immediately to send home the ambas- 

 sador or minister of the other, and that without prejudice to their 

 mutual friendship and good understanding. 



ART. 21. It is further agreed that His Majesty and the United 

 States, on mutual requisitions by them respectively, or by their re- 

 spective ministers or officers authorized to make the same, will deliver 

 up to justice all persons who, being charged with murder or forgery 

 committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum 

 within any of the countries of the other; provided that this shall only 

 be done on such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of 

 the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, 

 would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the 

 offence had there been committed. The expense of such apprehen- 

 sion and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by those who make the 

 requisition and receive the fugitive. 



