The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-24

uiactufe OF any other foreign country;
nor shall any prohibition be maintained
or imposed on the importation of any
article, the produce or manufacture Of the
dominions and possessions Of either Of
the contracting parties, into the domin-
ions and possessions of the other, which
shall not equally extend TO the i'm
portation of the like articles, being the
produce or manufacture Of any other
country.
His Imperial Majesty further engages
that, save as hereinafter excepted, he will
not prohibit the importation into his do
minions and possessions of any article
the produce and manufacture of the
Uhited States Of America, from whatever
place arriving; aud that the duties to be
imposed on every article the produce or
manufacture OF Che United States of
America imported into the empire and
possessions Of his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan shall in no case exceed one fixed
rate Of ejga per cent. ad pdloren, or = spe-
ciic duty, fixed by common consent
equivalent thereto. Such rate shall be
calculated upon the value of such articles
at The wharf, and shall be payable at the
time of their being landed, if brought by
sea, OF at the first custom house they may
reach, if brought by land
IL these articles, after having paid the
import duty Ofeight per cent, are sold either
at the place of their arrival or in the in-
terror Of the country, neither the buyer
nor the seller shall be charged with any
further duty in respect to them; and If
such articles should not be sold for con.
sumption in The Ottoman Empire, but
should be re-exported within the space
of six months, the same shall be eonsi-
dered as merchandise in transit by land.
and be treated as is stated hereinafter in
Article XII. of this treaty; the admins
trati0n OF the customs being bound 70
restore, at the time of their re.exportaL
ton, to the merchant, who shall be re-
quired 10 furnish proof that the goods In
question have paid the import duty of
eight per cent, the difference Between that
duty levied on goods in transit by land,
as set forthin the article above cited.
ARTICLE W.
II is understood that any article the
produce or manufacture OF a foreign
country intended for importation into
the United Principalities of MoIdo- Wal
lachia, or into the Principally of Seryia,
which shall pass through any other part
of the Ottoman Empire, will not be liable
to the payment Of customs duty until il
reaches those Prineipalities and, on the
other hand, that any article of foreign
produce or manufacture passing through
those Principalities but destined for
some ether part of the Ottoman Empire
will not be liable to the payment of Gus
toms duty until such article reaches the
fret csstOm-hOuse under the direct adj
mihistratiOn of the Sublime Porte.
The same course shall be followed
with respect to any article the produce
or manufacture Of those principalities, as
well as with respect TO any article the
produce or manufacture Of any other
portion Of the Ottoman Empire intended
for expectation. Such articles will be
liable TO the payment Of customs duties
the former 10 the custom house Of the
aforesaid principalities and the latter 10
the Ottoman custom house the object
being that neither import nor export du-
ties shall in any case be payable more
than once.
i ARTICLE VII.
The subjects and citizens Of the con-
tracing parties shall enjoy, in the domin-
ions and possessions Of the other, equal
ity Of treatment with native subjects or
citizens in regard 10 warehousing, and
also in regard 10 bounties, facilities, and
! drawbacks.
| ARTICLE VII
! All articles which are or may be legally
| importsble into the United States of
| America, in vessels Of the United States.
may likewise be imported in Ottoman
vessels without being liable 20 any other
or higher duties or charges, Of whatever
denomination, than If such articles were
imported in vessels Of the United States;
and, reciprocally, all articles which are
or may be legally importable into the
/ dominiOns and possessions Of his Impe-
rial Majesty the Sultan in Ottoman ves-
sells, may likewise be imported in YES
sells Of the United States without being
liable to any other or higher duties or
charges, Of whatever denomination, than
if such articles were imported in Ottoman
vessels, Such reciprocal equality of
treatment shall take effect without dis
tinction, whether such articles come di-
Tectly from the place of origin or from
any other country. In the same manner
there shall be perfect equality Of treat
ment in regard y tAexpOrtation, so that the
same export duties shall be paid, and the
same bounties and drawbacks allowed in
the dOminions and possessions of either
Of the contracting parties on the expOrta-
tiOn of any article which is, or may be,
legally expOrtable therelrom, whether
such expectation shall take place in OF
toman or in vessels Of the United States
and whatever may be the place Of desti-
nation, whether port of either of the
contracting parties, or Of any third
Power.
ATTIoLE TX.
No duties Of tonnage, harbor, pilotage
Lighthouse, quarantine, or other similar
corresponding duties Of whatever nature
or under whatever denomination, levied
in the name or for the profit Of the gov.
ernment, public functiOnaries, private in.
dividuals, corporations, or establishment,
OF any kind, shall be imposed in IN,
ports Of the dOminiOns and possession,
Of either country which shall not equally
and under the same conditions, be inn,
posed in the like cases on national YES
sells in general
Such equality Of treatment shall appl,
reoiprOcally TO the respective vessels
from whatever port or place they ma,
arrive and whatever may be their plac
Of destination.
ARTICLE x
All vessels which, according 10 the law
Of the United States, and all vessel
which, according 10 Ottoman laws, Ar
to be deemed Ottoman vessels, shall, 70