Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 2c.djvu/645

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633 Punmc Tamarins. Governments any other dues than those to which the inhabitants of the country wherein said real estate is situated shall be sulijevt to pay in like cases. Anricnn XIII. Favors granted If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any par- °° °“h“' ¤”i°¤** *° ticular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become b°°°"”° °°mm°°° common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation or an equivalent, quam proximé, where the grant is conditional. Anrxcnm XIV. The United States of America and Her Most Faithful Majesty, desiring to make as durable as circumstances will permit, the relations which are to be established between the two parties, by virtue of this treaty or general convention of reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation, have declared solemnly and do agree to the following oints: D ¤r¤¤i¤¤ of P 1st. The present treaty shall be in force for six years from the date "°"*‘Y· hereof, and further until the end of one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at any time after the expiration of the said term of six years; and it is hereby agreed between them that, on the expiratiau of one year after such notice shall have been received by either from the other party, this treaty shall altogether cease and terminate. Infringement of 2d. If any one or more of the citizens or subjects of either party shall ¤‘¢=*·W· infringe any of the articles of this treaty, such citizen or subject shall be held personally responsible for the same; and the harmony and good correspondence between the two nations shall not be interrupted thereby ; each party engaging in no way to protect the offender, or sanction such violation. Rv rr i SMS Md 3d. If, (which, indeed, cannot be expected,) unfortunately, any of the ‘:v;{_’l“'“ “°““ °f articles contained in the present treaty shall be violated or infringed in ' any way whatever, it is expressly stipulated, that neither of the contracting parties will order or authorise any acts of reprisal, nor declare war against the other, on complaints of injuries or damages, until the said party considering itself offended shall first have presented to the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proof, and demanded justice and satisfaction, and the same shall have been either refused or unreasonably delayed. ltatineations. 4th. The present treaty shall be approved and ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, and by Her Most Faithful Majesty, with the previous consent of the General Cortes of the nation, and the ratitlcations shall be exchanged, in the city of Washington, within eight months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. $ig¤M·¤¤‘¤¤· In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have ailixed thereto the seals of their arms. Date. Done in triplicate in the city of Lisbon, the twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. EDWARD KAVANAGH. [L. s.] JOAD BAPTISTA DE ALMEIDA GARRETT. [L. S.]