Polynesian., 1850-08-31

to the additional amount of one thousand
dollars, ad ralorem, for each vessel, paying
upon the additional goods, and articles so
traded and bartered, no other OF higher du-
ties, than are payable on like goods and ar
ticles, when imported in the vessels and by
the citizens or subjects of the most favored
foreign nation. They shall also be permitted
to pass from port to port of the Sandwich Is
lands for the purpose of procuring refresh
ments but they shall noodischarge their sea-
men or land their passengers in the said Is
lands, except at Lahaina and Honolulu and
in all the ports named in this article, the
whaleships of the United States shall enjoy
in all respects whatsoever. allthe rights, priv
Iileges and immunities, which are enjoyed by,
|or shall be granted to, the whaleships Of the
most favored foreign nation. The like privi-
lege OF frequentlng the three ports of the
Sandwich Islands, above named in this arti-
lcle, not being ports of entry for merchant
vessels, is also guaranteed to all the public
armed vessels of the United States. But
nothing in this article shall be construed as
authorizing any vessel Of the United States,
having Or board any disease usually regard
ed as requiring quarantine, to enter, during
the continuance Of such disease on board,
any port of the Sandwich Islands, other than
Lahaina or Honolulu.
/ ARTICIES. The contracting parties en-
gage, in rsg arc to the personal privileges
that the citizens of he United States of
America shall enjoy in the ddc:aaioions OF His
Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands,
and the subjects of His said Majesty in the
United States of America, that they shall
have free and undoubted right to travel and
to reside in the states Of the two high con-
tracing parties, subject to the same precau-
Itions of police which are practiced towards
the subjects or citizens of the most favored
nations. They shall be entitled to occupy
dwellings and warehouses, and to dispose of
their personal property ofeyery kind and de-
scription, by sale, gift, exchange, will, or in
any other way whatever, without the small
est hindrance or obstacle and their heirs or
Representatives, being subjects or citizens of
the other contracting party, shall succeed to
their personal goods, whether by testament or
alb intestato; and may take possession thereof,
either by themselves, or by others acting for
them, and dispose Of the same at will, pay
ing to the profit of the respective govern
ments such dues only as the inhabitants ofthe
country wherein the said goods are, shall be
subject to pay in like cases. And in case of
the absence of the heirs and representative,
!, such care shall be taken Of the said goods
as would be taken Of the goods of native Of
the same country in like case, until the law
full owner may take measures for receiving
them. And if a question should arise among
several claimants as to which of them said
goods belong, the. sameo shall be decided
finally by the laws and Judges of the land
wherein the said goods are. Where, on the
decease Of any person holding real estate
, within the territories Of one party, such real
estate would, by the laws of the land, de-
scend on citizen or subject Of the other,
were he not disqualified by alenage, such
citizen or subject shall be allowed reason
able time to sell the same, and to withdraw
the proceeds without molestation, and exempt
: from all duties of detraction on the part of
the government Of the respective states.
The citizens orksubjects of the contracting
parties shall not be obliged to pay. under any
pretence whatever, any taxes or impositions,
other or greater than those which, are paid,
or may hereafter be paid, by the subjects or
citizens of the most favored nations in the re-
spective states of the high contracting par
ties. They shall be exempt from all military
: service, whether by land or by sea; from for
sced loans, and from every extraordinary con-
tribution not general and by law established.
Their dwellings, warehouses, and all premi-
f ses appertaining thereto, destined for the
, purposes of commerce or residence, shall
be respected. No arbitrary search Of, or
visit to their houses, and no arbitrary exam-
ina:ion inspection whatever of the books,
papers or accounts of their trade, shall be
made but such measures shall be executed
only in conformity with the legal sentence Of
a competent tribunal and each of the two
contracting parties engages that the citizens
or subjects of the other residing in their re-
spective states, shall enjoy their property and
1personal security, in as full and ample manner
!, as their own citizens or subjects, or the sub
ljecfs or citizens Of the most favored nation,
but subject always to the laws and statutes
Of the two countries respectively.
ARTICLE 9. The citizens and subjects of
leach Of the two contracting parties shall be
free in the states of the other to manage
| their own affairs themselves, or to commit
those affairs TO the management Of any per-
sons whom they may appoint as their broker,
factor or agent, nor shall the citizeGs and
;. subjects of the two contracting parties be re-
f strained in their choice Of persons to act in
+ such capacities, nor shall they be called up
on to pay any salary or remuneration to any
person whom they shall not choose to employ
Absolute freedom shall be given in all cases
to the buyer and seller to bargain together
and to fix the price of any goods or mer-
chandize imported into, or to be exported from
1.-THE states and dominions ofthe two contract
ing parties /; save and except generally such
cases wherein the laws and usages of the
:, country may require the Intervention Of any
Especial agents in the states and dominions Of
the contracting parties. But nothing con-
tanned in this or any other article of the pre-
sent treaty shall be construed to authorize
the sale of spirituous liquors to the natives
of the Sandwich Islands farther than such
. sale may be allowed by the Hawaiian laws.
4 ARTICLE 10. Each Of the two contracting
] parties may have, in the ports OF the other,
lconsuls, vice consuls, and commercial! agents,