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FRANCE, 1778. 2]] with sea-letters or passports, expressing the name, property, and' bulk of the ship, as also the name and place of habitation of the master or commander of the said ship, that it may appear thereby that the ship really and truely belongs to the subjects of one of the parties, which passport shall be made out and granted according to the form annexed [See form anto this treaty; they shall likewise be recalled every year, that is, if the “°*°°l· P- 2*] ship happens to return home within the space of a year. It is likewise agreed that such ships being laden are to be provided not only with passports as above mentioned, but also with certificates, containing the several particulars of the cargo, the place whence the ship sailed, and whither she is bound that so it may be known whether any forbidden or contraband goods be on board the same; which certificate shall be made out by the omoers of the place whence the ship set sail, in the accustomed form · and if any one hall think it Ht or advisable to express in the certificates the person to whom the goods on board belong, he 'may freely do so. Anrronn XXVI. The ships of the subjects and inhabitants of either of the parties com- Treatment of ing upon anycoasts belonging to either of the said allies, but not willing v¤q¤¤l¤ ¤r•¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¢¤ to enter into port, or being entred into port and not willing to unload ""' P""· their cargoes or break bulk, they shall be treated according to the general rules prescribed or to be prescribed relative to the object in question. Anrrcnu XXVII. If the ships of the said subjects, people, or inhabitants of either of the '1`¤¤*¤¤¤¤,* °f parties shall be met with, either sailing along the coasts or on the high :,*3*2: l’,Y,:l‘g’:,,:_f seas, by any ship of war of the other, or by any privateers, the said P ships of war or privateers, for the avoiding` of any disorder, shall remain out of cannon-shot, and may send their boats aboard the merchant ship which they shall so meet with, and may enter her to number of two or three men only, in whom the master or commander of such ship or vessel shall exhibit his passport concerning the property of the ship, made [See form anout awarding to the form inserted in this present treaty, and the ship, “°*°d» P- 212-} when she shall have showed such passport, shall be free and at liberty to pursue her voyage, so as it shall not be lawful to molest or search her in any manner, or to give her chase or force her to quit her intended course. Anmcm XXVIII. It is also agreed that all goods, when once put on board the ships or Ri nt or search vessels of either of the two contracting parties, shall be subject to no ¤¤¤¤*?¢¤>d· farthervisitation; but all visitation or search shall be made beforehand, and all prohibited goods shall be stopped on the spot, before the same be put on board, unless there are manifest tokens or proofs of fraudulent practice; nor shall either the persons or goods of the subjects of His Most Christian Majesty or the United States be put under any arrest or molested by any other kind of embargo for that cause; and only the subject of that State to whom the said goods have been or shall be prohibited, and who shall presume to sell or alienate such sort of goods, shall be duly punished for the offence. Anrrcnu XXIX. The two contracting parties grant mutually the liberty of having each cmmmomcm. in the ports of the other Consuls, Vice-Consnls, agents, and com missarics, [s e s treaty nf whose functions shall be regulated by a particular agreement. 1788. pr- 219-224-] Amrcnu XXX. And the more to favourand facilitate the commerce which the subjects Free norwof the United States may have with France, the Most Christian King