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Volume IV.
LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA ; SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1823.
Number 21.
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By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Treaty of Commerce and N-ivigalion-, between the United States of America and His Majesty the Kins of Sweden and Norway, together with a separate article thereto, were conclu
ded and signed, by their Plenipotentia-
m?, at Stockholm, on the fourth day ofi
Juiy, in the year of our Lord, one thous
and ciajht hundred and twenty-seven;
which I rcaty and Separate Article, be
ing in the French language and whereof
thr? annexed is a faithful translation, are, vord for word, as follows: f,i the name of the most holy and Indivisible Trinity. The United States of America and His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Nor
way, equally animated with the desire of
extending and consolidating the commercial relations subsisting between their respective territories, and convinced that this object cannot better be accomplish
ed, than by placing them on the basis of
a perlect equality and reciprocity, have, in consequence, agreed to enter into negociation for a new Treaty of Commerce and Navigation; and, to this effect, have appointed Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
The President of the United States of
America, John James Appleton, Charge d'Affiiires of the said States, at the Court of His Majesty, the King of Sweden and,
Norway; and His Majesty the King of
Sweden and JNorway, the Sieur Gustave
Count de VVetterstedt, his Minister of
0 State &, of Foreign Aft airs, Knight com manderof his orders, Knight of the Or
ders of St. Andrew, St. Alexander New-! eky, and St. Ann, of the first class, of Russia, Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, of the fust class, of Prussia; Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, of Austria; one of the Eighteen of the Swedish Academy; who after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed-upon the following! articles: w Article I. The citizens and subjects of each of the two high contracting parties may, with all security for their persons, vessels, and cargoes, freely enter the ports, places, and rivers, of the territories of the other, wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, to rent and occupy houses and warehouses for their commerce, and they shall ct joy, generally the most entire security and protection in their mercantile transactions, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances of the respective countries. Article II.
Swedish and Norwegian vessels and
those of the island of St. Bartholomew,
arriving either laden or in ballast, into
the ports of the United States of America,
irom whatever place they may come
shall be treated on theirentrance, during
ineir siay, ana at meir departure, upon
the same tooting as national vessels com
ing from the same place, with respect to
me uuues oi tonnage, light houses, pilot
age and port charges, as well as to the
perquisites of public officers, and all ether duties or charges of whatever kind
or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit, of the Government, the local authorities cr of any private establishment, whatsoever. And reciprocally, the vessels of the United States of America, arriving either laden, oc in ballast, in the ports of the Kingdoms 0f Sweden and Norway, from "whatever place they may come, shall be
treated on their entrance, during their
stay, ana at their departure, upon the
'same footing as national vessels coming from the same place, with respect to the duties of tonnage, light houses, pilotage and port charges, as well as to the per
quisites of public officers, and all other duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit of the Government, to local
authorities, or of any private establish ments whatsoever. Article III.
AH that may be lawfully imported into the United States of America in vessels
of the Uniled States, may also be there
into imported in Swedish and Norwegian vessels, and in those of the island of St. Bartholomew, from whatever place they
may come, without paying other or high
or duties, or charges, of whatever kind
or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit of the Government, the lo
cal authorities, or of any private estab
lUhment whatsoever, than if imported in
iiaisonal vessels.
And, reciprocally, all that may be lawfully imported into the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, in Swedish & Norwegian vessels, or in those of the island of St. Bartholomew, may also be thereinto imported in vessels of the United States of America, from whatever place
they may come, without paying other or higher duties, or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the
name, or to the profit, of the Govern ment, the local authorities, or of any pri
vate establishments whatsoever, than if
imported in national vessel. Article IV.
All that may be lawfully exported from
the United States of America, in vessels
of the said States, may also be exported
therefrom in bwedisn and Norwegian
vessels, or in those of the island of St.
Bartholomew without paying other or higher duties, or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name,
or to the profit, of the Government, the
local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if exported in national vessels.
And, reciprocally, all that may be lawfully exported from the kingdoms of
Sweden and Norway, in Swedish and
iNorwegian vessels, or in those of the Island of St. Bartholomew, may also be exported therefrom in vessels of the United States of America, without paying other or higher duties, or charges, of w lia lever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit, of the Government, the local authorities, for of any private establishments whatsoever than if exported in national vessels. Article V. The stipulations contained in thethree
preceding articles, are, to their full extent applicable to the vessels of the United States of America, proceeding, either laden, or not laden, to the colony of St.
Bartholomew, in the West Indies, wheth
er frexm the ports of the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, or from any other place
whatsoever, or proceeding from the said
colony, either laden or not laden, wheth
er bound for Sweden or Norway, or for
any other place whatsoever.
Article VI. H is expressly understood that tlsc
foregoing second, third, and fourth ai ti
des, arc not applicable to the coastwise
navigation from one port of the United States of America, to another port of the
said States; nor to the navigation from
one port of the kingdoms of Sweden or of Norway to another, nor to that be
tween the two latter countries; which navigation each of the two high contract
ing parties reserves to itself.
Article VII. Each of the two high contracting parties engages not to grant, in itsptirchases,
or in those which might be made by companies or agents, acting in its name, or under its authority, any preference to importations made in its own vessels, or in those of a third Power, over those made in the vessels of the other contracting party. Article VHI. The two high contracting parties engage not to impose upon the navigation between their respective territories, in
the vessels of either, any tonnage orother
duties of any kind or denomination,
which shall be higher, or other than those
which shall be imposed on every other
Article X. j All privileges of transit, and all bounties and drawbacks which may be allowed within the territories of one of the high contractiag parties, upon the importation
or exportation of any article whatsoever,
shall, likewise, be allowed on the ariicie
of like nature, the products of the soil or
industry of the other contracting party
and on the importations and exportation made in its vessels. Article XI. The citizens or subjects of one of the high contracting parties, arriving with their vessels on the coast belonging to
the other, but not wishing to enter the port, or after having entered therein not wishing to unload any part of their cargo, shall be at liberty to depart; and to continue their voyage, without paying any other duties, imposts or charges whatsoever, for the vessel and cargo, than those of pilotage, wharfage and lor the support of light-houses, when such
duties shall be levied on national vessel in similar cases. It is understood, however, that they shall always conform to such regulations and ordinances concerning navigation, and the places and ports
which they may enter as are, or shall be,
in force with regard to national vessels ; & that the customhouse officers shall be per-
mited to visit them, to remain on board,
and to take all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent all unlawful commerce, as long as the vessels shall remain within the limits of their jurisdiction. Article XII. It is further agreed that the vessels of ono of the high'contracting parties, having entered into the ports of the other,
will be permitcd to confine themselves to unloading such part only of their cargoes, as the captain cr owner may wish, and that ihey may freely depart with the remainder, without paying any duties, imposts or charges, whatsoever, except for
that part which shall have been landed,
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ever, understood, that this species ofj same Plenipotentiaries are revived, and
judgment, or arbitration, shall not de
pnve the contending parties oi tne right thev have to resort, en their return to the judicial authority of their country. : Article XIV. 1 The said consuls, vice consuls or commercial agents, are authorized to re
quire the assistance of the local authorities for the arrest, detention and impris-
made applicable to all the countries un
der the dominion of the present high contracting parties, and shall have the same force and value as if they were inserted in the contest of the present treaty; it being understood that the stipulations contained in the articles above cited, shall always be considered as in no manner affecting the conventions c6n-
onmentof the deserters from the ships of eluded by either party Cith other ra-
navigation, except that which they have
reserved to themselves, respectively, by the sixth article of the present treaty.
Article Ja.
There shall not be established, in the
United States of America, upon the pro
ducts of the soil or industry of the king
doms of Sweden and Norway, or of the
Island of St. Bartholomew, any prohibi
tion or restriction of importation or ex
portation, nor any duties of any kind or
denomination whatsoever, unless such
prohibitions, restrictions, and duties,
hall likewise be established upon arti
cles of like nature, the growth of anv
other' country
And, reciprocally, there shall not be
established in the kingdoms of Sweden
and Norway, nor in the island of St. Bar
tholomew, on the products of tne soil or
industry of the United States of Ameri
ca, any prohibition or restrictions of im
portation or exportation, nor any duties of any kind or denomination whatsoever,
unless such prohibitions, restrictions, and duties, be likewise established upon articles of like nature, the growth of the
island ot bt. barlholomew, or of any other place, in case such importation be made into, or from, the Kingdoms of Swe
den and Norway ; or of the Kingdoms of
Sweden and Norway, or of any other place, in case such importation or expor
tation be made into or from, the island of
St. Bartholomew.
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and which shaii be manced upon, and erased from the manifest exhibiting the
e n u m e r a t i o n o f t h e a r t i c 1 c s w i I h w h i c h t h e vessel was laden; which manifest shall be
presented entire at the Custom-House of the place where the vessel shall have entered. Nothing shall be paid on that part of the cargo which the vessel shall carry away, and with which it may continue its voyage, to one, or several otherports of the same country, there to dispose of the remainder of its cargo, if composed of articles whose importation is permitted, on paying the duties chargeable upon it; or it may proceed to any other country. It is understood,
however, that all duties, imposts or charges whatsoever, which are, or may hecome chargeable upon the vessel them
selves, must be paid at the first port
where they shall break bulk or unladt
part of their cargo ; but that no duties,
imposss, or charges, of the same descrip
tion, shall be demanded anew in the ports
of the same country, which such vessels
might, afterwards, wish to enter, unless
national vessels be, m similar cases, sub
ject to some ulterior duties.
Article All I.
Each of the high contracting parties!
grants to the other, the privilege of appointing, in its commercial ports and
places, Consuls, Vice Consuls and Com
mercial Agents, who shall enjoy the full protection, and receive every assistance necessary for the due exercise of their functions; but it is expressly declared, that, in case of illegal or improper conduct, with respect to the laws or Government of the country in which said Con
suls, Vice Consuls or Commercial Agents shall reside, they may be prosecuted and punished conformably to the laws, and deprived of the exercise of their functions by the ofiended Government, which shall acquaint the other with its motives for having thus acted; it being understood, however that the archives and
documents to the affairs of the Consulate.
w ar and merchant vessels of their coun
try; and, for this purpose, they shall apply to the competent tribunals, judges and officers, and shall in writing demand said deserters, proving by the exhibition of the registers of the vessels, the rolls el
the crew s, or by other official documents that such individuals formed part of the
crew, and on this reclamation being thu
substantiated, the surrender shall not be
refused.
Such deserters, when arrested, shall
be placed at the disposal of the said con
sul, vice consuls or commercial agents,
and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those
who claim them, in order to be sent to
ihe vessels to which they belonged, or
to others of the same country. But, if
not sent back within the space of two
months, reckoning from the day of then
arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same
cause.
It is understood, however, that, if the
deserter should be found to have committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the case shall be depending, shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effed. Article XV. In case any vessel of one of the high contracting parties fhail have been stranded or shipwrecked, or tliall have suffered any other damage on the coasts of the dominions of the other, every aid
and assistance shall be given to the persons shipwrecked or in danger, and
pasjports shall be granted to them to
return to their country. i he ship
wrecked vessels and merchandize or
their proceeds, if the same shall
have been sold, shall be restored to their
owners, or to those entitled thereto, if
claimed within a year and a da-, upon
paying such costs ol salvage as would be paid by national vessels in the same
circumstances, and the salvage compa
nies shall not compel the acceptance of
such services, except m the same cases,
and after the same delays, as shall be
granted to the captains and crews of national vessels. More-over, the respect-
ive governments win taue care mat
these companies do not commit any vexatious or arbitrary acts. Article XVI.
It is agreed that vessels arriving directly from the United States of Ameri
ca, at a port within the dominions of
His Majesty tne King of Sweden and Norway, or from the Territories of Ids said Majesty in Europe, at a port of thu
United States, and provided with a bilh
tions, during ihe interval between the expiration of the said treaty of one thou
sand seven hundred and eighty threes
and the revival of said articles by the
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, concluded at Stockholm by the present high contracting parties, on the fourth of
September, one thousand eight hundred
and sixteen.
Article XVIII. Considering the remoteness of the res
pective countries of the two high contracting parties, and the uncertainty re
sulting therefrom with respect to the va
rious events which may take piace, it is
agreed that a merchant vessel belonging
to either of them, which may be bound to a port, supposed at the time of its departure, to beblockaded, shall not, however, be captured or condemned fur having attempted, a first time, to enter said port, unless it can be proved that said vessel could, and ought to have learned during its voyage, that the blockade of the place in question still continued. But all vessels which after having been w arned off once, shall during the same voyage, attempt a second time to enter the same blockaded pert, during the con tinuance of said blockade shall then subject themselves to be detained and con demned. Article XIX.
The present treaty shall continuein
force for ten years, counting from the
day of the exchange of the ratifications and if, before the expiration of the first nine years, neither of the high contracting parties shall have announced, by an official notification, to the other, its in
tention to arrest the operation of said treaty, it shall remain binding for one
year beyond that time, and so on, until
the rrpiration oi the twelve months which will follow a similar notification, whatever the time at which it may take place. Article XX. The present treaty diall be ratified by the President of the Uniled States of America., by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, an the ratifications shall be exchanged Washington, within the space of months from the signature, or s possible.
In faith whereof, the respe potenliaries, have sigtn cut treaty, by duplicateaffixed thereto the se., arms. Done at Stoc fourth of July, in the y one thousand eight iu twenty-seve?i.
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oi health, granted by an ohiQer having!
competent power to that effect, at th
port whence such vessel sha;i have sailed, setting forth that no malignant or
centa
por
SEPARATE ARTICLE.
Certain relations of j..ioximily an
icnt connexions having led to rcgu.
tagious diseases prevailed m that lions tor the importation of the pfoducU
t, shall be subjected to no other ot the Kingdoms of Swedej
Quarantine than such as mav be necessa
it for the visit of the health officer of the port where such vessel shall have ar-
shall be exempt from ail search, and! time, be so far infected or suspected.
snail ne careluiiy preserved under the seals of the Consuls or Commercial
Agents, and of the authority of the place where they may reside. The Consuls, Vice Consuls, Commercial Agents or the persons duly authori
zed to supply their places, shall have
die right, as such, to sit as judges and
arbitrators in such differences as may
arise between the captain and crews of teenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, niiu
the vessels belonging to the nation w hose
interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews or of the captain, should disturb the order or tranquility of the country; or the said consuls, vice consuls or commercial agents, should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be car-
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into the Grand Duchy of Finland, and that of the products of Finland into Swedrm and Norway, in vessels of the respect-
rived; after which said vessels shall bejive countries, by special stipulations of a allowed immediately to enter and un-; treaty still in force, and whose renewal load their cargoes: provided always.! forms, at this time, the subiect of a nepo-
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tsation between the Courts of Sweden snd Norway and Russia, said stipulations being, in no manner connected with the existing regulations for foreign commerce in general the two high contracting parties anxious to remove from their commercial relations all kinds of ambiguity or motives of discussion, have
agreed that the eighth, ninth and tenth
that there shall be on board no person who, during the voyage, shall have been attacked with any malignant or contagious diseases; that such vessels shall not, during their passage have communicated with any vessel liable, itself to un-
jdergo a quarantine; and that the coun
try whence tuey came shall not, at that
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that, before their arrival an ordinancelarticlcs of ihe present treaty shall not be had been issued, in consequnce of whichjapplicable cither to the navigation and
all vessels coming from that coitiitrricommerce aoove mentioned, nor, cense-
should be considered as suspected and consequently subject to quarantine. Article X VII. The second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, six
teenth, twenty first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty fifth articles v of the Treaty of amity and Commerce concluded at Paris on the 3d April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, and of His MaieMv the King of Sweden, together with the
first, second, fourth and fifth separate ar- - i t .t -
ried into effect or supported. It is, how-! ticks. ?igncd en the ame day bv the
qucntly, to the exceptions in the general
lanu oi custom-house duties, and in the regulations of navigation resulting therefrom, nor to the special advantages which arc, or may be granted to the importation of tallow and candles from Russia, founded upon equivalent advantages granted by Russia on certain articles of importation from Sweden and Norway. The present Separate Article shall have the same force and value as if it
were inserted, word for word, in the
treaty signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time. In faith whereof, we the undersigned, by virtue of our respective full pow-