themselves to the officers of the admiralty of the place where
the privateer who has retaken the vessel shall have conducted
her.

ARTICLE II.

If the vessel recaptured has been more than twenty-four hours in
the power of the enemy, she shall belong entirely to the
privateer who has retaken her.

ARTICLE III.

In case a vessel shall have been recaptured by a vessel of war
belonging to the States-General of the United Netherlands, or to
the United States of America, she shall be restored to the first
owner, he paying a thirtieth part of the value of the ship, her
cargo, cannons and apparel, if she has been recaptured in the
interval of twenty-four hours, and the tenth part if she has been
recaptured after the twenty-four hours, which sums shall be (p. 085)
distributed in form of gratifications to the crews of the vessels
which have retaken her. The valuation of the said thirtieth parts
and tenth parts shall be regulated according to the tenor of the
first article of the present convention.

ARTICLE IV.

The restitution of prizes, whether they may have been retaken by
vessels of war or by privateers, in the mean time and until
requisite and sufficient proofs can be given of the property of
vessels recaptured, shall be admitted in a reasonable time, under
sufficient sureties for the observation of the aforesaid
articles.

ARTICLE V.

The vessels of war and privateers of one and of the other of the
two nations, shall be reciprocally, both in Europe and in the
other parts of the world, admitted in the respective ports of
each with their prizes, which may be unloaded and sold according
to the formalities used in the State where the prize shall have
been conducted, as far as may be consistent with the 22d article
of the treaty of commerce: Provided, always, that the legality of
prizes by the vessels of the Low Countries shall be decided
conformably to the laws and regulations established in the United
Netherlands; as, likewise, that of prizes made by American
vessels, shall be judged according to the laws and regulations
determined by the United States of America.

ARTICLE VI.

Moreover, it shall be free for the States-General of the United
Netherlands, as well as for the United States of Amer