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A. D. 1797. 



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15') Eritifli fubjeds, propofing to leave Ruffia, fliall only be required to 

 publifla their names and places of abode in the gazette, ' according to 

 ' the cuftom of the prefent day,' and ihall thereupon have paflports, 

 without any obligation to give fecurity, if nojuil: caufe of detention 

 fnall appear. The fame facility fhall be granted to Ruffian fubjeds in- 

 tending to leave the Britifli dominions. 



16) In hiring domeftics the fubjcdls of either power fhall conform t© 

 the laws of the country wherein they are. 



17) In law proceedings the Britifli merchants fliall be amenable only to 

 the college of commerce, or, in cities at a diftance from it, to the ma- 

 giftrates *. Ruffian merchants in Great Britain ffiall in like manner 

 have the fame proteftion andjuflice, which the laws of that kingdom 

 9;rant to the foreisin merchants of the mofl favoured nations. 



1 8) The merchants ffiall not be obliged to ffiow their books or papers 

 in either country, unlefs for giving evidence in courts of juftice ; and 

 they fhall not be taken nor detained. Britiffi merchants, becoming 

 bankrupts in Ruffia, or refufing to pay their debts, ffiall be treated ac- 

 cording to the laws of that empire. An arrefl: may be laid on the cf- 

 feds of the debtor, equivalent to the value of the debt, and, for wane 

 of fufficient effeds, on the perfon of the debtor; and delegates, appoint- 

 ed by the creditors, ffiall diflribute the effeds among them with all con- 

 venient fpeed. The fame procedure ffiall be obferved towards the Ruf- 

 fian merchants in the dominions of Great Britain. 



ig) ' In cafe of complaints and of law-fuits, three perfons of irreproach- 

 ' able charader from amongfl: the foreign merchants ffiall be, according 

 * to the circumftances of the cafe, appomted by the college of commerce, 

 , and in iuch places where there is none, by the magiftrate, to examine 

 ' the books and papers of the complainants : and the report, which they 

 ' ffiall make to the college of commerce, or to the magiftrate, of what 

 ' they ffiall have found in the faid books and papers, ffiall be confidered 

 ' as a good proof.' 



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

 them, ffiall be binding upon them at the cufloni-houfe. Ruffian ferv- 

 ants, employed in ffiops, ffiall be regiflered, and bargains made by them 

 ffiall be binding upon their maflers. 



21) If Ruffian merchants do not pay their bills, or do not deliver goods 

 contraded for at the time and place agreed upon, to Britiffi merchants, 

 the college of commerce ffiall fummon them thrice, and if, after a 

 proper time allowed, they do not appear, ffiall give judgement againfl 

 them, and fend an exprefs, at the expenfe of the plaintiff, to the govern- 

 ors and tribunals of government, who fhall compell them to fulfill their 

 engagements. But, if the demand of the Britiffi mL-rchant be found 

 frivolous or unjuft, he ffiall be obliged to pay the damage occafioned 

 by it. 



* The right of appeal mcntlone J in ttie treaty ot 1 766, is row omitted. 



