546 TREATY WITH ECUADOR. 1839. of either party, shall pronounce judgment against any vessel, or goods, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or Decree er‘eerr· decree shall mention the reasons or motives, on which the same shall
- l;'3]“‘;*,:g‘;eg:: have been founded, and an authenticated copy of the sentence or de-
,;,,,,.,,0;;cree, and of all the proceedings in the case, shall, ifdemanded, be delivered to the commander or agent of said vessel, without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same. ARTICLE XXV. Citizens crm. Whenever one of the contracting parties shall be engaged in war ¤h¤¤‘ }{¤**{h¤> ¢¤- with another state, no citizen of the other contracting party shall ac-
,,}",,,, :,,:3,1; cept a commission or letter of marque, for the purpose of assisting or
of the other. co-operating hostilely with the said enemy, against the said party so at war, under the pain of being considered as a pirate. ARTICLE XXVI. In ¤=¤=¢ ¤*`W·¤‘» It, by any fatality, which cannot be expected, and which God forbid, merchants allow- th - · h ld b d ~ · 1 h I ,,dt,m,,,°,,,,,,g,, e two contracting parties s ou e engage in a war wit 1 eac ot ier, their business; they have agreed, and do agree, now for then, that there shall be al- ?,;';, ;;i‘;‘,l;°'§m lowed the term of six months to the merchants residing on the coasts ’ and in the ports of each other, and the term of one year to those who dwell in the interior, to arrange their business and transport their ef? fects wherever they please, giving to them the safe-conduct necessary for it, which may serve as a sufficient protection, until they arrive at cmzeneoroth. the designated port. The citizens of all other occupations, who may
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pm °° ° ° the Republic of Ecuador, shall be respected and maintained in the full enjoyment of their personal liberty and property, unless their particular conduct shall cause them to forfeit this protection, which, in consideration of humanity, the contracting parties engage to give them. ARTICLE XXVII. iN,, cans5cm,,,,,, either the debts due from individuals of the one nation to the inmcruze of war. drviduals of the other, nor shares, nor moneys which they may have in public funds, nor in public nor private banks, shall ever, in any event of war, or of national difference, be sequestered or connscated. ARTICLE XXVIII. Mmmm, and _ Both the contracting parties being desirous of avoiding all inequality 0;*:;; p:b;¤g0¤- in relation to their public communications and official intercourse, 5,,, sum rajcgs have agreed, and do agree, to grant to the envoys, ministers and other as those or the public agents, the same favors, immunities and exemptions which those L*;‘;§;n·f“"°’°d of the most favored nation do or shall enjoy; it being understood, that whatever favors, immunities or privileges, the United States of America or the Republic of Ecuador may find it proper to give to the ministers and other public agents of any other power, shall, by the same act, be extended to those of each of the contracting parties. ARTICLE XXIX. Comms and T0 makemore effectual the protection which the United States and ,.;cc_c,,,,s,,l,, nd, the Republic of Ecuador shall atibrd in future, to the navigation and Epittcdtintp parts commerce of the citizens of each other, they agree to receive and ¤f)’$,':m,‘:ccf"°‘¥" admit consuls and yicejconsuls in all the ports open to foreign c0m· merce, who shall enjoy in them all the rights, prerogatives and immumtics of the consuls and vice-consuls of the most favored nation ; each contracting party, however, remaining at liberty to except those ports and places in which the admission and residence of such consuls and Vlt‘(!·GOUSl1lS may mit Seem criuveeuiimt.
