Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-02
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY
THIRD CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,

~ THE Preside Mt OF THE UNITED STATES OF
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAs Convention between the United
States of America and His Highness the Sultan
Of Borneo was concluded and signed by their
respective plenipotentiaries at the city Of Bruni
on the twenty-third day of June one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, which Convention is
word for word as follows:
His Highness OMAR ALI SAIFEDDIN, ebn
Marhoum Sultan, Mahomed Jamalil Alan, and
Pangiran Anak Mnmin, TO whom belong the gov
ernment of the country of Bruni and all its pro-
vinces and dependencies, for themselves and
States of America on the other, have agreed to
cement the fiiendshipwhich has long and hap
PLY existed between them by a Convention
containing the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. Peace, friendship. and good un-
derstandng shall from henceforward and for
ever subsist between the United States Of Amer
lea and his Highness Omar Ali Saifeddin, Sui
tan of Borneo. and their respective successors
and citizens and subjects.
ARTICLE 2. The citizens of the United States
Of America shall have full liberty to enter into.
reside in, trade with, and pass with their mer
chanGise n ongh all parts of the dominions of
his Highness the Slltln of Borneo, and they
shall e1jov therein all the privileges and advan-
eages. with respect to commerce otherwise,
which are now or which may hereafter be grant
ed to the citizens or subjects OF the most favor
ed nation; and the subjects of his HighnesS the
Sultan of Borneo shall, in like manner, be at
liberty to enter into, reside in, trade with. and
pass through with their merchandise through
all parts of the United States of America as
freely as the citizens and subjects of the most
favored nation: and they shall enjoy in the Uni
ted States of America all the privileges and ad-
vantages. with respect to commerce other
wise, which now which may hereafter be
granted therein to the citizens subjects of the
most favored nation.
ARTICLE 3. Citizens of the United States
shall be permitted to purchase, rent, or occupy,
Or in any other legal way to acquire all kinds of
property within the dominions of his Highness
the Sultan of BOrneo; and his Highness engages
that such citizens Of the United States of Amer
lea shall, as far as lies in his power, within his
dominions. enjoy full and complete protection
and security for themselves, and for any prop
srty which they may SO acquire in future, or
which they may have acquired already before
the date of the present Cony ention.
ARTIcLE4. No article whatever shall be pro-
hibited from being imported into or exported
Of BorReos but the trade between the United
States Of America and the dominions of his High
ness the Sultan of Borneo, shall be perfectly
free, and shall be subject only to the custom du-
ties which may hereafter be in force in regard to
such trade.
ARTICLE 5. No duty exceeding one dollar per
registered ton shall be levied on American ves-
sells entering the ports of his Highness the Sui
Tan OF DOFneOs ana t0tS QXeQ QuCy OF one dollar
per ton to be levied on all American vessels
shall be in lieu Of all other charges duties
whatsoever. His Highness, moreover engages
that American trade and American goods shall
be exempt from any internal duties, and also
from any injurious regulations which may here
after, from whatever causes. be adopted in the
dominions of the Sultan of Borneo.
ARTICLE 6. His Higtness the Sultan OF Bor-
neo agrees that no duty whatever shall be lev
led on the expectation from His Highness do
,if,ia NJ rficfo fhar nth ,n1t1
manufacture of those dominions.
ARTICLE Z. His Highness ths Sultan of Bor-
neo engages to permit the ships-of-war of the
United States of America freely to enter the ports
rivers, and creeks situated within his domin-
ions, and to allow such ships to provide them
selves, at a fair and moderate price, with such
supplies, stores, and provisions as they may from
time to time stand in need of.
ARTICLE 8. If any vessel under the American
flag should be wrecked on the coast OF the do
minions Of his Highness the Sultan Of Borneo.
his Highness engages to give all the assistance
In his power to recover for and to deliver over
to the overs thereof all the property that can be
saved from such vessels. His Highness further
engages to extend to the officers and crew, and
to all other persons on board of such wrecked
vessels full protection, both as to their persons
and as to their property.
ARTICLE g.. His Highness the Sultan Of Bor-
neo agrees that in all cases where a citizen of
the United States shall be accused of any crime
committed in any part of his Highness domin-
ions, the person so accused shall be exclusively
tried and adjudged by the American Consul, or
other officer duly appointed for that purpose;
and in all cases where disputes or differences
may arise between American citizens, or be-
tween American citizens and the subjects of his
Highness, or between American citizens and the
citizens OF subjects of any other foreign Power
in the dominions Of the Sultan of Borneo, the
American Consul, other duly appointed Off
Ger. shall have power to hear and decide the
same, without any interference, molestation, Or
hinderance on the part of any authority of Bor-
neo, either before, during, or after the litiga-
tion. u" ..--f
This treaty shall be, ratified, and the ratifca-
tions thereof shall be exchanged at Bruni at any
time pfior to the fourth day of July, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-four
Done at the city Of Bruni on this twenty. hird
day of June, Ammo Domni one thousand eight
hundred and fifty, and on the thirteenth day of
the month Saaban, of the year Of the Hegira
one Thousand two hind ed and sixty-six.
JOSEPH BALEsTIER.' O.. So
S- s7y OMAR All SAIFEDDIN, (L.s.o
And Whei cas- the eaid Coayention has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the respective
ratifcatfons of the same were exchanged at the
city Of Bruni on the eleventh day Of JHly, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-thEee, by Cap
tain WILLIAA j. MeGLUEEF, Of the United
States Navy, ana PaNGER2N ENDAR MAcorAB,
Prime Minister Of his Highpess The Sultan Of
Bornee, on tie part of thsir Tespectivs Govern
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