Provisions of the Kiram-Bates Agreement

1. The Americans would not interfere to the religious and domestic affairs of the Moros.
2. The right and dignity of the sultan and other Dates shall be fully respected
3. The Americans would pay monthly salary to the Sultans with 250 pesos and to the other datus with 15 pesos.
4. The Americans would give full protection to the Sultan and his subject in case of foreign attack.
5. The Sultan and other datus would cooperate with the Americans in suppressing piracy.
6. The slaves in Sulu shall have right to buy and purchase their freedom by paying their master the usual market value.
7. American sovereignty in Sulu would be acknowledged.

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