Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-05-01
Suppression of the African Slave Trade.

Suppression of the African Slave Trade.
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oruer " ia me reciPf9cSl !ight OF seafch IN
sucil a 'ianner as 70 asolo olSpu'es' the lolloW'
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es"n never VIC eHerciSeu except
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tn ouyeo'' oi"iNs ~ TIE s'pu'1uohs OF
ing S ueaeX H., .;n,,.o 90 o.o, .,.u
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oe WI ieSPec' ~ tesset Oh
,"e navy Vi e''uei VI '"0 ~ y P""e'e' out s"ali
Ne sNelI'9uN O.y 90 iesa'"S ''iele"""t 'eSse's;
anu II shall not oe eNerclSed oy VesSel OF war
Oh etI,ler contracting party W'tNih inc hnlls OF
a settlement OF port, nor "llhih the territorial
"eIers o. tue 0ther party
Ihlrdly- whenever merchant vessel is
searched by snip OF war, The commander Of
tne saiu alip snaii, ~ the act OF so DONG, eX-
hIoit to the commander OF tue merchant YES
sci the special instructions ~ which he is duly
authorized TO search, anu shall deliver to such
commander certihcate, signed by himself,
stating his rank IN the naval service OF his
country, and the name OF the vessel he com
mandS, and also declaring that The only object
OF the search is to ascertain whether the yes.
sci Is employed III the African slave trade, or
is htted up Tor the saId trade When the
search IS made by an o1hcer OF the cruiser who
IS not the COMMANDER sueh olhcer snail eXliO-
1t to the captain OF the merchant vessel copy
OF the bef"re-mentloned SPECIAL instructions,
signed by the commander OF the cruiser; and
he shall in like manner deliver a certificate,
signed by himself, stating his rank in the navy,
the name OF the commander by whose orders
he proceeds to make the search that OF the
cruiser in which he sails, and the object of the
search, as above described. If it appears from
the search that the rapers of the vessel are in
regular order. and that it is emploved on law.
full objects. the officer shall enter in the Iog
book of the vessel that the search has baen
made in pursuance of the aforesaid special IN
strucIions and the vessel shall be lett at lib.
erty to pursue its voyage. The rank of the
officer who makes the search must not be less
than that OF lieutenant in the navy unless the
command, either by reason Of death or other
cause, is at the time held by an officer of in
feror rank.
Fourthly-The reciprocal right of search
and detention shall be exercised only within
the distance of two hundred miles from the
coast of Africa, and to the southwark of the
thirty second parallel Of north latitude, and
within thirty leagues from the coast Of the is
land of Cuba.
2. All naval ships OF the two nations, as
signed to the suppression of the slave trade,
shall be provided with copies of this treaty
and the accompanying regulations; the names
of such vessels to be reciprocally cOmmuni
Gated by the two governments and seized
vessels shall be sent to some place where a
mixed court OF justice sits.
e. Owners of vessels illegally detained shall
receive indemnity from The government whose
cruisers made the seizure indemnity to be
paid within one year from the judicial dis
charge of the case.
4. Three mixed courts of justice shall be
established-one at Sierra Leone, and one
each at the Cape of Good Hope and New
York; each court to be formed Of an equal
number of individuals OF the two nations !;
the right of changing the place for holding
these courts being reversed 10 each nation
within its own territory. These courts shall
judge the cases submitted to them according