I6 TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE. 1778. ARTICLE VI. France to pw- The Most Christian King shall endeavour by all the means in his power
- 9* "°“?“,§f to protect and defend all vessels andthe effects belonging to the sub.
ijjjjgjgtateg jects, people or inhabitants of the said United States, or any of them, in he? i¤fiSdi¢- being in his ports, havens, or roads, or on the seas near to his countries,
islands, cities or towns, and to recover and restore to the right owners,
,,,,84, ,,,,4 to P their agent or attornies, all such vessels and effects, which shall be taken 9<>¤v¤Y_v¤SS¤l¤ within his jurisdiction; and the ships of war of his Most Christian Ma- "‘°°"“‘“" °““· jesty, or any convoy sailing under his authority, shall upon all occasions take under their protection, all vessels belonging to the subjects, people or inhabitants of ,the said United States, or any of them, and holding the same course, or going the same way, and shall defend such vessels as long as they hold the same course, or go the same way, against all attacks, force and violence, in the same manner as they ought to protect and defend the vessels belonging to the subjects of the Most Christian King. ARTICLE VII. U,,,,,,; 5,,,,,,,, In like manner the said United States and their ships of war, sailing w do the same. under their authority, shall protect and defend, conformable to the tenor of the preceding article, all the vessels and effects belonging to the subjects of the Most Christian King, and use all their endeavours to recover, and cause to be restored, the said vessels and effects that shall have been taken within the jurisdiction of the said United States, or any of them. ARTICLE VIII. The King of The Most Christian King will employ his good offices and interposi· France to aid tion with the King or Emperor of Morocco or Fez, the regencies of
‘° Algier, Tunis, and Tripoli, or with any of them; and also with every
,,,,,j,·,j,,, Bw other Prince, State or Power, of the coast of Barbary, in Africa, and bary powers. the subjects of the said King, Emperor, States and Powers, and each of them, in order to provide as fully and efiicaciously as possible for the benefit, conveniency and safety of the said United States, and each of them, their subjects, people and inhabitants, and their vessels and effects against all violence, insult, attacks, or depredations, on the part of the said Princes, and States of Barbary, or their subjects. ARTICLE IX. Subjects of The subjects, inhabitants, merchants, commanders of ships, masters gjgjjrnlglghin and mariners of the states, provinces and dominions of each party re- ,},8 ,,0,,,;,,,0,,8 specfively shall abstain and forbear to fish in all places possessed, or of the other. which shall be possessed by the other party; the Most Christian King’s subjects shall not fish in the havens, bays, creeks, roads, coasts or places, which the said United States hold, or shall hereafter hold, and in like manner the subjects, people and inhabitants of the said United States, shall not fish in the havens, bays, creeks, roads, coasts or places, which the Most Christian King possesses, or shall hereafter possess; and if any ship or vessel shall be found fishing contrary to the tenor of this treaty, the said ship or vessel, with its lading, proof being made thereof, shall be confiscated; it is however understood that the exclusion stipulated in the present article, shall take place only so long, and so fhr as the Most Christian King, or the United States, shall not in this respect have granted an exemption to some other nation. ARTICLE X. The United States, their citizens and inhabitants shall never disturb the subjects of the Most Christian King in the` enjoyment and exercise
