immediately make any search that it may deem necessary; the order of search shall, in that case, be addressed to the Greek consular officer, as provided in article 5. Any surplus or deficit that may be shown by the comparison of the manifest with the cargo shall furnish ground for the imposition of the fines provided for by the customs regulations which shall be issued by the Egyptian Government.

ART. 12.

Any custom-house operation in Egypt, either on arrival or departure, must be preceded by a declaration signed by the owner of the goods or his representative.

The custom-house may, moreover, in case of dispute, require the presentation of all the documents that are to accompany any shipment of goods, such as invoices, letters, etc.

Any refusal to make the declaration on arrival or departure, any delay in making the said declaration, or any excess or deficiency found to exist between the goods and the declaration shall furnish ground for the imposition of the fines provided for by the Egyptian custom-house regulations, in each of the cases specified.

ART. 13.

The custom-house officers, the officers of the vessels belonging to the Egyptian postal-service, and the officers of national vessels, may board any sailing or steamvessel of less than 200 tons' burden, be that vessel at anchor or tacking, at a distance not exceeding ten kilometers from the shore, without furnishing evidence of vis major; they may ascertain the nature of the cargo, seize any prohibited goods, and secure evidence of any other infraction of the customs regulations.

ARTICLE 14.

Any illicit importation of goods shall furnish ground for the confiscations and fines provided for by the Egyptian customs regulations.

Decisions ordering confiscations and fines shall be communicated, within the period fixed by law, to the Greek consular officer.

ARTICLE 15.

It is understood that this convention can in no wise impair the administrative rights of the two contracting Governments, and that they may enforce any regulations calculated to promote the efficiency of the service and the repression of fraud.

ARTICLE 16.

The present convention shall be operative for seven years from the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

At the expiration of that period, the present convention shall remain in force during the year following, and so on from year to year, until one of the contracting parties shall notify the other of its desire for the cessation of its effects, or until the conclusion of another convention.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

The effect of the modifications in the present tariff which are provided for in article IV, shall be suspended until those modifications have been adopted by the other powers interested.

In testimony whereof, the undersigned have signed the present convention. Done in duplicate at Cairo this third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

[SEAL] [SEAL]

N. NUBAR.
AN. BYZANTIOS.

FRANCE.

1778.

TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE."

Concluded at Paris February 6, 1778; ratified by Congress May 4, 1778. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 296.)

This treaty, abrogated by the act of Congress July 7, 1798, consisted of thirty-one articles, and in many important respects formed the basis of subsequent treaties of commerce.

1778.

TREATY OF ALLIANCE.

Concluded at Paris February 6, 1778; ratified by Congress May 4, 1778. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 307.)

This treaty, consisting of twelve articles, provided for an alliance to carry on the war with Great Britain, for the sovereignty of the lands to be acquired as the result of the war, and the guaranty of the French possessions in America and the dominions of the United States.

An additional article was agreed to at the same time reserving to the King of Spain the right to participate in the two treaties. This additional article was also ratified by Congress May 4, 1778. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 309.)

By an act of Congress approved July 7, 1798, the treaties with France then in force were abrogated.

1782.

CONTRACT FOR THE REPAYMENT OF LOANS MADE BY THE KING OF

FRANCE.

Concluded July 16, 1782; ratified by Congress January 22, 1783. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 310.)

It

Under this contract the United States pledged itself to pay in twelve equal annual installments of 1,500,000 livres each the amount of the indebtedness to the King of France, which was 18,000,000 livres. was also agreed to pay the loan obtained from Holland of 10,000,000 livres in ten annual payments.

a Federal cases: Glass v. "The Betsey," 3 Dall., 6; Geyer v. Michel 3 Dall., 285; Moodie v. "The Phoebe Anne," 3 Dall., 319; Chirac v. Chirac, 2 Wheat., 259; Carneal v. Banks, 10 Wheat., 181; British Consul v. “The Favorite," Bee's Adm. Rep., 39; Stannick v. "The Friendship," Bee's Adm. Rep., 40; Salderondo v. “The Nostra Signora del Camino," Bee's Adm. Rep., 43; Williamson v. "The Betsey," Bee's Adm. Rep., 67; British Consul v. "The Mermaid," Bee's Adm. Rep., 69; Bolchos v. Slaves, Bee's Adm. Rep., 74; Gray v. U. S., 21 Ct. Cl., 340; Hooper v. U. S., 22 Ct. Cl., 408; “The Brig William," 23 Ct. Cl., 201; "The Venus," 27 Ct, Cl., 116.

1783.

CONTRACT FOR A NEW LOAN AND THE REPAYMENT OF
LOANS MADE BY THE KING OF FRANCE.

THE OLD

Concluded February 25, 1783; ratified by Congress October 31, 1783. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 314.)

By this agreement 6,000,000 livres were to be loaned the United States from the royal treasury in the course of the year, and to be repaid in six annual installments beginning in 1797. It was also

agreed that the payments under the contract of 1782 should commence in 1787.

1788.

CONSULAR CONVENTION.

Concluded November 14, 1788; ratification advised by the Senate July 29, 1789; ratified by the President September 9, 1789; ratifications exchanged January 6, 1790 (dated January 1, 1790); proclaimed (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 316.)

This convention of sixteen articles was abrogated by the act of July 7, 1798.

Federal case: U. S. v. Lawrence, 3 Dall., 42.

1800.

TREATY OF PEACE, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION."

Concluded September 30, 1800; ratification advised by the Senate with amendments February 3, 1801; ratified by the President February 18, 1801; ratified by the First Consul of France on condition of acceptance of amendments proposed by him July 31, 1801; ratifications exchanged July 31, 1801; proclaimed December 21, 1801. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 322.)

This treaty consisted of twenty-seven articles and expired by its own limitations July 31, 1809.

a Federal cases: U. S. r. "The Peggy," 1 Cranch, 103; Chirac v. Chirac, 2 Wheat., 259; De Geofroy v. Riggs, 133 U. S., 258; Gray v. U. S., 21 Ct. Cl., 340; Cushing v. U. S., 22 Ct. Cl., 1; Hooper v. U. S., 22 Ct. Cl., 408; "The Schooner Jane,” 23 Ct. Cl., 226; "The Ship Tom," 29 Ct. Cl., 68.

1803.

TREATY FOR THE CESSION OF LOUISIANA.

Concluded April 30, 1803; ratification advised by the Senate October 20, 1803; ratified by the President October 21, 1803; ratifications exchanged October 21, 1803; proclaimed October 21, 1803. (Treaties and Conventions, 1889, p. 331.)

(This treaty although executed is given on account of its historical value in defining the extent of the cession.)

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30 September 1800

VII. Privileges to French and Spanish
ships.

VIII. Most favored nation clause.
IX. Approval of other conventions.
X. Ratification.

The President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic in the name of the French People desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the Conven(8th Vendémiaire an 9) relative to the rights claimed by the United States in virtue of the Treaty concluded at Madrid the 27 of October 1795, between His Catholic Majesty, & the said United States, & willing to strengthen the union and friendship which at the time of the said Convention was happily reestablished between the two nations have respectively named their Plenipotentiaries to wit the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States; Robert R. Livingston Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States and James Monroe Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy extraordinary of the said States near the Government of the French Republic; And the First Consul in the name of the French people, Citizen Francis Barbé Marbois Minister of the public treasury who after having respectively exchanged their full powers, have agreed to the following Articles.

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ARTICLE I

Whereas by the Article the third of the Treaty concluded at St. 9th Vendémiaire an 9 Idelfonso the between the First Consul of the 1st October 1800 French Republic and his Catholic Majesty it was agreed as follows. "His Catholic Majesty promises and engages on his part to cede to "the French Republic six months after the full and entire execution

Federal cases: Foster v. Neilson, 2 Pet., 253; Soulard v. U. S., 4 Pet., 511; Delassus v. U. S., 9 Pet., 117; New Orleans v. De Armas, 9 Pet., 224; Smith v. U. S., 10 Pet., 326; New Orleans v. U. S., 10 Pet., 662; Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet., 410; Garcia v. Lee, 12 Pet., 511; Keene v. Whitaker, 14 Pet., 170; Chouteau v. Eckhart, 2 How., 344; Pollard v. Hagan, 3 How., 212; McDonogh v. Millaudon, 3 How., 693; U. S. v. King, 3 How., 773; U. S. v. Reynes, 9 How., 127; Davis v. Police Jury of Concordia, 9 How., 280; U. S. v. D'Auterive, 10 How., 609; U. S. v. Philadelphia and New Orleans, 11 How., 609; U. S. v. Turner, 11 How., 663; U. S. v. Lynde's Heirs, 11 Wall., 632; Slidell v. Grandjean, 111 U. S., 412; Bryan v. Kennett, 113 U. S., 179; Josephs v. U. S., 1 Ct. Cl., 197, 2 Ct., Cl., 586; Gray v. U. S., 21 Ct. Cl., 340; “The Ship Tom,' ,"29 Ct. Cl., 68; Iowa v. Rood, 187 U. S., 87.

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"of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his Royal Highness the Duke of Parma, the Colony or Province of Louisiana with "the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, & that it had "when France possessed it; and such as it should be after the Trea"ties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States."a

And whereas in pursuance of the Treaty and particularly of the third article the French Republic has an incontestible title to the domain and to the possession of the said Territory-The First Consul of the French Republic desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship doth hereby cede to the said United States in the name of the French Republic forever and in full sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic in virtue of the above mentioned Treaty concluded with his Catholic Majesty.

ART: II

In the cession made by the preceding article are included the adjacent Islands belonging to Louisiana all public lots and squares, vacant lands and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks and other edifices which are not private property. The Archives, papers and documents relative to the domain and sovereignty of Louisiana and its dependences will be left in the possession of the Commissaries of the United States, and copies will be afterwards given in due form to the Magistrates and Municipal officers of such of the said papers and documents as may be necessary to them.

ART: III

The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.

ART: IV

There shall be sent by the Government of France a Commissary to Louisiana to the end that he do every act necessary as well to receive from the Officers of his Catholic Majesty the said country and its dependences in the name of the French Republic if it has not been already done as to transmit it in the name of the French Republic to the Commissary or agent of the United States.

ART: V

Immediately after the ratification of the present Treaty by the President of the United States and in case that of the first Consul's shall have been previously obtained, the Commissary of the French Republic shall remit all military posts of New Orleans and other parts of the ceded territory to the Commissary or Commissaries named by the

a For full text of agreement see page 260.