Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-08-11

! NAA'SN bhhtNaf Ut hh1 VI Aitih VI hrhAh'N N"'
property of any of .he inhabitants of any OF them
: from any prince or State with which the said
United States shall be at war; nor shall any citi-
zen or inhabilaut Of the United States, or any of
them, take auy commission or letters of marque
for arming any ship or ships to act as privateers
against the citizens of the Republic Of Bolivia,
or any of them, or the property of any Of them,
from any prince or State with which the said Re-
public of Bolivia shall be at war and If any
person of either nation shall take such comlnis-
siOns or letters of marque he shall he prnshed
according to their respective laws.
ARTICLE XVI
ln accordance with fixed principles of inter
national law, Bolivia regards the rivers Amazon
and In Flaia, with their tributaries ~ highways
or channels opened by nature for the commerce
of all nations. Iu virtue Of which. and desirous
! OF promoting an exchange Of productions through
these channels, she will permit aud invites COM
mercial vessels of all descriptions of the United
States, and Of all other nations # the world, to
navigate freely in any part Of their courses which
| pertain to her, ascending those rivers to Bolivian
| ports and deHcending therelrom to the ocean,
subject only to the conditions established by this
treaty, and to regulations sanctioned, or which
may be sanctioned, by the national authorities
Of Bolivia not inconsistent with the stipulatiOns
thereof.
ARTICLE XVII.
| The owners or commanders OF vesseli of the
United States entering the Bolivian tributaries
Of the Amazon or Ia PLATA shnll have the right
to put up or construct, in whole ia pnrt
vessels adapted to shoal-river navigation, and t.
transfer their cargoes TO them without the pay
ment of addition duties; and they shall not pay
duties of any description for sections pieces OF
vessels, for the machinery or materials Which
they may introduce for use in the construction
Of said vessels,
plo IN thaaa ntb v.aua11
of the United States, upon the said Bolivian tri-
Aiiuiss Ut the Amazon or La Plata, shall he
considered ports open to foreign commerce,
and subject to the provisions of this treaty, under
such regulations as the Government may deem
necessary to establish for the collection of
custom house, port, lighthouse, police, aud pilot
duties. And such vessels may discharge and re-
ceiye freight cargo. being elects of tho coun-
try or foreign, Mt any ono o. said ports, notwith-
standing the prOgisiona Of article ..
ARTICLE XXvIu.
If, by any fatality, (which cannot be expected.
aud which God forbid,) the two contracting
parties should be engaged in war with each
other, they agree, now for then, that there shall
be allowed the term Of six months to the mer-
chants residing on the coasts aud in the ports Of
each ulher, aud the term of one year to those who
dwell in the interior. 10 arrange their hnsin 81
and transport their effects wherever they please
giving to them the safe conduct necessary for it,
which nav serve n, n sufficient protection anil
they arrive ne the designated port The citizens
OF all other occupations, WHO may be established
in the Territories oi the United States AMI the
Re publiG OF Bolivia. shal he respected and main
taned in thg lnll enjoyment Of their personal
liberty and property, unless thsir particular
con,luet shnll cn,ise them to forfeit this protec-
ton. which in ,otsiloration of humanity. the
coutrnetino narties eppnge 10 give them.
ARTICLE MIX
Neither the debts luo from the individuals OF
one nation to the ihhivuulls OF lhe blher' h'r
shnreS' nor moneys wn,v" my may nass :" .nu
a.ar in ese,,, Of ,y or Of Ia,;nnl IL erence
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ARTICLE MN
Both the contracting parties, being desirous
OF avoiding all inequality in relation to their
public communications and Official ihtercOuisn,
agree 10 grant to the ENJOYS, ministers, and
other public agents. the same lavurs, immun-
ties and exemptions which those OF the most
favored nation DO or may ENJOY l! ue'nE uhuur-
9.oou M 'uas i tT..aI S,d a,nia o thn IA
5fi; F t,oI;vto 80, H,i Il nrnnnr Ia givc IN
H. roinietors and otber nnliic agents If nny
! o,her po,vor sLol b,, th,. game oet he extended
=, ,Iosa of an,h az ~, ,ontrar,in, mn nina
~ ''0ss
A"ii'I" NAA''
To make ehectual the protection which the
| United Saies aud the Republld ni Bolivia shall
afford in future to the navigation and commerce
ofthe citizens of each other, they agree to receive
and admit consus and vice consuls in all ports
open to foreign commerce, who shall enjoy IN
them all the rights, prerogatiYes, ana lmmnnlues
OF the consnls aud wee eonsu's oil the must
lasoleu na''ou ouSn s ,s,, and
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