Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-02-06
Art. 10. Securities of vessels are to

deposit their ship papers with the Con-
sui, and make report within 4S hours
after arliual in port. Also forbids the
discharge Of goods without a permit,
and authorises the discharge Of the
whole or part Of the cargo at discre-
ton, or to depart without breaking
bulk. e
Art. IL provides the mode Of exam
ming goods in reference to payment OF
duties chargeable thereon.
( Art. IL provides for uniformity OF
weights and measures, atthe Five Ports.
Art. 10 provides for the time and
mode of paying duties. Tonnage du-
ties being made on the admission of
vessels to entry, and
Art. II forbids the transhipment OF
goods from vessel to vessel without
permit for the same.
Art. Is abelishes the Hong and 9th
er monopolies and restrictions On trade
in China.
Art. Is provides for the collection
Of debts due from Chinese to Alnerl-
cans; or from Americans to Chinese,
through the tribunals of the respective
countries.
Art. II provides for residences of
citizens of the U. S., their construction
of dwellings for their houses, churches,
cemeteries, hospitals, and regulates
limits OF residence in the Five Ports.
Art. Is empowers citizens Of the u.
S. freely to employ teachers and htera-
ry assistants, and to purchase books in
China. r..ss .,s.s..5
Art. 10 provides means for assuming
the personal security of citizens OF the
two countries.
Art. 90. Citizens of the U. S. hav-
ing paid duties on goods at the Five
Ports, may at their pleasure export the
same to any other of the five ports,
without the payment of extra duty.
Art. 81 provides that the subjects
of the two countries charged with crime
shall be subject only to the exclusive
jurisdiction of of the laws Of their re-
spectiye governments.
Art. % provides that the merchant
vessels may freely carry between the
FIVE ports and any country with which
China may be at war.
Art. %. Reports to be made by
the Consuls of the U. S. of the Com
merce ofthe country in China.
Art "a provides the manner in which
petitions or complaints shall be made
to the Chinese government, and vice
versa, and the manner in which con-
troversies shall be adjusted.
Art. %. All questions in regard to
rights, whether of persons or property,
arising between citizens of the u. S.,
shall be subject to the jurisdiction and
authority of their own government.
Art. 26 provides for the public Sc
curity of merchant vessels in the waters
of China, and the pursuit and punish
ment of piracies On the same by sub
iects of China.
Art. 81 provides for the safety and
protection of vessels wrecked on the
coast, or driven by stress, of weather, Or
otherwise, into any of the ports of
China.
Art. % provides that the citizens &
vessels of the u. S. shall not be SUBJ
ject to any embargo, detention or mo-
HESITATION in China.
Art. 30 provides for the apprehen-
sion of mutineers or deserters from the
u. S. vessels-the delivering up of
Chinese criminals taking refuge in A
merican houses or vessels, and the mu-
tual prevention Of acts Of disorder and
violence, and that the merchants, sea-
men, and other citizens of the U. S. in
China, shall be under the superinten-
dence Of the appropriate officers of their
own government.
Art. 30 provides for the mode and
style Of correspondence between all
persons respecting the two nations.
Art. 81 provides for the transmits
sion Of communications between the
two governments.
Art. 80 provides that U. S. ships s
their officers shall be Hospitality receiv-
ed at each of the Five Ports.
Art. 33 provides that citizens Of the
u. S. engaged in contraband trade or
trading clandestinely with such of the
ports of China as are not open to for
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