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104 TREATY WITH MOROCCO. 1787. ARTICLE XXIV. Regulations in If any differences shall arise by either party infringing on any of the °°’° °f""“'· articles of this treaty, peace and harmony shall remain notwithstanding, in the fullest force, until a friendly application shall be made for an arrangement, and until that application shall be rejected, no appeal shall be made to arms. And if a war shall break out between the parties, nine months shall be granted to all the subjects of both parties, to dis.- pose of their effects and retire with their property. And it is further declared, that whatever indulgences, in trade or otherwise, shall be granted to any of the Christian Powers, the citizens of the United States shall be equally entitled to them. ARTICLE XXV Duration of This treaty shall continue in full force, with the help of God, for fifty rreaty. years_ We have delivered this book into the hands of the beforementioned Thomas Barclay, on the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, in the year one thousand two hundred. I certify that the annexed is a true copy of the translation made by Isaac Cardoza Nunez, interpreter at Morocco, of the treaty between the Emperor of Morocco and the United States of America. THOMAS BARCLAY. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Grace to the only Gon. Vessels of I, the under-written, the servant of God, Taber Ben Abdelkack Fen- U- S·¢¤ b¤ P¥°· nish, do certify, that His Imperial Majesty, my master, (whom God pre- '°°‘°d‘ serve,) having concluded a treaty of peace and commerce with the United States of America, has ordered me, the better to compleat it, and in addition of the tenth article of the treaty, to declare, " 'I`hat if any vessel belonging to the United States, shall be in any of the ports of his Majesty’s dominions, or within gun-shot of his forts, she shall be protected as much as possible ; and no vessel whatever, belonging either to Moorish or Christian Powers, with whom the United States may be at war, shall be permitted to follow or engage her, as we now deem the citizens of America our good friends." And, in obedience to his Majesty’s commands, I certify this declaration, by putting my hand and seal to it, on the eighteenth day of Ramadan,(a) in the year one thousand two hundred. The servant of the King, my muster, whom God preserve, TAHER BEN ABDELKACK FENNISH. I do certify that the above is a true copy of the translation made at Morocco, by Isaac Cordoza Nunez, interpreter, of a declaration made and signed by Sidi Hage Taber Fennish, in addition to the treaty_ between the Emperor of Morocco and the United States of Americatwhich declaration the said Taber Fennish made by the express directions of his Majesty. THOMAS BARCLAY. Ugg Ramadan of the year of the Hegira 1200, commenced on the 28th June, in the year of our