258 TREATY WITH SPAIN. 1819. of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities, of the citizens of the United States. ARTICLE 7. Spanish troops The officers and troops of his Catholic Majesty, in the territories to be with- hereby ceded by him to the United States, shall be withdrawn, and pos. 2;:;;; "¥Q;l¤{’,°S' session of the places occupied by them shall be given within six months within Ggmomhs after the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, or sooner, if pos- ¤Y¤¢Y 9·Y¤l¤§¤€<·> sible, by the officers of his Catholic Majesty, to the commissioners or- °f'“"n°'*°‘°““‘ officers of the United States, duly appointed to receive them; and the United States shall furnish the transports and escort necessary to convey the Spanish officers and troops, and their baggage, to the Havana. ARTICLE 8.. Grams of md All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his l>¤f¤r¤24¤h J¤¤· Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories
- 31€g,_;°“H'm' ceded by his Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed
’to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the Owners to ful- dominion of his Catholic Majesty. But the owners in possession of {ll lim °°¤<li· such lands, who, by reason of the recent circumstances of the Spanish mms' nation, and the revolutions in Europe, have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants, shall complete them within the terms limited in the same, respectively, from the date of this treaty; in default of which, the said grants shall be null and void. All grants Grants since made since the said 24th of January, 1818, when the first proposal, on 24**1 ·l¤¤· l?l8· the part of his Catholic Majesty, for the cession of the Floridas, was mm md wd' made, are hereby declared, and agreed to be, null and void. ARTICLE 9. Reciprocal re. The two high contracting parties, animated with the most earnest ¤¤n¤i¤¥i¤¤ of desire of conciliation, and with the object of putting an end to all the °l“"““‘ differences which have existed between them, and of confirming the good understanding which they wish to be forever maintained between them, reciprocally renounce all claims for damages or injuries which they, themselves, as well as their respective citizens and subjects, may have suffered until the time of signing this Treaty. 4;;,;,,,,, N,. The renunciation of the United States will extend to all the injuries ncunced by the mentioned in the Convention of the 11th of August, 1802. U”“°d S“"°“· 2. To all claims on account of prizes made by French privateers, apdscondemned by French consuls, within the territory and jurisdiction 0 pam. 3. To all claims of indcrnnities on account of the suspension of the right of deposit at New-Orleans, in 1802. 4. To all claims of citizens of the United States upon the government of Spain, arising from the unlawful seizures at sea, and in the ports and territories of Spain, or the Spanish colonies. 5. To all claims of citizens of the United States upon the Spanish government, statements of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United States, have been presented to the Department of State, or to the Minister of the United States in Spain, since $18 date of the Convention of lS02, and until the signature of this reat . Chim, Th; renunciation of his Catholic Majesty extends: ¥3¤Q¤¤¤¤d by 1. To all the injuries mentioned in the Convention of the 11th of bl’"“' August, 1802. 2. To the sums which his Catholic Majesty advanced for the return of Captain Pike from the Provincias lnternas.
