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and the Netherlands.
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ARTICLE XI.
The subjects and citizens of the contracting parties shall reciprocally
enjoy the most complete and constant protection with
respect to their persons, houses and property. They shall have a
free and ready access to the courts of justice, for the prosecution
and defence of their rights. They shall be at liberty to employ
the advocates, attorneys or agents of whatever denomination, whom
they may choose, and in general in the administration of justice,
and also with regard to all that concerns the inheritance of personal
property, by will or otherwise, and the faculty of disposing
either by sale, gift, exchange, will or any other manner, of personal
property, they shall enjoy the same privileges and freedoms as the
natives of the country where they reside: and in neither of these
cases or circumstances shall heavier taxes or charges be imposed
on them than are imposed on the natives.
ARTICLE XII.
The subjects of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, residing
in the Republic of Texas, shall not be in any way molested
on account of their religion; it being understood that they on their
part shall respect that of the country, together with its constitution,
laws and customs. They shall also have the privilege of interment
in the places set apart for that purpose for the subjects of
His M/ajesty dying in the Republic of Texas, and the funerals and
burying grounds shall in nowise be molested under any pretext.
The citizens of Texas in all the possessions of His MIajesty shall
have the free exercise of their religion, whether in public or in
private, in their own dwellings or in edifices destined for publie
worship, and all and everything according to the principle of universal
toleration established by the fundamental law of the kingdom.
ARTICLE XIII.
With a view of greater security in the intercourse between the
subjects and citizens of the two contracting parties, it is moreover
agreed, that should at any time the friendly relations that
now exist between them be disturbed, the merchants that reside
on the coast shall be allowed six months, and those that reside
inland a full year to arrange their affairs and to dispose of their(909)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/913/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .