The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-22
ARTICLE XVIII.

close of the session. GALUSHA A GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ARTICLE XVIII.
All other merchandise and things not compre-
hendcd in the articles of contraband explicitly en-
umerated and classified as above, shall be held
and considered as free, and subjects OF Tree and
lawful commerce, so that they may be carried and
transported in the freeSt manner by the citizens
of both the contracting parties even to places be-
longing to an enemy excepting only those places
which arc at that time beSegcd or blocked; ana
to avoid all doubt in this particular, it is declared
that those places or ports only are bcslcGcd or
blockadCd which are actually attacked by hei!i-
gcrcnt force capable of preventing the entry oi
the neutral.
ARTICLE XIX.
The articles of contrabaHd before enumerated
and classified which may be found in vessel
bound to an cnemy's port shall be subject to de-
tentiOn and cOnfScation, leaving free the rest ot
the cargo and the ship, that the owners may dis
pose OF them as they see proper. No vessel of
either of the two nations shall be detained on the
high seas OF account of having Oh board articles
OF cOntraband, whenever the MASTER captain, or
supercargO of said vessel will deliver up the az
ticlcS of conlraband to the captor, unless the
quantity of such articles be great Of so large
bulk that they cannot be received on board the
capturing ship without great Inconvenience; but
in this, well in all other of just dctcn-
ton, the vessel detained shall be sent to the near
| est convenient and safe port for trial and judgs
ment according to law.
ARTICLE XX.
And whereas it frequently happens that vessels
sail for port or places belonging to enemy
without knowing that the sameis besicged, block
AIDED, or invested it is agreed that every vessel
circumstanccd may be turned away from such
port or place, but shall not be detained; nor shall
any part of her cargo, if not contri and, be con-
tiscated, unless, after warning of such blockade
or investment from any officer commanding Il
vessel of the bockading forces, they shall again
attempt to enter but she snail be permitted 10
go to any other port or place She shall think pro-
per. Nor snail any vessel of either that may Lave
entred into such port before the actual
ly besiegcd, blockaded or invested by the other,
be restrained from quitting such place with her
cargo; nor if found therein after the reduction
and surrender, shall such vessel or her cargo he
liable to coniscation, but they shall be restored
to the owners thereof
ARTICLE XXI.
In order to prevent all kinds of disorder in the
visiting and examination of the ships and cargoes
OF both the contracting parties Oh the high seas,
they mutually agree that whencvera vessel of war
shall meet with neutral of the other contract
ing party, the first shall remain at a convenient
distance, and may send its boats with two or three
men only, i'll order to execute the said cxainina
ton of the papers concerning the ownership and
cargo of the vessel, without causing the least cX
tortion, violence, or ill-trcatlncnt for which the
commanders Ofthe said armed ships shall he re-
sronslblc with their persons and property: for
WHICH purpose the commanders OF private armed
vessels Shall, before receiving their commissions
give sufficient security to answer for Ill the dam
ages they may commit; and it is expressly agreed
that the Neutral party shall in case be required
TO go or board the examining vessel for the pllr-
pose OF exhibiting his papers, or for any other
purpose whatever.
ARTICLE XXu
To avoid all kind of vcxation and abuse in the
examination of the papers relating to the owner
snip OF the vessels belonging 10 the citizens of
the two contracting parties, they agree that, III
case one Of them should be engaged in war the
silps and vessels belonging to the citizens OF the
other must be furnished with sea-lettcrs or pass
ports, expressing the name, property and bulk oi
the ships, rs also the name and place of habation
OF the master and commander of said vessel, in
order that 1t may thereby appear that said ship
truly belongs to the citizens of one of the par
ties; they likewise agree that such ships being Ia
den, besides the said sea-ettcrs or passports,
shall also be provided with certificates, contain
ing the several particular of the cargo, and the
place whence the ship sailed, so that it may be
known whether any forbidden or contraband
goods be OIL board the same; which certificates
shall be made out by the officers of the place
whence the ship sailed in the accustomed form;
without such requisites said vessels may be de-
iained, to be adjudgcd by the competent tribunal,
and may be declared legal priye, unless the said
defect SHALL proye to be owing to accident and
supplied by testimony entirely equivalent.
ARTICLE XIII.
1t is further agreed that the stipulations above
expressed, relative to the visiting and examina-
ton OF vessels, shall apply only to those which
sail without convoy; and when said vessels shall
be under convoy the verbal declaration of the
commander of the convoy, on his word OF honor,
that the vessels under his protection belong TO
the nation whose flag he carries, and, when they
are bound to an cnemy's port, that they have 10
contraband goods on board, shall be sufficient.
ARTICLE XIV.
IT * further orraad tl,ot in oil ooeo. Tho oe+oh
lisdcd courts for prize causes in the country to
which the prizes may be conducted shall alone
take cognizance of them and whenever such tri-
bunas OF either party shall pronounce Judgment
against any vessel, or goods, property claimed
by the citizens of the other party the sentence or
decree Shall mention the reasons or motives on |
which the same shall have been founded, and an |
copy of the sentence or decree, and
Of all the proceedings in the case, SHALL if deman-
led, be delivered to the commander or agent of |
said vessel without any delay he paying the legal
ees for the same.
ARTICLE XIV.
No citizen of the Republic of Bolivia shall take |
my commission or letters of marque for armiug
my ship or ships to act as privatcers against the
aid United States, or any of them, or against the
,itizcns, people, or inhabitants of the said United
states, or any ofthem, or against the property of
my or the inhabitants of any of them, from any
prince or state with which the said United States
mall be at war; nor shall any citizen or inhabi-
ant OF the United States, or any of them, take
my commission or letters of marque for arming
my ship or ships to act as privateers against the
tlzehs OF the Republic of Bolivia, or any of them
'r tne property OF any of them, from any prince
'r state with which the said Republic of Bolivia
nan oe at war; and if any person of either ma
ION shall take such commissions or letters of
narque lie shall be punished according to their re-
pective laws
ARTICLE XVI
In accordance with fixed principles of intcrna-
lonal law, Bolivia regards the rivers Amazon and
1afiata, with their tributaries, as highways or
iahlels n opened oy nature for the commerce of
III nations. In virtue of which, and desirous of
promoting an exchange of productions through
hese channels, she will permit aud invites com
lerCial vessels of all desorntions Of +bo JIn;toJ