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shall be granted for all merchandise and goods which, coming from the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia and the Free Port of Genoa, shall traverse the road called the Simplon in its whole extent, through the Valais and the State of Geneva. This exemption shall, however, be confined to the transit, and shall extend neither to the tolls established for the maintenance of the road, nor to duties levied on merchandise or goods intended to be sold or consumed in the interior. The same reservation shall apply to the communication granted to the Swiss between the Valais and the canton of Geneva; and the different Governments shall for this purpose take such measures as, by common agreement, they shall judge necessary, either for taxation or for preventing contraband trade in their territories, respectively.*

Switzerland. Compensations by Cantons of Argovia, Vaud, Tessin, and St. Gall, to Cantons of Schweitz, Unterwald, Uri, Glaris, Zug, and Appenzell.

ART. LXXXI. With a view to the establishing of reciprocal compensations, the Cantons of Argovia, Vaud, Tessin, and St. Gall, shall furnish to the ancient Cantons of Schweitz, Unterwald, Uri, Glaris, Zug and Appenzell (Rhode Intérieure) a sum of money to be applied to purposes of public instruction, and to the expenses of general administration, but principally to the former object, in the said cantons.

The quota, manner of payment, and division of this pecuniary compensation, are fixed as follows:

The Cantons of Argovia, Vaud, and St. Gall shall furnish to the Cantons of Schweitz, Unterwald, Uri, Zug, Glaris, and Appenzell (Rhode Intérieure), a fund of 500,000 Swiss livres.

Each of the former cantons shall pay the interest of its quota, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, or have the option of discharging the principal, either in money or funded property.

The division, either of the payment or receipt of these funds, shall be made according to the scale of contributions laid down for providing the federal expenses.

The Canton of Tessin shall pay every year to the Canton of Uri, a moiety of the produce of the tolls in the Levantine Valley.

Switzerland. Disposal of Funds placed in England by Cantons of Zurich and Berne.

ART. LXXXII. To put an end to the discussions which have *See also Arts. LXXXV and XCI.

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arisen, with respect to the funds placed in England by the Cantons of Zurich and Berne, it is determined:

1. That the Cantons of Berne and Zurich shall preserve the property of the funded capital as it existed in 1803, at the period of the dissolution of the Helvetic Government, and shall receive the interest thereof, from the 1st January, 1815;

2. That the accumulated interest due since the year 1798, up to the year 1814, inclusive, shall be applied to the payment of the remaining capital of the national debt, known under the denomination of the Helvetic debt;

3. That the surplus of the Helvetic debt shall remain at the charge of the other cantons, those of Berne and Zurich being exonerated by the above arrangement. The quota of each of the cantons which remain charged with this surplus, shall be calculated and paid according to the proportion fixed for the contributions destined to defray federal expenses. The countries incorporated with Switzerland since 1813 shall not be assessed on account of the old Helvetic debt.

If it shall happen that an overplus remains after discharging the above debt, that overplus shall be divided between the Cantons of Berne and Zurich, in the proportion of their respective capitals.

The same regulations shall be observed with regard to those other debts, the documents concerning which are deposited in the custody of the President of the Diet.

Switzerland. Indemnity to Proprietors of "Lauds."

ART. LXXXIII. To conciliate disputes respecting Lauds abolished without indemnification, an indemnity shall be given to persons who are owners of such Lauds; and for the purpose of avoiding all further differences on this subject between the Cantons of Berne and Vaud, the latter shall pay to the Government of Berne the sum of 300,000 Swiss livres, which shall be shared between the Bernese claimants, proprietors of Lauds. The payments shall be made at the rate of a fifth part each year, commencing from the 1st January, 1816.

Switzerland. Confirmation of the Declaration of 20th March,

1815.

ART. LXXXIV. The Declaration of the 20th March (No. 9), addressed by the Allied Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris, to the Diet of the Swiss Confederation, and accepted by the Diet through the Act of Adhesion of the 27th May (No. 20), is con

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firmed in the whole of its tenor; and the principles established, as also the arrangements agreed upon, in the said Declaration, shall be invariably maintained.

Frontiers of the States of the King of Sardinia.*

ART. LXXXV. The frontiers of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia shall be:—

On the side of France, such as they were on the 1st of January, 1792, with the exception of the changes effected by the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1);

On the side of the Helvetic Confederation, such as they existed on the 1st of January, 1792, with the exception of the change produced by the cession in favour of the Canton of Geneva, as specified by Article LXXX of the present Act;

On the side of the States of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, such as they existed on the 1st of January, 1792; and the Convention concluded between their Majesties the Empress Maria Theresa and the King of Sardinia, on the 4th October, 1751,† shall be reciprocally confirmed in all its stipulations;

On the side of the States of Parma and Placentia, the frontier as far as it concerns the ancient States of the King of Sardinia, shall continue to be the same as they were on the 1st of January, 1792.

The borders of the former States of Genoa, and of the countries called Imperial Fiefs, united to the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, according to the following Articles, shall be the same as those which, on the 1st of January, 1792, separated those countries from the States of Parma and Placentia, and from those of Tuscany and Massa.

Island of Capraja.

The island of Capraja, having belonged to the ancient republic of Genoa, is included in the cession of the States of Genoa, to His Majesty the King of Sardinia.

Union of the States of Genoa with the States of the King of

Sardinia.

ART. LXXXVI. The States which constituted the former republic of Genoa, are united in perpetuity to those of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, to be, like the latter, possessed by him in full Sovereignty and hereditary property; and to descend, in the male

*See Treaty between Austria and Sardinia of 6th August, 1849. + See Appendix.

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line, in the order of primogeniture, to the two branches of his house, viz. the royal branch, and the branch of Savoy-Carignan.

Title of King of Sardinia; Duke of Genoa.

ART. LXXXVII. The King of Sardinia shall add to his present titles, that of Duke of Genoa.*

Sardinia. Rights of Privileges of the Genoese.

ART. LXXXVIII. The Genoese shall enjoy all the rights and privileges, specified in this Act, intituled "Conditions which are to serve as the basis of the Union of the Genoese States to those of His Sardinian Majesty" (No. 19), and the said Act, such as it is annexed to this General Treaty, and shall be considered as an integral part thereof, and shall have the same force and validity as if it were textually inserted in the present Article.

Sardinia. Union of the "Imperial Fiefs" of late Ligurian

Republic.

ART. LXXXIX. The countries called Imperial Fiefs, formerly united to the ancient Ligurian Republic, are definitely united to the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, in the same manner as the rest of the Genoese States; and the inhabitants of these countries shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as those of the States of Genoa, specified in the preceding Article.

Sardinia. Right of Fortifying.

ART. XC. The right that the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), reserved to themselves by Article III of that Treaty, of fortifying such points of their States as they might judge proper for their safety, is equally reserved, without restriction, to His Majesty the King of Sardinia.

Savoy. Cession by the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva. ART. XCI. His Majesty the King of Sardinia cedes to the

* See Art. XIV. Conditions, &c.

+ By the Treaty between France and Sardinia of 24th March, 1860, Savoy and Nice were united to France; but by Art. II of that Treaty it was declared to be understood that the King of Sardinia could only transfer the neutralised parts of Savoy on the conditions upon which he himself possessed them, and that it belonged to the Emperor of the French to come to an understanding both with the Powers represented at the Congress of Vienna, and with the Swiss Confederation, respecting the necessary guarantees to be given in consequence of the stipulations of that Treaty. See also notes of 14th March, 1859, and 18th and 29th July, 1870.

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Canton of Geneva the districts of Savoy, designated in Article LXXX above recited, according to the conditions specified in the Act, intituled "Cession made by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva" (No. 19). This Act shall be considered as an integral part of this General Treaty, to which it is annexed, and shall have the same force and validity as if it were textually inserted in the present Article.

Switzerland and Sardinia. Neutrality of Chablais, Faucigny, and part of Savoy.

ART. XCII. The Provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, and the whole of the territory of Savoy to the north of Ugine, belonging to His Majesty the King of Sardinia, shall form a part of the Neutrality of Switzerland, as it is recognised and guaranteed by the Powers.*

Passage of Troops.

Whenever, therefore, the neighbouring Powers to Switzerland are in a state of open or impending hostility, the troops of His Majesty the King of Sardinia which may be in those provinces, shall retire, and may for that purpose pass through the Valais, if necessary. No other armed troops of any other Power shall have the privilege of passing through or remaining in the said territories and provinces, excepting those which the Swiss Confederation shall think proper to place there; it being well understood that this state of things shall not in any manner interrupt the administration of these countries, in which the civil agents of His Majesty the King of Sardinia may likewise employ the municipal guard, for the preservation of good order.

Description of the Territories, &c., of which the Emperor of Austria takes possession on the side of Italy. Istria, Dalmatia, Mouths of the Cattaro, Venice, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, &c.

ART. XCIII. In pursuance of the Renunciations agreed upon by the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), the Powers who sign the present Treaty, recognise His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his heirs and successors, as legitimate Sovereign of the Provinces and Territories which had been ceded, either wholly or in part, by the Treaties of Campo-Formio of 1797,† of Luneville of 1801, of Presburg of 1805,§ by the additional Convention of For* See Protocol of 4 Powers, 3rd November, 1815.

+ 17th October, 1797. See Appendix.

9th February, 1801. See Appendix.