Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-01-19

they may BE rriad and transported in the
free. mucr ls citizens of both the CEN
trac Ing sven to places belonging to an
ener s2r.,n use places only which are
att .r .goi or blOckaded; and, to a.
void a dow u lilo particular, it is declared
that .'5a lr are besieged or blockad-
ed W ici loaay attacked by a belligerent
force lp-l. Of pre- enting the entry Of the
neut
Ar.s8lH, la9 slticles Of contraband be-
fore qr 'toj enj classified, which may be
foun l 5so. bo1nd for an enemy's port
shall be al,.. % q tention and conGscation,
leavi DC Chg { the cargo and the ship,
that 9sar ma dispose of them as they
see rart No of either Of the two ma
tiOns Do do.s. on the nigh seas on ac.
count o ms )ard articles Of contra.
band. HaWr he 4aster, captain or super
cargo vessels i'll deliver up the articles
of col % tho aptor, unless the quanti-
ty Of a. ola ', 80 great and Of so large
bull a aao, received on board the
captu ng hip without great inconvenience;
but in 'h's.ml 'li 5.ha' cases Of just detention
the ves... .v...loa snail be sent to the near
est convenient and safe port for trial and judg-
ment, according to law.
Article 20. And whereas it frequently hap
pens that vessels sail for aport or place belong.
ing to an enemy without knowing the same is
besiegcd or blockadcd, or invested, it is agreed
that every vessel so circumstanced may be tur.
ned away from such port or place, but shall
not be detained; nor shall any part of her car.
60, if not contraband, be confscated, unless
after warning Of such blockade or investmen
from the commanding officer Of the blockadin(
forces, she shall again attempt to enter; bu
she shall be permitted to 60 to any other por
or place she shall think proper. Nor shall an,
vessel that may have entered into such por
before the same was actually besieged, blocka
ed, or invested by the other, be restrained from
quitting that place with her cargo; nor, if foun
therein after the reduction and surrender, sha
such vessel or her cargo be liable to con6sca
tion, but they shall be restored to the owner
thereof.
Article 2l. In order to prevent all kind 0
disorder in the visiting and examination Of tn
ships and cargoes of both the contracting par
ties on the high seas, they have agreed mutual
that whenever a national vessel of war, publ
or private, shall meet with a neutral Of the O
ther contracting party, the first shall renal
out of cannon.shot, unless in stress'of weather
and may send its boat, with two or three me
only, in order to execute the said examination
of the papers concerning the ownership an
cargo of the vessel, without causing the lea.
extorton, violence, or i'll treatment, for whic
the commanders of said armed ships shall h
responsible, with their persons and propcrt,
for which purpose the commanders of privat
armed vessels shall, before receiving their CON
missions, give sufficient security to answer fc
all the damage they may commit. And it is e1
pressly agreed that the neutral party shall in n
case be required to go on board the examinin
vessel for the purpose of exhibiting her papers
or for ony other purpose whatever.
Article %. To avoid all kinds of vexatio
and abuse in the examination Of the papers re
lating to the ownership of the vessels belong
, ing to the citizens of the two contracting pa,
ties, they have agreed, and do hereby agre
that in case one of them should bc engaged
war, the ships and vessels belonging to the c
tzens of the other must be furnished with SO,
, letters or passports expressing the name, pre-
perty, and bulk Of the ship, as also the nan
, and place of habitation of the master and con
mander Of the said vessel, in order that it ma
thereby appear that the ship really and tru
belongs to the citizens Of one [of] the partio
They have likewise agreed that when such shiv
> have cargo, they shall alsC be provided, b,
sides the said sea-ettcrs or passports, with ceI
) tfcates containing the several particulars
) the cargo and the place whence the ship sal
ed, so that it may he known whether any fo
biddcn or contraband goods are on board IL
Q same, which certificates shall bo made out
the officers Of the place whence the ship saeC
s in the accustomed form; without which requ
sites said vessel may bc detained to bo adiudl
ed by the competent tribunal, and may be d
clared lawful prize, unless the said defect sha
be proved to be owing to accident, and shall
satisfied Or supplied by testimony entirely eQu
:, valent.
: Article %. It is further agreed that the st
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