388 PUBLIC TREATIES. Access to courts. They shall have free access to the tribunals of justice in their litigious aifairs on the same terms which are granted by the law and usage ot the country to native citizens or subjects, for which purpose they may employ in defence of their rights such advocates, attorneys, and other agents as they may judge proper. Anrxcma IL _E*l¤¤H*Y of d¤· No higher or other duties shall be imposed in any of the ports of the
- ‘°’ °“ '°’“°l“‘ United States on Hanoverian vessels than those payable in the same
ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of the Kingdom of Hanover on the vessels of the Unitfed States than shall be payable in the same orts on Hanoverian vesse s. " Vessels to which The privilgges secured by the present article to the vessels of the re- P¤‘iVi!¤$¤• ¤¤*¤¤d· spective high contracting parties shall only extend to such as are built within their respective territories, or lawfully condemned as prize of war, or adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the municipal laws of either of the parties, and belonging wholly to their citizens or subjects respectively, and of which the master, officers, and two-thirds of the crew shall consist of the citizens or subjects of the country to which the vessel belongs. Equality or du- The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of the ¢i¤•¤¤i¤¤1>¢>¤¤· United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Kingdom of Hanover, or of any other country belonging to the Germanic Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia, from whatsoever ports of the said country the said vessels may depart, whether such importation shall be in vessels of the United States or in Hanoverian vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of the Kingdom of Hanover of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and of every other country of the continent of America and the West India Islands, from whatsoever ports of the said countries the vessels may depart, whether such importation shall be in Hanoverian vessels or the vessels of the United States. Equality of du- The same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed on the
- i¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¤P°¤‘*¤· exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the
Kingdom of Hanover, or of any other country belonging to the` Germanic Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia, to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States, or in Hanoverian vessels, departing from the ports of Hanover; and the same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and of every other country on the continent of America and the West India Islands, to the Kingdom of Hanover, whether such exportation shall be in Hanoverian vessels or in vessels of the United States departing from the ports of the United States. Anrroma III. _Equa.1ity of du- No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the ma 8:11 ui>£€l_¤;=¤ of United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the ‘ Kingdom of Hanover, and no lngher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Kingdom of Hanover of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the_l1ke articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. No higher or other duties and charges shall be imposed in the United States on the exportation of any articles to the Kingdom of Hanover, or in Hanover on the exportation of any articles to the United States, than such as are or shall be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country.
