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Spanish garrison from the citadel, every vessel bound to the 

 port or entering it, shall be a lawful prize. In other parti- 

 culars, granted. — Paez. 



Art. 17. That the properties and persons of the inhabit- 

 ants of this place shall be respected, whatever may have been ' 

 their opinions ; without opposing their departure hence when 

 and whither they please ; permitting them to take with them 

 their properties, or sell them, or leave them in the management 

 of confidential agents, as may best suit them. 



Answer. — Granted; as far as relates to the properties of 

 those housekeepers and other inhabitants who are now in this 

 city or its citadel ; provided that the government has not dis- 

 posed of any property referred to in this article. In other 

 particulars — granted. — Paez. 



Art. 18, There shall be included in the privileges of the 

 foregoing article, those who may be absent, and who may 

 wish to return hither in order to dispose of their landed pro- 

 perty ; as likewise those emigrants who may possess property 

 out of this jurisdiction, and who have been compelled to re- 

 main here on account of their employments or other causes. 



Answer. Granted ; as far as is compatible with the exist- 

 ing laws of the republic ; reserving to myself the power of 

 recommending the claims of such as are interested in this 

 article. — Paez. 



Art. 19. The claims of all emigrants from Colombia, 

 now in Spanish or foreign countries, shall be attended to ; 

 and they shall be considered as entitled to their landed pro- 

 perties, should they wish to apply for them either personally 

 or through their agents. 



Answer. — The individuals to whom this article applies 

 must make their demands to the government of the repubhc, 

 to whom I will recommend their petitions. — Paez. 



Art. 20. Merchants, whether European or American, 

 who may have emigrated and who wish to return to Colombia, 



