Smyrna times., 1865-10-18

ulty and right OF issuing a general prohibition
against the importation into the Ottoman Empire of
gunPowder, cannon, arms of war; or military stores
but such prohibition will not come into operation
until 1t shall have been officially notified and will
apply only to the articles mentioned in the decree
enactlng the prohibition. Any of these articles
winch nave not been specially prohibited SHALL on
being imported into the Ottoman Empire be subject
to the local regulations, unless the legation of the
United States OF America shall think fit to apply for
special license, which will in that case be granted
provided no valid objection thereto can be alleged
Gunpowder, IN particular, when allowed to be im-
ported, VIII be liable to the following stipulatons;
l. 1t shall not be sold by citizens of the United
States in quantities exceeding the quantities pre-
scrlbed by the local regulations
2. When cargo or a large quantity of qunpow
der arrives in an Ottoman port, on board vessel of
the United States, such vessel shall be anchored at
particular spot, to be designated by the local author
Ities, and the gunpowder shall thence be conveyed
under the inspection Of such authorities TO dcpots
or hitting places designated by the government TO
which the parties Interested shall have access under
due regulations.
FowlIng-peces pistols and ornamental or fancy
weapons, as also small quantities of gunpowdcr for
sporting, reserved Tor private use, shall not be sub
Ject to the stiPuations Of the present article.
XVI.
The firmans required ior merchant-vesseIs of the
United States oi America, passing through the
Dardaneles ami tile Bosphorus shall always be dcl-
Yered IN such manner to occasion to such vessels
the least possible delay
ARTICLE XVII.
The captains of nerchant-vcssels Of the United
States laden with goods destined for the Ottoman
Empire shall be obliged, Immediately on their arriv
al at the port of their destination to deposit in the
cuStomhouse Of SAID port true copy of their man.
iiest.
ARTICLE lviIr.
Contraband goois will be liable to confiscation by
the Ottoman treasury; but report or process uerbaI
OF the alleged act of contlband must SO soon as the
said goods seized by the authorities be drawn up
and communicated to the consular authority of the
citizen or subject to whom the goods said TO be con.
traband shall belong and no goods can be confisca-
ted as contraband unless the fraud with regard to
them shall be duly and legally proved.
ARTICLE Mn
All merchandise the produce or manufacture Of the
Ottoman dOmlnions aud possessions imported into the
United States OF America shall he treated in the same
manner as The like merchandise the produce or man
ulacture OF the most favored nation.
All rights, privileges or rimmuniiies which are now
or may hereafter be granted 10, suffered TO be
Joyed by the subjects, vessels commerce navigation
OF any foreign power in the United States of America
shall be equally granted TO- and exercised and enoved
by the subjects, vessels, commerce and navigation of
the Sublime Porte.
| ARTICLE Xxx
The present treaty, when ratified shall be substtu-
ted ior the commercial convention Of the 10th Of Au-
gust 1888, between the Sublime Porte and Great Bri-
tain. on the footing of which the commerce Of the Uni
ted Slltes OF America has been heretofore placed
shall continue in force for twenty ght years from the
day CT the exchange of the notifications and each
the Two contracting parties being however liberty
to give to the other at the end of fourteen years (a
time ng hXed as the provisions of this treaty will
then nave come into full force) notice for its revi-
sIOn or for Ils determination at the piratOn OF wear
iIom the dale OF that notice, and again at the end O
4 twenty-One years.
The present treaty shall receive It's execution in all
ard every one of the provinces ofhe Ottoman Empire;
that IS 10 say in all the possessions his mperam Ma
lesiy the Sultan situated in Europe or IN ASIA Egypt
or the other parts Of Africa belonging 10 the Sublime
foFIe- IN ServIa' IN the united PrIncIpaes vi Molda
via and Wallachia
| ARTICLE XXI.
II Is also understood that the government Of the
United States OF America does not pretend, by any
cle IN the present treaty spulae for than the
plaln and talr construction OF the term employed nor
10 preclude IN any manner the Ottoman government
from the exercise Oits rights of internal admnstra-
nn whcre the exercise of these rights does not evl.
dently infringe upon the privileges accorded Ivy an.
Gent treaties or by the present treaty TO citizens
United States or their merchandise.
ARTICLE XXII.
The high contracting parties have agreed to appoint
jointly commissioners for the settlement of a tariff of
custom hot Sc duties, 10 be levied in conformity with
the stpulalons OF the present treaty, well upon
chandise o every description, being the produce or
manufacture of the United States of America i'm
pored INTO The Ottoman Empire upon arIIces of
every description the produce manufacture Of tue
ottoman Empire aud lis possessions, which citizens Of
the United States or their agents free to purchase
IN any part OF the Ottoman Empire Tor expectation TO
.he Gnied States or 10 any other country. The new
larl' TO be SO concluded shall in force during
seven years dating from the date Of the exchange ol
the TallicatiOns.
Each Of the contracting parties shall have the
[lsh'' year before the expiration of that fern IN
uednu lle revision OF the tariff But it. DURING the
Se'e"'" year' helther the one nor the other 0 the
contracting parties shall avail itself Of this right
4 the tariff then eXlEting shall continue to have ,
o force OF law for seven years more datinp from ,h
day of the expiration of the preceding years
i and the shall be the case with respect To ever
j. successive period ofscven years.
J. ARTICLE XIII.
The present treaty shall be ratified and the rat6
n cations shall be exchanged at Constantinople IN
three calender months, sooner, if possible and
e shall be carried into execution when ratified
o Done at Constantinope OIL the twenty-fiith day o
Il OF February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
! EDWARD JOY MORRIS, H. g.
: AALl. l..
And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratf
ed on both parts, and the respective ratification.
a were exchanged at Constantinope on the fifth uIt
r mo, by Edward Joy Morris, Minister Resilient Of
the United States at the Sublime Porte, and by his
highness Mehemed Emin Aali Pacha, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan
OF the Ottomun Empire, on the part Of their respect
10 i've governments:
l. Now, therefore, be it known that /, ABRAHAM
e LINCOLN, President Of the United States of Amer
lca, have caused the said additional article to bt
made public. to the end that the same, and every
e clause and part thereof may be observed and fulfilled
IN with good faith by the United States and the citizens
It. thereof.
g 1t witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
ana caused the seal Of the United States to be affixed
IN lone IN the city of Washington, this secon,
l., uay OF July, in the year of our Lord on
ir lL.sJ thousand eight hundred and sixty.two, an,
n ofthe Independence of the United States th
to eighty-sixth.
es .+t., ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
he BY the President,
n +. w. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State.
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