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of all the territory situated between the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as it has been designated by Article LXVI, France, the Moselle, as far as the mouth of the Sure, the course of the Sure, as far as the junction of the Our, and the course of this last river, as far as the limits of the former French Canton of St. Vith, which shall not belong to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

Luxemburg. Arrangements respecting the Duchy of Bouillon. Disputes to be settled by Arbitration.

ART. LXIX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, shall possess in perpetuity, for himself and his successors, the full and entire Sovereignty of that part of the Duchy of Bouillon, which is not ceded to France by the Treaty of Paris (No. 1); and which, therefore, shall be united to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

Disputes having arisen with respect to the said Duchy of Bouillon, the competitor who shall legally establish his right, in the manner hereafter specified, shall possess, in full property, the said part of the Duchy, as it was enjoyed by the last Duke, under the Sovereignty of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg.

This decision shall be made by Arbitration, and be without appeal. For this purpose there shall be appointed a certain number of arbitrators, one by each of the two competitors, and others, to the number of three, by the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia. They shall assemble at Aix-la-Chapelle, as soon as the state of the war and other circumstances may admit of it, and their determination shall be made known within six months from their first meeting.

In the interim, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, shall hold in trust the property of the said part of the Duchy of Bouillon, in order that he may and between the Netherlands and Belgium, containing the same Stipulations; the King of the Netherlands receiving a Territorial Indemnity in the Province of Limburg for the cessions made to Belgium in the Province of Luxemburg, on condition of his abandoning his claim on Nassau. On the same day the Germanic Confederation acceded to the Territorial arrangements therein made respecting the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. By Art. IV of the Treaty of Prague of 23rd August, 1866, the Germanic Confederation was acknowledged by Austria to have been dissolved, and on the 11th May, 1867, a Treaty was concluded between Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Prussia, and Russia, relative to the Neutrality, &c., of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

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restore it, together with the revenues of the provisional administration, to the competitor in whose favour the arbitrators shall decide; and His said Majesty shall indemnify him for the loss of the revenues arising from the rights of Sovereignty, by means of some equitable arrangement. Should the restitution fall to Prince Charles of Rohan, this property, when in his possession, shall be regulated by the laws of the substitution which constitutes his title thereto.

Cession to Prussia of the German Possessions of the House of Nassau-Orange.

ART. LXX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands renounces, in perpetuity for himself, his heirs, and successors, in favour of His Majesty the King of Prussia, the sovereign possessions which the House of Nassau-Orange held in Germany, namely, the Principalities of Dillenburg, Dietz, Siegen, and Hadamar, with the Lordships of Beilstein, such as those possessions have been definitively arranged between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the Treaty concluded at the Hague on the 14th July, 1814.**

Principality of Fulda.

His Majesty also renounces the Principality of Fulda, and the other districts and territories which were secured to him by Article XII of the Principal Recès of the Extraordinary Deputation of the Empire of the 25th of February, 1803.†

Family Pact of the Princes of Nassau.

Succession.

ART. LXXI. The right and order of Succession, established between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the Act of 1783, called Nassauischer Erbverein, is confirmed, and transferred from the four Principalities of Orange-Nassau to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

Charges and Engagements relating to the Provinces detached from France.

ART. LXXII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in uniting under his Sovereignty the Countries designated in Articles LXVI and LXVIII, enters into all the rights, and takes upon

* See Appendix.

+ See Appendix.

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himself all the charges and all the stipulated engagements, relative to the Provinces and Districts detached from France by the Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1).

Basis of the Union of the Belgic Provinces.*

ART. LXXIII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, having recognised and sanctioned, under date of the 21st July, 1814, as the Basis of the Union of the Belgic Provinces with the United Provinces, the 8 Articles contained in the document annexed to the present Treaty (No. 4), the said Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the present Instrument.

Integrity of the 19 Cantons of Switzerland.

ART. LXXIV. The integrity of the Nineteen Cantons,† as they existed in a political body, from the signature of the Convention of the 29th December, 1813, is recognised as the basis of the Helvetic system.

Switzerland. Union of Three new Cantons. The Valais, Geneva, and Neufchatel.

ART. LXXV. The Valais, the territory of Geneva,§ and the Principality of Neufchatel,|| are united to Switzerland, and shall form Three new Cantons.

The Union between Holland and Belgium was dissolved by the Treaty between the 5 Powers and Belgium of the 15th November, 1831. The King of the Netherlands, however, refused to consent to the arrangement, and it was subsequently cancelled by the Treaties between the 5 Powers and Belgium, the 5 Powers and the Netherlands, and between the Netherlands and Belgium, which were all signed on the 19th April, 1839.

+ See Treaty between Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Netherlands of 31st May, 1815, Art. VIII.

§ See Convention between the Swiss Cantons of 29th December, 1813.

Appendix.

|| See Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and Switzerland, 26th May, 1857.

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La Vallée des Dappes.

La Vallée des Dappes, having formed part of the Canton of Vaud, is restored to it.*

Switzerland. Union of Bishopric of Basle, and Town and Territory of Bienne, with Canton of Berne.

ART. LXXVI. The Bishopric of Basle, and the city and territory of Bienne, shall be united to the Helvetic Confederation, and shall form part of the Canton of Berne.

The following districts, however, are excepted from this last arrangement:

1. A District of about three square leagues in extent, including the Communes of Altschweiler, Schönbuch, Oberweiler, Terweiler, Ettingen, Fürstentein, Plotten, Pfeffingen, Aesch, Bruck, Reinach, Arlesheim; which District shall be united to the Canton of Basle.

An Enclave given to Neufchatel.

2. A small Enclave, situated near the Neufchatel village of Lignières,† which is at present, with respect to civil jurisdiction, dependant upon the Canton of Neufchatel, and with respect to criminal jurisdiction upon that of the Bishopric of Basle, shall belong in full Sovereignty to the Principality of Neufchatel.

Switzerland. Rights of Inhabitants of Countries united with

Canton of Berne.

ART. LXXVII. The inhabitants of the Bishopric of Basle, and those of Bienne, united to the Cantons of Berne and Basle, shall enjoy, in every respect, without any distinction of Religion (which shall be maintained in its present state) the same political and civil rights which are enjoyed, or may be enjoyed, by the inhabitants of the ancient parts of the said cantons; they shall, therefore, be equally competent to become candidates for the places of Representatives, and for all other appointments, according to the constitution of the cantons. Such municipal privileges as are compatible with the constitution and the general regulations of the Canton of Berne, shall be preserved to the town of Bienne, and to the villages that formed part of its jurisdiction.

The sale of the national domains shall be confirmed, and the feudal rights and tithes cannot be re-established.

* On the 8th December, 1862, a Treaty was concluded between Franco and Switzerland for an exchange of territory in the Vallée des Dappes. See also Art. XXIII, p. 226.

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The respective Acts of the union shall be framed, conformably to the principles above declared, by Commissions, composed of an equal number of deputies from each of the directing parties concerned. Those from the Bishopric of Basle shall be chosen by the canton from amongst the most eminent citizens of the country. The said Acts shall be guaranteed by the Swiss Confederation. All points upon which the parties cannot agree, shall be decided by a court of Arbitration, to be named by the Diet.

Switzerland. Restoration of the Lordship of Razüns to the Canton of Grisons.

ART. LXXVIII. The cession, made by Article III of the Treaty of Vienna, of the 14th October, 1809,* of the Lordship of Razüns, inclosed in the country of the Grisons, having expired; and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, being restored to all the rights attached to the said possession, confirms the disposition which he made of it, by a Declaration, dated the 20th March, 1815, in favour of the Canton of the Grisons.

Switzerland. Commercial and Military Communications between Town of Geneva and Canton of Vaud. Versoy Road.

ART. LXXIX. In order to ensure the commercial and military communications of the Town of Geneva with the Canton of Vaud, and the rest of Switzerland; and with a view to fulfil, in that respect, Article IV of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), His Most Christian Majesty consents so to place the line of custom-houses, that the road which leads from Geneva into Switzerland by Versoy, shall at all times be free, and that neither the post nor travellers, nor the transport of merchandize, shall be interrupted by any examination of the officers of the Customs, nor subjected to any duty.

Switzerland. Passage of Troops. Versoy Road.

It is equally understood that the passage of Swiss troops on this road shall not, in any manner, be obstructed.

In the additional regulations to be made on this subject, the execution of the Treaties relative to the free communication between the town of Geneva and the jurisdiction of Peney, shall be assured in the manner most convenient to the inhabitants of

* Annulled.