776 PUBLIC TREATIES. paid for the beneiit of the State, if the motives which led to take refuge be real and evident, and if no operation of commerce be done by loading or unloading merchandises; [it being] well understood, however, that the loading or unloading, which may regard the subsistence oi the crew, or necessary for the reparation of the vessel, shall not be consulered operations of commerce, which lead to the payment of duties, and that the said vessels do not stay in port beyond the t1me necessary, keeping in view the cause which led [to] taking refuge. Anzrrcnn XI. _ Diaemtm du- To carry always more fully into effect the intentions of the two high
- '°°· _ contracting parties, they agree that every diference of duty, whether of
[S°° A'*'°l° I-] the ten per cent. or other, establi hed in the respective States, to the prejudice of the navigation and commerce of those nations which have not treaties of commerce and navigation with them shall cease and remain abolished in conformity to the principle established in the 1st article of the present treaty, as well on the productions of the soil and industry of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which therefrom shall be imported, in the United States of America, whether in vessels of the one or of the other country, as on those which, in like manner, shall be imported in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in vessels of both countries. Duties on wines. They declare, besides, that as the productions of the soil and industry [Bee Declaration, of the two countries, on their introduction in the ports of the other,
- ¤’¤¤W ¤f 1855, P- shall not be subject to greater duties than those which shall be im posed
m'] on the like productions of the most favoured nations, so the red and white wines of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies of every kind, including those of Marsala, which may be imported directly into the United States of America, whether in vessels of the one or of the other country, shall not pay higher or greater duties than those of the red and white D¤¤i•• ¤¤ ¢¤>¢¢¤¤¤- wines of the most favoured nations. And in like manner the cottons of the United States of America, which may be imported directly inglto] the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, whether in vessels of the one or other nation, shall not pay higher or greater duties than the cottons of Egypt, Bengal, or those of the most favoured nations. Ancrromc XII. D u r ation of The present treaty shall bein force from this day, and for the term of
- ’°°·°Y· ten years, and further, until the end of twelve months after either of
the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the said high contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice at theend of the said term of ten years or at any subsequent term. Anrrcrn XIII. natmcations. The present treaty shall be approved and ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, and by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged at Naples, at the expiration of six months from the date of its signature, or sooner if possible. . Signatures. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the D samp) andthpvelamiedntherem the seals of their arms. m. ne a ap es the rst of December in the ear on g ‘ hundred and forty-five. ’ y B thou and mgm WILLIAM H. POLK. L. s.] GIUSTINO FORTUNATO. L. s.] IL PRINCIPE _Dl UOMITINI. L. s.| ANTONIO SPINELLI. L. s.|
