MODIFICATION TO TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE OF MAY 29, 1856: Concluded De-
cember 17-31, 1867; Ratification advised by Senate July 25, 1863; Ratified by Presi-
dent August 11 .1868. (17 St. at L. 807.)

Article. Shipmasters upon anchoring vessel at Paknam to deliver ammunition to
custom officers, but the guns can remain on board, 775.

SPAIN.

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS, AND NAVIGATION: Concluded October 27, 1795; Ratifica-
tion advised by Senate March 3, 1796; Ratified by President; Ratifications exchanged
at Aranjuez, April 25, 1798; Proclaimed August 2, 1796. (8 St. at L., 133.)
(1) Peace established, 776: (2) Southern boundary-line of the United States, divid-
ing their territory from the Spanish colonies of East and West Florida, established,
776: (3) Commissioners to run the boundary-line, 777: (4) The Mississippi to be
the western boundary, and the navigation thereof secured, 777: (5) How each
nation shall conduct with Indians in their respective territories, 777: (6) Each
nation to protect the vessels of the other in their jurisdiction, 778: (7) No em-
bargo allowed; in cases of seizure for debts or crimes, how to proceed, 773: (5)
Vessels forced into port by stress of weather to be relieved, 778: (9) Property
taken from pirates to be restored, 778: (10) Vessels wrecked and foundered to be
relieved, 779: (11) Settlement of the estates of deceased persons, 779: (12) Ves-
sels suspected shall exhibit passports and certificates, 779: (13) In case of war,
one year allowed to merchants to remove, 779: (14) No citizen of either nation
shall take a commission from a foreign power to arm privateers against the other,
780: (15) Liberty of trade in enemy's ports secured; free ships make free goods,
excepting contraband, 780: (16) What articles shall be deemed contraband, 780-
781: (17) Regulations respecting passports and sea-letters, 781: (18) Vessels
shall exhibit passports to ships of war, 782: (19) Consuls, 782: (20) Courts of
justice to be open to citizens of each nation, 782: (21) Compensation to be made
to citizens of United States for illegal captures of vessels by Spanish subjects:
Commissioners to ascertain the same, 782-783: (22) Mutual commerce between
the nations to receive extension and favor; Spanish permits to citizens of the
United States to dispose of goods at the city of New Orleans, 783: (23) Ratifica-
tions to be exchanged in six months, 783.

CONVENTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUSTAINED LOSSES, &C..
IN CONSEQUENCE OF EXCESSES OF INDIVIDUALS OF EITHER NATION DURING THE
LATE WAR: Concluded August 11, 1802; Ratification advised by Senate January 9,
1804; Ratified by President January 9, 1804; Ratifications exchanged at Washington
December 21, 1818; Proclaimed December 22, 1818. (8 St. at L., 198.)

(1) A board of five.commissioners to be appointed, 784: (2) Commissioners to take
an oath, 784: (3) Commissioners to meet and sit at Madrid to receive claims, &c.,
784: (4) Commissioners may examine any question on oath, 785: (5) No appeal
from the commissioners; awards to be paid in specie, 785: (6) Rights founded
on claims originating from excesses of foreign cruisers, reserved by each party,
785: (7) Convention effective on exchange of ratifications, 785.

TREATY OF AMITY, SETTLEMENT, AND LIMITS: Concluded February 22, 1819; Ratification
advised by Senate February 24, 1819; Ratified by President; Ratification again ad-
rised by Senate February 19, 1821; Ratified by President February 22, 1821; Rati-
fications exchanged at Washington, February 22, 1821; Proclaimed February 22, 1821.
(8 St. at L., 252.)

(1) Firm and inviolable peace and friendship, 786: (2) His Catholic Majesty cedes
the Floridas; what things are included in the cession, 787: (3) Boundary-line
west of the Mississippi, according to Mellish's map of January 1, 1818; the use
of the waters of the Sabine, Red River, and Arkansas, common to both nations;
territorial renunciations corresponding with the boundary-line, 787: (4) Com-
missioner and surveyor to be appointed by each party to run the boundary-line,
789: (5) Free exercise of religion in the ceded territories, &c., 789: (6) Inhabit-
ants of the ceded territories to be incorporated into the Union, &c., 790: (7)
Spanish troops to be withdrawn, and possession given within six months after
exchange of ratifications, 790: (8) Grants of land before 24th of January, 1818,
confirmed, &c.; owners to fulfil the conditions; grants since January 24, 1818,
null and void, 790: (9) Reciprocal renunciation of claims; renunciation of claims
for transactions in the Floridas; satisfaction by United States for injuries to the
inhabitants of Florida, 791: (10) Convention of August, 1809, annulled, 792: (11)
United States to satisfy claims of their citizens to the amount of five millions of
dollars; three commissioners to be appointed to decide upon claims; commission-
ers to take an oath, &c.; commissioners may hear and examine on oath, &c.; Span-
ish government to furnish documents, &c.; records of proceedings, &c., to be
deposited in Department of State; copies to be furnished to the Spanish govern-
ment, if required, 792: (12) Treaty of 1795, confirmed, with exceptions: neutral

TREATY OF AMITY, SETTLEMENT, AND LIMITS, 1819-Continued.

(1)

flag to cover enemy's property, where, 793: (13) Sailors deserting to be delivered
up on proof, &c., 793 : (14) United States certify that they receive no compensation
from France for claims provided for in this treaty, 793: (15) Spanish vessels laden
with Spanish productions admitted into Florida without higher duties than ves-
sels of the United States, for twelve years, 793: (16) Treaty to be ratified and
ratifications exchanged, 794: Ratification by the King of Spain of the treaty of
February 22, 1819, 794: Grants in favor of the Duke of Alagon, the Count of Pu-
non Rostro, and Don Pedro de Vargas, annulled, 795: Copy of the grants an-
nulled by the treaty, 795.

CONVENTION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS: Concluded February 17, 1834; Ratifica-
tion advised by Senate May 13, 1834; Ratified by President; Ratifications exchanged
at Madrid August 14, 1834; Proclaimed November 1, 1834. (8 St. at L., 460.)
Agreement by Spain to indemnify the United States; the sum of twelve mil-
lion reals vellon to be paid, 795: (2) The interest to be paid in Paris, yearly, 796:
(3) All claims on Spain granted prior to the date of this convention to be can-
celed, 796: (4) List of claims to be delivered to the Spanish minister, 796: (5)
Ratifications to be exchanged within six months, 796: Translation of the form or
model of the inscription of the debt assumed by Spain, 797.
AGREEMENT FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,
OR OF THEIR HEIRS, AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN FOR WRONGS AND IN JU-
RIES COMMITTED AGAINST THEIR PERSONS AND PROPERTY, OR AGAINST THE PER-
SONS AND PROPERTY OF WHOM THE SAID HEIRS ARE THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES,
BY THE AUTHORITIES OF SPAIN, IN THE ISLAND OF Cuba, or WITHIN THE MARI-
TIME JURISDICTION THEREOF, SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT INSUR-
RECTION: Concluded at Madrid February 12, 1871, by General Daniel E. Sickles, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, at Madrid, and His
Excellency Señor Don Cristino Martos, Minister of State of Spain. (17 St. at L., 839.)
(1) Claims to be submitted to arbitrators, and in case of disagreement to umpire,
921: (2) Arbitrators to meet at Washington, to decide according to public law
and the treaties between the two countries, 921: (3) Each government to name
an advocate, 921: (4) Claims to be presented through Government of United
States, 921: (5) Extent of jurisdiction, 921: Judgment of a Spanish tribunal in
Cuba rendered in the absence of the party no bar to consideration of claim by
tribunal, 922: Same on question of citizenship of claimant, 922: (6) Expenses,
922: (7) Award of arbitrators to be accepted by both Governments as conclu-
sive, 922.

SWEDEN.

TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE, AND SEPARATE ARTICLES: Concluded April 3, 1783;
Ratified by Congress July 29, 1783; Proclaimed by Congress September 25, 1783.
(8 St. at L., 60.)

(1) Peace and friendship between the two nations, 793: (2) Neither party to grant
favors to other nations that shall not become common to either party, 800: (3)
Subjects of Sweden entitled to the same privileges in the United States as the
most favored nation, 800: (4) Citizens of the United States entitled to the same
privileges in Sweden as the most favored nation, 800: (5) Liberty of conscience
secured, 800: (6) Citizens and subjects may dispose of their estates, may inherit,
and may remove their effects, 800: (7) Liberty to either party to trade with a
nation at war with the other; free ships make free goods, except contraband,
801: (8) This liberty extends to all kinds of merchandise except contraband,
801: (9) What goods shall be deemed contraband, 801: (10) What goods shall
not be deemed contraband, 802: (11) In case of war ships to be furnished with
sea-letters or passports, 802: (12) Vessels shall exhibit their sea-letters and pass-
ports; no contraband may pass, 802: (13) Mode of proceeding if contraband
goods are discovered, 803: (14) Goods found in an enemy's ship liable to be
confiscated, unless put on board before the declaration of war or within six
months, 803: (15) Vessels of war and privateers shall do no injury; if they do,
punishment and restitution, 803: (16) Persons fitting out privateers to be an-
swerable by bonds for damages, 804: (17) Recaptured vessels, 840: (18) Regula-
tions in case both nations should be at war with a common enemy, 804: (19)
Ships of war and privateers may bring prizes into the ports of either party, 805:
(20) In case of shipwreck relief to be given, 805: (21) Vessels forced in by stress
of weather, 805: (22) In case of war nine moaths to be allowed to citizens and
subjects to sell and transport their effects, 806: (23) Citizens of neither party to
take commissions or letters of marque to serve against the other, 806: (24) Ves-
sels arriving on the coast of either party, how to be treated, 806: (25) How ships
are to be treated if met by ships of war, 806: (26) Consuls, &c., to be allowed in
the ports of each nation, 807: (27) Ratifications, 807: Separate article, 807.

SEPARATE ARTICLES.
(1) The King of Sweden to protect vessels and effects of citizens of the United
States, 807: (2) The United States to protect vessels and effects of subjects
of Sweden, 808: (3) In case of war at sea, ships of war to protect and assist
vessels of each nation, 808: (4) Regulations to transact business by the citizens
or subjects of one party in the dominions of the other, 808: (5) No vessel to be
searched unless in case of fraud; regulations in such cases, 208.

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE: Concluded September 4, 1816; Ratification adrised by
Senate, with amendments, February 19, 1817; Ratified by President May 27, 1818, ex-
cept third, fourth, and sixth articles; Ratifications exchanged at Stockholm September
25, 1818; Proclaimed December 31, 1818. (8 St. at L.. 232.)

(1) Reciprocal liberty of commerce; complete security of merchants and traders, 809:
(2) No other or higher duties, &c., than the same articles would be subjected to if
they were the production or manufacture of any other country; no prohibition
on exportations or importations which does not extend to all other nations: equal-
ization of duties as to the vessels and cargoes of other nations, &c.; equalization
of duties extended to the colony of Saint Bartholomews, 810: (3) Not ratified,
811: (4) Not ratified, 811: (5) Consuls, &c.; proceedings against consuls, &c.,
offending against the laws; archives, &c., of the consulate to be inviolate: con-
suls and their deputies to have the right to act as judges, &c.; limitation of the
right; right reserved to the parties under consular decisions, 811-812: (6) Not
ratified, 812: (7) Vessels and cargoes may enter ports, &c., on paying pilotage,
&c.; limitation of this privilege, 812: (8) Vessels may land part of their cargoes
and proceed with the remainder on paying a portion of the duties, &c. ; exception
as to vessels, 813: (9) Rights and privileges of entrepôts, 813: (10) Regulations
in case of shipwreck, 813: (11) Quarantine regulations, 813: (12) The treaty of
Paris, concluded in 1783, revived in part; exception as to the effect of the
revival of the treaty of 1783 in relation to other powers, 814: (13) Stipulations
concerning blockades, 814: (14) This treaty to endure for eight years after the
exchange of ratifications, 814.

TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, AND SEPARATE ARTICLE: Concluded July 4,
1827; Ratification advised by Senate January 7, 1823; Ratified by President; Ratin-
cations exchanged at Washington January 18, 1828; Proclaimed January 19, 1828.
(8 St. at L., 346.)

(1) Navigation and commerce, 815': (2) Swedish and Norwegian vessels, &c., to be
treated as national vessels, 815; reciprocal as to American vessels, 816: (3) Im-
ports, 816: (4) Exports,816: (5) Stipulations to be applicable to American vessels
proceeding to Saint Bartholomew, 816-817: (6) Not applicable to coastwise nav-
igation, 817 (7) No preference to be granted in regard to importations, 817: (8)
Tonnage duty, 817 (9) No restriction to be imposed by either party upon impor-
tations and the products of the soil, 817: (10) All privileges of transit, drawback,
&c., to be mutual, 818: (11) Vessels entering a port and not wishing to unload
not to pay duties, 818: (12) Vessels unloading a part of their cargoes not to pay
duties on the remainder, 818: (13) Consuls, &c., to be admitted into the ports
of the contracting parties; consuls, &c., to act as arbitrators in certain cases,
818,819: (14) Consuls, &c., authorized to require the assistance of the local
authorities; deserters to be placed at the disposition of the consuls, &c.; pro-
ceedings in case of crime on the part of the deserter, 819: (15) Shipwrecks, 819:
(16) Quarantine, 820: (17) Certain articles of the treaty of April 3, 1783, revived,
820: (18) Blockades, 820: (19) Treaty to continue in force for ten years, &1;
(20) Treaty to be ratified within nine months, 821. Separate article, 821: Provis-
ions relative to the 8th, 9th, and 10th articles of the present treaty, 821.
CONVENTION FOR EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS: Concluded March 21, 1860; Ratification
advised by Senate June 26, 1860; Ratified by President December 14, 1860; Ratifications
exchanged at Washington December 20, 1860; Proclaimed December 21, ‍1860. (12 St.
at L., 1125.)

(1) Certain fugitives from justice to be delivered up, 822; preliminary proof re-
quired 823: (2) Crimes for which they may be delivered up, 823: (3) Expenses of ex-
tradition, how borne, 823: (4) This convention not to apply to citizens or sub-
jects, 823 (5) Nor to political offences, 823: (6) Provision in case person com-
mits a new crime where he seeks refuge, 823: (7) When this convention takes
effect, 823: Ratification, 824.

CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL RELATIVE TO NATURALIZATION: Concluded May 26, 1869;
Ratification advised by Senate, with amendment, December 9, 1870; Ratified by President
December 17, 1870; Ratifications exchanged at Stockholm June 14, 1871; Exchange of
ratifications consented to by Senate January 8, 1872; Proclaimed January 12, 1872.
(17 St. at L., 809.)

(1) When citizens of the United States are to be treated as citizens of Sweden and
Norway, 824: When those of Sweden and Norway are to be treated as citizens of

CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL RELATIVE TO NATURALIZATION, 1869-Continued.
the United States, 824: Declaration of intent not to affect naturalization, 824:
(2) Naturalized citizens of either country liable, on return to their original
country, for offences committed before emigration, 825: (3) Provision as to res-
toration to citizenship in original country, 825: (4) Convention for extradition of
fugitives from justice not changed, 825: (5) Convention when to go into effect,
and how long to continue, 825: (6) When to be ratified, 825: Protocol; when a
citizen of either country has been discharged from his citizenship in such coun-
try, and acquires citizenship in the other country, an additional five years' resi-
dence is not required, 826: When recognized as a citizen, to be treated as such,
826: Swedes, &c., naturalized in the United States, and returning to their orig-
inal country, are liable for offences committed before emigration, 826: and to
fulfil their military service, 826: Renewing their residence' in Sweden, &c.,
with the intent not to return to the United States, held to have renounced their
American citizenship, 826: The intent not to return held to exist from a resi-
dence of more than two years in Sweden or Norway, 826.

SWISS CONFEDERATION.

CONVENTION FOR ABOLITION OF DROIT D'AUBAINE AND TAXES ON EMIGRATION: Con-
cluded May 18, 1847; Ratification advised by Senate April 26, 1848; Ratified by
President April 29, 1848; Ratifications exchanged at Washington May 3, 1848;
Proclaimed May 4, 1848. (9 St. at L., 902.)

(1) Power to dispose of personal property, 827: Heirs, &c., may inherit and take
possession, and may dispose of the same on payment of certain duties, 827: Prop-
erty of absent heirs to be taken care of, 827: In cases of dispute, how to be de-
cided, 827: (2) Alien heirs allowed time to dispose of real estate, 827: (3) Dura-
tion of this convention, 828: Convention subject to ratification, and ratifications
to be exchanged within twelve months, 828.
CONVENTION OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND EXTRADITION: Concluded November 25,
1850; Ratification advised by Senate, with amendments, March 7, 1851; Ratified by
President March 12, 1851: Ratification again advised by Senate, with amendment, May
29, 1854; Ratified finally by President November 6, 1855; Ratifications exchanged at
Washington November 8, 1855; Proclaimed November 9, 1855. (11 St. at L., 587.)
(1) Respective citizens to be on a footing of equality, 828: Liberties granted, 829:
Restriction on said liberties, 829: Liability to taxes, 829: (2) No discriminating tax
to be imposed, 829: Indemnity for damages, 829: (3) Provisions as to citizens who
wish or are compelled to return, 829: (4) Power to dispose of and inherit proper-
ty, 829: (5) Care of property of deceased persons, 830: These provisions-how
far applicable to real estate; power to sell real estate which cannot be held by
an alien, 830: (6) Controversies among claimants to a succession, 830: (7) Con-
suls and vice-consuls, 830: Exequatur, 831: Archives, &c., to be inviolate, 831:
(8) Each nation to have rights of the "most favored nation," respecting imports,
exports, and transit of products, 831: (9) No discriminating duties, 831: (10)
Future commercial privileges granted to any nation, to be extended to the other,
831:(11) Origin of products, how established, 831: (12) Regulations as to commerce,
831: Shipwreck, 831: "Most favored nation" clause, 832: (13) Extradition of
criminals, 832: (14) Crimes for which extradition shall be made, 832: (15) Sur-
render, how to be made, 832: (16) Payment of expenses, 832: (17) No extradition
for past or political offences, 832: (18) Duration of this convention, 832: (19) Rat-
ification, 833.

TEXAS.

CONVENTION RELATIVE TO SEIZURE OF BRIGS "POCKET" AND "DURANGO:" Concluded
April 11, 1838; Ratification advised by Senate June 13, 1838; Ratified by President
June 21, 1838; Ratifications exchanged at Washington July 6, 1838; Proclaimed July
6, 1838. (8 St. at L., 510.)

(1) Texas agrees to indemnify the United States, 834: (2) Payment of the indemnity,
834: (3) Ratifications to be exchanged in three months, 834.
CONVENTION FOR MARKING BOUNDARY: Concluded April 25, 1838; Ratification advised by
Senate May 10, 1838; Ratified by President October 4, 1838; Ratifications exchanged
at Washington October 12, 1838; Proclaimed October 13, 1833. (8 St. at L., 511.)
(1) Commissioners and surveyors to be appointed to run the boundary-line, 835: (2)
Each party to exercise jurisdiction until the line is marked, 835: (3) Ratifica-
tions to be exchanged within three months, 835-835.

TRIPOLI.

TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP: Concluded November 4, 1796, and January 3, 1797;
Ratification adrised by Senate June 7, 1797. (8 St. at L., 154.)

(1) Peace under the guarantee of the Dey of Algiers, 837: (2) Enemies' goods to be
free in ships belonging to the parties, 837: (3) Persons and property in enemies'
vessels to be free in case of capture, 837: (4) Passports to be given, 837: (5)
Condemnation and bill of sale of a prize-vessel to be available as a passport for
one year, 837: (6) Vessels putting into ports of parties for provisions or repairs,
837: (7) Shipwrecks, 833: (8) Neutrality of ports, 839: (9) Commerce, &c., to
be on the footing of the most favored nations, 833: (10) Acknowledgment of the
receipt of the price of peace, 833: (11) Pretexts arising from religious opinions
not to interrupt the state of harmony of the two nations, 833: (12) Disputes
between the parties to be decided by reference to the Day of Algiers, 833.
TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY: Concluded June 4, 1805; Ratification advised by Senate
April 12, 1895. (8 St. at L., 214.)

(1) Peace and friendship established; privileges in commerce, &c, 840: (2) Pris-
oners to be mutually given up, 819: (3) American forces in the province of
Derne to be withdrawn, 840: (4) Free ships to make free goods, 841: (5) Citi-
zens, &c., to be given up if taken in prize-vessels, 841: (6) Passports to be given
to vessels of both nations, 841: (7) What shall be a sufficient passport, 841: (8)
Vessels of both nations may touch at ports of each for provisions, &c., 842: (9)
Proper assistance to be given the vessels of both nations in distress, 842: (10)
Rules as to the time when, and the distance at which, an enemy's vessel may be
attacked, 842: (11) Commerce, &., to be on the footing of the most favored
nation, 842: (12) Consuls of the United States not to be answerable for debts of
citizens of the United States, 842: (13) Salutes of vessels of the United States,
842: (14) Entire freedom to be allowed in religious matters, 842: (15) Time
allowed before an appeal to arins, 843: (16) Mutual exchange of prisoners in
event of war, 843: (17) Vessels of United States captured by one of the Barbary
States, not to be sold, but to be sent away, 843: (18) Disputes to be settled by
the cousul of the United States, 843: (19) The lex loci to prevail with regard to
homicides committed by a citizen of the United States or a Tripoline, 844: (20)
Citizens of the United States dying in the regency of Tripoli, their property to
be saved for their representatives, 844.

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TUNIS

[See Notes," Title, "1brogated, Suspended, or Obsolete Treaties.]

TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP: Concluded August, 1797; Ratification advised by
Senate March 6, 1798, on condition that 14th article be suspended, and friendly negoti
ation on the subject with Bey of Tunis recommended; Certain alterations in 11th, 12th,
and 14th articles agreed to March 26, 1799. (8 St. at L., 157.)

(1) Peace and friendship established, 816: (2) Restoration of subjects and goods
found in an enemy's vessel, 846: (3) Enemy's goods on board a vessel of the par-
ties to be free, 846: (4) Passports to be given, 847: (5) Commander of a convoy to
be believed upon his word, in order to exempt it from search and quarantine,
847 (6) Nothing to be exacted for visits; fugitive slaves and prisoners to be
returned, 847: (7) Prize-vessels purchased at Tunis, how to obtain temporary
passports, 847: (8) Hospitality to be granted to vessels entering the ports of the
parties, 847 (9) Assistance to be, granted to wrecked vessels, 849: (10) Neu-
trality of ports to be enforced, 848: (11) Salutes, 848: (12) Privileges of mer-
chants; Tunisian subjects freighting an American vessel; embargoes; protection
of the subjects of the parties; government of Tunis may freight American ves-
sels, 848: (13) Enemy's subjects on board the vessels of the parties, in what case
they shall be made slaves, 849: (14) Duties to be reciprocally paid, 849: (15)
Liberty of commerce, contraband excepted; privileges of masters of ves-
sels, 849: (16) Duty of anchorage, 849: (17) Right of having a consul; his
privileges, 850: (18) No responsibility for subjects contracting debts, &c., 850:
(19) Administration of the effects of a decedent, 850: (20) Consul's jurisdiction
over his countrymen, 850: (21) Punishment of personal assaults, 850: (22) Trial
of disputes on civil matters between them, 850: (23) In case of national differ-
ences, accommodation is to be attempted before recourse is had to arms, 851.
CONVENTION TO ALTER ARTICLES OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP OF AUGUST, 1797: Con-
cluded February 24, 1824; Ratification advised by Senate January 13, 1825; Ratified
by President; Proclaimed January 21, 1825. (8 St. at L., 298.)

(6) Regulation of visits at sea; slaves escaping and taking refuge on board of
American ships of war, to be free, 852: (11) Salutes to ships of war, 852: (12)
Commerce to be on an equal footing with citizens of the most favored nations;
rules as to freight; no captain to be detained against his consent, 853. Protection
of the citizens of the respective nations; preference to Tunisian vessels for
freight, 854: (14) Trade between parties to be on an equal footing, 854.