Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03
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! for the mixed courts of justice annex
cd thereto, (marked b. which annex.
cs respectively shall be considered as
integral parts Of the present treaty.
Secondly. That each of the high
contracting parties shall, from time
to time, communicate to the other the
names of the several ships furnished
with such instructions, the force of
each, and the names of their several
commanders. The said commanders
shall hold the rank Of captain in the
navy, or at least that of lieutenant
1t being nevertheless understood that
the instructions originally issued to
an officer holding the rank of lieuten-
ant Of the navy, or other superior rank
shall, i'm case of his death or tempo
rary absence, be sufficient to author
lze the officer on whom the command
of the vessel has devolved to make
the search, although such officer may
not hold the aforesaid rank in the SER
vice.
Thirdly. That if at any time the
commander of q cruiser of either of
the two nations shall suspect that any
merchant vessel under the escort or
convoy Uf any ship or ships-of.war of
the other nation carries negroes on
board or has been engaged in the Afri-
can slave trade, or is fitted out for the
purpose thereof, the commander Of the
cruiser shall communicate his sus-
picions to the commander of the con-
voy, who, accompanied by the COM
mander of the cruiser, shall proceed
to the search of the suspected vessel
and in case the suspicious appear well
founded, according to tho tenor of
this treaty, then the said vessel shall
DC conducted or sent to one of the pa-
ces where the mixed courts of Justice
are stationed, in order that it may
there be adjudicatcd upon.
Fonrthly. 1t is further mutually
agreed that the commanders of the
ships of the two navics, respectively,
who shall be employed on this SER
vice shall adhere strictly to the exact
tenor Of the aforesaid instructions.
ARTICLE III.
AS the two pre- ccding articles arc
entirely reciprocal, the two high con-
tracing parties engage mutually to
make good any losses which their re-
spcctive subjects or citizens may in.
cur by an arbitrary and illegal dctcn-
tion of their vessels it being under
stood that this indemnity shall be
borne by the Government whose CRUZ
ser shal! have been guilty of such ar
bitrary aud illegal detention and
that The search and detention of YES
sells specified in the first article of
this treaty shall be effected only 10y
ships which may form part of the two
navics, respectively, and by such of
those ships only as are provided with
the special instructions annexed tothc
present treaty, in pursuance Of the
provisions thereof The indcmniica-
ton for the damages OF which this
article treats shall be paid within the
term Of one year, reckoning from the
day in which the mixed court of JUS
ticc pronounccs its sentence.
ARTICLE ".
In order to bring to adjudication,
with as little delay and Inconvenience
as possible, the vessels which may be
detained according to the tenor of the
first article of this treaty, there shall
be established as soon as may be
practicable, three mixed courts OF JUS
ticc, formed by an equal number of
individuals Of the two nations, nam
ed for this purprse 10y their respective
Governments. These courts shall re-
side-one at Sierra Leone, one at the
Cape of Good Hope, and one at New
York. 4
But each of the two high contract
ing parties reserves to itself the right
of changing, at its pleasure, the place
of residence of the court Or courts
held within its own territories.
The courts shall judge the causes
submitted to them according to the
provisions OF the present treaty, aud
,, according to the regulations and instruc-
tions which are annexed To the present
; treaty, and which are considered an
integral part thereof, and there shall
be no appeal from their decision.
ARTICLE V.
|; In case the commanding officer OF
e any of the ships of the navics OF
t either country, duly commissioned &C
| coraing to the provisions OF the first
] article of this treaty, shall dcviate
: in any respect from the stipulations
e of the said treaty, OF from the stipu
y lations annexed TO it, the Government,
!, which shall conceive itself to be
G wronged thereby shall he entitled Il
!, demand reparation and in such case
), the Government to which such com
g manding officer may belong bind.
c itself to cause inquiry to be made in
i to the subject Of the complaint, and t,
l. inilict upon the said officer punish
y mcnt proportioncd TO any wilfultrans
8 grcssion which he NAV DC proved t.
n have committed. Es sas
D. ARTICLE VI.
= 1t is hereby further mutually agree,
{ that every American or British mcr
'e &c chant vessel which shall be scarchc,
. Uy Nlliut Oi thS piSotHt treaty iii.
y lawfully be detained. and sent 0
:, brought before the mixcd courts G
~ Justice established in pursuance G
the provisions thereof, ii, in her equip
u ment, there shall be found any of III
=, things hereinafter mentioned, namely
= First. Hatchcs with open grating,
= inntead of the close matches, whc
: are usual in merchant vessels.
= Second. Divisions or bulk-heads i
- the hold or Oh deck in greater nnmbe
than are necessary for vessels engage
In lawful trade. l - .t
II Third. Spare plank fitted for layin
- down. as second or slave deck.
EomM. Shacklcs, bolts or han,
a cuffs.
al Flfh. A larger quantity of wat,
he in casks ca IN tanks than is rcqnsit
cd for the consumption of the crew
th the vessel as merchant vessel.