Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-07

20. t or pace before the same va, actually be-
sie %, bloekadec, or invested by TIE other be
rtstrA med from lesy ne 10 with her cargo !, M.
II T. I'M therein befOre or after the TeSucrsoB
or suneA 1der, shall such vessel o. her cargo be
| liable to seizure, connscstion. or any demsnd
| on the score OF redemption or restitution. mt
| The owners thereof shall remain In the unais-
turbed possesA ton of their property. And IN anv
blockade took . lace shall take on board a
cargo after the bloe ksde be abli he'd and At
temp TO depart, shse may be warned hy the
blockading forces 20 return 20 the biockafed
port Snd discharge the sad cargo; and IN, sfter
RECEIVING such warning, ths vessel shall per-
sst IN going cut with the cargo, she shall be
OF vessel attempting TO enter a bIocksSed
peit sitsr havll been warned OF by the block
ARTICIs NXIV
To prevent disorder and irregplArity in vlsit-
ing aud examining the vessels aud cargoes of
both the contracting parties on the hga seas.
they have sgretd mutually that whenever a
VS. Of war, public or private, shall meet with
n utTsl of the other Tarty, the former shall
r. n sin a. the greatest distsnee compatible vito
tie possibility and safety Of making the visit,
under the circumstances Of wind ana sea, and
the degree OF suspicion attending the vessel 10
be visited, and shall send one Of her small boats
with no more men than may be necessary %
execute the said examination of the papers CON
ce'ning the ownership and cargo OF the vessel,
ri'b' n causing the least extortion, violence or
j q, s'ment, IN respect OF which the con- mani-
eTs Of said armed vesxels shall be Responsible
with ihelr persons and property; for which pur-
P'se h commanders OF said private armed YES
seis shall, before receiving their commissions,
gave III lent security 10 answer for all the in
lUlies and damages they may commit. And II
II expressly agreed that the neutral party shall
u 10 case be required 20 go on board OF the eX-
smlnlEg vessel ter the purpose o. exhibiting the
$ lp's Papers, Eor for any other PSrp2se waat-
EVER.
ARTICLE XIV.
Both contracting parties likewise agree that
when one OF them shall be engaged ia var, the
vessels OF the other must be furnished WITH sea.
letters, patents, or passports, IN which snail be
expressed the name, burden OF the vessel, and
the name and place of residence Of TIE owner
ano master. or caDtain thereof, m order that IL
may appear that the vessel really and truly be
longs TO citizens OF the said other party. Ii Is
also agreed that such vessel, being laden, be-
sides the said sea-letters, patents, OF paSSpsrts
shall be provided with Danfests or certinl ates
containing the particulars Of the cargo, ana the
place where il was taken on board, 50 that n
may be known whether any part OF the sarae
consists Of c0ntrabsnd or prohibited articles;
which certificate shall be made out in the &C.
customed form by the authorities of the port
whence the vessel sailed; without which requS-
sites the vessel may be detained, 10 be adj ICED
by the competent tribunals, and may be de-
clared good and legal prize, unless &c shall be
proved that the said defect or omission was
owing to accident. or unless il shall be sstifed
or supplied by testimony equivalent in the
opinion of the said tribunals, for which purpose
there shall be allowed a reasonable length of
time TO procure and present lt
The preceding supulstions rel alive to the visit
and examination of vessels shall apply only TO
those which sail without convoy; for when said
vesse Il shall be under convoy, the verbal decla-
ration of the commander OF the convoy, on his
word Of honor, that the vessels under his prOtec-
ton belong to the nation whose flag they carry,
aud, when they are bound 20 an enemys port,
that they have no contraband goods on board,
shall be sufficient.
ARTICLE XXVII.
IL is further agreed that, in all prize cases,
the courts specially established for such causes
in the country 10 which the prize may be con-
Quoted shall alone take cognlzance of them.
And whenever such courts OF either party shall
pronounce Judgment against any vessel, mer-
chandise, or property claimed by the citizens of
the other party, the sentence or decree shall set
forth the reasons or motives on which the anne
shall have been founded; and an authenticated
copy of the sentence or decree, and OF all the
Proceedings connected with the case, shall, n
demanded, be delivered TO the commander or
agent Of the said vessel, merchandise, or prop
eTty, without any excuse or delay, upon pay
mint OF the established legal fees Tor the same.
ARTICLE XVIII.
Whenever one OF the contracting parties shall
be engaged in war with another nation, no citi-
zen OF the ether contracting party shall accept
commission or letter OF marque Tor the pur-
pose OF assisting or cooperating hOstilely with
the ssid enemy against the said party 60 at war,
under pain Of being treated a. pirate.
ARTICLE xxx.
If, which is n 10 be expected, rupture
should al any time take place between the two
contracting nations, ard they should engage in
war with each other, they have agreed, now for
then, that the merchants, traders, and other
citizens Of all occupations Of either of the two
parties residing in the cities, ports, and domin-
ions of the other, shall have the privilege OF
remaining and continuing their trade ana bust
NESS therein, ana shall be respected ana nam
tanned in the full ana uDdsturbed enjoyment
Of their personal liberty and property so long
az they conduct themselves peaceshly and prop
eriY, and commit DO offense against the laws.
And il case their acts should render them
justly suspected, and having thus forfeited thi-
privilege the respective Governments should
order them 10 leave the country, the term o
twelve months from the publication or intims-
ton of the order therefor shall be allowed them
in which TO arrange and settle their affairs, and
remove with their families, effects, and prop
eTty; 10 which end the necessary safe conduc
sbSll be- given to them, which shall serve as a
sufficient protection, until they arrive a. the de-
sigusted port and there embark; but this favor
shall not be extended to those who shall act
contrary TO the established laws. IL IL. never
theless, understood that the respective Govern
ments may order the persons 50 suspected 70
remove forthwith TO such places in the interior
as may lie designated.
ARTICLE xxx.
In the event of a war, of any interruption
of friendly intercourse between the high con-
tracing parties, the money, private debts
shares in the public funds, or IN tue public or
belonging to the citizens OF the one party in
the territories of the other, shall IN no case be
sequestrated or coDfscated,
ARTICLE NNNI.
The high contracting parties, desiring 70
avoid all inequality in their public communica-
tons and official intercourse, agree to grant 70
their ENJOYS, ministers, charges d'afaires, and
other diplomatic agents, the same favOrs, priv
neges, immunities, and exemptions that these
Of the most favored nation do or shall enjoy, it
being understood that the favors, privileges,
tmmunities, and exemptions granted by the one
party to the ENJOYS ministers, charges daffaires
or other diplomatic agents of the other party,
or 10 those of any other nation, shall be recipro-
cGlly granted and extended to those OF both the
high contracting parties respectively.
ARTICLE NNNII.
To protect more ettectually the commerce and
navigation OF their respective citizens, the
United States Of America and the Republic of
Peru agree TO admit and receive, mutually,
COBsuls and vice-consuls in all their ports open
TO foreign commerce, who shall enjoy, within
their respective consular districts, all the rights
privileges, and immunlties of the consuls and
vice cOneuls OF the most favored nation; but TO
enjoy the rights, prerogatives, and Immunities
which belong to them in virtue OF their public
character, the consuls and vice-consuls shall,
before exercising their official functions, eX-
hibit TO the government to which they are ac-
credited their commissions or patents in due
form, in order to receive their exequstur; after
receiving which they shall be acknowledged In
their cial characters NV tha auflorities