Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-02-10
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900.

well the yefiel as the cargo and crew.
Art. 8. If vefel of one OF the contract
ing parties ihall be Obliged to enter into port
of The other, and may have need of provifons
and other articles they hall be granted to her
without any difficulty, at the price current at
the place; and if fuch veael fhall have fuffer-
ed at iea, and thall have need of repairs, fbe
thall be at liberty to unload and reload hey
cargo, without being obliged to pay any duty !;
and the captain ihall pay only the wages of
thoie whom he ihall have employed as we'll for
the unloading of the goods as for their reload
ing.
Art. Q. If by accident and by the permit
lioa of Cod a ysGel of one of the cootraaing
parties ihall be caf by .ternpca upon the coats
of the other, and hal be wrecked, or otherwife
damaged the commandant Of the place hall
render all ponible aliiRancc for its prelerva,ion,
without allowing any perion TO make any oppo.
lition and the proprietor of the effects lhall pay
the COTS of falvage to thofe who may have
been employed.
Art. 10. In cafe vsGel of one of the con
tracing parties fhall be attacked by an enemy,
under the cannon of the forts Ct the other par.
ty, The thal be protected and defended, as much
as poiible; and when he hal fer fail, no ene-
my lhall be permitted to purfue her, from the
fame port, or any other neighbour port, for
forty eight hours after her departure.
Art. II. When venel OF war of the Uni
ted States of America lhall come into the port
of Tunis, and the Conful lhall requelt thar the
cattle may ialute her, the number of guns lh,l
be fired, which he fhall requea and if the faid
Conful does not with ialute, there ihall be no
queition about it. Bur in cafe he hall delrc the
falule, and the number of guns he lhall have re-
quoted iha have been fired, they fhall be count.
ed, aud for them the VEIL lhall deliver an equal
number OF barrels of cannon powder. The
fame ihall be done with refped to the Tunilian
Corlairs when they ihall 90 into any port of the
United States.
Art. II. When the citizens of the United
States come within the dependencies of Tunis
to carry on commerce, the came reipeef fhal DC
paid them as the merchants of other nations
enjoy and if hey delirs to ellablh thenielves
within our ports, no oppofition fhall be made !;
and they ihall be free to avail themelves OF fnch
Interpreters as they may judge neceaary, with
out any obitacle thereto, IN conformity to the
niages or other nations and if any TunGan
fubjeet goes to eaabli(h himfelf within the de-
Tendencies of the United States, he fhal be
treated in the fame manner. If Tunian iub.
jet hall freight an American vede, and lhall
load her vita merchandise, and he lhall after
wards with to unladc it, or ihip the came on
board OF another vciicl, we will not permit hi m,
until the matter iball be decided by merchants,
who hall make an award thereon which ihall
be conclulive. No captain fhal be detained
ganlt his will in port, except in the cafe of our
ports being ihut for the vedels of all other ma.
Ul t~b Il
but not to thoie Of war.
The iubjed of the two contracting parties
fhall be under the protection of the prince, and
under the command of the chief OF the place
where they may be, and no other perfon fhall
have authority over them. If the conmandant
of the place does not demean himielf according
to jultice, approximations concerning the fame
ihal be made to us. In cafe the govern ment
lhall have need OF an American merchant vef.
Eel, it ihall caule it to be freishted, and then
fuiiablc freight ihall be paid to the captain a.
greeably to the intention of the government,
and the captain fhall not reluf. the fame.
Art g. II among the crews of the mer-
chant vehels of the United States, there ihAll
be found iubjeas of our enemies, they ihlll nor
be made laves, on condition, that they do not
exceed third of the crew; and when they do
exceed a third, they ihall be made lavss the
prefent article only concerns the lailors, and not
the padengers, who ihall not be in any manner
moefted..
Art. II. A TuniGan merchant who may go
to America with yeael of any nation whalfo.
ever, laden with merchandise being The pro
duttions of the kingdom of Tuuis lhall pay
duty Email as it may be) like the merchants of
other nations and the American merchants
fhall equally pay. for the merchandise of their
country, which they fhal bring to Tunis under
their hag, the fame duty which the Taniians
fhall pay in America. But if an American
merchant, or a merchant of any other na'ion
ihall import merchandise Of America, under
any other flag, he ihall pay duty of ten per
cent, In like manner, if foreign merchant