The North-Carolina standard., 1849-04-04


two countries, and to become party thereto, and
has expressed its readiness to confer similar fayors
upon the United States as equivalent In all re-
spects to those conferred by the kingdom of Hanover
| And whereas the government of the Grand-Duchy
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in its anxiety to avoid the
possibility of misconception hereafter of the nature
and extent of the fayors differing essentially from
those of Hanover, which it consents to bestew upon
the United States, well for its own faithful OBJ
servance of all the provisions of the said treaty.
wishes the stpulations, conditions, and obligations
imposed upon it, also those which rest upon the
United States explicitly stated, word for word IN
the English and German languages, as contained in
| the following articles: .
ART. I. The high contracting parties agree that
whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchan-
disc of any foreign country can be, from time to tlme
lawfully imported into the United States In their
own vessels, may also be imported in the vessels OF
the Grand-Duchy of Mecklenburg- -Schwerln, and no
higher other duties upon the tonnage or cargo OF
the vessel shall be levied collected, whether the
importation be made in vessel of the nlted States
or in vessel of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
And in like manner whatever kind of produce, man-
ufacture merchandise of any foreign country can
be, from time to time, lawfully imported into the
Grand-Duchy of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., In Its own
vessels. may also be imported in vessels Of the United
Staes and no higher other duties upon the tonnage
cargo of the vessel shall be levied collected,
whether the importation be made in the vessels OF
the one party or the other.
Whatever may be lawfully exported or re-exported
by party in its own vessels to any foreign coun-
try, may in like manner be exported or re-exported
in the vessels of the other. And the same duties,
bounties, and drawbacks shall be collected and al
lowed, whether such expectation or Incorporation be
made In vessels of the one party or the other.
Nor shall higher or other charges of any kind be
imposed in the ports of party vessels of the
other, than shall be payable in the same ports
by national vessels. '''
ART. II. The preceding article is not applicable
to the coastng trade and navigation of the high con-
tracing pares which are respectively reserved by
each exclusively to its own subjects or citizens
ART. III. No priority or preference shall be Civ
en- by either of the contracting parties, nor by any
company. corporation, agent acting on their BEHALF
under their authority in the purchase of any article
of commerce lawfully imported account of, or in
reference to- the national character of the vessel,
whether it be of the party or of the other, in
which such article was imported.
ART. ~. The ancient and barbareus right to
wrecks of the sea shall remain entirely abolished
with respect the property belonging to the subjects
or citizens of the high contracting parties.
When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked,
stranded, or otherwise damaged on the coasts, or
within the dominons of the other, their respective
citizens subjects shall receive, as well for them
sstance which would be due the inhabitants of the
country where the accident happens.
They shall be liable to pay the same charges and
dues of salvage the said inhabitants would be liza
bic to pay In like case.
If the operations of repair shall require that the
whole or any part of the cargo be unloaded, they
shall pay no duties of custom, charges or fees on
the part Which they shall reload and carry away,
except such payable in the like case by nation
al vessels. -. -.
1t is nevertheless understood that if, whilst the
vessels is under repair the cargo shall be unladen,
and kept in place of deposte destined to receive
goods, the duties which have not been paid, the
cargo shall be liable to the charges and fees lawfully
due to the keepers of such warehouse.
ART. V. The privileges Secured by the present
treaty to the respective vessels of the high contract
r1artio Shal lu IN huJIf
within their respective territories, or lawfully con
demned as prizes of war, adudged to be forfeited
for breach of the municipal laws of either of the
high contracting parties, and belonging wholly to
their subjects or citizens. 1t is further stipulated
that vessels of the Grand-Duchy of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin may select their crews from any of the
States of the Germanc Confederation, provided that
the master of each be subject Of the Grand-Duchy
of Mecklenburg Schwerin.
ART. vi. No higher or other duties shall be i'm
posed on the importation into the United States of
any aItices the growth, produce, manufacture of
the Grand-Duchy of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., or of
its fisheries, and higher other duties shall be
imposed on the importation into the Grand-Duchy of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of any articles the growth,
produce, and manufacture of the United States and
of their fisheries, than shall be payable the
like articles, being the growth, produce manufac
ture of any other foreign country or its fisheries.
No higher or other duties and charges shall be I'M
posed in the United States the expectation of any
articles to the GrandDuchy of Mecklenburg- -Schwe-
TN, or In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on tue eApoICduOH
of any articles to the United States. than such are
or shall be payable the exploration of the like
articles to any other foreign country.
No prohibition shall be imposed the importation
expectation of any articles the growth, produce, or
manufacture of the Grand-Duchy of Mecklenburg-
Shwerin or of its fisheries, of the United States
their fisheries, from to the ports of said Grand
Duchy or of the said United States which shall not
equally extend to all other powers and States.
ART. VII. The high contracting parties engage
mutually not to grant any particular fIvor to other
nations In respect of navigation and duties of Gus
toms, which shall not Immediately become common
to the other party, who shall enjoy the freely
if the concession was freely made, allowing
near possible, if the concession
was conditional. 5t f
ART. VIII. In order to augment by all the means
United States and Germany, the Grand-Duchy of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. agrees, subject to the reser-
vatlon in article eleventh. to abolish the import duty
on raw cotton and paddy, rice in the husk, the |
produce of the United States to levy higher inn
port duty upon leaves, stems, strips of tobacco,
imported in hogsheads casks, than one thaler and
two shillings for hundred pounds Hamburg |
weight, (equal to seventy cents United States cur
rency and weight;) to lay higher import duty |
upon rice imported in tierces half tierces than
schillings for one hundred pounds Ham
burg weight, (equal to thirty-seven and half
United States currency and weight } to lay aohigher
duty upon whale oil, imported in casks barrels,
than twelve and half schillings per hundred pounds
Hamburg weight, (equal to eighteen and three
quarters cents United States currency and weight)
The Grand-Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin fur t
ther agrees to levy no higher transit duty on the
aforementioned articles in their movement the |
Berlin Hamburg railroads than two schlings per |
hundred pounds Hamburg weight (eqnali to three |
cents United States currency and weight,) and to