The national Republican., 1869-06-14

sci shall be levied or collected, whether the
importation be made In q vessel under the
flag Of the Dominican republic, or under the
flag Of the United States.
Whatever can be lawfully exported or re-
exported by one party In Its own vessels to
any foreign country may In like manner be
exported or re-exported In the vessels Of the
other; and the same duties, bounties and
drawbacks shall be collected and allowed,
whether such expectation or re-cxportation
| be made in vessels Of one or the other. Nor
shall higher or other charges of any kind be
imposed In tho ports Of one party on vessels
Of the other than are or shall be payable in
the same ports by national vessels.
| ARTICLE VII.
The preceding article Is not applicable to
the coastlng trade Of the contracting parties,
which is respectively reserved by each OK
clusivcly for is own citizens.
| But vessels Of either country shall be al
lowed to discharge part of their cargoes at
one port, and proceed to any other port or
ports In the territories of the other to dis
charge the remainder, without paying higher
or other port charges or tonnage dues than
would be paid by national vessels In such
cases, so long as this liberty shall bc con-
ceded TO any foreign vessels by the laws of
both countries.
ARTICLE VIII.
For the better understanding of the pre-
ceding stipulations II has been agreed that
every vessel belonging exclusively to n citl-
| zen or citizens of the Dominican republic,
and whose captain Is also citizen OF the
same, such vessel having also complied with
all the other requisites established by law to
acquire such national character, though the
| construction and crew are or may be foreign,
shall be considered, for all the objects of this
treaty, as Dominican vessel.
ABTfrTp TX
No higher or other duty shall be imposed
on the Importation into the United States Of
any article the growth, produce or manufac-
turc OF the Dominican republic, or of her
fisheries; and no higher or other duty shall
be imposed on the Importation into the Do
minlcan republic Of any article the growth,
produce-or manufacture Of the United States,
or their fisheries, than are or shall be paya-
BILE on tho like articles the growth, produce
or manufacture Of any other foreign country,
or Its fisheries.
No other or higher duties or charges shall
be imposed in the United States on the cx-
portation Of any article TO tho Dominican re-
public, nor In the Dominican republic on the
expectation Of any article to the United
States, than such as are or shall be payable
on the expectation Of the like article to any
other foreign country.
No prohibition shall be imposed on the i'm
duce, or manufacture Of the United States
or their fisheries, or Of the Dominican re-
public and her fisheries, from or to the ports
OF the United States or the Dominican re-
public, which shall not equally extend to
every other foreign country.
ARTICLE Y.
Should one of the high contracting par
ties hereafter impose discriminating duties
upon the products of any other nation, the
n M ri " al,a hn to
the manner Of establishing the origin of Its
own products intended to enter the country
by which the discriminating duties are i'm
posed.
ARTIRLE XI.
When any vessel of either party shall be
wrecked, stranded, or otherwise damaged on
the coasts or within the Jurisdiction Of the
other, their respective citizens shall receive,
as well for themselves as for their vessels
and effects, the same assistance which would
be due To the inhabitants of the country
where the accident happened, and they shall
be liable to pay the same charges and dues
OF salvage as the said inhabitants would be
liable to pay In a like case.
II the repairs which stranded vessel may
require shall render II necessary that the
whole or any part of her cargo should be
unloaded, no duties Of custom, charges, or
fees on such cargo as may bc carried away
shall be paid, except such as are payable in
like case by national vessels. 1t is under
stood, nevertheless, that If, while the vessel
Is under repair, the cargo shall be unladcn
and kept In place of deposit destined for
the reception Of goods, the duties on which
have not been paid, the cargo shall be liable
to the charges and fees lawfully due to the
keepers Of such warehouses.
ARTICLE MI.
II shall be lawful for the citizens of either
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disc (contraband goods ALWAYS eXceptcd)
from any port whatever, to any port Of the
enemy Of the other, and to sail and trade
with their ships and merchandise, with
perfect security and liberty, from the coun.
tries, ports, and places of those who are ene-
mics of either party, without any opposition
or disturbance whatsoever, and to pass not
only directly from the places and ports of
the enemy aforementioned, to neutral ports
and places, but also from one place be-
longing to an enemyto another place belong
ing to an enemy, whether they be or be not
under the Jurisdiction of the same power,
unless such ports or places be effectively
blockaded, besieged, or invested
And whereas 1t frequently happens that
vessels sail for port or place belonging to
an enemy without knowing that the same Is
either besicged, blockadcd, or invested, 1t Is
agreed that every vessel so circumstanced
may be turned away from such port or place,
but she shall not be detained, nor any part
OF her cargo, If not contraband, be con1s-
Gated, unless, after notice of such blockade
or investment, she shall again attempt to
enter; but she shall be permitted to 90 to
any other port or place she shall think proper;
provided the same be not blockaded, be-
sleged, or invested. Nor shall any vessel of
either of the parties that may have entered
into such port or place before the same was
actually besieged, blockaded or invested by
the other, be restrained from quitting such
place with her cargo, nor, II found therein
after the reduction and surrender of such
place, shall such vessel or her cargo be
liable to conflscation, but they shall be re-
stored to the owners thereof.
ARTICLE XIII.
The liberty of navigation and commerce
shall extend TO all kinds of merchandise, eX- |
cepting those only which arc distinguished |
by the name of contraband of war, and under |
this name shall be comprchended.
l. Cannons, mortars, howltZcrs, swivelB, |
blunderbusses, muskcts, fusees, rifles, car |
blnes, pistols, pixies, swords, sabrcs, lanccs, |
spears, halberds, grcnades, bombs, powder, |
matches, balls, and everything belonging to |
the use Of arms.
2. Bucklcrs, helmets, brCastplatcs, coats
of mall, accoutrcments, and clothes made
up In military form and for military use.
8. Cavalry belts and horses, with their
harness.
4. And generally, all offensive or dcGuns-
i've arms, made of iron, steel, brass, copper,
or Of any other material prepared and formed
to make war by land or at sea.
ARTICLE XIV.
All other merchandise and things not
comprehended in the articles Of contraband
explicitly enumerated and classified as above
shall be held and considered rs free, and
subjects OF free and lawful commerce, so
that they be carried and transported In the
freest manner by the citizens of both tho
contracting parties, even to places belonging
to an enemy, excepting only those places
which are at the time besleged or blockaded.
ARTICLE XIV.
The two high contracting parties recog-
nlze as permanent and lmmutablc the fol-
lowing principles, to wit:
!. That free ships make free goods that
Is to say; that the effects or goods belonging
to subjects or citizens of power or state at
war are free from capture or coniscation
when found on board neutral vessels with
the exception of articles contraband of war.
2. That the property of neutrnls on board |