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be remedied by the courfe of law, and are not occafioned by any negle6t 

 of the claimants. Five commilTioners, to be chofen in the fame man- 

 ner with thofe mentioned in the preceding article, are appointed to 

 meet in London, where they fhall receive claims during eighteen 

 months, with a power to prolong the time, if neceflliry, in particular 

 cafes, and to decide upon the merits of the feveral claims according to 

 equity and the law of nations. His Britannic Majefty engaegs to make 

 full payment in fpecie agreeable to the awards of the commilTioners. 



On the other hand, many Britifh fubjeds having complained, that 



their veflels had been taken within the jurifdidion of the United ftates, 

 or by veflels originally armed in their ports, it is agreed, that all fuch 

 cafes, which have not been already redreffed agreeable to the terms of 

 Mr. Jefferfon's letter to Mr. Hammond, and alfo any fimilar cafes, which 

 may occur prior to the ratification of this treaty, fliall be referred to the 

 fame commifhoners : and the United ftates agree to make full compenf- 

 ation to the claimants agreeable to the award of the commiffioners. 

 8) It is agreed, that the expenfe of both commiffions fhall be jointly de- 

 frayed by the two parties. 



g) The rights of Britifh fubjeds, holding lands in the territories of the 

 United States, and thole of citizens of the United States, holding lands in 

 his Majefly's dominions, are confirmed to them, according to the nature 

 and tenure of their refpedive titles, with as full power to grant, and fell, 

 them, as if they were natives : and in all matters concerning the pro- 

 perty of their lands neither they nor their heirs fhall be confidered as 

 aliens. 



10) ' Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to in- 

 ' dividuals of the other, nor fhares, nor monies w^hich they may have 



* in the public funds, nor in the public or private banks, fliall ever, in 



* any event of war or national differences, be fequeftered or confifcated, 

 ' it being unjuft and impolitic, that debts and engagements, contraded 

 ' and made by individuals having confidence in each-other, and in their 

 ' refpedive governments, fliould ever be deftroyed or impaired by na- 

 ' tional authority on account of national differences and difcontents.* 



11) A reciprocal and entirely perfed liberty of navigation and com- 

 merce is mutually agreed upon. 



12) During the continuance of the prefent war, and for two years after 

 the termination of it, the citizens of the United ftates may carry in 

 their own veflels, not exceeding the burthen of feventy tuns, all fuch 

 goods of the produce or raanufadure of the United ftates to his Majefly's 

 iflands and ports in the Wefl-Indies, as Britifh veflTels can lawfully carry 

 from the United flates to the fame iflands and ports : and no higher 

 duties fhall be charged on their vefTels than are charged on Britifh vef- 

 fels in the ports of the United ftates, nor fhall the cargoes pay higher 

 duties than are payable on the like goods imported in Britifh veflTels. 



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