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TREATY WtTH BELGIUM, OF COM
 MERGE AND NAVIGATION.

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 A PROCLAMATION.
 Whereas. treaty of commence and nayIga- ,;oa. between the United States of Anae- rcs and his Majesty the King of the Bel n,.ns. was concluded and signed at Brus- ssls mn the tenth day of November, one ,bon.aad eight hundred and foTty-fve, wbich treaty, being in the English and Ereuch language, s, word for word, as fol- lows: ,sszs..s..s ,
 As Uaitsd Staiesof America and his Jha- ;estv inc King of the Belgians.
 ,phr lJa,,sa States of America on the one mari. and bis Majesty the King of the Bel- r;sos op the other part, wishing 10 regulate z, i. formal manner their reciprocal relations ,,f commerce and navigation, and further 10 st,sno;heu, through the development of their interests respectively, the bonds of friend. sh,n aud good understanding SD happily es- tabiished between the governments and peo- ple of the two countries; and desiring, win this view, to conclude, by common agree meu,. treaty establishing conditions equal Iv advantageous to the commerce and nayl- cation of both States. have, to that efIeci, app nouted as their plenipotentiaries, namely :: the President of the United States, Thetnas q. Clemson, charge d'aiiaires of the United of America 10 his Majesty the King of the Beisians; and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, M. Adolphe Dechamps, officer of the Order of Leopold, knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of the first class, grand cross of the order of s. Michel of Bavaria, hts minister for foreign affairs, a member of the Chamber of Represeniants. who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, asceriained to be in good and proper form, have agreed and concluded the follow ing articles;
 ARTICLE l.
 There shall be full and entire freedom of commerce and navigation between the in- habilan,s of the two countries; and the same security aud protection which is enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of each country, shali be guarantied ou6o,h sides. The said in- habitants, whether established or temporari- ly residing within any ports, cities, or places whatever, of the two countries, shall not, on account of their commerce or industry, pay any other or higher duties, taxes, or imposts, than those which shall be levied on citizens or subjects of the country in which they may be; and the privileges, immunisies, and other fayors, with regard to commerce or industry, enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of one of the two States, shall be common to those of the other.
 ARTICLE II.
 Belgian vessels, whether coming from a Belgian or foreign port, shall not pay, either on entering or leaving the ports Of the United States, whatever may be their desti- nation, any other or higher duties of ton- nasc, fiioiage, anchorage, buoys, light houses, clearance, brokerage, or generally other charges whatsoever, than are required from vessels of the United States in similar cases. This provision extends, not only to duties levied tor the benefit of lhe State, but also to those levied for the benefit of pro- vinces, cities, countries, districts, townships, corporations, or any other division or juris- dict,on, whatever may be it's designation.
 ARTICLE III.
 ReciprocalIy, vessels of the United States, whether coming from port of said States, or from foreign port, shall not pay. either on entering or leaving the ports of Belgium, whatever may be their destination, any other or higher duties of tonnage, pilotage, au- chorage, buoys, lIght-houses, clearance, bro- kerage, or generally other charges whatever, than are required from Belgian vessels in similar cases. This provision extends not only to duties levied for the benefit of the State, but also to those levied for the benefit ol provinces, cities, countries, districts, townships, corporations, or any other divl- sion or jurisdiction, whatever may be its de- siguaiion.
 ARTICLE ".
 The restitution by Belgium of the duty le- ved by the Government of the Netherlands on the navigation of the Scheld,, in virtue of the third paragraph of the ninth article of the treaty ot April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and lhlr,y-nine, is gnaranlied to the vessels ot the United States.
 ARTICLE V.
 Steam vessels of the United States and of Belgium, engaged in regular navigation be- tween the United States and Belgium, shall be exempt in both countries from the pay ment oi duties of tonnage, anchorage, buoys, and Lighthouses.
 ARTICLE VI.
 AS regards the coasting trade between the ports oi either country, the vessels of the TWO nauons-shall be treated on both sides on me same footing with the vessels of the mos, favored nations.
 ARTICLE VII.
 Ar'Ieies oi every description, whether pro- ceeu'ng from the soil, industry, or warehouses ol Belgium, directly imported therefrom. in- 10 the ports of the United States, in Belgian vessels, shall pay no other or higher dulIes o' import than If they were imported under 'he flag of said States.
 And' reciprocally, articles of every de- serPuon directly imported into Belgium from me Umsed States, under the flag of the said states, shall pay no other or higher duties u'an Il they were imported under the Belgian