[44 TREATY WITH SPAIN. 1795. vssssjs wreck. otherwise damaged, on the coasts or within the dominion of the other, ed or fottndersd their respective subjects or citizens shall receive, as well for themselves '° l’° '°l‘°'°‘l· as for their vessels and effects, the same assistance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the damage happens, and shall pay the same charges and dues only as the said inhabitants would be subject to pay in a like case: And if the operations of repair would require that the whole or any part of the cargo be unladen, they shall pay no duties, charges or fees on the part which they shall relade and carry away. ARTICLE XI. Settlement of The citizens and subjects of each party shall have power to dispose 'h° °S*°'°¤ of of their personal goods, within the jurisdiction of the other, by testa- 'j§,°:°°°d P"` ment, donation or otherwise, and their representatives being subjects or- U citizens of the other party,·shall succeed to their said persona] goods, whether by testament or ab intestato, and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the aid goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases. And in case of the absence of the representative, such care shall be taken of the said goods, as would be taken of the goods of a native in like case, until the lawful owner may take measures for receiving them. And if questions shall arise among several claimants to which of them the said goods belong, the same shall be decided finally by the laws and judges of the land wherein the said goods are. And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, such real estate would by the laws of the land descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by being an alien, such subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdrew the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all rights of detraction on the part of the government of the respective states. ARTICLE XII. Vessels sus- The merchaubships of either of the parties which shall be making K?,3°da;;‘°gr:*X‘ into a port belonging to the enemy of the other party, and concerning and sI;,.,,{l°cs,;s_ whose voyage, and the species of goods on board her, there shall be just grounds of suspicion, shall be obliged to exhibit as well upon the high seas as in the ports and havens, not only her passports but likewise certificates, expressly showing that her goods are not of the number of those which have been prohibited as contraband. ARTICLE XIII. In me of wer For the better promoting of commerce on both sides, it is agreed, 0g? W1? ${30**;- that if a war shall break out between the said two nations, one year
- 0 rg,:;?; ms alter the proclamation of war shall be allowed to the merchants, in the
cities and towns where they shall live, for collecting and transporting their goods and merchandizes: And if any thing be taken from them or any injury be done them within that term, by either party, or the people or subjects of either, full satisfaction shall be made for the same by the government. No citizen of ARTICLE XIV.
- fgj°fj:,:;'g" ‘No subject of his Catholic Majesty shall apply for, or take any comcommission mission or letters of marque, for arming any ship or ships to act as prifrom ¤ foreign vateers against the said United States, or against the citizens, people or
gQ"Q',f,;;‘QS“l"‘ inhabitants of the said United States, or against the property of any of against the the inhabitants of any of them, from any prince or state with which the °lh°T· said United States shall at war.
