ABSTRACT
The right of visit and search has been recognized in numerous treaties, and the formalities to be observed have been frequently described. The usual modern practice is for the visiting ship to send a boat with an officer in charge alongside the merchant vessel. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the "Eleanor" has been cited in support of this statement. In order to meet these objections, in the treaty between France and the United States, 30 September 1800, it was expressly agreed by Art. The right of search naturally implies the duty of submission. The visiting officer should be careful to obtain the name of the vessel correctly. “The visiting officer will therefore in such a case make a notification of the same to the chief of the expeditionary force, and will make a note in the books of the visited vessel in the form prescribed in Art.
