[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 Suale. 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. [Territorial.] And His Majesty the King of Bavaria 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 Emperor of Austria. Portions of Territory exchanged and guaranteed to pass to new Possessors. ART. XXIV. The portions of territory exchanged and guaranteed by this Treaty shall pass to their new possessors, with all their revenues and receipts, from the day of taking possession. Guarantee by Austria to Bavaria of the free and peaceable enjoyment and Sovereignty of all States, &c., in his possession. Courts of St. Petersburg, London, and Berlin to be invited to grant similar guarantee. ART. XXV. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria guarantees to His Majesty the King of Bavaria the free and peaceable enjoyment, as well as the full and entire Sovereignty of all the States, cities, fortresses and domains which are at present in His possession, and which will devolve to him in virtue of the present Treaty. The two High Contracting Parties will invite the Allied. Courts of Petersburg, London, and Berlin, to grant a similar guarantee and to accede to the present transaction. Ratifications. ART. XXVI. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Munich, within the space of 15 days, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have hereunto affixed their Hands and Seals. Done at Munich, the 14th of April in the year of our Lord, 1816. (L. S.) LE BARON DE WACQUANT GEOZELLES. [Schwartzburg-Sondershausen.] No. 54.-TERRITORIAL TREATY between Prussia and Schwartzburg-Sondershausen. Signed at Berlin, 15th Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Renunciations on the part of Schwartzburg-Sondershausen. 2. Renunciations on the part of Prussia. 3. Reciprocal Execution. 4. Debts. Corporations. 5. Civil Officers. Civil and Military Pensioners. 6. Arrears. 7. Military Arrangements. 8. Free Transit. 9. Right of Reversion. 10. Consent to the Treaty with Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt of 19th June, 1816. 11. Ratifications. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. IIIS MAJESTY the King of Prussia, who, in consequence of Articles XV., XVIII., and CXVIII. of the Act concluded at the Congress of 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-Sondershausen, on both sides inclined to arrange their affairs more simply and definitively than heretofore, have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Majesty the King of Prussia, Herr Johann Ludwig von Jordan, &c., &c., and Herr Johann Gottfried Hoffmann, &c., &c. ; And His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwartzburg-Sondershausen, Ludwig Wilhelm Adolph von Weise, &c., &c., and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Weise, &c., &c., who, after exchanging their Full Powers, found in good form, have agreed upon the following Articles. Renunciations on the Part of Schwartzburg-Sondershausen. *For German version, see |