A. D. 1794- 1^7 



15) No higher duties fhall be charged in the ports of either country 

 than are paid by the like veflels or merchandize of all other nations. 



* Nor fhall any prohibition be impofed on the exportation or importa- 

 ' tion of any articles to or from the territories of the two parties re- 

 ' fpedively, which fhali not equally extend to all other nations.' 



* But the Britifh government referves to itfelf the right of impofing 

 ' on American veflels entering into the Britifli ports in Europe a ton- 

 ' nage duty equal to that which fliall be payable by Britifh veflels in 

 ' the ports of America ; and alfo fuch duty as may be adequate to 

 ' countervail the difference of duty now payable on the importation of 

 ' European and Afiutic goods when imported into the United ftates in 



* Britifh or in American vefl^els.' And both parties agree to treat for a 

 more exad equalization of the duties in fuch a manner as may be mofl: 

 beneficial for the two countries ; and in the meantime the United 

 flates engage to make no increaie in the now fubfifling difference be- 

 tween the duties payable on the importation of any article in Britifh or 

 American veflels. 



16) Each of the contrading parties may appoint confuls for the pro- 

 tedion of their trade to refide in any part of the dominions of the other, 

 except fuch particular places as fhall be thought improper for their re- 

 fidence. The confuls, in cafe of illegal or improper conduft, may be 

 puniflied, if the law extend to the cafe, or may be difmifTed, the offend- 

 ed government afligning to the other the reafons for the fame. 



17) When a veffel is taken, or detained, on fufpicion of having enemy's 

 property onboard, or of carrying to an enemy any contraband articles, 

 Ibe mufl be carried to the nearefl: or mod convenient port ; and only 

 the property found to belong to the enemy fhall be made prize of, the 

 veffel being afterwards at liberty to proceed with the reft of her cargo. 

 And all poflible difpatch fhall be given in deciding the cafes of veffels 

 and cargoes fo carried in for adjudication, and in the payment or re- 

 covery of any indemnification adjudged, or agreed to be paid, to the 

 maflers or owners of fuch veffels. 



18) All arms and implements of war, gun-powder, match, faltpetre, 

 hcrfe furniture, timber for fhip-building, tar, rofin, copper in ilieets, 

 fails, hemp, cordage, and all other articles which may be ufed for the 

 equipment of veffels, except unwrought iron and fir plank, are declared 

 to be contraband, and liable to be confifcated, when bound to an ene- 

 my's port — ^Whenever provifions, and other articles not generally con- 

 traband, come to be confidered as fuch in particular cafes, according to 

 the exifling laws of nations, and are therefor feized, they fhall not be 

 confifcated ; but the owners fhall be completely, and fpeedily, indemni- 

 fied, the captors, or in their default, the government, paying the full 

 value for fuch articles, together with a reafonable mercantile profit, and 

 alfo freight and demurrage. — A veffel bound for a port, which is block- 



