ARTICLE XIV.

Peruvian citizens shall enjoy the same privileges in frequenting the mines, and in digging or working for gold upon the public Privileges of Perulands situated in the State of California, as are, or may be vians in the mines of hereafter, accorded by the United States of America to the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.

ARTICLE XV.

California.

The citizens of either of the high contracting parties shall have the full power and liberty to dispose of their personal property Right to dispose and effects, of every kind and description, within the juris- of property. diction of the other, by sale, donation, testament, or otherwise; and their heirs or representatives, being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal property and effects, whether by testament or ab intestato, and may take possession of the same themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their pleasure, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein said effects may be shall be subject to pay in like cases. Should the property consist of real estate, and the heirs, on account of their character as aliens, be prevented from entering into possession of the inheritance, they shall be allowed the term of three years to dispose of the same and withdraw and export the proceeds, which they may do without any hindrance, and without paying any other dues or charges than those which are established by the laws of the country.

ARTICLE XVI.

If any vessel belonging to the citizens of either of the high contracting parties should be wrecked, suffer damage, or be left derelict, Provisions in case on or near the coasts, within the territories of the other, all of wrecks, &c. assistance and protection shall be given to such vessel and her crew; and the vessel, or any part thereof, and all furniture and appurtenances belonging thereto, together with all the merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof, if sold, shall be faithfully restored to the owners, or their agents, they paying only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the rate of salvage which would have been payable, in the like case, by national vessels; and it shall be permitted for them to unload the merchandise and effects on board, with the proper precautions to prevent their illicit introduction, without exacting in such case any duty, impost, or contribution whatever, provided the same be exported.

ARTICLE XVII.

Same subject.

When through stress of weather, want of water or provisions, pursuit of enemies or pirates, the vessels of one of the high contracting parties, whether of war (public or private) or of trade, or employed in fishing, shall be forced to seek shelter in the ports, rivers, bays, and dominions of the other, they shall be received and treated with humanity; sufficient time shall be allowed for the completion of repairs, and while any vessel may be undergoing them its cargo shall not unnecessarily be required to be landed either in whole or in part; all assistance and protection shall be given to enable the vessels to procure supplies, and to place them in a condition to pursue their Voyage without obstacle or hindrance.

Property recaptured from pirates to be restored.

ARTICLE XVIII.

All vessels, merchandise, and effects, belonging to the citizens of either of the high contracting parties, which may be captured by pirates, either on the high seas or within the limits of its jurisdiction, and may be carried into or found in the rivers, roads, bays, ports, or dominions of the other, shall be delivered up to the owners or their agents, they proving, in due and proper form, their rights before the competent tribunals; it being understood that the claim thereto shall be made within two years, by the owners themselves, their agents, or the agents of the respective Governments.

Personal rights of citizens of either na

ARTICLE XIX.

The high contracting parties promise and engage to give full and perfect protection to the persons and property of the citizens of each other, of all classes and occupations, who may be tion in the other. dwelling or transient in the territories subject to their respective jurisdiction; they shall have free and open access to the tribu nals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms as are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country in which they may be, and they shall be at liberty to employ, in all causes, the advo cates, attornies, notaries, or agents, of whatever description, whom they may think proper. The said citizens shall not be liable to impris onment without formal commitment under a warrant signed by a legal authority, except in cases flagrantis delicti; and they shall in all cases be brought before a magistrate, or other legal authority, for examination, within twenty-four hours after arrest; and if not so examined, the accused shall forthwith be discharged from custody. Said citizens, when detained in prison, shall be treated during their imprisonment with humanity, and no unnecessary severity shall be exercised towards them.

Liberty of con

science.

ARTICLE XX.

It is likewise agreed that perfect and entire liberty of conscience shall be enjoyed by the citizens of both the contracting parties in the countries subject to the jurisdiction of the one or the other, without their being liable to be disturbed or molested on account of their religious belief, so long as they respect the laws and established usages of the country. Moreover, the bodies of the citizens of one of the contracting parties, who may die in the terriRights of burial. tories of the other, shall be buried in the usual buryinggrounds, or in other decent and suitable places, and shall be protected from violation or disturbance.

Provision respecting trade with ene

mies.

ARTICLE XXI.

The citizens of the United States of America and of the Republic of Peru may sail with their vessels, with entire freedom and security, from any port to the ports or places of those who now are, or hereafter shall be, enemies of either of the contracting parties, whoever may be the owners of the merchandise laden in the said vessels. The same citizens shall also be allowed to sail with their vessels, and to carry and traffic with their merchandise from the ports and places of the enemies of both parties, or of one of them, without any hindrance, not only to neutral ports and places, but also from

one port belonging to an enemy to another enemy's port, whether they be under the jurisdiction of one power or under several. And it is agreed that free ships shall give freedom to goods, and that everything shall be deemed free which shall be found on board the vessels belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, although the whole lading or a part thereof, should belong to the enemies of either, articles contraband of war being always excepted. The same liberty shall be extended to persons who may be on board free ships, so that said persons cannot be taken out of them, even if they may be enemies of both parties, or of one of them, unless they are officers or soldiers in the actual service of the enemy. It is agreed that the stipulations in this article declaring that the flag shall cover the property shall be understood as applying to those nations only who recognize this principle; but if either of the contracting parties shall be at war with a third, and the other shall remain neutral, the flag of the neutral shall cover the property of enemies whose Governments acknowledge this principle, and not that of others.

ARTICLE XXII.

When the neutral flag of one of the contracting parties shall protect the property of the enemies of the other, in virtue of the pre- Provisions respectceding article, neutral property found on board enemies' ing neutral goodsvessels shall likewise be considered as enemies' property,

enemies' vessels.

and shall be subject to detention and confiscation, unless it shall have been put on board before the declaration of war, or even afterwards, if it were done without knowledge of such declaration; but the contracting parties agree that ignorance cannot be alleged after the lapse of six months from the declaration of war. On the contrary, in those cases where the flag of the neutral does not protect enemies' property which may be found on board, the goods or merchandise of the neutral embarked in enemies' vessels shall be free.

ARTICLE XXIII.

The liberty of commerce and navigation stipulated for in the preceding articles shall extend to all kinds of merchandise except Definition of couthe articles called contraband of war, under which name shall be comprehended:

traband articles.

1st. Cannons, mortars, howitzers, swivels, blunderbusses, muskets, fusees, rifles, carbines, pistols, pikes, swords, sabres, lances, spears, halberds, grenades, bombs, powder, matches, balls, and everything belonging to the use of these arms.

2nd. Bucklers, helmets, breastplates, coats of mail, accoutrements, and clothes made up in military form and for military use.

3d. Cavalry belts and horses, with their harness.

4th. And generally, all offensive or defensive arms made of iron, steel, brass, copper, or of any other material, prepared and formed to make war by land or at sea.

ARTICLE XXIV.

All other goods

All other merchandise and things not comprehended in the articles of contraband explicitly enumerated and classified as above shall be held and considered as free and subjects of free and free, except to places lawful commerce, so that they may be carried and trans- add.

besieged or block

ported in the freest manner by both the contracting parties even to places belonging to an enemy, excepting only those places which are at that time besieged or blockaded; and to avoid all doubt in this particnlar, it is declared that those places only shall be considered as besieged or blockaded which are actually invested or attacked by a force capable of preventing the entry of the neutral.

Provisions for the

ARTICLE XXV.

The articles of contraband, or those before enumerated and classified, which may be found in a vessel bound for an enemy's port, case of contraband, shall be subject to detention and confiscation; but the rest among free articles. of the cargo and the ship shall be left free, that the owners may dispose of them as they see proper. No vessel of either of the contracting parties shall be detained on the high seas on account of having on board articles of contraband, whenever the master, captain, or supercargo of said vessel will deliver up the articles of contraband to the captor, unless, indeed, the quantity of such articles be so great, or of so large bulk, that they cannot be received on board the capturing vessel without great inconvenience; but in this and all other cases of just detention, the vessel detained shall be sent to the nearest convenient and safe port, for trial and judgment according to law.

ARTICLE XXVI.

And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy without knowing that the same is Blockades and sieges. besieged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed that every vessel so circumstanced may be turned away from such port or place, but shall not be detained, nor shall any part of her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscated, unless, after having been warned of such blockade or investment by the commanding officer of a vessel forming part of the blockading forces, she again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place the master or supercargo may think proper. Nor shall any vessel of either party that may have entered into such port or place before the same was actually beseiged, blockaded, or invested by the other, be restrained from leaving it with her cargo, nor, if found therein before or after the reduction and surrender, shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to seizure, confiscation, or any demand on the score of redemption or restitution; but the owners thereof shall remain in the undisturbed possession of their property. And if any vessel having thus entered the port before the blockade took place shall take on board a cargo after the blockade be established, and attempt to depart, she may be warned by the blockading forces to return to the blockaded port and discharge the said cargo; and if, after receiving such warning, the vessel shall persist in going out with the cargo, she shall be liable to the same consequences as in the case of a vessel attempting to enter a blockaded port after having been warned off by the blockading forces.

Right of visitation and search.

ARTICLE XXVII.

To prevent disorder and irregularity in visiting and examining the vessels and cargoes of both the contracting parties on the high seas, they have agreed, mutually, that whenever a vessel of war, public or private, shall meet with a neutral of the other

party, the former shall remain at the greatest distance compatible with the possibility and safety of making the visit, under the circumstances of wind and sea, and the degree of suspicion attending the vessel to be visited, and shall send one of her small boats with no more men than may be necessary to execute the said examination of the papers concerning the ownership and cargo of the vessel, without causing the least extortion, violence, or ill-treatment, in respect of which the commanders of said armed vessels shall be responsible with their persons and property; for which purpose the commanders of said private armed vessels shall, before receiving their commissions, give sufficient security to answer for all the injuries and damages they may commit. And it is expressly agreed that the neutral party shall in no case be required to go on board of the examining vessel for the purpose of exhibiting the ship's papers, nor for any other purpose whatever.

ARTICLE XXVIII.

party must be pro

other is at war.

Both contracting parties likewise agree that when one of them shall be engaged in war the vessels of the other must be fur- Papers with which nished with sea-letters, patents, or passports, in which shall vesels of either be expressed the name, burden of the vessel, and the name ved, when the and place of residence of the owner, and master or captain thereof, in order that it may appear that the vessel really and truly belongs to citizens of the said other party. It is also agreed that such vessels being laden, besides the said sea-letters, patents, or passports, shall be provided with manifests or certificates, containing the particu lars of the cargo and the place where it was taken on board, so that it may be known whether any part of the same consists of contraband or prohibited articles; which certificate shall be made out in the accustomed form by the authorities of the port whence the vessel sailed; without which requisites the vessel may be detained to be adjudged by the competent tribunales, and may be declared good and legal prize, unless it shall be proved that the said defect or omission was owing to accident, or unless it shall be satisfied or supplied by testimony equivalent in the opinion of the said tribunals, for which purpose there shall be allowed a reasonable length of time to procure and present it.

ARTICLE XXIX.

Vessels under con

The preceding stipulations relative to the visit and examination of vessels shall apply only to those which sail without convoy; for when said vessels shall be under convoy, the verbal declaration of the commander of the convoy, on his word of honor, that the vessels under his protection belong to the nation whose flag they carry, and, when they are bound to an enemy's port, that they have no contraband goods on board, shall be sufficient.

ARTICLE XXX.

And

Prize cases, proVisions as 10.

It is further agreed that, in all prize cases, the courts specially established for such causes in the country to which the prizes may be conducted shall alone take cognizance of them. whenever such courts of either party shall pronounce judgment against any vessel, merchandise, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or decree shall set forth the reasons or motives on which the same shall have been founded; and an authenticated copy