Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-09-05

''r''N aFc heffir declared ~ be Just OBJ
.'fc's o. cortiScauon, whenever they are at
tempted ~ be carried 20 an enemy. But no
'-~Sel shall ~ detained, ou pretence Of
carrying cOntrahand of war unless some NJ
The Aforementioned articles, n0s excepted,
sre found ON board ofthe SAID vessel at the
SINE II is searched.
ARTICLE z.
Whereas IN consideration ofthe distance,
end Of other circumstances incident to the
situation ut the high contracting parties, it
may frequently happen that vessels may
sail for port or place belonging % ar enc
my, without knowing that The same is Ell
thcr besieged, bloCkaded, or invested, it ~
agreed, that every vessel So circumstance,
may be turned away from such a port or
place, but she shall not be detained, nor
her cargo, ii not contraband, be coniissatcd,
unless after such notice she shall again at
Senpt to enter. But she shall be permit
ted 70 90 TO any other port or place she
may think proper. Nor shall any vessel,
or goods Of either party, that may have en-
tered into such port or place, before the
same was besiegcd, blockaded, or invested
hv the other, and be found therein after the
reduction or Surrender Of such place, be
liable 70 con6scatiOn, but shall be restored
70 the owners or proprietors thereof. Mel
Their o. the parties when at War, shall du-
ring the continuance Of the treaty, take
from on board the vessels Of the other, the
subjects Of the opposite beliFerent, unless
thev be III the actual employment Of such
oeIigerent.
ARTICLE III.
Whereas differences have arisen concer-
ning the tradeing with the Colonies of his
majeStv's enemies, and the instructions CIV
en- BY his Majesty to his cruizers in regard
thereto, it : agreed that during the pres
ent hostiEties all articles of the growth,
produce and manufactures Of Europe, not
being contraband Of war, may be freely car
ried from the United States to the port Of
any colony, not blockaded, belonging to his I
Maiesty's enemies, provided sVch goods
shall previously have been entered and Ian
ded in the u. States, and shall have paid
tie ordinary duties on such Articles SO i'm
ported for home consumption, and on re-
expectation shall after the drawback re-
main subject to duty equivalent to not less
than one per cent al valorem, and that the
said goods and the vessels conveying the
same Shall, from the time Of their clearance
from the American port, be bona hde the
property ofthe citizens and inhabitants of
a. articles not being contraband Of war,and
scing the growth and produce Of the enc
mics colonies, may be brought to the Uni
ted States, and after having been there Ian
ded, may be freely carried frsm thence to
any port Of Europe, not blockaded, provided
such goods shall previously have been en-
tered and landed in the said United States,
and shall have paid the ordinary duties on
colonial Articles 50 imported for home con-
siImrti0n, and on re expectation shall after
tie drawback, remain subject to q duty e.
qUiyaient To not less than two per cent. adj
yaIorem and provided that the said goods
and the vessel conveying the same, be bo-
ma hde the property Of citizens and inhabi-
taGts Of the United States. Provided al
wavs, that this Article, or any thing there
ia contained, shall not operate to the Preiu-
dice Of any right belonging 20 either party,
but that after the expiration Of the time
limited for the Article, the rights Of both
sides shall revive and be in fun force.
ARTICLE XII
And whereas it is eXpedlent to make
special provisions respecting the maritime
jurisdiction IF the high contracting parties
on the coasts their respective possessions
IN North America, on account Of peculiar
circumstances belonging to those coasts, it
IS agreed that in all cases where one Of the
said high contracting parties shall be enga-
ged in war and the other be It peace, the
belligerent power shall not stop, except for
the purpose hereafter mentioned, the YES
sci of the neutral power, or the unarmed
vessels of the other nations, within five ma
rtine miles, from the shore belonging TO
tie said Neutral power on the American
Seas.
Provided, that the said stipulations shaIl
not take effect in favor of the ships of any
nation or nations, which shall not have a.
greed ~ respect the limit aforesaid, as the
line Of maritime jurisdiction Of the said
neutral statc-And it is further stipulated,
that If either of the high contracting parties
- all be at war, with any nation or nations,
which shall not have agreed 70 respect the
sad special limit or line Of maritime iuris-
diction herein agreed upon, such cOntrac-
ling party shall have the right to stop or
search any vessel beyond the limit Of can
non shot, or three maritime miles from the
said coasts e the neutral power, for the
purpose 81 ascertaining the nations to which
suz,h vessel shall belong and with respect
70 the ships and property Of the nation or
nations not having agreed 70 respect the a.
faresaid line of jurisdiction. the beiligerent
power shall exercise the same rights US If
.his Article did net exist and the several
provisions stipulated by this article shall
have fn.i force and effect only during the
Continuance o. the present treaty
ARTICLE ZlIL
Vita respect TO the searching If msr-
chants SHIPS, the commanders of ships Of
war aud prlvateers shall conduct themselves
:. favorable as the course Of the war then
existing may possibly permit towards the
mos frlenily power tsat may remain. neu-
-er. observing as much as possible the ac-
rrowledred principles and rules Of the law
q. nations and tpr the better security Of