Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-10-14


sons Of His Imperial Majesty, of any article The
produce or manufacture of the United States OF
America, from whatever place arriving, than arI
or may be payable on the like article the produce
or manufacture of any other foreign country
nor shall any prohibition be maintained or i'm
posed on the importation of any article, the pre-
duGG or manufacture of the dominions mud pus.
sessions of either of the contracting parties into
the dominions and possessions of the other,
which shall not equally extend to the importation
Of the like articles, being the produce or manu-
facture of any other country.
lila Imperial Majesty further engages that,
save as hereinafter excepted he will not prohibit
the importation into his dominiOns and poses
sions OF any article the produce and manufacture
of the United States of America, from whatever
place arriving aud that the duties to he i'm
posed on every article the produce or manutac
ture of the 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 eight per cent ad valorem, or t.
specific duty, fixed by common consent, equiya-
lent 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, or at the first custom house
they may reach, if brought by land.
lfthese articles, after having paid the import
| duty of eight per cent, are sold either mt the
place of their arrival or in the interior of the
country, neither the buyer nor the seller shall
be charged with any further duty in respect to
them and if ouch articles should not be sold
for consumption in the Ottoman empire, but
should be re exported within tho space of six
months, the same shall be considered as mer-
chandise in transit By land, and be treated as is
stated hereinafter in Article XII. of this treaty ;
the administration of theecustoms being bound
| tO restore, at the time of their re-expOrtation
to t',e merchant, who shall be required to fur
nsh proof thut the goods in question have paid
the import duty of eight per cent, tho difference
between that duty and the duty levied on goods
in transit by land, MS set forth in the article
above cited
Article W. Il ia understood that any article
the produce or manufacture of a foreign couH-
try intended for importation into the United
Prncipalities of Moldo- Wallachia, or into the
principally of Seryia, which shall pass through
any other part of the Ottoman empire, will not
be Liable 10 the payment o. customs duty until
it reaches those prncipalities; and on the other
hand, that any article Of foreign produce or
manufacture passing through those princpalities
bai destined for some other part of the Ottoman
empire, will not be Liable TO the payment OF
customs duty until such article reaches the first
custom house under the direct administration OF
the Sublime Porte.
The same course shall be followed with re
sIecl to any article the produce or manufacture
Of those principalties, as well as with respect
to any article the produce OF mar uiacture oil any
of her portion of the Ottoman empire, intended
for expectation such articles will be liable 10
the payment Of customs duties-the former to
the custom house of the aforesaid principaltes,
aud 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.
Article VII. The subjects and citizens of the
contracting parties shall enjoy, in the dominions
and possessions of the other equality oil treat
ment with native subjects or citizens in regard
to warehOusing, and also in regard to bountles,
facilities, aud drawbacks.
Article VIII. All articles which are, or may
be, legally importable into the United States Of
America, in vessels of the United States, may
likewise be imported in Ottoman vessels without
being liable to 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 iomlnous
and possessions of Ills Imperial Majesty the
Sultan in Ottoman vessels, may likewise 10 I'M
ported in vessels Of the United States without
/ being liable to any other or higher duties or
charges, of whatever denomination, than ii such
articles were imported in Ottoman vessels
Such reciprocal equality Of treatment shall
take effect without distinction whether such
articles come directly from the place Of origin
or from any other coun ry. In the same man
ner there shall be perfect equality of treatment
in regard to expectation, 50 that the same eX-
port duties shall be paid, and the same bounties
and drawbacks allowed in the dOmnions and
possessions of either of the contracting parties
| on the expectation of any article which is or
may be legally exportable therefrom, whether
such export ltion shall take place in Ottoman or
in vessels of the United states, and whatever
may be the place of destination, whether port
of either of the contracting parties or OF any
third power.
Article TX. No duties of tonnage, harbor, pi-
lotage, lighthouse, quarantine or other similar
or corresponding duties Of whatever nature, or
under whatever denomination, levied in the
name or for the profit Of government, public
luuctionaries private individuals, corporations,
or establishments of any kind, shall be imposed
in the ports of the dOminiuus and possessions Of
either country upon the vessels of the other
country which shall not equally, and under the
same conditions, be imposed IN the like cases On
national vessels in general.
Such equality of treatment shall apply recip-
rocally to the respective vessels, from whatever
port or place they may arrive, and whatever may
he their place of destination.
Article X. All vessels, which, according to
the laws of the United States, are to be deemed
vessels Of the United States, and all vessels
wtiet, according to Ottoman laws, are to be
deemed Ottoman vessels, shall, for the purpose
OF this treaty. be deemed vessels of the United
States aud Ottoman vessels, respectively.
Article Al. No charge whatsoever shall be
made upon goois Of the United States, being
produce or muu uufacture Of the I'm ted States oil
America. whether vessels of the United states
or otner vessels, nor upon any goods the product
or manufacture Of any other foreign country
Gu, rled III vessels of the United States, whct
The same shall pass through the Straits Of th'
| Dnrinnees or OF the Bnsphurus, whether suct
goods shall pass tn ough those straits in th'
yesse- tbut brought them, or snail have htei
tlanshippVl TO other vessels; o. whether ate
having been sold for expOrtatiou, they shall 10
IA certain limited time, be landed in order 10 h
placed in other vessels for the continuance o
the voyage: In the latter case, the goods il
question hal be deposited at COnstantlnople, II
the luag zines OF the custom-hUuse, called tran
r sit magazines; and in any other places whcr
there is no eutrepOl, they shall be placed unde
> The charge Of the administration OF the customs
Article MI The Sublime Porte, desiring Il
: grant, by means Of gradual Concessions, nll tncil
l tiles in It's power To transit by land 1t is shpu
lated and agreed that the duty OF three per csnt
! levied up 10 this time OH articles imported int
u the Ottoman empire, in their passage throug
= the Ottoman empire TO other countries, shall
$ reduced to two per cent, payable as the duty
e three per cent has been paid hitherto, on arri
9 wing in the Ottoman dOminions and at the en-
! of eight years, to be reckoued from the day
u the exchange Of the ratications of the preser
treaty to fixed and definite tax Of one per cent
9 which shall he Levied as is TO be the case wit
respect to Ottoman produce exported, to detra
g the expense of registration.
The sublime Porte, at the same time, declare
l. that it reserves to itself the right to establish, b
: a special enactment the measures to be adopte
u for the prevention Of fraud.