Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt.] No. 55-TERRITORIAL TREATY between Prussia and Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt. Signed at Berlin, 19th June, Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Renunciations on the part of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt. 2. Renunciations on the part of Prussia. 3. Reciprocal Execution. 4. Debts. Corporations. 5. Civil Officers. 6. Arrears. 7. Military Arrangements. 8. Free Transit. 9. Right of Reversion. 10. Consent to the Treaty with Schwartzburg-Sondershausen of 15th June, 1816. 11. Ratifications (Translation.*) Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. HIS MAJESTY the King of Prussia, who, in consequence of Articles XV., XVIII., and CXVIII. of the Act concluded at the Congress at Vienna (No. 27), has acquired all those rights which until then belonged to the Crown of Saxony against the Princely House of Schwartzburg and its possessions, and His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, on both sides inclined to arrange their relations more simply and definitively than heretofore, have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries. namely: His Majesty the King of Prussia, Herr Johann Ludwig von Jordan, Actual Privy Councillor of Legation, Departmental Chief, and Knight of several Orders, and Herr Johann Gottfried Hoffmann, Privy Councillor of Legation, and Knight of several Orders; And His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, the Baron von Ketelhodt, Chancellor and Consistorial President, Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Baden Order of Fidelity; Who, after the exchange of their Full Powers, found in good form, have agreed upon the following Articles. *For German version, see "State Papers," vol. iii., p. 837. [Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt.] Renunciations on the part of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt. ART. I. His Serene Highness the Prince of SchwartzburgRudolstadt renounces for ever in favour of His Majesty the King of Prussia: 1. All Feudal Rights and Revenues which he has hitherto possessed, levied, or otherwise asserted alone or jointly within the circuit of the Prussian State, as it will be bounded after the conclusion of the present Treaty; and all Claims which he may have on the Salt Springs at Artern, and those contributions in money and kind which his chamber has hitherto drawn from the Bailiwicks of Sachsenburg, Artern, Sangerhausen, and Rossla. The Private Property in woods, meadows, and other lands which His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt possesses in various places of the Prussian States, e.g., at Uftrungen, Breitungen, Etzleben, or other places, is not, however, ceded hereby, but remains the Prince's property under Prussian Sovereignty, with exemption from land taxes, so far as that has been the case hitherto, 2. The districts of Wohlkramshausen, with all Sovereign, Proprietary, and other Rights. The meadows situated in the Wohlkramshausen plain, belonging to the Princely seat of Strausberg, are Private Property, to which the stipulations in sec. 1 of this Article apply. The seat of Kirchberg, situated in the Strausberg plain, remains under Schwartzburg Sovereignty. His Majesty the King of Prussia will possess all Rights and Revenues hereby renounced, for himself and his successors, with the same privileges and obligations as at present appertain to their possession by His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, and the rights of the House of Stollberg especially cannot and shall not be withdrawn hereby. Renunciations on the part of Prussia. ART. II. On the other hand, His Majesty the King of Prussia renounces in favour of His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt: 1. All Sovereign, Feudal, and other Rights and Revenues which he has hitherto possessed, levied, or otherwise asserted in the so-called Recess lordships (Recess-herrschaften), or otherwise in the compass of His Serene Highness's Territory, as it will be bounded after the conclusion of this Treaty. This renunciation does not, however, relate to the Bailiwicks of Heringen and Kelbra, which [Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt.] remain in the Recess and customary relations (Recess-und Observanzemässig) which existed up to the year 1806. 2. The Sovereign, Feudal, and Proprietary Rights and Revenues belonging to the Provostship of Göllingen, the object whereof lies within the Rudolstadt Boundaries; likewise the Sovereign and other Rights over the woods called the Hostienberg and the Feuerthal belonging to the Schwartzburg Exchequer Chamber, and also over the Schwartzburg parcels of land belonging to subjects residing at Günzerode, which in the year 1810 were supplementarily specified from No. 3,574 to No. 3,583, and over which the Bailiwick of Sachsenburg partly has exercised and partly claimed jurisdiction. 3. Those Rents and Revenues which his collecting office at Nordhausen, the suppressed foundation of the Cross at the same place, and the Cloister office at Dientenborn collect in those places, which after the conclusion of this Treaty will be under the Sovereignty of His Serene Highness; and also the Hide Land in the Schwartzburg Territory that is in the village of Ringleben and belonging to the German Commandery of Griffstät, with the revenues and rents connected with its possession. His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt will possess all rights and revenues hereby renounced in his favour, for himself and his successors, with the same privileges and obligations as they are now in the possession of His Majesty the King of Prussia, and the rights of the House of Stollberg especially cannot and shall not be withdrawn hereby. ART. III. Reciprocal Execution. ART. IV. Debts. Corporations. ART. VI. Arrears. ART. VII. Military Arrangements. ART. VIII. Free Transit. ART. IX. Right of Reversions. ART. X. Consent to the Treaty with Schwartzburg-Sondershausen, 15th June, 1816 (No. 54). ART. XI. Ratifications. In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries on both sides have signed the present Treaty, and have sealed it with their arms. Done at Berlin, 19th June, 1816. (L.S.) JOHANN LUDWIG VON JORDAN. (L.S.) FRIED. WILH. FREYH. VON KETELHODT. [Boundaries.] No. 56.-BOUNDARY TREATY between Prussia and Netherlands. Signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, 26th June, 1816.* 27. Rivulets and Rivers forming the Frontier to be common to the Two States. Each State to Superintend its own Banks. The Oure to be free and common to both States. Watercourses or Rivers forming the Frontier to be kept in their present State. Fishery to be common to the Two States. 28. Division of Islands on the Moselle, the Sure, and the Oure. 29. Sovereignty over Domains of the State of Ceded Territories. 30. Preservation of Rights of Communes, Public Establishments, &c., in Ceded Territories. 31. Rights of the Sieur Dony and Company relative to the Working of the Coal Mines. 32. Communes divided in marking out Frontier to pay their equal Proportion of Debts, &c. 33. Rights of Farmers holding Property on both Sides of the Frontier. 34. Rights of Manufacturers whose Establishments are situated on both Sides of the Frontier. 35. Right of Purchase on Neighbouring Territory. 36. Soldiers to be sent to their own Country. Right of Officers to remain in Service of New Sovereign. 37. Four Years allowed to Inhabitants to change their Residence. 38. Civil Servants to remain in Service of their Communes. 39. Settlement of Unforeseen Difficulties. 40. Restoration and Evacuation of Ceded Territories. 41. Delivery of Archives, Maps, &c., of Ceded Territories. 42. Stakes marking the Frontier to be of Oak. 43. Ratifications. Annex. Provisional Arrangement in favour of Manufacturers situated on the Frontier of the Two States, for the Free Import and Export, and without Duties, of Raw and partly Manufactured Materials, from their respective Establishments. * See Treaty, 7th October, 1816. [Boundaries.] (Translation.*) Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 31st May, 1815. His Majesty the King of Prussia and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, wishing to proceed to the definitive settlement of the Frontiers of their respective States on the right bank of the Meuse and along the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and wishing to smooth the difficulties which have arisen on the subject of the provisional occupation of some Communes or parts of Communes, situated on the Limits, and the Sovereignty of which might have appeared doubtful, have, in conformity with Article II. of the Treaty of 31st May, 1815 (No. 22), appointed Commissioners furnished with Full Powers, namely: His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Frederic Count de Solms-Laubach, First President of the Duchies of Juliers, Cleves, and Berg, &c., who, in virtue of the power conferred on him by his Full Powers, has appointed to the same effect and with the same powers the Sieurs Frederic Guillaume de Bernuth, Chief President of Regency at Arnsberg, and John Albert Eytelwein, Intimate Councillor and Director-General of the Public Works of the Kingdom; And His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieurs Maximilien Jacques de Man, Colonel of Engineers, Director of Archives of War and of the Topographical Department, &c., Henry Joseph Michaels de Kessenich, Sub-Intendent of the Arrondissement of Verviers, and Michel Tock, Director of Direct Contributions of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good form, have agreed upon the following Points and Articles: Line of Frontier. ART. I. The Limits fixed by the present Treaty determine the Frontiers between the two States from the Borders of France on the Moselle to the ancient Dutch town near the Mook. ARTS. II. to XVIII. Detailed Demarcation of Line of Frontier. ARTS. XIX. to XXI. Working of Coal Mines of Kerkraede and Rolduc. ARTS. XXII. to XXVI. Detailed Demarcation of Line of Frontier. ART. XXVII. Rivulets and Rivers forming the Frontier to be common to the two States. Each State to superintend its own Banks. The Oure to be free and common to both States. Water For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. iii, p. 720. |