Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-12-21

government, if required, at the demand Of
the Spanish Minister 10 the United States.
Art. IL. The treaty OF limits and naVi-
cation of 1895, remains confirmed IN all
and each one of its articles, excepting the
I'D, Sd, 4tb, and 2lst, and the I'd clause oil
1.-The 22d article, which, having been altered
by this treaty, or having received their
entire execution, are no longer valid.
With respect TO the 5th article oil the
same treaty of friendship, limits and naVl.
cation, of 1895, in which it is stipulated
that the flag shall cover the property, the
two high contracting parties agree, that
Ithis shall be so understood with respect
10 those powers who recognize this pripci-
| pie; but if either of the two contracting
lparties shall be at war with third party,
and the other neutral, the flag of the neu-
trial shall cover the property OF enemies
whose government acknowledge this prin-
Iciple, and not of others.
Art. Is. Both contracting parties, wish
ing to favour their mutual commerce, by
afording in their ports every necessary
assistance to their respective merchant
vessels, have agreed, that the sailors who
shall desert from their vessels in the ports
Of the other, shall be arrested and deliver
led up, al the instance of the Consul; who
shall prove, nevertheless, that the desert
ers belonged to the vessels that claimed
them, exhibiting the document that is Gus.
ltomary in their nation; that is TO say ::
The American consul, in Spanish port,
shall exhibit the document known by the
name Of articles and the Spanish consul,
in American ports, the roll of the vessel;
and if the name of the deserter or desert
ers, who are claimed, shall appear in the
one or the other, they shall be arrested,
held 10 custody. and delivered to the YES
sci to which they shall belong.
Art. IA. The United States hereby GER
fifty, that they have not received any
compensation from France for the injuries
they suffered from her privateers, consuls,
and tribunals, on the coasts and in the
ports of Spain, for the satisfaction of
which, provision is made by this treaty !;
and they will present al authentic state
ment of the prizes made, and of their true
value, that Spain may avail herself of the
same, in such manner as she may deem
just aud proper.
Art. IS. The United States, TO give his
Catholic Majesty proof of their desire
10 cement the relations of amity subsisting
between the two nations, aud to favour the
subjects of his Catholic Majesty, agree
that Spanish vessels, coming laden only
with the productions Of Spanish growth or
manufactures, directly from the ports of
Spain or of her colonies, shall be admitted
for the term Of twelve years, to the ports
of Pensacola and st. Augustine, in the
Floridas, without paying other OF higher
duties on their cargoes or of tonnage, than
win be paid by the United States.-Dur-
| ing the said term, no other nation shall
enjoy the same privileges, within the ced-
ed territories. The twelve years shall
commence three months after the ex-
change of the notifications of this treaty.
| Art. l6. The present treaty shall be ratifi-
| ed, in due fornL by the contracting part
les, and the notifications shall be exchang-
ed 10 six months from this time, or sooner,
| il possible.
In witness whereof, We the underwrit-
ten Plenipotentiaries of the United
States of America, and of his Catho-
lie Majesty, have signed, by virtue
of our powers, the present treaty of
amity, settlement, and limits, and
have thereunto affixed our seals, re-
spectively.
Done at Washington, this tweniy.se.
cond Of February, 1919.
[SeaI.] JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
| [Seal.] LUIS DE ONIS.