e Consul or Vice-Consul shall have been notified thereof; and
they shall be delivered to him, if he requires it, to be put again
onboard of the vessel on which they were arrested, or of others of their
nation, and to be sent out of the country.

Article XII. All differences and suits between the subjects of the M. C.
K. in the U. S., or between the citizens of the United States within the
dominions of the M. C. K. and particularly all disputes relative to the
wages and terms of engagement of the crews of the respective vessels,
and all differences of whatever nature they be, which may arise between
the privates of the said crews, or between any of them and their
captains, or between the captains of different vessels of their nation,
shall be determined by the respective Consuls and Vice-Consuls, either
by a reference to arbitrators, or by a summary judgment, and without
costs.

No officer of the country, civil or military, shall interfere therein,
or take any part whatever in the matter: and the appeals from the said
consular sentences shall be carried before the tribunals of France or of
the United States, to whom it may appertain to take cognizance thereof.

Article XIII. The general utility of commerce, having caused to be
established within the dominions of the M. C. K. particular tribunals
and forms, for expediting the decision of commercial affairs, the
merchants of the U. S. shall enjoy the benefit of these establishments;
and the Congress of the U. S. will provide in the manner the most
conformable to its laws, equivalent advantages in favor of the French
merchants, for the prompt despatch and decision of affairs of the same
nature.

Article XIV. The subjects of the M. C. K. and citizens of the U. S.
who shall prove by legal evidence, that they are of the said nations
respectively, shall, in consequence, enjoy an exemption from all
personal service in the place of their settlement.

Article XV. If any other nation acquires, by virtue of any convention
whatever, a treatment more favorable with respect to the consular
pre-eminences, powers, authority, and privileges, the Consuls and
Vice-Consuls of the M. C. K. or of the U. S., reciprocally, shall
participate therein, agreeably to the terms stipulated by the second,
third, and fourth articles of the treaty of amity and commerce,
concluded between the M. C. K. and the U. S.

Article XVI. The present convention shall be in full force during the
term of twelve