7 1 6 PUBLIC TREATIES. amount and validity of all the claims_ included within the descriptions ,,10ath or aiiirmu- above mentioned. The saad Commlisisiplpers shallB(t;1Il<,eSa;_1O[o:,,1El(; io:} `°“· mation to be entered on therecor o eir proc . ,,_ , 4 , Vacancies. and diligent discharge of thpir dutiesl; (and, 1g8c:;: lotheslnp) degtlrgamrcllcé · se ce o' any suc ommi r _. gdppliglusymsdgrgpmoiritment,as taiolreaéaid, toir by théh Pr(es1den_t of the United States during the recesso the ena , 0 ano er ‘omm1ssioner Examination of in his stead. 7The said Commissioners shall be authorized to hear and °l¤i¤*¤- examine, on oath, every question relative to the said cla1ms,A apldt Ito receive all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same. , u _ e Documents tobe Spanish Government shall_1'urnish all such documents and elncidatious
- `¤¤¤¤h°d- as may bein their possession,_ior the adjustment of the said claims,
[$**0 "’°¤*Y °*` according to the principles of Justice, the laws ot nations, and the stip- 17% PP' 70*711*] ulaticns of the treaty between the two parties of 27th October, 1795; the said documents to be specified, when demanded, at the instance of the said Pommissioners. P ay m e nt or -The payment of such claims as may be admitted and adjusted by the <=|¤i¤¤¤· said Commissioners, or the major part of them, to an amount not exceed- Li¤1*W>¤¤¤<>¤¤l¤· ing live millions of dollars, shall be made by the United States, either immediately at their Treasury, or by the creation of stock, bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable trom the proceeds of sales ot public lands within the territories hereby ceded to the United States, or in such other manner as the Congress of the United States may prescribe bylaw. 1;,,,.,0,.;. of wm. The records of the proceedings of the said Commissioners, together mission. with the vouchers and documents produced before them, relative to the claims to be adjusted and decideg upon by them, shall, afger the fclolse of their tran actions be eposite in the Department of tate o the Copies to the United States; and’copies of them, or any part of them, shall be fur- Ellgtfifh G°V°*‘¤‘ nished to the Spanish Government, if required, at the demand of the Spanish Minister in the Unit States. Anrronn XII. mary ,,5 1795 The treaty of limits and navigation, of 1795, remains confirmed in all confirmed. and each one of its articles excepting the 2, 3, 4, 21, and the second clause Exceptions. of the 22d article, which having been altered by this treaty, or having received their entire execution, are no longer valid. lieutral usgoov- With respect to the 15th article of the same treaty of friendship, cms ¤¤¤¤¤l°¤’ limits, and navigation of 1795, in which it is stipulated that the dag P'°§°'°*'·708 shall cover the property, the two high contracting parties agree that [ °° P' ‘] this shall be so understood with respect to those Powers who recognize this principle; but if either of the two contracting parties shall be at war with a third party, andthe other neutral, the ilag of the neutral shall cover the property of enemies whose Government acknowledge this principle, and not of others. ARTICLE XIII. Dciicftcw fmm Both contracting parties, wishing to favour their mutual commerce, "°“° °· by aifording in their ports every necessary assistance to their respect- 1ve merchant-vessels, have agreed that the sailors who shall desert from their vessels in the ports of the other, shall be arrested and delivered up, at the instance of the Consul, who shall prove, nevertheless, that the deserters belonged to the vessels that claimed them, exhibiting the document that is customary in their nation: that is to say, the Americazlbopsultiu a Spapmlh pgrt shadltpxhibit the document known by the na e 0 ar roles, an e pauis onsu in At th ll f the vessel; and if the name of the deserter or <ine§;i·(t¢::1I}sli;)li·oSare(i:l.alim•;)d shall appear in the one or the other the shall be arrested held in cus- . f y y tody, and delivered to the vessel to which they shall belong.
