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NUMBER 26.

oonfscation by tho Ottoman treasury; but a re-
port, or proccsvcrbal, Of the alleged act Of contra
band must, SO soon Hs the said goods are seized by
the authorities, lie drawn up and communicated TO
the consular authority Of the citizen subject 10
whom the goods said to he cOntrhband shall be-
long; and no goods can be confscated ~ contra
band, unless the fraud with regard 10 them shall
be duly and legally proved.
ART. XIX. All merchandise, the pro6Fce or
manufacture Of the Ottoman dominons and pos4
sessions, imported into the United States of Amer
ica, shall be treated in the manner The like
merchandise, the produce aud manufacture Of the
most favored nation.
All rights, privileges, or immunities, which ars
now or may hereafter be granite TO, or suffered 10
be enjoyed by, the subjects, 1essels, commerce, or
navigation Of any foreign power in the Uuited
States Of America shall be equally granted 20, a.
exercised and enjoyed by, the subjects, vesselS,
commerce, and navigation Of the Sublime Porte.
ART XXX. The present treaty, when ratified,
shall be substituted for the commercial convention
oi the 10Th Of August, 1898, between the Sublime
Porte ard Great Britain, the footing Of which
the commerce Of the United States Of America has
been heretofore placed, and shall continue in force
for 2S twenty eight years iIom the day OF the ex-
change of the ratihcations aud each Of the two
contracting parties being, however, ut liberty 10
give TO the other al the end Of IA lfourteen years,
kthat time being hxed as tile provisions OF this
treaty will then have into full force,) notice
for its revision, for its determination at the
piraton OF year from the date Of that notice, aud
30 again at the end Of Il (twenty-onel years.
The present treaty shall receive its execution in
all aud every one oil the provinces OF the Ottoman
Empire that is to say, in all the possessions OF
Ills Imperial Majesty the Sultan, situated In
Europe or in Asia, In Egypt, and in the othor
parts Of Africa belonging TO the Sublime Porte, in
Seryia, and in the united principalities Of Molda-
via and Wallachia.
ART. XXI. 1t Is always understood that tho
government of the United States OF America does
not pretend, by any article in the present treaty,
TO stipulate for m. than the plain and fair
stTuction Of the terms employed nor to preclude In
any manner the Ottoman government from tho
exercise Of ifs rights Of internal administration,
where the exercise OF these rights docs not cYi
IDENTIFY infringe upon the privileges accorded by
ancient treaties or 10y the present treaty to citizens
Of the United States or their merchandise.
ART. XXI. The high contracting parties have
agreed to appoint, Jointly, commissioners for the
settlement OF tariff Of custom-house duties, TO bo
levied in conformity with the stipulations OF the
present treaty as well upon merchandise Of every
description, being the produce or manufacture OF
the United States Of America, imported into tlO
Ottoman Empire, upon articles Of every descrip-
tion the produce or manufacture Of the Ottoman
Empire aud its possessions which citizens Of the
United States, their agents, free to purchase
in any part Of the Ottoman Empire for expectation
TO the United States or 10 any other country. Tho
new tariff, 10 be so concluded shall remnin in
force during seven years, dating from the date Of
the exchange Of the ra ihcafions.
Zach of the contracting parties shall have the
right year before the pratiOn Of that term, TO
demand the reVi ion of the tariff But il, during
the seventh year, neither the one nor the other Of
the contracting parties shall avnil itself OF this
right, the tariff then existing shall continue to
from the day Of the expiration Of the preced
ing years; and the same shall lie the with
spect TO every successive period Of seven years.
ART. XIII. The present treaty shall be ratified
and the notifications shall be exchanged at Con-
stantinope in three c8lendar months, sooner, IL
possible, and shall be carried into execution when
ratified
Done at Constantinople, on the twenty fifty day
Of February, 1852
EDWARD JOY MORRIS, f.. 81
AALI, LIS.
And whereas the said Treaty has been duly rati-
fed on both parts, and the respective ratifcstons
Of the same were exchanged at COnstantinople, on
the fifth ultimO. 10y Edward Joy Norris Minister
Resident Of the United States the Sublime Porte,
and by His Hghness Mebemed Emin Aaii Pacho,
Minister Of Foreign Affairs of His Imperial Maj
esty the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the part
Of their respective Governments
Now therefore, be it known that 1, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, Pres dent Of the United States of Amer
ica have caused the said Treaty to be made public
to the end that the ssme and every clause and art
Gle thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good
faith by the United States and the citizens thereof
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this second
day Of July, in th year Of our 10 one
LIS thousand eight hundred and siIty-two,
and Of the Independence of the United
States the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
+. w. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State.