Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-09-13
TREATY

TREATY
OF AMITY AND COMMERCE
BETWEEN
HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF
FRANCE, KING OF ITALY, &c
- AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
His majesty, the emperor and king, and
the president of the u. S. being wholly
animated by those sentiments of intimate
friendship which correspond with the deter.
mination, irrevocably taken by the latter
| to cause their rights to be respected, and
as well as the favor which his majesty love
is henceforward pledged to shew their com.
merce, and to second her efforts to cause
the freedom of her flag to be recognized
and having for the purpose of arranging
previously the obligations which arise oul
OF the common views and interests which
will not cease to reunite them, in the at
tainment of the objects upon which their
welfare and future amity are cemented,
have nominated their confidential and res.
pective plenipotentiaries in the due form,
who have agreed upon the following arti.
Giles -
1st. The United States, formally re.
nounce all right to reclaim the seizures, sc.
questrations and other attacks upon their
chips and goods, sailing on the high seas,
or being any where within the idominion of
his majesty, for any cause whatever; and
his majesty, equally renounces the Just
cause OF offence, and consequent indem ni.
ty to which he has right on account of the
succor and encouragement given to the
blacks of the colony of St. Domingo, to
sustain them in their rebellion.
I'd. In future, vessels bearing the fac of
the United States. shall be respected by as
well ships of the State belonging to his ma
jesty, as by French Corsairs, but whenever
they may be suspected of contravention.
they shall by no means be burnt at sea or
sunk, but they shall be safely conducted to
the nearest and most convenient port, un-
der the dominion of his majesty, the EN-.
peror and king, to be judged after strict
and formal prequisitions are made.
Sd. The ports of the two nations shall
be open to the commerce of each other. in
articles coming from the soil and industry
OF each, and his majesty will modify his
regulations OF the custom. house, in man.
ner the most conformable with the interest
and convenience of his good friends in the
u. States; in particular shall be revised
the regulations, which oblige their subjects
to receive on board their ships in return for
the cargoes they may have brought to
France, investments in articles inconveni.
ent and Improbable for their market. of
which the Americans have thought they
ought to complain; and the perqulsites of
The said custom. houses shall not exceed for
each American vessel the sum of FIVE thou.
sand francs, exclusive of the right demand.
able tor the license with which she nayi-
gates.
4th. The subjects of his majesty the
emperor and king, may frequent all the
coasts and countries of the u. States of A
merica, and reside and trade there in all
sorts OF produce, manufactures and mer.
chandize, and shall pay there no other or
greater duties, charges or honoraries, than
the most favored nations, are or shall be
obliged to pay. They shall enioy at the
same time, in navigation and commerce,
all the rights privileges and exemptions of
the most favored nation, submitting them.
selves, nevertheless to the established usage
and laws, except as to those things which
belong exclusively to the Judgment of the
consular functions, which his majesty shall
think fit to establish.
5th. The vessels of either party, loading
within the ports or jurisdiction of the other,
shall not be uselessly molested or detained,
alter their papers have been examined and
found in good rule. For this purpose the
contracting parties give all due facility and
dispatch to their veri6cation, after which
they may land their cargoes and receive in
return such commodities and objects as
may. DC convenient. If any contravention
shall take place, none but the person guilty
| shall be puuishsd exrsn,;ar ,hs ex;ros ccr