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34 TREATY WITH THE NETHERLANDS. 1782. Subjects of shall pay in the ports, havens, roads, countries, islands, cities or places, U¤i¢¤d Nethef- of the United States of America, or any of them, no other nor greater j‘;';d:$2;llg$;° duties or imposts, of whatever nature or denomination they may be, than iegasiiiiigi those which the nations the most favoured, are or shall be obliged to United Sims. pay; and they shall enjoy all the rights, liberties, priviledges, immuni-

Z£‘:d';‘,g§_il" ties, and exemptions in trade, navigation and commerce, winch the said

nations do or shall enjoy, whether in passing from one port to another, in the said states, or in going from any of those ports to any foreign port of the world, or from any foreign port of the world to any of those ports. ARTICLE III. citizens 0i·U_ The subjects and inhabitants of the said United States of America, S- shullhw/9_ shall pay in the ports, havens, roads, countries, islands, cities or places j;‘°8;“;:°iJl;';;E of the said United Netherlands, or any of them, no other nor greater Niiimiaiids as duties or imposts of whatever nature or denomination they may be, than ttwmqstfuvcur- those which the nations the most favoured, are or shall be obliged to °d “°“°“*" pay: And they shall enjoy all the rights, liberties, priviledges, immunities and exemptions in trade, navigation and commerce, which the said nations do or shall enjoy, whether in passing from one port to another in the said states, or from any one towards any one of those ports, from or to any foreign port of the world. And the United States of America, with their subjects and inhabitants, shall leave to those of their High Mightinesses, the peacable enjoyment of their rights, in the countries, islands and seas, in the East and West-Indies, without any hindrance or molestation. ARTICLE IV. Liberty 0{cmi. There shall be an entire and perfect liberty of conscience allowed to science. Sec. the subjects and inhabitants of each party, and to their families, and no

 éjlélggh one shall be molested in regard to his worship, provided he submits as

pai-iyiii thi, to the public demonstration of it, to the laws of the country: There athens do- shall be given moreover, liberty, when any subjects or inhabitants of m““°““* either party shall die in the territory of the other, to bury them in the usual burrying places, or in decent and convenient grounds to be appointed for that purpose, as occasion shall require; and the dead bodies of those who are hurried, shall not in any wise be molested. And the two contracting parties shall provide, each one in his jurisdiction, that their respective subjects and inhabitants may henceforward obtain the requisite certificates in cases of deaths, in which they shall be interested. · ARTICLE V. Both ,,8,,;,,5 to Their High Mightinesses, the States General of the United Netherprotcctvesscls lands, and the United States of America, shall endeavour, by all the

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jOj;' means in their power, to defend and protect all vessclls and other effects,

iiimsiow umm belonging to their subjects and inhabitants respectively, or to any of when captured, them, in their ports, roads, havens, internal seas, passes, rivers, and as j‘X;"g,;g£‘;“cVu‘;$;s tar as their jurisdiction extends at sea, and to recover, and cause to be ' restored to the true proprietors, their agents or attornies, all such vessells and effects, which shall be taken under their jurisdiction: And their vessells of war and convoys, in cases when they may have a com-. mon enemy, shall take under their protection all the vessells belonging