The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-24

the declaration thereof shall be allow |
ed TO the merchants and other citizens /
and inhabitants respectively, on each |
side, during which time they sshall be |
at liberty to withdraw themselves |
with their effects and moyeables which |
they have the right to carry away, |
send away, or sell, as they please, with |
out the least obstruction; nor shall
their effects, much less their persons,
be seized during such term OF SIX
months; on the contrary, passports
shall be valid for a term necessary for
their return, and shall be given to
them for their vessels and the effects
which they may wish to carry with
them or send away. and such passports
shall be a safe conduct against the in
suits and captures which prlVateers
may attempt against their persons and
effects, and the money, debts. shares
in the public funds, or in banks, or
apv other property, personal or real,
belonging to the citizens of the one
party in the territories of the other.
shall not be contiscated or seques-
trated.
The citizens of each of the high
contracting parties. residing or estab-
lished ia the territory of the other.
shall be exempt from all compulsory
military service by sea or by land, and
from all forced loans or military ex-
actions or acquisitions; nor shall they
be compelled to pay any contributions
whatever, higher or other than those
that are or may be paid by native
citizens.
ARTICLE III.
The citizens of the contracting
parties shall be permitted to enter,
soiourn. settle, and reside in all parts
of said territories, and such as may
wish to engage in business shall have
the right to hire and occupy ware
houses, provided they submit to the
| laws. as well general as special, rela-
tive to the rights of travelling. resid-
ing. or trading. While they conform
to the laws and regulations In force,
they shall be at liberty to manage
| themselves their own business, sub
| iect to the jurisdiction of either party,
as well In respect to the consignment
and sale of their goods by whole
sale or retail as with respect to the
loading, unloading, and sending of
their ships. They may also employ
such agents or brokers as they may
deem proper, and shall in all these
cases be treated as the citizens of the
country wherein they reside; it being,
nevertheless, distinctly understood
that they shall be subject to such laws
and regulations also In respect to
wholesale or retail. They shall have
free access to the tribunals of justice,
| in cases to which they may be party,
on the same terms which are granted
by the laws and usage Of the country
to native citizens; for which purpose
they may employ in defence of their
interests and rights such advocates,
attorneys, and other agents as they
may think proper.
ARTICLE Nv.
The citizens of each of the high
contracting parties, residing IN the
! other, shall enjoy the most perfect
liberty of conscience. They shall be
subjected to no Inconvenience what
ever on account Of their religious be-
lief, nor shall they in any manner be
annoyed or disturbed IN the exercise
of their religious worship IN private
| houses, or in the chapels and places
which they may select for that purpose ;
provided, that in doing they observe
the decorum due to the laws, usages,
and customs of the country. It Is
likewise agreed that the citizens of
| the one country dying In the territory
of the other, may be inferred either
In the ordinary cemeteries or IN such
| others as may be selected TOR that
purpose by their own government, or
| by their personal friends or repre-
sentatives, with the consent Of the
local authorities. All such cemeteries
and funeral professions, going TO or
returning from them; shall be protect
ed from violation or disturbance.
ARTICLE v.
! The citizens OF each Of the high
contracting parties, within the iurls-
diction of The other, snail have power
to dispose of their personal property
| by the sale, donation, testament, or
otherwise; and their personal repre-
sentatives, being citizens of the other
| contracting party, shall succeed to
their property, whether by testament
or alb intestat0. They may take pos
session thereof, either by themselves
or by others acting for them. at their
pleasure, aud dispose of the same, pay
| ing such duty only as the citizens of the
country " herein the said personal prop
| erty Is situated shall be subject to pay
| IN like cases. La the absence of n per
sunal represen tatIve, the same care
| shall be taken Of the property as by law
would be taken Of the property of u
native 10 a similar case, whilst the
lawful owner may take measures for
securing it. La question should arise
among claimants as to the rightiul
ownership of the property, the same
shall be finally decided by the judicial
tribunals of the country in which it
| is situated.
When on the decease Of any person
holding real estate within the territory
of one party, such real estate would
by the law of the land descend on a
citizen Of the other, were he not dis
qualified by alienage, the longest term
| which the laws of the country in
which it is situated will permit shall
be accorded to him to dispose of the
same; nor shall he be subjected, in
doing so, to higher or other dues than
if he were a citizen of the country
wherein such real estate is situated.
ARTICLE vi.
| The high contracting parties here
| by agree. that whatever kind of pro-
duee, manufactures, or merchandise,
of any foreign country can be, from
time to time, lawfully imported into
the United States in their own vessels,
may also be imported In the vessels of
| the Dominican Republic, and no high
er or other duties upon to tonnage or
cargo of the vessels shall be levied or
collected, whether the importation be
United States. or a vessel under the
flag Of the Dominican Republic. And
reciproeally, whatever kind of produce,