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by their respective Citizens and Subjects, nor by any person who 

 may be under their authority. It is likewise stipulated that this re- 

 striction shall never afford a pretext, nor be advanced, in any case, 

 to authorize either search or detention of the vessels, seizure of the 

 merchandise, or, in fines, any measures of constraint whatever towards 

 the merchants or the crews who may carry on this commerce; the 

 high contracting Powers reciprocally reserving to themselves to deter- 

 mine upon the penalties to be incurred, and to inflict the punishment, 

 in case of the contravention of this Article by their respective Citizens 

 or Subjects. 



Article 6 



When this Convention shall have been dulj^ ratified by the President 

 of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate on 

 the one part, and on the other by His Majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Eussias, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington in the 

 space of ten months from the date below, or sooner if possible. In 

 faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Con- 

 vention, and thereto affixed the Seals of their Arms. 



Done at St. Petersburg the 17/5 April, of the year of Grace one 

 thousand eight hundred and twenty four. 



[l. s.] 

 (Sififned) Henry Middletoist. 

 [l. s.] 

 Le Comte Charles de Nesselrode. 

 [l. s.] 

 Pierre De PoletiCx\. 



And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both 

 parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged 

 at Washington, on the eleventh day of the present month, by John 

 Quincy Adams, Secretary of State of the United States, and the 

 Baron de Tuyll, Envoy Extraordinary and I^Iinister Plenipotentiary 

 of His Imperial Majesty, on the part of their respective governments. 

 Now, therefore, be it known that I, James Monroe, President of 

 the United States, have caused the said Convention to be made pub- 

 lic; to the end that the same, and every clause and Article thereof 

 may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States 

 and the citizens thereof. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the 

 Seal of the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the City of Washington this twelfth day of January in the 

 3'ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 

 [seal] five, and of the Independence of the United States, the 

 forty-ninth. 



James Monroe. 

 By the President : 



John Quincy Adams, 

 Secretary of State 



