Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-29


aforementioned TO neutral ports and places,
wheth4 it be or Be 'ea to the fame
iurifdittion, unlefs thofe ports ihall be
really blockaded, befege veaed.
And Ia cafe, as il ofle pens, when veC
fels fhallbe failing for pi-+z- or ports belong
ing 70 anenemY, gnorart that they are block
AIDED, bdieged, or invelte5, i is agreed that eg
cry hip which ih4ll be found under iuch 4
predicament lhaIl be turned fom that place or
port @fhout any pare of It's cargo being retain
ed or conGlcated (unlels It fhall De contfaband,
or il fhall be proved that the taii flip, after
having been Informed Of the blockade or in
velhture, attempted 10 enter the fame port
but if it fhall be allowed to 60 to any other
port o. place il ihall think proper. No flip Of
either nation, entered il port or place before
it ihail have been really bIockaded, beGeged
OF inyeaed by the other, fhallbe prevented from
going out with its cargo IL Nall be there
when the faid place fhal lurrender tie lhip and
cargo lhai NOT be conGfcated, but ieut away to
the proprietors.
XIII 10 regulate what mall be ucderGood
by contraband wariike flores, under hi, e.
nomination fhal be comprfed powder, illtPe-
ire, petaTds, matches, balls, bullets, bombs,
grenades, carcaGss, pixies ha5eits fwords belts,
piiiols, fcabbards, i2ddles, hayncE, caunons,
morta5s, with their carriages, and generally All
arms and amin1niti1ns of we and utsH.ils for
the ule Of troops. All the above articles when
ever they fhlil be defined for an enemv's port,
are declared coutraband, and jualy fubjea 70
coahI:aton bur the fhiP in wbilh they ihall
be laden, as well as the reit Of the cargo, ihal
be conflered as free, and ihlll in 70 manner
be vitilted b. tie contrabtnd uerchandizc,
whether they belong to tie fine Or different
ProPri-tors,
XIV. Il is Stipulated by the Prelent treaty,
that tie free fhips l1al equally allure the lber-
~ Of merchandlzc. ana that all things fhall De
| deemed free, which are found On board ihips
belonging 10 the citizens Of one of the contract
| Ing parties. even though the fame, or part Of
il, lhall belong 10 the enemies Of ore OF the
| two provided, nevertheless, that contraband
| goods are always excepted. 1t is likewie a.
greed, that this fame liberty iha;l extend TO
pelions who may be on board the free ihip,
though they ihould be enemies Of one Of the
two contracting parties, and they fhall not be
taken from The faid free fhips, rnlefs they are
n military capacity, and actually in the fer
vice If the enemy.
XIV 1t is Oh the contrary agreed, that all
property which flall be put, BIZ the ref e6;ive
citizens, or board ihips belonging to an eremy
Of ether party, or thar fubjetts, thall be con
hlcated vi hout diltintiion Of merchanlize,
prohibited or not prohibited, 70 ana in like
manner as if i belonged TO an enemy, with {. :
exception always q p-oper,y and effects, which
\ tha have been put On board tie aiL ih'ps be-
I fore The declarau0n Of war. or even after he
/ iad declarati on, Il ar the time of ladng, The
| party were ignorant IF il; e that The mer
| chandizes If citizens OF the two par les, wheth
er they be in the number Of contraband ar no-,
| which, as has been already ftij, fall have
been put on board nip belonging 70 an enc
my before the war, or even after the fad de-
claration Of war, III ignorance Of IT, hall not
be in any manner fubjett to- conhlca.ion, but
fhall be faithfully and truly gwen up without
delay to the owners claiming them, provided,
! nevertheless, that they ihan not be permitted
to carry into the enemies ports merchandise
which lhall be contraband. The two contract
ing powers agree, that after a term Of two
months has pafed from the declaration. their
REFLECTIVE citizens, in whatever part Of the
world they may be. lhlll 1ot b: at liberty 10
plead the ignorance mentioned in this article
XVI. Merchant veheIs belonging 70 citizens
OF either OF the cont raaiog powers, when they
ihall have a mind to PATS to the pore Of an enc
my Of the one or lie Other, and that their voyage
as well as the nature Of their CARGO lhall aft I'd
lut caule OF fufPcion, the fail flip lhall Be 0.
bhged to exhibit at high fea. as we'll as in Ports
and roads, not only their paiIports, but further
their certificates, proving tha5 thefe goods arc
not OF the clafs Of cortrab4nd fpecihed ID the
18th article Of the preient convention.
AVlL and il order to prevent captures on
frivolous iufpicions, and the dam1g- thus re-
iultng, Il Is agreed that when one # the two
powers hall DC at war, and the other neutral,
me vsiiels OF The neutral Plr;y falI bc provided
with PaiPorts finilar 70 INF: fpe- Esd in the
4tll article, 70 that il may thcnte sp2-ar rh,t
TIE parties belong q 4 neutral party. Thcge
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