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such notice shall have been received
by either from the other party. this
treaty shall altogether cease and de-
terminc.
In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiarics have signed the pre-
sent treaty, and have hercunto affixed
the seal of their arms.
Done at Washington the seventh
day of April; in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-two.
H. 81 WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
l.. 9. LYONS.
Inner I) TO the treaty betresn the I'M
ted States of America and Great Brit
ain for the Suppression of the AFRICAN
stare trade, signed at Washington o,
The serenM day Of April, 1862.
Instructions for the ships Of the Uni
ted States and British navies en-
ployed to prevent the African slave
trade.
ARTICLE I.
The commander of any ship belong.
ing to the United States or British Ma
Wy which shall be furnished with these
instructions shall have a right t.
search and dctain any United States
or British merchant vessel which shall
be actually engaged, or suspected t,
be engaged, in the African slave trade
or to be fitted out for the purpose
thereof, or to have been engaged il
such trade during the voyage in which
she may be met with by such ship o
the United States or British navy anC
such commander shall thcrcupon bring
or send such merchant vessel (save il
the case provided for in article fifth o.
these Instructions as soon as possible
for Judgment, before one of the three
mixed courts of justice established in
virtue of the fourth article Of the said
treaty, that is to say:
Ii the vessel shall he detained on
the coast of Africa, she shall be
brought before that one of the two
mixed courts of justice to be establish
cd at the Cape of Good Hope and at
Sierra Leone, which may bc nearest
to the place of detention, o. which tho
captor, on his own responsibility, may
think can be soonest reached from
such place.
If the vessel shall be detained OF
the Goa st of the Island of Cuba, sh,
shall be brought before the mixec
court of New York. .s
ARTICLE n. ...s
Whenever q ship of either of thu
two navics, duly authorized as aforc
said, shall meet merchant vessc
liable to be searched under the pro
visions Of the said treaty, the scared
shall be conducted with the courtcs,
and consideration which ought to ID
observed between allied and friendl.
nations and the search shall, in al
cases, be made by an officer holdini
Il rank not lower than that of lie,
tenant in the navy, or by the Office
who at the time shall be second i
command of the ship by which sue
search is made.
ARTICLE III.
The commander Of any ship of Il
two navies, duly authorized as afor
said, who may detain any merchaI
vessel, in pursuance of the tenor
the present instructions, shah lea,
on board the vessel SO detained Il
ma stcr, the mate, or boatswain, an
two or three, at least, of the crcy
the whole of the negroes, if any, al
all tho cargo. The captor shall, ;
the time Of detention, draw up,
writing, a declaration, which sha
exhibit the state in which he fouu
the detained vessel; such declar
/ ton shall be signed by himself an
shall be given in or sent, togetht
with the captured vessel, to the mike
! court of justice before which sue
| vessel shall be carried or sent for Il,
, Indication. He shall deliver to Il
master of the detained vessel a sig
r. cd and certified list of the pape
found or board the same, as well ;
certificate of the number of negro,
found on board at the moment of d
tcntion.
Ia the declaration wl,icl, the capt
is hereby required to make, as well {
) in the certified list of the papers Sc
, zcd, and in the certificate Of the nuI
r Der of negroes found on board the d
. tanned vessel, he shall insert his ow
name and surname, the name of Il
. capturing ship. and the latitude a,
longitude of the place where the d
tention shall have been made.
The officer in charge of the detaint
4 vessel shall, at the time OF brngil
d the vessels papers into the mix
\ court of justice, deliver into the cou
II certificate signed by himself, a
: verified on oath, stating any chang
e which may have taken place in
y street. to the vessel, her crew, the l
!, groes if any, and her cargo, betwc
c the period of her detention and |
! time Of delivering in such paper.
..a. ARTICLE ".
If Urgent reasons, arising from
o length of the voyage, the state
y health Of the negroes, or any oil