Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-07-06
FRENCH TREATY

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We give the following as the most
interesting artiles of this important
Treaty:
Articie l.-Articles of the growth, pro
duce, or manufacture Of The United States.
imported into France in vessels of the u.
uited States, shall pay an additional duty.
oftwenty francs per ton of merchandize. o.
yer and above the duties paid on the like ar
ticles, also of the growth, produce, or man.
utacture, OF the United States, when impor-
ted in French vessels.
drticte 2,-Articles of the growth, bro.
duce, or manufacture of France, imported
into the United States in French vessels.
shall pay an additional duty, not exceeding
three dollars and seventy Ave cents per ton Of
merchandise, over aud above the duties col,
lected upon the like articles, also of the
growth, produce, OF manufacture of France,
when imported in vessels of the y States
drticie S.-No discriminating duty shall
be levied upon the predictions of the soil or
industry of France, imported in French bot.
toms into the ports Of the United States for
transit or re expectation.
Nor shall any such duties bs levied upon
the productions of The soil or Industry of the
United States imported in vessels of the u.
States into the ports of France for transit of
transportation.
Articie 4-The following quantities shall
be considered as forming the ton of merchan.
die for each of the articles hereinafter sue,
CITED:
Wines-four 81 gallon hogsheads, or PA
gallons of 23l cubic inches, American mea.
sure.
Brandies, and all other liquids, 244 gal.
Ions.
Silks, and all other goods, and all other
articles usually subject TO measurement, for
ty~two cubic feet French, in France, and fif.
ty cubic feet American measure, in the U.
States
Cotton-60t 10 avoirdupois, or 365 kiIog
Tobacco-l6O0 ID avoirdGpois, or 725 XII
log.
Ashes-pot and pearl, 92l0 ID avoirdu.
poise, or l0I6 klog.
Rice-I60O ID. avoirdupoise, or 725 kiloy.
And for all VEGETABLE articles not sneci.
fed, 2zlO ID avoirdupois or 1916 kiIosram.
mes.
Article z. provides that this Convention
shall be 10 force for two years from the frat
day of October next, and even after the ex-
plratIon OF that term, until the conclusion of a
DeiinItive Treaty, or until one of the parties
shall have declared its intention to renounce
/; which declaration shall be made at least
And, IN case the present arrangement
should remain without such declaration Of
Its discontlnOance by either party. the extra
duties specified in The Ist end I'd articles
shall, from the expiration of tho said two
years, be on both sides diminished by ore
fourth OF their whole amount, and aftefward,
by one-fourth OF the said amount from year
TO year so long as neither party shall de,
clare Ito intention of rem ounciny if. az abovs
stated.
Two separate articles are attached One
providing that the duties levied on either
side before this present day, by the act If
Congress of the 18th of May, 1920, and Of the
Ordinance Of ths 26th July Of the same wear
and Others confirmstive thereof, and which
have not already been paid back, shall be re-,
funded,
Cd Separate Article.
~ IS agreed that the extra duties. speciG.
ed IN The first aud second articles of hi,
Convention, shall be levied only NOON the ex.
css' ot value OF the merchandise imported.
over The value OF the merchandise expor.
ted IN the same vessel upon the same
voyage: 80 that If the value Of the articles
exported shall equal or exceed that Of the ar,
tcies imported IN the same vessel mot inclp.
ding, however, articles imported for trsusi,
or re-exportstioD) no such extra dutie. shall
be levied; and # the articles exported are
les IN valne than those imported. the extra
duties shallb be levied only upon the amount
OF the diff renee Of their value
This article, however, shall take effect on.
" In case Of ratification on both sides, and
not until two months after the exchs, gs IF
the ratiliestions. Bot the rrfu,aI 20 t5ofy
this article, on either side, shall in no wise
affect or impair the ratification or the y.lidi-
iy ct the preceding articles of this Conysn.
ton.
Signed end sealed a, above, this 9Th dsv
Of Jure., 1922,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, DISH
T. hyde DE NEUYILLE, IL. 81
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