New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-21

the contrary that the state of war is
precisely that for which ii is provided, and
during which its provisions are to be sacred
ly observed as the most acknowledged obi
cations in the law of nations.
ARTICLE XXI
The citizens of each of the contracting
parties shall have power to dispose of their
personal goods within the jurisdiction of
the other by sale, donation, testament, or
otherwise, and their representatives, being
citizens of the other party, shall succeed to
their personal goods, whether by testament
or alb intestato. aud they may take posses
sion thereof, either by themselves or others
acting for them, and dispose of them at
their will, paying such dues only as the in
habitants of the country wherein such
goods are shall be subject to pay in like
cases.
As for the case of real estate, the citizens
and subjects of the two contracting parties
shall be treated on the footing of the most
favored nation.
ARTICLE XIII.
The citizens of either party shall have
free access to the courts OF Justice, IN order
to maintain and defend their own rights,
without any other conditions restrictions,
or taxes than such as are imposed upon the
natives. They shall, therefore, be free to
employ, in defense of their rights, such ad-
.,
tors as they may judge proper, in all their
trials at law; and such citizens or agents
shall have free opportunity to be present at
the decisions and sentences of the tribunals
in all cases which may concern them, and
likewise at the taking OF all examinations
and evidences which may be exhibited ID
the said trials.
ARTIC4E XIV.
The United States of Ameriea and the
"a of TtoIy nlntnQl]V
grant any particular favor to other nations,
in respect to commerce and navi cation,
which shall not Immediately become com
mon to the other party, who shall enjoy the
same freely, If the concession was freely
made, or on allowing the same compensS-
ton if the concession was conditional.
ARTICLE XIV.
The present treaty shall continue in force
| for five years from the day of the exchange
of the notifications; and if, twelve months
| befor the expiration of that period, neither
| of the high contracting parties shall have
| announced to the other, by an official mott
| tication, its intention to terminate the said
| treaty, it shall remain obligatory on both
parties one year beyond that time, and so on
| until the expiration of the twelve months,
which will follow a similar notification,
| whatever may be the time when such GotS
| tication shall be given.
ARTICLE XxvY
The present treaty shall be approve6 and
| ratified by his Majesty the King of Italy,
and by the President of the Omitted States,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate thereof, and the Publications shall
be exchanged at Washington within twelve
months from the date hereof, or sooner il
possible.
In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries OF
the contracting parties have signed the
present treaty in duplicate, in The English
and Italian languages, and thereto affixed
their respective seals.
Done at Florence, this twenty-sixth day
of February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-Oneo
GEORGE P. MARSH.
VISCONTI VEAOSTA.
And whereas the said treaty has been
duly ratified On both parts, and the re
spective notifications of the same were sH-
changed at Washington on the eighteenth
instant
Now, therefore, be 10 known that I, Clys
ses S. Grant, President of the United States
Of America, have caused the said treaty TO
be made public, 20 the end that the same,
and every clause and article thereof, may
be observed and fulfilled with good faith 6y
tAe United States and the citizens thereof.
IN testimony whereof I have bereun.o
set nv hand. and caused the ses. oS the
Inted States to be affixed.
Done at the CITY of Washington shis
twenty third day Of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, and of the Independence
of the United States Of 4rSegicS the ninety
sixth.
By che President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of STATE