204 TREATY WITH FRANCE. 1803. vessel, or Ama VII. As it is reciprocally advantageous to the commerce of France and France and the United States to encourage the communication of both
l0_ nations for a limited time in the country ceded by the present treaty,
mms Ortisim,. until general arrangements relative to the commerce of both nations snectiveponn- may be agreed on ; it has been agreed between the contracting parties,
- °°°“£;l‘fg Z; that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her cole.
as vcsggis cfg nies, loaded only with the produce and manufactures of France or hei- T1 S. Soc. said colonies; and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or amy of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the ports of New Orleans, and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the same manner as the ships of the United States coming directly from France or Spain, or any of their colonies, without being subject to any other or greater duty on merchandize, or other or greater tonnage than that paid by the citizens of the United States. No other ven- During the space of time above mentioned, no other nation shall have °°:°¤“!l?fl*° a right to the same privileges in the ports of the ceded territory; the 3,,,: p;m°g° twelve years shall commence three months after the exchange of ratifinoriocf cations, if it shall take place in France, or three months after it shall have been notified at Paris to the French government, if it shall take place in the United States; it is however well understood that the object of the above article is to favor the manufactures, commerce, freight navigation of France and of Spain, so far as relates to the importations that the French and Spanish shall make into the said ports of the United States, without in any sort affecting the regulations that the United States may make concerning the exportation of the produce and merchandize of the United States, or any right they may have to make such V is [ regulations. 0858 O 5'::‘;§g‘,!0l;%"g .An·t·. VIII. In future and forever after the expiration of the twelve Olirhosc oftho years, the ships of France shall be treated upon the footing of the most paapgnfgvcurcd favored nations in the ports above mentioned. Convention -A,R'I‘. IX. The particular convention signed this day by the respective ygggglzsufyy ministers, having for its object to provide for the payment of debts due of deg, ,0 cm_ to the citizens of the United States by the French Republic, prior to zone of U. S. to the 30th of September, 1800, (Sth Vendemiaire, an. 9,) is approved, ygtgxtlicd when and to have its execution in the same manner as if it had been inserted ' in this present treaty; and it shall be ratified in the same form and in the same time, so that the one shall not he ratified distinct from the other. Another con- Another particular convention signed at the same date as the present
- 3&:;¤8&¤tg: treaty relative to a definitive rulebetween the contracting parties is in
mm, umm me like rnanner approveil, and will be ratified in the same form, and in e same imc, an join y. In what time Awr. X. The present treaty shall be ratified in good and due form, the ¤¤¤*l¢¤¤l¤¤¤ and the ratilications shall be exchanocd in the space of six months after m“S°b° °x` the date of the si nature b th m`D` t l` ' changed_ 'ble g . , y e mis ers p cnipotentiary, or sooner, if possi . IN r=.utrn XVIIERICOF, the respective plenipotentinries have signed these articles in the French and English languages; declaring nevertheless that the present treaty was originally agreed to in the French language; and have thereunto aflixozl their seals.
