[Territorial Arrangements of Frankfort.] Garrison of Fortress of Placentia. ART. XLVI. Although the frontier of the Austrian States in Italy shall be fixed by the line of the Po, it is, nevertheless, agreed by common consent, that as the Fortress of Placentia is more particularly important to the system of defence of Italy, His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall preserve the right of garrisoning, purely and simply, the said Fortress, until the period when the Reversions, after the extinction of the Spanish branch of the Bourbons shall take place; all the royalties and civil rights over that Town being reserved to the future Sovereign of Parma. The expense and maintenance of the garrison in the Town of Placentia shall be at the charge of Austria; and its force in time of peace shall be amicably determined between the High Parties interested, always having regard to the greatest possible convenience of the inhabitants. Reversion of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, in the event of the extinction of the branch of the Infant Don Charles Louis. ART. XLVII. The Reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, in the event of the extinction of the branch of the Infant Don Charles Louis, is explicitly maintained in the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748*, and of the Separate Article of the Treaty between Austria and Sardinia, of the 20th of May, 1815 (No. 19). Treaties and Accessions of the Powers. ART. XLVIII. The Treaties, Conventions, and other Acts which are annexed to the present Treaty, and particularly, 1st. The Treaty between His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Swiss Confederation, and the Canton of Geneva, concluded at Turin, the 16th of March, 1816 (No. 52); 2nd. The Treaty between Austria, Prussia, and the Grand Duchy of Hesse, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 30th of June, 1816 (No. 58); 3rd. The Treaty between Great Britain and the Grand Duchy of Hesse, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 30th of June, 1816 (No. 59); 4th. The Treaty between Prussia and the Netherlands, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 8th of November, 1816 (No. 64); * See Appendix. [Territorial Arrangements of Frankfort.] 5th. The Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 16th of November, 1816 (No. 65); 6th. The Treaty between cluded at Frankfort on the (No. 67); Austria and the Netherlands, con- 5th 17th of April, 1817 7th. The Treaty between Russia and the Netherlands, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the (No. 69); 8th. The Treaty between Austria, Spain, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, concluded at Paris, the 10th of June, 1817 (No. 73); 9th. The Treaty between Austria and the Grand Duchy of Baden, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 10th of July, 1819 (No. 93); 10th. The Treaty between Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and the Grand Duke of Baden, concluded at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 10th of July, 1819 (No. 94). are considered as integral parts of the arrangements stipulated by the present Act, and shall have, according to their respective tenour, the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word in the Treaty itself. 11th. The Treaty between Austria and Bavaria, concluded at Munich, the 14th of April, 1816 (No. 53), likewise annexed to this Instrument, has been adjoined to it in the sense and spirit of Article VII. of the present Recès. The French Language employed in the General Treaty. ART. XLIX. The French Language employed in this Recès has been used subject to the reservations expressed in Article CXX. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna. Ratifications. ART. L. The present Recès shall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged at Frankfort on the Mayne within the space of three months, or sooner if possible. A copy of this Act shall be deposited at Vienna, in the Archives of the Court and State of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, to be there added to the collection of the Acts which gave rise to it, and upon which it is founded. The High Contracting Parties, moreover, reserve to themselves the right of adopting a general mode of communicating it and of [Territorial Arrangements of Frankfort.] proposing it for the Accession of the other Powers and States interested. In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at Frankfort on the Mayne, the 20th of July, in the year of Our Lord, 1819. (L.S.) CLANCARTY. (L.S.) LE BARON DE WESSENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) J. D'ANSTETT. [Boundaries, &c.] No. 96.-CONVENTION between Prussia and Saxony, for the Settlement of Boundaries and Claims. Signed at Dresden, 28th August, 1819. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 18th May, 1815. 1. Detailed description of Frontiers. 2. Reciprocal Rights and Privileges in the divided Territories. Taxes and other Public Imposts. Revenues from Estates Noble. Free Import and Export of Produce and Merchandise. Adjacent and conterminous Estates. Rights acquired by Privileges from the Government. Obligation to serve in the Army. Ecclesiastical and Scholastic Affairs. Monopoly of Guilds and Trades. Grinding in Mills on Foreign Territory. Patrimonial Jurisdiction. Lay Fiefs. Other Rights belonging to Private Persons. Rights of Common, Tenures, and Servitudes. Right of Tenants to remove. Compulsion to buy Beer, grind Corn, &c., at stated places only. Rents and Fines. Right of Hunting, Timber, &c. Services and base Tenures. Services and base Tenures on Crown Lands. 3. Pending Law Suits. Entails. Jurisdiction in Personal Suits. Administration of Estates of deceased Persons. Arrears of Dues on Real Property. Proceedings with regard to Estates divided or mortgaged in cases of Bankruptcy. 4. On the Tax-Credit Fund, and its Debts. Regulation of this Public Debt. Apportionment of the same. Mode of Settlement. Portion of Prussia. Plan of Division. Apportionment of unredeemable Tax Fund. Notes to each Party. Public Notice relating to the Public Debt, as apportioned to each Government. Of the classification of different series of the Public Debt. Indemnities due from the former Kingdom of Westphalia. Funding of Floating Debts. Expenses of Administration. Of the Bonds of 1811 which are not yet issued. Settlement of the Balance of the Tax-Credit Fund. Final Account. Reciprocal renunciation of Claims. 5. Tax Exchequer Fund. Apportionment of its Division. Balances of money belonging to the Tax Fund of the Circles and Chapters. Moneys received from the undivided Circles since the 5th of June, 1815. Balances of the Tax Fund in each of the undivided Circles. Balances remaining in the Branch Funds. Collection of Taxes in arrear, and their Settlement. Regulation for the Payment of certain other Claims. Apportionment of Deposits. Security Bonds or Moneys to be delivered up. Arrears of Interest on the Loan of the Electorate of Brunswick. Funds of the Chapter and Estates of Merseberg. Final Account. Reciprocal renunciation of Claims. 6. Exchequer Credit Fund, and Debts of the same. Its Apportionment, and Amount belonging to each Party. Mode of its Apportionment. Indemnity to Saxony on account of her larger portion of Debt, [Boundaries, &c.] Funding of the Floating Debts. Partition of the Exchequer Credit 7. Regulations relating to the Claims on the Tax Fund and the Exchequer former Convention on this subject. 10. Cash Notes and Assets belonging to this Fund. Part apportioned to Prussia. Amount to be paid to Saxony. Partition of the Assets. The old Exchange Fund. The new Discounting Fund. Conversion of the Cash Notes. Restitution of the residue Funds. Deposits with the Corporation of Leipzig. Payments of Rewards to Discoverers of Forgers of Cash Notes. 11. Receipts of, and advances made by, Prussia, during the administration of Saxony. Sums drawn from the General Treasury of Finances on the 5th of June, 1815. The Bonds of the States, amounting to 50,000 dollars, included in the said Sums. Renunciation of Prussia as to certain Bonds of the Loan of 1811. 12. Public Financial Boards and their Revenues. Participation of Prussia in certain Debts of the Financial Boards. Debts of the Exchequer Credit Chamber. Mortgage Debts and Inscriptions. The Principality of Mansfeld's Debt. The Principality of Weissenfels' Debt. The Weida Claims. Pensions granted in compensation of the said Claims. Additional interest paid by the General Treasury, chargeable upon certain Taxes. The Bailiwicks' Funds. Funds belonging to Chapters and Cathedrals. Interest thereon. Surrender of Title Deeds relating thereto. Existing Funds of Provinces. Stock, Stores, and Effects. Advances of Money, and Claims arising therefrom. Arrears of Revenue, and Expenses of Administration. Arrears of grants made by the States. Sums levied or paid by mistake or by places in dispute. Reciprocal Guarantee of Securities. Extradition of Documents relating thereto. Accounts already settled between the Saxon Government and certain Government Functionaries and Tenants. Deposits made into the General Treasury Fund. Deposits remaining still in trust of Inferior Boards, in the separated part of the Country. 13. Military Affairs and Military Fund. Apportionment of the Army and Military Effects. Advances of Money made by the General Military Fund. Debts of the said Fund. Expenses of the Fortifications of Torgau and Wittenberg. Claims of Foreign States for Provisions furnished to Saxon Troops. Advances of Money made by Russia to Saxon Prisoners. Cases where the parties interested have since died. Expenses of Provisions furnished to Saron and Prussian Troops. Military Marriage Fund. Securities of Military Accountants. 14. Pensions and half pay. 15. Funds of the States and Corporations of the Nobility. |