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HANSEATIC REPUBLIOS, 1827. 40] Anrrcnn II. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the i ‘ ‘ E nulit of dutbe United States, of any article the smduqg 0,- marx1g5g5g3Q0g} lag; t i cg on yprwlncc Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg; and no °f °m°°r °°°""y‘ higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation, into either of the said Republics, of any article the produce or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like article being the produce or manufacture of any other threign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed by either party on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, respectively, than such as are, or shall be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the im- i'é¢i¤¤!ity ¤f vmportatiou or exportation of any article the produce or manufacture of '"b"“°°°· the United States, or of the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, to or from the ports of the United States, or to or from the ports of the other party, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Anmrenn III. No priority or preference shall be given, directl or indirectl b an N° P'°f°’°“°° °' or either of the contracting parties, nor by any hompany, coriihrgtioxi, h°p°mm°°' or agent, acting on their behalf, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of their States, respectively, imported into the other, on account of, or in reference to the character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or of the other, in which such article was imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the contracting parties that no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this respect. Aarrcnrx IV. In consideration of the limited extent of the territories of the Repub- W but shall be lies of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, and of the intimate connection ]",°'”°1° °fo{*“,',f°kg of trade and navigation subsisting between these Republics, it is hereby ,,,:;°°’ ""° stipulated and agreed, that any vessel which shall be owned exclusively by a citizen or citizens of any or either of them, and of which the master shall also be a citizen of any or either of them, and provided threefourths of the crew shall be citizens or subjects of any or either of the said Republics, or of any or either of the States of the Confederation of Germany, such vessel, so owned and navigated, shall, for all the purposes of this convention, be taken to be and considered as a vessel belonging to Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg. Anricmn V. Any vessel, together with her cargo, belonging to either of the Free Véewg <>*`bF¤¤· Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, and coming from :*,**,*:,:;*,,1 EV;) *5]: either of the said ports to the United States, shall, for all the purposes U,,,,,,,, S,,,,,,, of this convention, be deemed to have cleared from the Republic to which such vessel belongs, although, in fact, it may not have been the one from which she departed ; and any vessel of the United States, and her cargo, trading to the ports of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, directly, or in succession, shall, for the like purposes, be on the footing of a Hanseatic vessel and her cargo making the same voyage. Aaricnm VI. It is likewise agreed that it shall be wholly free for all merchants, _ Privileges ofresoommanders of ships, and other citizens of both parties, to manage, ¤d°¤*•· themselves, their own business, in all the ports and places subject to the 1: s rv-—26