Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-16

| tctVIdttu WIFI ltnpeTfal OF
Othmanieh in Brilliants. the Majideh au
Order Of Merit of the first class. and the gran,
crosses of several foreign orders who, afte
having communicated to each other their re
spective full powers, found in good and du
: form, have agreed upon the following articles
f'- ARTICLE L.
All rights, privileges, and immunities whicl
: have been conferred on the citizens or vessel
of the United States of America by the treat,
already existing between the United States o
America and the Ottoman Empire, are con
frmed. now and forever, with the exception
of those clauses of the said treaty which il 1
the Object of the present treaty tn modify
|, ana II IL moreover expressly stipulated tha
all rights, privileges, or immunities wbicl
the Sublime Porte now grants or may hereaf
ter grant to, or suffer to be enjoyed by the
subjects. ships. commerce, or navigation o
any other foreign Power, shall he equally
granted to and exercised and enjoyed by the
citizens, vessels, commerce. and navigation oi
the United States of America.
ARTICLE H.
The citizens of the United States of Amcri.
ca, or their agents. shall be permitted TO pur-
chase at all places in the Ottoman Empire and
its possessions, whether for the purposes of in.
ternal trade or of exportaton,D all articles,
without any exception whatsoever. the pro-
duce or manufacture Of the said Empire and
possessions and the Sublime Porte having,
in virtue of the second article of the conven-
tion of commerce Of the 10th Of August,
1883, with Great Britain, formally engaged to
abolish all monopolics of agricultural produce.
or OF every other article whatsoever, as well
as all permits - tezkerehsl from the local gov
ernors, either for the purchase of any article
o. for its removal from one place TO another
when purchased, any attempt to compel the
citizens O.. the United States of America to re-
ceiye such " permits " from the local govern
ors shall be considered as an infraction to this
treaty, and that the Sublime Porte shall I'M
mediately punish with severity any v,zleIs or
other officers who shall have been guilty Of
such misconduct, and shall render fu.l Justice
to citizens Of the United States of Amerl,a for
ala losses or injuries which they may duly
prove themselyes to have suffered thereby.
ARTICLE III.
II anv articles o. Ottoman produce or man
ufacture lie purchased rv citizens of the Uni
ted States of America, or their agents, for the
! purpose Of selling the same FOR internal con-
| sumption i'm Turkey the said citiztns or their
agents shall pay at the purchase ani sale OF
such articles aud in any matter O: trade I'll ere
/ in. the same duties that are paid in similar
circumstances by the most favored class Of ot-
| toman subjects. or of foreigners in the inter
nal trade of the Ottoman Empire.
ARTICLE ".
| No other or higher duties or charges shall
I've imposed in the dominions and possessions
of either of the contracting parties, on the ex-
portation of any article to the dominions and
possessions of the other, than such or
may he payable on the expectation of the like
| article to any other foreign county; not shall
any prohibition be imposed on the exporta
ton of any article from the dominiOns and
possessions of either of the two contracting
Powers to the dominions and possessions of
the other, which shall not equally extend to
the expectation of the like article to any other
country.
No change or duty whatsoever will bc de-
manded On any article of Ottoman produce OF
manufacture purchased hy citizens Of the Uni
ted States of America. or their agents, either
at the place where such article is purchased or
in its transit from that place TO the place
whence it is exported, at which IL will be sub.
ject to an export duty not exceeding eight per
cent. calculated on the value at the place of
shipment. and payable on expectation and
all articles which shall once have paid this
duty shall not again be liable to the same du-
ty, however they may have changed hands
within any part of the Ottoman Empire.
1t is furthermore agreed that the duty Of
eight per cent, above mentioned will be reduc
cd 10y one per cent, until it shall he. in this
manner, finally reduced to a fixed duty of Que
per CENT od ralorem destined To cover the gen
eral expenses of administration and control.
ARTIcLEv.
No other or higher duties shall be imposed
to the importation into the United States of
America of any article the produce or manu-
facture Of the dominons and possessions of
| bis Imperial Majesty the Sultan, from what
ever place arriving. whether 10y sea OF by land,
| aud no other or higher duties shall he impos-
/ cd on the importation into the dominions and
4 possessions of his Imperial Majesty, of any ar
/ ticle the produce or manufacture of the Uni
ted States Of America. from whatever place
arriving, than are or may be payable on the
! like article the produce or manufacture Of any
i other foreign country. nor shall any prohibi-
| ton be maintained or imposed on the impor-
tation of any article, the produce or manufac
ture of the dominions and possessions of Ell
ther of the contracting parties, into the do
minions and possessions of the other, which
shall not equally extend to the importation
of the like articles, being the produce or man
ufacture of any other country.
His Imperial Majesty further engages that,
save as hereinafter excepted, he will not pro-
hibt the importation into his domniOps and
possessions of any article the produce and
manufacture of the United States of America,
from whatever place arriving and that the
duties TO be imposed on every article the pro-
duce or manufacture of the United States Of
America imported into the empire and posses
sions of the Imperial Majesty the Sultan shall
in no case exceed one fixed rate of eight per
cent. al rdloren,, or a specific 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, or at the tilst custom-house they may
reach, If brought by land.
II these articles, after having paid the i'm
port duty of eight per cent, are sold either at
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 re-
spect 10 them and if such articles should not
be sold for consumption in the Ottoman En-
pire, but should be re- e-eXported within the space
OF six months, the same shall he considered as
merchandise in transit by land. and he treat
ed as is stated hereinafter in Article XII OF
this treaty the administration of the customs
being bound to restore, at the time of their
re-cxportation, to the merchant. who shall he
required to furnish proof that the goods In
question have pail the import duty of eight
per eent, the difference between that duty and
the duty levied on goods in transit by land.
as set forth In the article above cited.
ARTICLE vi.
A ~ uuuSietoOu dhat any dItlCic, the pro-
duce or manufacture of a foreign country in.
tended for importation into the United Prin.
cpalities Of Moldo- Wallachia. or into the
Principally of Servia, which shall pass
through any other part Of the Ottoman EN-.
pire. will not be liable to the payment of Gus
toms duty uutil it reaches those principalities
and, on the other hand, that any article Of for
eign produce or manufacture passing through
those principalities but designed for some 9th
er part If the Ottoman Empire. will not b.
liable to the payment Of customs duty unit
such article reaches the first custom house un.
, der the direct administration of the Sublime
Porte. ~
!. The same course shall be followed with re-
: spect to any article the produce or manufac
ture of those principalities, well as with re-
! spect to any article the produce or manufac.
ture of any other portion of the Ottoman Elm
pire, intended for expectation. Such articles
will be liable to the payment of customs du
: ties. the former to the cnstom- house Of ths
aforesaid principalities, and the latter to tn,
, Ottoman custom house the object being thai
: neither import nor export duties shall in any
case be payable more than once Ff n