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BY AUTHORITY

By the, President of the United States of America, A PROCLAMATION. Whe reas a Convention of Friendship, Com merce and Navigation, between the United States of America and the Free Hinseatic Ke publics of Lubeck, Bremen and HamSur was concluded and signed by their Plenipotentiaries, at Washington, oa the twentieth day of De cember in the year of our Lord one thousmd eight hundred and twenty-seven; which Convention, being in the English and French languages, 19, word for word, as follows: CONVENTION Of Friendship, Commerce, and Aav t'ration between the United States of America, mi l the Free Ilanseatic Republics of Lu heck) Bremen, and Hamburg. The United Slates of America, on the one part, and the Republic and Free Ilanseatic City of Lubeck, the Republic and Free Ilanseatic City of Bremen, and the Republic and Free Ilanseatic City of Hamburg, (each State for itself separately,) on the other part, being desirous to give greater facility to their commercial intercourse, and to place the privileges, of their navigation on a basis of the most extended liberality, have resolved to fix, in a manner clear, distinct, and positive, the rules which shall be observed between the one and the other, by means of a Convention of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation. For the attainment of this most desirable object, the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on Henry Clay, their Secretary of State; and the Senate of the Republic and free Hanseatic Citv of Lubeck, the Senate of the Republic and free Ilanseatic City of Bremen, and the Senate of the Republic and free I lanseatic City of Hamburg, have conferred full powers on Vincent Rumpik) their Minister Plenipotentiary near tiie United States of America, who after having exchanged their said full powers, bund in due and proper form, have agreed to the following articles: ARTICLE I. The contracting parlies agree, that whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be from time to time, lawfully imported into the United States, in their own vessels, may be also Imported in vessels of the said face Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen and Hamburg, and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel, fhallbe levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the United Slates, or of either of the said Ilanseatic Republics. And, in like manner, that whatever kind of produce, man ufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country, can be from time to time, law fully imported into either of the said Hanseatic Republics, in its own vessels, may be also imported in vessels of the United States; and that no higher or

other duties upon the tonnage or cargoisubjected ; they being, in all these cases

of the vessel, shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one party, or of the other. And they further agree, that whatever may be lawfully exported, or re-exported, by one party in its own vessels, to any foreign country, may, in like manner, be exported or re-exported in the vessels of the other party. And the same bounties, duties, and drawbacks

shall be allowed and collected, whether preventatives, being citizens of the other such exportation or re-exportation be j party, shall succeed to their said personmade in vessels of the one party, or of al goods, whether by testament or ah inthe other. Nor shall higher, or oiher testa to and they may take possession charges of any kind, be imposed in the' thereof, either by themselves or others

ports of the one party, on vessels of theacting for them, and dispose of the same

other, than arc, or shall be, payable in: the same ports by national vessels. ARTICLE II. No higher or other duties shall be im posed on the importation, into the Unit ed States, of any article, the produce or

manufacture ot the tree Ilanseatic lie- inheritance on account ot their chaiacpublics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham-jter of aliens, there shall be granted to burg; and no higher or other duties: them the term of three yeais to dispose shall be imposed on the importation, intoiof the same, as they may think proper, either of the said Republics, of any arti-jand to w ithdraw the proceeds without

cle, the produce or manufacture ot the United btates, than are, or shall be, payable tin the like article, being the pro duce or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any other, or higher duties or charges, be imposed by either party on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen or Hamburg, respectively, than such as are, or shall be, payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the importation exportation of any article, the produce

or manufacture of the United States, or of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen or Hamburg, to, or from, the ports of the U. States, or, to, or from, the ports of the other party, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. ARTICLE III. No priority or preference shall be given, directly or indirectly, by any or either of the contracting parties, nor by any company, corporation, or agent acting on their behalf, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of their States, respectively imported into the other, on account or in reference to, the character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or of the other, in which such article was imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the contracting parties, that no distinction of difference whatever shall be made in this respect. ARTICLE IV. In consideration of the limited extent of the territories of the Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg and of the

intim ate connexion of trade and i.avigation subsisting between these Republics, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that any vessel which shall be owned exclu sively by a citizen or citizens of any 01 either of them, and of which the master shall .also be a citizen of any or either of them, and provided that three-fourths of the crew shall be citizens or subjects of any or either of the said Republics, or of any or either of the States of the coaf- deration of Germany, such vessel. owned and navigated, shall, for all the purposes of this Convention, be taken to be, and considered as, a vessel belonging to Lubeck, Bremen, or Ham burg. ARTICLE V. Any vessel,-together with her cargo. belonging to either of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Ham burg, and coming from either of the said ports to the United States, shall foi all the purposes of this Convention, bo1 deemed to have cleaned from the Republic to winch such vessel belongs; although, in fact, it may not have been the one from which she departed; and any vessel of the United States, and her cargo, trading to the ports of Lubeck, Bremen or Hamburg, directly, or hi succession, shall for the like purposes be on the footing of a Hanseatic vessel, and her cargo, making the same voare. ARTICLE VI. It is likewise agreed that it shall be wholly free for all merchants, commanders of ships, and other citizens of both parties, to manage, themselves, their own business, in all the ports and places subject to the jurisdiction of each other as well wiih respect to the consignment and sale of their goods and merchandise by wholesale or retail, as with respocl to the loading unloading, and sending oil I lini i (J 1 l i enlwniH in.r tKnM- di'- 4.J 111 l it CIIIJ Mtl'l!lllMI llil.ilrvll? .if1 the laws decrees, and usages there es tablished, to which native citizens are to be treated as citizens of the Republic in which they reside, or at least to be placed on a footing with the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. ARTICLE VII. The citizens of each of the contracting parties shall have power to dispose of their personal goods, within the jurisu,u,u" wt vv 5tUt'' UUIiauon' testament, or otherwise; and their reat their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein said goods are, shall be subject to pav in like cases: and if, in the case of real es tate, the said heirs would be prevented from entering into the possession of Ihe molestation, and exempt from all dutiee ot detraction c on the part of government of the respective States. ARTICLE VIII. Both the contracting parties promise, and engage formally, to give their special protection to the persons and property of the citizens of each ether, of all occupations, wdio may be in the territories subject to the jurisdiction of the one or the other, transient, or dwelling therein, leaving open and free to them, the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or

citizens of the country in which they may be; for which they may employ, in defence of their rights, such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law ; and such citizens or agents shall have as free opportunity as native citizens to be present at the decisions and sentences of die tribunals, in all cases which may concern them; and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evidence which ma) be exhibited in the said trials. ARTICLE IX. The contracting parties, desiring to live in peace and harmony with all the other nations of the earth, by meaii3 of a policy, frank, and equally fiicndly with

ul, engage mutually not to giant any

particular favor to other nations, in res-ltnt- Commissioners of East Florida, and neet of commerce and navigation, which!" the reports of the Receiver and Regis-

pec shall not immediately' become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same frceh, if the concessions was free I) made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional. ARTICLE N. The present convention shall be in force for the term of twelve years, from the dale hereof; and further, until the end of twelve months after the Government of the United States on the one part, or the free Ilanseatic Republics of L ibeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, by either of them, on the other pari, shall have given notice of their intention to terminate the same; each of the said eontracting parties reserving to itsell the light of giving such notice to the other at the end of the said term of twelve years; and it is hereby agreed between them, that, at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either of the parties from the other", this Convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine, as far as regards the States giving and receiving Mich notice; ;t bung always understood and agreed, that, if one or more of the Ilanseatic Republics aforesaid, shall, at the expiration of twelve years from the date hereof, give or receive notice of the proposed termination of this Convention, it shall nevertheless, remain in full force and operation, as far as regards the remaining Hanseatic Republics or Republic,

which may not have given or received!' ,u' decisions made by the Registericosts in any case where the decision may

uch notice. ARTICLE XI. The present convention being approv ed and ratmed by the President of th United Slates, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof: and i . i ' j- 4. i r r nv me oeuaies oi ine iianseaue uo!

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lies of Lubeck, Bremen and Hamburg, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within nine months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. In faith whereof, we, tho IMenipose-i tiaiies of the contracting parties, Lai signed the present Conveiitk n ; ai Ivieo t hnriWjk alllVol v i r i

iaiie.s of the contracting parties, havel'htcd to toe Secretary of the TreasurvJthe United States for the district in

Mil 5 UJolHWj Uii, u VIH OLHI." Done, in quadruplicate, at tho Ciiy of Washingtan, on tho twentieth day of December, in the year of our Laid one thousand eight htiuda d and twenty-seven, in the lift) -second year of tho Independence of the United States of America. S gned l.s. II. CLAV. l.s. V.RUMPFF. And whereas, the said Convention h;.s been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington, on the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, by Henry Cla), Secretary of State of the United Slates, and Vincent RumplT, Minister Plenipotentiary of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen and Hamburg, near the said United States, on the part of their respective irovei nmcuis. New, therefore, be it known that I, John Quincy Adams, President of the United Slates of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States, and the citizens thereof. In witness ivhereof f hsve hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of ihe United States to be aikxed. Done at the City of Wushln-ston this second day of June, in lb year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentyeighr, and of the Independence of the Uuited Stages the rUiy-st-uond. JOHN QUJNCV ADAMS. By the President : H. CLAY, Secretary of State. Thi- cuk v aramanthine flower on earth is virt'ic ihe only lasting treasure truth.

laws or the united states iwssi D at.

THE FIRST SESSION' OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Public No. 10. AN ACT suppleruf nlary to the several acts providing for the settlement and coufiuiation of private land claims in Florida. Be it enacted by the Sennte e;nd House of lifpresnitQtives of tbe i nited St, tcs of America in Cunsrnss Assembled That tt itthree claims to land in the district of West Florida, contained in the reports of the Commissioners, and numbered Jour 4, n:8:ind ten 10. excluding from the latter the land contained in certificate, and in the plats a and c, and l lie claims contained in the reports ol ter acting as such, made in pursuance of the several acts of Congress providing for the settlement of private land chum;in Florida, and recommended for confirmation by said Commissioners; and by the Register and Receiver, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, to the extent of the quantity contained in one league square, to be located by the claimants, or their agents, within the limits of such claims or surveys tiled, as aforesaid, before the said Commissioner?, or Receiver and Register, which location shall be made within the bounds of the original grant in quantities of not less than one section, and to be bounded by sectional lines. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That no more than the quantity of acres contained in a league square, shall be confirmed within the bounds of any one grant; and no confirmation shall be effectual until all the parties in interest, under the original grant, shall file with the Register and Receive r of the district whie the grant ma)- be situated, a full and final release ot all ( hum to the residue contained in the grant; and where 'here sba.ll be any minors incapable of acting within said Territory ol Florida, a relinquishment by the legal guardian shall be sufficient; and thereafter the excess in said grants, respectively, shall be liable to be sold as other public lands of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That v' and Receiver of the district of East Flori - da, acting ee dfcio as commissioner.-, in pursuance of an act of Congress, approvd the eightn oi i eoruan , one thousand 0'1 ht hundred and twenty-seven, author- ! izir-c them to ascertain and decide claims titles to lands ii in the district afore said, and those recommended for confirmation under the quantity of tine1 thouiaud lue hundred acres contained jm the reports, abstracts and opinions, of the said Register and Receiver, trans-

according to law, and ivierred by lom toiwhich the suits authorized by this act Congress, on the tivcnty-niuth January,! shall be instituted, in ever)' case where one thousand eight hundred and twenty- the decision is against the United States eight, and the same aie hereby con to make out and transmit to the Attoriirrned. The confirmations authorizedjney General of the United States a stateby this act shall opeiate only as a release ment containing the facts of the case,

ot any chum had by the united States,'and the points of law on which the same

and not to affect the interest of third nersoie Sec. '1. And be it further enacted, Thai

the said Register mid Receiver shall con-ia!J n a other cases, if he shall in such tmue to examine and decide the remain-attt,r ca?e think the decision of the Dising claims in East Florida, subject to thc!1"1 Judge is erroneous, to direct an apsame limitations and in conformity with!Prc:1 to 1)e lnatie to tie Supreme Couit the provisions of the several act3 0f,fthe United States, and to appear for

Congress, for the adjustment of private!"10 United btates, and prosecute such

land claims in Florida, until the first; appeal; wnicn appeal m nehalt ol the Monday in D comber next, when they; United States may be granted at any shall make a final report of all the claims': within six months after the rendiaforesaid, in said district, to the Secre- tion of the judgment appealed from, or tary of the Treasury; and it shall never al aV t""-' before the expiration of the be lawful, after that time, for any of thej thereof, which may commence next claima; :c to exhibit any further evidence ter the expiration of said six months; in support of said claims. And the said anti it shall be the further duty of the Register and Receiver, and Clerk, shall; Dbtrict Attorney to observe the instruc-

receive the compensation provided in Iheihon given to him by the Attorney Uen-

act aforesaid, to be paid out ot any money . . . . in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ited: Provided, that the extra compenation of one thousand dollars, each,' whicii is hereby allowed to the Register and Receiver, for services under and by; the provisions of this, act, shall not ht paid until a report of all the claims be made to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 5. And be ii further enacted, That the proper accounting Officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to adjust and pay .the accounts of the Register and Receiver, acting as Commissioners, their contingent expenses, and the Receiver the compensation heretofore allowed for bringing their reports to Washington, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 6. And oe it fur thee enacted, That all claims to hd within the Territory of:

! Florida, embraced by the treaty between

Snain and the United States of the twenty second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, which shall not be decided and finally settled under the foregoing provisions of this act, confining a greater quantity of land than the commissioners were authorized to decide, and above the amount confirmed by this act; and which have not been reported, as antedated or forged by said commissioners, or Rt gister and Receiver acting as such, shall be rei eivtd and adjudicated, by the Judge of the Superior Court of the district within which tho land lies, upon the petition of the claimant, according to the forms, rults, regulations, conditions, restrictions, and limitations presciibtd by ihe district Judge, and claimants in the Slate ol Missouri, by act of Congress, approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled, "an act enabling ihe claimants to land within the limits of ihe State of Missouri, and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceeding to try the validity of their claims Provided that nothing in this section shall be conMrued to authorize said Judges to take cognisance of any claim annulled by the said treaty, or the decree ratifying the same by the King of Spain, nor any claim not presented ta the commissioners or Register and Receiver, in conformity to the several acts ot Congress providing for the settlement of private land claims in Florida. Sec 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful lor the claimants to lands, as aforesaid, to take an appeal, as directed in the act aforesaid, from Ihe decision of the Judge of the District, to the Supreme Court of the United Stales within four months after the decision hall be pronounced ; and the sid Judges shall each be entitled to receive the extra compensation given to the District Judge of Missouri, for the performance of the duties required by this act, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, the provisions of which so far as they are applicable, and are not altered by this act, are hereby extended to the territory of Florida, as 'subjects the claimants to the payment of jbe in favor of their claims, be, and the same i3 hereby repealed; and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause as in ordinary causes before the said Court. And so much of the said act as required the claimants to make adverse claimant! parties to their suits, or to shew the Court what adverse claimants there may bo to the land claimed of the United States, be also hereby repealed. ec. 0. ?rA be it further enacted That it shall be the duty of the Attorney of was decided; and it shall be the duly of the Attorney General, m all cases w here the claim exceeds one league square. i - . i .erai in mat respect. Sec. 10. And be ii further enarted, That it shall be lawful for the President of ihe United States to appoint a law agent, whose special duty it shall be to supermtend the interests of the United States, in the premises, to continue him in place as long as the public interest requires his continuance; and to allow such pay to the agent as the President may think reasonable. It shall also be the duty of such agent to collect testimony in behalf of the United States, and to 'attend, on all occasions, when said claimants may take depositions; and no deposition so taken by them shall be read as evidence unless Vaid agent or district attorney shall have been notified, in writing, of the time and place of taking them, so long previous to said lime as to atlord to him an oppoilunity of being present.