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

ctrztns q The two contracting parties, and 70
prevent The injuries 10 be feared from fhips of
war OF privateers CT either party, al the com
manders q ihips of war q privateers, and all
The citizens Of both parties, lhat refrain from
al violence againf one another and from every
rertonal infulS. If they atf in a contrary man
ner they fhall be Fnnihcd and bound ever in
their Pc ijns and properties % give fstisia6lion
and reparation for The damage, with intcreR, Of
whatever kind the fdiI damage may be.
TO thisefca all TIE Captains Of privateers,
before receiving th,ir coTEmiGions, fhall become
bound before competent judge, 10 give fecuri-
~ by two refponible cautions at leaf, who
1hall Rave 70 intereli in the faid privateer, and
whom each, IS we'll as the Captain, ihall en-
gage Individually for the fun Of 1000 dollars,
ct 36,6co francs, if the fad vefIes carry more
than I5o Eaicrs or folders, for the FUN Of
$500 dollars, or 53.67o francs, which fhall
fave to repair Inc damage that The fdid priva-
icers, their officers, or crews, or any Ct them,
!aslhave committed during their cruift contra.
ly o he dilPof'ions Of The prefent Convention,
- u The laws and inltru6icns which ought TO
- !. rule Of their conduit befdes this, the
II comuilion ilall be revoked and annulled
r every cafe where an aggrehion has been com
Matted.
XIV. When the fhips Of war Of the two
ccD,ra9ing Parties,or :hoie which their citizens
AAN have armed, ihall be admitted with their
prizes into The ports Of either of the two par
les, the faid public or private vshels, as we'll
as their prizes, fhall not be obliged to pay any
duties, either to the officers Of he place, or to
the Judges, or to any Others. The faid Prizes
entering in he harbors or ports If one Of the
two parties, ihall not be arreled or leized, and
tn officers cf the place fhali not take ccgni
zance Of the validity Of the faid prizes, which
are 10 b Uttered TO go out, and be conducted
with full freedom and liberty to their ports, by
che eommilors which the Captains Of The laid
yeiiels lhal Be obliged to !Iew. II i, always
pnderaood, that the lpulations Of this artic'e
ifall nor extend beyond tie gilgss Of The
u.oa favored nations.
XIV All foreign Priya;ccrs havio5 COM
zn'1ons firr State, or Prince at war with
ne olher nation cannot ann their yehcls in the
ports Ct eilher nation, or di.Polc Of their phi
rs there, er in aty manner exchange them.
They ihall not b. allowed to buy p7o,ilions
further Than The nece!iaty quantity TO gain the
nedreit pert of the State or Prince from whom
they fhal nave eceived their CON millions,
AXVI. Ii IS fl ther agreed that neither of
the TWO contracting parties lhall receive pirates
IN rs ports, roads, or cities. and ihal not permit
any fine inhabitants to receive, protect, fup-
PORT, or conceal them in any manner, but lhall
deliver up to due puuihnent irch Of its inhab-
itsntszs fhall be guilty ofthe ike acts or crimes
the ihiPs Of thofe pirates, as well as their effects
and merchandise, thall be fsized wherever they
1hall be difcovered and reaored to their propri-
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them, after having proved their right before
Judges competent 10 deci De relPeding the pro-
Perty.
# the faid effects have paned by fale into other
hands and the purchaters were or might te IN
formed, O. have fufpe6ed that the iaid effects
were carried away by Pird.es, they lhall be G
qually reRore d.
XVII Neither Of the two nations fhall
interfere in The fiLeries Of tho other upon its
coats, nor diauTb il in the exercifc Of the rights
which It SOW has, or may acquire on the coats
Of Newfoundland, in the Gulf Of St. Laurence
or e,lewhere on he coat Cf America, or the
North Of the United States but the whale and
1eal ilhery fhall be free fer The two nations in
all parts Of the world.
The Convention fnall be ratified on both Edes
in due form and the ratidcations hall lie ex.
changed in The fpace Of Gx months, or focner if
It be Pofiible. In faith whereof the relpeaiye
Plsnpotentiaries have Ggnsd the above articles,
rs well in The French as in the Englh language,
and have placed their ftsls, declaring ueverthe.
lefs that the Signature in two languages lhalI be
cited as an example, and lhall not prejudice
either Of The two parties.
Deas az Pari5, he eigbb day gt Vsndemai,e, tbc
gu gar Of tie Ersacb RtPaBEr, andtbs 3dot
or. 500.
(stGSED) JOSEPH BONAPARTE
c.. p. FLEURIEU.