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potent judges shall have pronounced against such
goods sentence of confscation.


mcnt prevented it is agreed that it shall not be
lawful to remove the master, commander, or su-
percargo of any captured ship from on board
thereof, during the time the ship may be ut sea
after her capture or pending the proceedings
against her, or her cargo, or anything relating
thereto; and in all where vessel of the
citizens of eilher party shall bc captured or seized
and held for adjudication, her officers, passengers,
and crew shall be Hospitality treated they shall
not be imprisoned or deprived of any part OF
their wearing apparel, nor of the possession and
use of their money, not exceeding for the captain,
supercargo, and mate five hundred dollars cach
and for the sailors and passengers one hundred
dollars each.
ARTICLE XXI.
1t is further agreed that in all cases the estab-
lished courts for prize causes, in the country 10
which the prizes may be conducted, shall alone
take cognizance Of them. And whenever such
tribunal of either of the parties shall pronounce
Judgment against any vessel, or goods, or prop
ty caimed by the citizens OF the other party, the
sentence or decree shall mention the reasons or
motives on which the same shall have been toun-
ded, and an authenticated copy OF the sentence or
decree, and of all the proceedings in the case,
shall, if demanded, be delivered to the command
er or agent OF the said vessel without any delay,
he paying the legal fees for the same.
ARTICLE XXI.
And that more abundant care may be taken for
the security OF the citizens OF the contracting
parties, and to prevent their suffering injuries all
commanders of ships war and privateers, and
all others the said citizens shall forbear doing any
damage to those of the other party, commit
ting any outrage against them, and if they act to
be bound In their persons and estates to make
satisfaction and reparation for all damages, and
the interest thereof, of whatever nature the said
damages may be.
For this cause all commanders of privateers,
before they receive their commissions, shall here
after be Obliged to give, before competent judge
sufficient security by at least two responsible
suretes, who have no interest in the said priva
tcer, each of whom, together with the said COM
mander, shall be jo!ntly and scveraly bound in
the sum of seven Thousand dollars, or of nine
thousand four hundred dollars Fenezuleu cur
rency, or if said ship be provided with above one
hundred and fifty seamcn or soldiers, in the sum
of fourteen thousand dollars, or eighteen thou
sand eight hundred dollars Venezuelan currency,
to satisfy all damages and injuries which the said
privateer, or her officers or men, Cr any of them,
may do or commit during her cruise, contrary to
the tenor of this convention, or to the laws and
instructions for regulating their conduct; and,
further, that in all cases OF aggressons, said COM
| mission shall be revoked and annullcd.
ARTICLE XIII.
When the ships-of war of the two contracting
parties or those belonging to their citizens whicn
are armed in war shall be admitted to enter with
their prizes the ports of either OF the two parties,
the said public or private ships, well as their
prizes, SHALL not be Obliged to pay any duty either
others; nor shall such prizes, when they come to
and enter the ports of either party be arrested or
seized, nor shall the officers OF the place make
examination concerning the lawfulness of such
| prizes but they may hoist sail at any time and
| depart and carry their prizes TO the places ex-
| pressed i'll their commissions, which the COM
manders of such ships of war shall be obliged to
show. 1t is understood, however, that the priv
| ieges conferred by tets article shall not extend
| beyond those allowed by law or by treaty with
! the most favored nations.
ARTICLE XIV.
1t shall not be law full for any foreign privateers
| who have commissions from any prince or State
in emnty with either nation to fit their ships in
the ports O! either, TO sell their prizes in
manner to exchange them neither shall they be
allowed to purchase provisions, except such as
shall I've necessary to their going to the next port
OF that prince or State from which they have re-
ceived their commissions.
ARTICLE XIV.
| No citizen of Venezuela shall apply for or take
any commission or letters of marQue for arminS
any ship ships to act privateers against the
said United States, any ofthem against the
citizens, people, or inhabitants ofthe said United
States, any of them, against the property of
any of the inhabitants OF any of them, from any
prince or State with which the said United States
shall be at war; nor shall any citizen inhabitant
OF the said United States, or any of them, apply
| for or take any commission or letters of marquc
tor arming any ship ships to act privateerS
against the citizens or Inhabitants of Venezuela,
| or any of them, or the property of any of them,
| from any prince State with which the said Re-
public shall be at war; and if any person of either
nation shall take such commissions or letters OF
marque, he shall be punished according to their
respective laws.
ARTICLE XVI.
The high contracting parties grant to each other
the liberty of having in the ports Of the other
| consuls or vice-cOnsus oftheir own appointment,
who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers
as those OF the most fave red nation but if any of
the said consuls vice consuls shall carry on
trade, they shall be subjected TO the same laws
and usages to which private individuals of their
nation are subjected in the same place.
1t is understood that whenever either of the two
contracting parties shall select citizen of the
other for a consular agent, to reside in any ports
or commercial places of the latter, such consul or
| agent shall continue to be regarded, notwith-
standing his quality OF a forc gn consul, citi-
| zen Of the nation to which he belongs, and conse-
quently shall be subject to the laws and regula-
q which subjected in he nj ace
of his residence. This Obligation however, shall
| in no respect embarrass the exercise OF his con-
sular functions affect the inviolability of the
consular archives.
The said consuls and vice-consuls shall have the
right, such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in
such differences may iriSe between the masters
| and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation
| whose interests committed to their charge
without the interference of the local authorities,
unless their assistance should be required or the
conduct of the crews or of the captain should dis
turb the order or tranquility of the country. 1t
is however, understood that this species OF judg
ment arbitration shall not deprive the contend
ing parties of the right they have to resort, on
their return, to the Judicial authority of their
country.
The said consuls and vice-consuIs are anthoriz-
ed to require the assistance OF the local author-
ties for the arrest and Imprisonment of the de-
serters from the ships of-war and merchant YES
sells of their country For this purpose they shall
apply to the competent tribunals, Judges, and
| officers, and SHALL in writing, demand such de-
serters proving by the exhibition of the registers
of the vessels, the muster rolls of the crews or
by any other official documents, that such indi-
viduals formed part of the crews; and on this
claim being substantiated the surrender shall not
be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall
be placed at the disposal of the consuls and vice
consuls and may be confined in the public prisons
| at the request and cost of those who shall claim
them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which
| they belong, to Others of the same country
But if not sent back within three months of the
day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty,
and shall not again be arrested for the cause.
However. if the deserter shall be found to have
committed any crime or offence, his surrender
may be delayed until the tribunal before which
his case shall be pending shall have pronounced
| its sentence and such sentence shall have been
| carried into effect
| ARTICLE XVII.
The United States of America and the Republic
| of Venezuela, on acquisitions made in their name
| through the medium of their respective diplo-
matte and consular agents, shall deliver up to
justice persons who, being charged with the crimes
! enumerated in the following article, committed
within the Jurisdiction of the requiring party,
shall seek asylum shall be found within the ter
ritories of the other: Provided, That this shall
be done only when the fact of the commission OF
the crime shall be established to justify their
apprehension and commitment for trial. II the
| crime had been committed in the country where
the persons accused shall be found in all OF