Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-03-14

Public Instruction, who, after having eX-
changed their said full powers in due and
proper form, have agreed to the following
articles:
There shall be perfect firm, and inviola-
pcac" and sincere friendship between the Uni
ted States of America and the Republic of
Bolivia in all the extent of their possessions
msf ysfriruries, and between their people and
citizens respectively, without distinction Of
persons or places.
ARTICLE II.
If either party shall hereafter grant to any
other nation, its citizens or Subjects sny pa,-
tcar favor in navi cation or commerce, it
shall Immediately become common to the 9th
er party, freely when trce y granted to such
other na.inn, or on yielding the same compcn-
sai)n whcn the grant is Conditional
EXPLANATION.
As in said article it is stipulated that any
special favor in navigation and trade granted
by one of the contracting parties to any other
naior, rx ends and is coinmoi to Ito ether
pertains to the navig :tion Of rivers, this
treaty shall only apply to concessions which
tie Government may authorize for navigating
Auvial streams which do not present oh.truc-
tons; ha, is to say, those whose navigation
may BE- n,,ur,llv plain and current without
thcc having been need to obtain il 10y the
rIlp!uymcnt Of capital; that hy consequence
there remains reserved The right of the Bolv-
ian Government to grant privileges to any as
socaion or company. Us we'll t; reign as M
tolal, which should untertalle the navis,-
tion of those rivers f. IN Which, in order to
succeed, there are difficulties TO ovarc ome,
such as lh1 clearing out of rapids, &c, &c.
ARlI IL III.
Tn United States of .tmrrca AMI the Re
public Of Bolivia mutually agree that there
shoull be reciprocal Ill criv OF commerce. and
nav ig;,ion between their respective territories
and vti2rns. The citizen, Of either Rcpub-
lie may frequent with their vessels all the
coasts, ports, and places of the others, where
foreign commerce i, permitted. and reside i'll
all parts of the territory OF either. and occu-
py dwell ngs and Warehouses and every
thing pertaining thc:ro shall be respected,
and shall not be sulirc;cd to any arbitrary
visits or search. The s,id citizens shall have
!ull liberty to trade in all parts of tho terri
tory Of either, according TO the rules esiab-
lishcd by the respective regulations of com
mcrcc, in all kinds of goods, merchandise,
manufactures, and produce not prohibited to
all, and to open retail stores and shops, under
the sa'nc municipal and police regulations as
native ctizrnS: and they shall not in this
respect be- lal.c to any other or higher taxes
on inpo>ts than those which are or may be-
paid by native citizens. No examination or
inspections Of their books. pap,rs, or ne
counts shall be made without the legal order
of competent tribunal or Judge.
The provisions of this treaty are not to be
understood as applying to the navigation and
coastinT trade between one port and another,
situated in the territory of either of the CON
tracing partirs-'he regulation of such navi
CATION and trade being reserved respectively
by the parties according TO their own srpa-
rate laws. Vessels of either country shall,
however, be permitted to discharge part OF
their cargoes at one port, open to foreign
commerce, in the territories of either OF the
high contracting parties, paying only the Gus
tom-housa duties upon that portion of the
cargo which may bs discharged, and to pro.
crcd with the rc,iaind.r Of their cargo to any
other port or ports of the same territory. open
to foreign commerce, without paying other or
higher tonnage duties or por, charges in such
cases than would be paid by national vessels
in like circumstances; and they shall be per-
miitcd to load in like manner at dii.arcn,
ports in the same voyage Outwarls.
The citizens of either country shall have
also the unrestraincl right to travel in any
part of the possessions Of tho other, and shall
in all cases enjoy the same security and pro-
lection ns the nations Of the country in which
they reside, on condition of their submitting
to tho laws, decrecs, and ordinances there
prevailing. They shall not be called upon
for any forced loan or occasional contribution,
nor shall they be liable to any embargo, or to
be detained with their vessels. cargoes, mer-
chandise. and effects for any military cxpcd-
ton, or for any public purposes whatsoever,
without heinS allowed therefor full and suf-
licient ndenniiication, which shall in all cases
be agreed upon and paid in advance.
ARTICLE ".
All kinds Of produce, manufactures or mcr-
| clandise, OF any foreign country which can.
from time to time. | c lawfully imported into
the United States in their own vessels, NAV
be also imported in vessels of the Republic of
Bolivia and no higher or other duties upon
the tonnage of the vessel and her cargo shall
DO levied and collected whether tho importa
tion b. made in the vessels of one country or
the other; and in like manner all kinds of
produce, manufactures, and merchandise Of
any foreign country that can BE-. from time to
time. lawfully imported into the Republic of
Bolivia in its own vessels, whether in her
ports upon tho Pacific or her ports upon the
tributaries Of the Amazon or La Plata, may
be alsu ilnnnrtral in x.ssrls nf the IInitrd