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GREECE, 1837. 375 any kind or denomination whatsoever, unless such prohibitions,—restrictions, and duties shall likewise be established upon articles of like nature, the growth of any other country. And, reciprocally, there shall not be established in the Kingdom of Greece, on the products of the soil or industry of the United States of America, any prohibition or restriction of importatior or exportation, nor any duties of any kind or denomination whatsoever, unless such prohibitions, restrictions, and duties be likewise established upon articles of like nature, the growth of any other country. Anricnn IX. All privileges of transit, and all bounties and drawbacks which may Priyil egcs o I be allowed within the territoriesof one of the high contracting parties, *'°““'*¤ &°· upon the importation or exportation of any article whatsoever, shall likewise be allowed on the articles of like nature, the products of the soil, or industry of the other contracting party, and on the im portations and exportations made in its vessels. Anrrcnn X. The citizens or subjects of one of the high contracting parties, arriv- Vessels touching ing with their vessels on the coasts belonging to the other, but not “*I’°’°“· wishing to enter the port; or, after having entered therein, not wishing to unload any part of their cargo, shall be at liberty to depart and continue their voyage without paying any other duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, for the vessel and cargo, than those of pilotage, wharfage, and for the support of light-hcnscs, when such duties shall be levied on national vessels in similar cases. It is understood, however, that they shall always conform to such Custom-house regulations and ordinances concerning navigation and the places and "°8“‘“”‘°““·&°· ports which they may enter, as are, or shall be, in force with regard to national vessels, and that the custom-house officers shall be permitted to visit them, to remain on board, and to take all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent all unlawful commerce, as long as the vessels shall remain within the limits of their jurisdiction. Anrxonn XI. It is further agreed that the vessels of one of the high contracting _ Vessels unloiuiparties, having entered into the ports of the other, will be permitted to mt! Pm °*` ih"' confine themselves to unloading such part only of their cargoes as the °‘“g°‘ captain or owner may wish, and that they may freely depart with the remainder without paying any duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, except for that which shall have been landed, and which shall be marked upon and erased from the manifest exhibiting the enumeration of the articles with which the vessel was laden; which manifest shall be presented entire at the customhouse of the place where the vessel shall have entered. Nothing shall be paid on that part of the cargo which the vessel shall carry away, and with which it may continue its voyage to one or several other ports of the same country, there to dispose of the remainder of its cargo, if composed of articles whose importation is permitted on paying the duties chargeable upon 1t,or1t _ may proceed to any other country. It is understood, however, that all Dutiesb chargeduties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, which are or may become charge- °"*° °“ ° ° "°"°° “· able upon the vessels themselves, must be paid at the first port where they shall break bulk, or unlade part of their cargoes; but that no duties, imposts, or charges of the same description shall be demanded anew in the ports of the same country, which such vessels might afterwards wish to enter,·nnless national vessels be in similar cases subject to some ulterior duties. Anrrcma XII. Each of the high contracting parties grants to the other the privilege C""”"’""’m°“”· of appointing in its commercial ports and places Uonsuls, Vice-Consnls,