TREATY WITH ALGIERS. 1795. l35 n’iately returned: No excuse shall be made that they have hid themselves amongst the people and cannot be found, or any other equivocation. ARTICLE XII. No citizen of the United States of North-America, shall be obliged Haw slaves to redeem any slave against his will, even should he be his brother: hmbg ’°‘d neither shall the owner of a slave be forced to sell him against his will : Jifgiecgpigred but all such agreements must be made by consent of parties. Should persons shall be any American citizen be taken on board an enemy-ship, by the cruisers °“’f“l P“'°· of this Regency, having a regular passport, specifying they are citizens of the United States, they shall be immediately set at liberty. On the contrary, they having no passport, they and their property shall be considered lawful prize; as this Regency know their friends by their passports. ARTICLE XIII. Should any of the citizens of the United States of North-America, Howthe estate die within the limits of this Regency, the Dey and his subjects shall Qi gugilts °i not interfere with the property of the deceased; but it shall be under th}, i{e§:gym the immediate direction of the consul: unless otherwise disposed of by shall be settled. will. Should there be no consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of some person worthy of trust, until the party shall appear who has a right to demand them; when they shall render an account of the property. Neither shall the Dey or Divan give hindrance in the execution of any will that may appear. ARTICLE XIV. No citizen of the United States of N orth-America, shall be obliged No citizen of to purchase any goods against his will; but, on the contrary, shall be U· S· ii 5** allowed to purchase whatever it plcaseth him. The consul of the United gg2z3i2S; gods States of North-America, or any other citizen, shall not be amenable or pay debts of for debts contracted by any one of their own nation; unless previously ¤¤°¤h°Y· they have given a written obligation so to do. Should the Dey want to freight any American vessel that may be in the Regency, or Turkey, said vessel not being engaged, in consequence of the friendship subsisting between the two nations, he expects to have the preference given him, on his paying the same freight olfered by any other nation. ARTICLE XV. Any disputes or suits at law, that may take place between the sub- How disputes jects of the Regency and the citizens of the United States of North- ¤h¤Ul>¤ BGM66- America, shall be decided by the Dey in person, and no other. Any disputes that may arise between the citizens of the United States, shall be decided by the consul; as they are in such cases not subject to the laws of this Regency. ARTICLE XVI. Should any citizen of the United States of North-America, kill, How crimes wound, or strike a subject of this Regency, he shall be punished in the ¤l(i¤ll bit P¤¤¤¤l¤· same manner as a Turk, and not with more severity. Should any ° ‘ citizen of the United States of North-America, in the above predicament, escape prison, the consul shall not become answerable for him. ARTICLE XVII. The consul of the United States of North-America, shall have every priviieges of personal security given him and his houshold: he shall have liberty to the consul of exercise his religion in his own house: all slaves of the same religion, ‘l‘° U· 8* shall not be impeded in going to said eonsul’s house, at hours of prayer The consul shall have liberty and personal security given him to travel
