[Navigation of the Weser, &c.] ART. 31. Claims for Abatement. 32. Examination not to be delayed. TABLE. 33. Result of Examination once stated on Bills of Lading to be valid in other States. 34. Attempted Evasion of Dues. 35. Examination to take place according to Regulations. 36. Result to be marked on Bills of Lading. 37. Weights of Goods to be certified by the Authorities. 38. Unloading to take place according to Regulations. 39. Form of Declaration, &c. 40. Vessels only to lie at Appointed Places. 41. In cases of Suspicion, an Officer may be sent on board Vessels going from one place to another. IV. Measures against Natural Impediments to Navigation and Accidents. 42. The several States to remove Impediments at their own Expense. 43. Salvage and Provision in case of Accidents. V. Towing Paths. 44. Towing-paths to be kept in good condition. 45. Captains to see that no Damage is done. 46. Captains may employ whom they please for Towing. 47. Supervision of Towing. 48. Captains to arrange for Transfer of Towing-Horses from one Bank to the other. VI. Affluent Rivers. 49. Question of application of Provisions of the present Convention to Affluent Rivers to be left to the States concerned. VII. Execution and future Revision of Convention. 50. Provisions of Convention applicable to itself alone, without reference to special Treaties, Laws, or Ordinances. 51. To come into force on the 1st of March, 1824. 52. Matters to be settled by a superior Customs Officer. 53. The Contracting States to assist each other's Officers. 54. A Revision Commission to be appointed from time to time. 55. Ratifications. ANNEX A. Proportion of Weights and Measures. " B. Valuation of Moneys. C. List of Customs Offices, and Tolls to be levied a them. [Navigation of the Weser, &c.] (Translation.) Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. In order to apply the general principles for the Navigation of Rivers which pass through several States, as laid down in Articles CVIII to CXVI of the Vienna Congress Act of 9th June, 1815 (No. 27), to the Weser, the States interested have appointed Commissioners to arrange the necessary provisions, namely: His Majesty the King of Prussia, Dr. Charles William Koppe; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, as King of Hanover, Councillor John Frederick William Heiliger; His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse, Dr. William Lewis Schrader; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, as Guardian-Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, Councillor John Frederick William Heiliger; His Highness the Duke of Oldenburg, Councillor Charles Frederick Ferdinand Suden; His Highness the Prince of Lippe, Councillor John Frederick William Heiliger; and The Senate of the Free Town of Bremen, Dr. Frederick William Heineken ; Who have met at Minden and agreed upon the following stipulations: ARTS. I to LV. (See Table.) Minden, 10th September, 1823. Dr. C. W. KOPPE. J. F. W. HEILIGER, for Hanover. Dr. W. L. SCHRADER. J. F. W. HEILIGER, for Brunswick. C. F. F. SUDEN. J. F. W. HEILIGER, for Lippe. [Navigation of the Weser.] No. 119.-SEPARATE CONVENTION between Prussia and Bremen, respecting the Navigation of the Weser. Signed at Minden, 10th September, 1823. 1. Art. XV of the Weser Convention to be fully applied to Minden Ships and Goods for the present. 2. If after 5 years' experience the inhabitants of Minden lose by the change, Bremen to indemnify them, and make other Arrangements for the future. 3. Claim for Indemnification to be made by the Prussian Government for Minden. 4. In case of Disagreement, to be submitted to Arbitration. 5. Bremen to recognise any claim established by Minden against the Prussian Exchequer. 6. Bremen reserves the Right of Summoning Minden to declare, after 5 years' experience, whether it will adhere to Article 15 of the Weser Convention, and renounce the Treaty of 1769. 7. Ratifications. (Translation.) Reference to Treaty of 26th August, 1769. WHEREAS at the conclusion of the Weser Navigation Convention this day, the special rights of the town of Minden arising from the Treaty concluded between that town and the Hanse Town of Bremen on the 26th of August, 1769, were spoken of, and it was declared both on the part of Prussia and of Bremen that there was no intention to prejudice those rights; therefore this Separate Convention has been concluded between the Commissioners of the two States. ARTS. I to VII. (See Table.) Minden, 10th September, 1823. Dr. C. W. KOPPE, Commissioner for Prussia. Dr. F. W. HEINEKEN, Commissioner for Bremen. [Boundaries.] No. 120.-AGREEMENT between Brunswick and Hanover, for the regulation of the Frontiers. Brunswick, 24th June, 1824. Signed at Preamble. 1 to General Stipulations. 3. DIVISION I. Boundaries of the Wolfenbüttel and Schöningen District of Brunswick, next the adjacent Districts of Hanover. Section I. to Boundary between Schladen and Wolfenbüttel. 9. 34. Boundary between Gifhorn and Fallersleben, and Riddagshausen and Königslutter. |