969 TREATY WITH SPAIN. 1819. United States, or in such other manner as the Congress of the United States may prescribe by law. _ _ Records of The records of the proceedings of the said Commissioners, together roceedings, with the vouchers and documents produced before them, relative to the S'·°· *9 ¥>° 6*30- claims to be adjusted and decided upon by them, shall, after the close “fg,fQn*,h§, °‘ of their transactions, be deposited in the Department of State of the State, United States; and_copies of them, or any part of them, shall be fur- C°P}°°*°¥l¤¢ nished to the Spanish government, if required, at the demand of the §,*;§{{{*** ¤°'°”‘ Spanish Minister in ais United States. ARTICLE 12. arrester att?.?;.ra;:‘0?.;m;2i.2:‘!..i?;;;%a;;z;;,2€.;*325;;;*r?;.iO:.?;¤::; °1°°P*l°”°· second clause of the 22d article, which, having been altcrcd by this m°’ p' 13B' Treaty, or having received their entire execution, are no longer valid, N,,,,,,,,, ,1,;,,, With respect to the 15th article of the same Treaty of Friendship, cover enemies' Limits, and Navigation, of 1795, in which it is stipulated that the flag Pl'°P°"Y·Wh°F¤· shall cover the property, the two high contracting parties agree that this Am°’ p' M6' shall be so understood with respect to those powers who recognise this principle; but, if either of the two contracting parties shall be at war with a third party, and the other neutral the flag of the neutral shall cover the property of enemies whose government acknowledge this principle, and not of others. ARTICLE 13. g,jj0,,,_d,,,,m_ Both contracting parties, wishing to favour their mutual commerce, ing to be deli- by atfording in their ports every necessary assistance to their respective
- 3;;*,} ‘:,l;c°’* 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 American consul in a Spanish port, slialhexhibit the document known by the name of Artzcles; and the Spanish consul m American ports, the Roll of the vessel; and if the name of the deserter or deserters, who are claimed, shall appear in the one or the other, they shall be arrested, held in custody, and delivered to the vessel to which they shall belong. ARTICLE 14. {LSI; certify The United States hereby certify that they have not received any
- ,8;*:;] ‘;I’;,?;m_ compensation from France, for the injuries they suffered from her pri~
pgnggtjgn {mm vatcers, consuls, and tribunals, on the coasts and in the ports of Spain, irgrwo For d d for the satisfaction of which provision is made by this treaty; and they §u';·£"",,l:f:"‘ ° will present an authentic statement of the prizes made, and of their treaty. true value, that Spain may avail herself of the same, in such manner as she may deem just and proper. ARTICLE 15. Swnnivh vw: The United States, to give to his Catholic Majesty a proof of their “°I”* l“d°““"‘h desire to cement the relat' fb'b h S~·"******·¤’·*°· r ns as i r s ° ‘““"i fr? ”iZ*‘g °‘l'f“ é°r‘l° ra,,,,, rr, be aa. na o , o avour re commerce o o su jects o rs at orc m¤::d°;_¤g>e;l;;- Majesty, agree that Spanish vessels, coming laden only with productions gglundsp Aw of Spanish growth or manufactures, directly from the ports of Spain, pristine warmer or of her colonies, shall be admitted, for the term of twelve years, to tpggéyegggigsnf the ports of Pensacola and St. Augustine, in the Floridas, without pay- ,,,6 U_ S__ for mg other or higher duties on their cargoes, or of tonnage, than will be twelve years. paid by the vessels of the United States. During the said term, no
