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the Flag shall cover the property, the Two High Contracting Par-
ties agree that this shall be so understood with respect to those
Powers who recognize this principle; but if either of the two Con-
tracting Parties shall be at War with a Third Party, and the other
Neutral, the Flag of the Neutral shall cover the property of Ene-
mies, whose Government acknowledge this principle, and not of
others.
 Aar. 13.
 Both Contracting Parties wishing to favour their mutual Com-
merce, by affording in their ports every necessary Assistance to
their respective Merchant Vessels, have agreed, that the Sailors
who shall desert from their Vessels in the ports of the other, shall
be arrested and delivered up, at the instance of the Consul-who
shall prove nevertheless, that the Deserters belonged to the Vessels
that claimed them, exhibiting the document that is customary in
their Nation: that is to say, the American Consul in a Spanish
Port, shall exhibit the Document known by the name of Articles,
and the Spanish Consul in American Ports, the Roll of the Vessel;
and if the name of the Deserter or Deserters, who are claimed, shall
appear in the one or the other, they shall be arrested, held in
custody and delivered to the Vessel to which they shall belong.

 AT. 14.
 The United-States hereby certify, that they have not received
any compensation from France for the injuries they suffered from
her Privateers, Consuls, and Tribunals, on the Coasts and in the
Ports of Spain, for the satisfaction of which provision is made by
this Treaty; and they will present an authentic statement of the
prizes made, and of their true value, that Spain may avail herself
of the same in such manner as she may deem just and proper.
 AaT. 15.
 The United-States to give to His Catholic Majesty, a proof of
their desire to cement the relations of Amity subsisting between
the two Nations, and to favour the Commerce of the Subjects of
His Catholic Majesty, agree that Spanish Vessels coming laden
only with productions of Spanish growth, or manufactures directly
from the Ports of Spain or of her Colonies, shall be admitted for
the term of twelve years to the Ports of Pensacola and S' Augustine