TREATY WITH TRIPOLI. 1796. 155 ARTICLE VIII. If a vessel of either part should be attacked b an enem within n · shot of the forts of the othdlr, she shall be defendgl as mucli as possible. Pggtmllty of [f she be in port, she shall not be seized or attacked, when it is in the power of the other party to protect her; and when she proceeds to sea, no enemy shall be allowed to pursue her from the same port within twenty-four hours after her departure. ARTICLE IX. The commerce between the United States and Tripoli-—-the protec- Commerce, tion to be given to merchants, masters of vessels and seamen-the &°·.*° b°°¤*l*° reciprocal right of establishing consuls in each country, and the mgxggjgi privileges, immunities, and jurisdictions to be enjoyed by such consuls, nations. are declared to be on the same footing with those of the most favoured nations respectively. ARTICLE X. The money and presents demanded by the Bey of Tripoli, as a full Ackm,w1,,dg_ and satisfactory consideration on his part, and on the part of his sub- ment of the rcjects, for this treaty of perpetual peace and friendship, are acknowledged °°lP'°L*h° to have been received by him previous to his signing the same, accord- mm 0 peace' ing to a receipt which is hereto annexed; except such part as is promised on the part of the United States, to be delivered and paid by them on the arrival of their consul in Tripoli, of which part a notice is likewise hereto annexed.—And no pretence of any periodical tribute or farther payment is ever to be made by either party. ARTICLE XI. As the government of the United States of America is not in any pmms ms. sense founded on the Christian religion—as it has in itself no character ine frvrrr r91i- of emnity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of Musselmen-and §Q;“;‘}{’,i‘;‘;:', as the said states never have entered into any war or act of hostility the stm 0{hli. against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no m03W of the fwv pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interrup- "“°°"S‘ tion of the harmony existing between the two countries. ARTICLE XII. In case of any dispute arising from the violation of any of the articles Disputes beof this treaty, no appeal shall be made to arms, nor shall war be declared W66H ¢h6dP¤r— on any pretext whatever. But if the consul residing at the place where ;l§ié°bl;,°!e?é,_ the dispute shall happen, shall not be able to settle the same, an amica- ence to the Dey ble reference shall be made to the mutual friend of the parties, the Dey of Aleierv of Algiers, the parties hereby engaging to abide by his decision. And he by virtue of his signature to this treaty, engages for himself and his successors, to declare the justice of the case according to the true interpretation of the treaty, and to use all the means in his power to enforce the observance of the same. Signed and Sealed at Tripoli of Barbary, the 3d day of Jumad, in the year of the Higera, 1211, corresponding with the 4th day of November, 1796, by JUSSUF BASHAW MAHOMET, Bay. L. s.) MAMET, Trcasurcr. L. s.) AMET, Minister ey" Jllarinc. L. s.) AME']`, C'/uzmberlain. (L. s.) ALLY, C/ziefdthe Divan. (L. s.) SOLIMAN KAYA. (L. s.) GALIL, General of the Troops. (L. s.)
