[Territorial.] Sale or alienation of Domains. ART. XI. Every sale of Domains or alienation whatsoever which may have been made in the countries ceded on either side by the present Treaty, previous to the periods fixed in the preceding Article, shall be valid; and, on the other hand, all those made subsequent to those periods shall be deemed null and void. In case, however, that it should be impossible to revoke an alienation, without detriment to the interests of private purchasers who have paid for and are legally entitled thereto, the High Contracting Parties engage to be reciprocally accountable for the proceeds of such alienation. Delivery of all Archives, Maps, Plans, and Documents. ART. XII. All Archives, Maps, Plans, and Documents whatsoever, appertaining to the countries respectively ceded and exchanged, or regarding their Administration, shall be faithfully delivered up at the same time as the territories, or if it cannot then take place, within three months at farthest after the actual transfer of the territory. Maintenance of Conventions abolishing the Succession Duties (Droit d'Aubaine). ART. XIII. The Conventions existing between the two States for abolishing the Droit d'Aubaine are maintained and extended to all the respective possessions. Military to be placed at disposal of respective Sovereigns. Officers and Soldiers may remain in service of either State. ART. XIV. The Military, natives of the ceded countries, or of other territories, which, in virtue of the present Treaty, shall pass under the dominion of either Power, shall in the space of a year from the date of the day of its ratification, be placed at the disposal of their respective Sovereigns. It is nevertheless agreed that the Officers or Soldiers who may wish to remain in the service of either State, shall be at liberty to do so without being molested in any manner. Free enjoyment by Individuals and Religious foundations of their real and personal Property. Liberty to Emigrate. ART. XV. Individuals of every class, as well as all public establishments whatsoever, and religious foundations of every [Territorial.] kind, shall have the free enjoyment, without any exception or difficulty, of their real and personal property, situated or placed under the dominion of either of the High Contracting Parties. Families or individuals who may wish to emigrate shall be at liberty so to do, and shall be allowed the term of 6 years to dispose of their property and export the proceeds, without their paying any duty or being subject to any deduction whatsoever. Possession of all ceded Places, Fortresses, Cities, and Territories. ART. XVI. The High Contracting Parties shall simultaneously enter into possession of all the places, Fortresses, cities, and territories which devolve to them by the present Treaty, on the 1st of May of the present year. Withdrawal by Bavaria of Artillery and Military Stores at Salzburg. ART. XVII. The Bavarian Government shall have the right of withdrawing all the artillery and military stores which it furnished for the establishment of Salzburg, within three months from the date of the ratification of the present Treaty. Sale by Bavaria of their Magazines of Salt, Mineral Productions, &c., or their free export. ART. XVIII. A term of 8 months from the date of the ratification of the present Treaty shall be also reserved, during which the Bavarian Government, after the Ratification made by the Commission described in Article XX., may sell the magazines of Salt, mineral productions, works of every description (fabrications de ses usines), and other stores whatsoever, or may export the same free from every kind of duty, toll, or deduction. Commission to settle Boundary separating the Country of Salzburg from that of Berchtoldsgaben, and from the Bailiwick of Reichenhall. ART. XIX. The ancient boundaries which separate the Country of Salzburg from that of Berchtoldsgaben (which last remains to the crown of Bavaria), and from the Bailiwick of Reichenhall, having several disputable points, the High Contracting Parties have agreed that, as soon as the season will permit, a Mixed [Territorial. Commission shall be sent to these points to settle the same definitely, in such a manner as to remove the cause of every future contention.* Special Commission of Claims. ART. XX. Furthermore a special Commission shall be immediately appointed, composed of an equal number of individuals on both sides, who shall be charged with the liquidation, and with all the arrangements relative to the Claims that may arise out of the respective transfer. This Commission shall meet at Salzburg, and its labours terminate in the space of 6 months. Commission to regulate all ancient Grants and clearing of the Forests of the Valley of the Saale. ART. XXI. All that concerns the ancient grants and clearing of the Forests of the valley of the Saale, appropriated from time immemorial to the supply of the works (Usines) of Reichenhall, shall be regulated by the Commission named in Article XX. of the present Treaty. It shall fix this arrangement upon the basis of the transactions between the Bavarian Government and the Princes Archbishops of Salzburg, having nevertheless regard to the reciprocal necessities of the two States. Right of Bavaria to transport and float all Wood cut in Valley of the Upper Saale. ART. XXII. The Bavarian Government shall have the right to transport and float all the stock of Wood cut during the last year in the Valley of the Upper Saale, for the supply of its works (Usines), without its being subject to any duties or other charges; the quantity and quality of this wood shall be attested by the Commission to be appointed conformably to Article XX. Renunciations by Austria and Bavaria, respectively, of all Rights and Claims over ceded States, &c. ART. XXIII. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria renounces for Himself, His Heirs and Successors, all rights and claims over the States, lands, domains and possessions, appertaining, in virtue of the present Treaty, to His Majesty the King of Bavaria. * See Convention of 30th September, 1818. |