[Genoa, Geneva, &c.] A King's Commissioner shall assist at the sittings and deliberations of the Municipal Body. The members of this body shall wear a particular dress, and the Syndics shall have the privilege of wearing a robe or gown similar to that of the Presidents of Tribunals. University of Genoa. ART. XIV. The University of Genoa shall be continued, and shall enjoy the same privileges as that of Turin. His Majesty will consider of the means of providing for its wants. His Majesty shall take this establishment under his special protection, as well as the other institutions of instruction, education, the Belles Lettres, and charity, which shall also be maintained. His Majesty will preserve to His Genoese subjects, the exhibitions which they enjoy in the college called the Lyceum, at the expense of Government; reserving to himself the adoption of such regulations upon this subject as he shall judge proper. Tribunal and Chamber of Commerce. ART. XV. The King shall preserve to Genoa, a Tribunal and a Chamber of Commerce, with the powers actually belonging to those two establishments. Persons in Office. ART. XVI. His Majesty shall take into his particular consideration, the situation of persons in the States of Genoa who are now in office. Bank of St. George. ART. XVII. His Majesty will gladly receive the plans and propositions which may be presented to him upon the means of re-establishing the Bank of St. George. [Genoa, Geneva, &c.] Annex B. B. Cession made by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva. Annexed to Article VII of the Treaty of the 20th May, 1815. Parts of Saxony ceded to Canton of Geneva. ART I. His Majesty the King of Sardinia places at the disposal of the High Allied Powers, that part of Savoy which is situated between the river Arve, the Rhone, the limits of that part of Savoy ceded to France, and Mount Salève, as far as Veiry inclusive, together with that part which lies between the high road, called that of the Simplon, the Lake of Geneva, and the present territory of the canton of Geneva, from Vezenas to the point where the river of Hermance crosses the said road, and from thence, following the course of that river to where it enters the Lake of Geneva, to the east of the village of Hermance (the whole of the road of the Simplon continuing to be possessed by His Majesty the King of Sardinia) in order that these countries shall be united to the canton of Geneva; with the reservation, however, of determining more precisely, by Commissioners respectively, their limits, particularly of that part which relates to the demarcation above Veiry, and on Mount Salève. His Majesty renounces, for himself, and his successors, in perpetuity, all rights of sovereignty, and other rights which may belong to him in all the places and territories comprised in this line of frontier, without exception or reservation. Free Communication between the Canton of Geneva and the Valais. Free Communication for Genevese Troops between Territory of Geneva and Jurisdiction of Jussy. ART. II. His Majesty consents that the communication between the canton of Geneva and the Valais by the road of the Simplon, shall be established in the same manner as it has been agreed to by France, between Geneva and the canton of Vaud, by the route of Versoy. A free communication shall also be at all times granted for the Genevese troops, between the territory of Geneva and the jurisdiction of Jussy, and such facilities shall be allowed as may be necessary for proceeding by the lake to the road of the Simplon. Free exercise of Roman Catholic Religion in ceded States. ART. III. On the other hand, His Majesty being averse to [Genoa, Geneva, &c.] giving his consent that a part of his territory should be ceded to a State whose prevailing religion is different, without securing to the inhabitants of the country so ceded, the enjoyment of the free exercise of their religion, the means of keeping up their religious establishments, and the free enjoyment of all rights of citizenship; It is agreed that, 1. The Roman Catholic religion shall be maintained and protected, in the same manner as at present, in all the communes ceded by His Majesty the King of Sardinia, which are to be united to the canton of Geneva. 2. Those parishes which are neither dismembered nor divided by the new frontier line, shall retain their present boundaries, and shall be served by the same number of clergymen; and with regard to the detached portions, which are not sufficiently extensive to constitute a parish, application shall be made to the bishop of the diocese, to obtain their annexation to some other parish of the canton of Geneva. 3. If the number of Protestants in the said communes, ceded by His Majesty, is less than that of the Roman Catholics, the schoolmasters shall at all times be Roman Catholics. No Protestant place of worship shall be established, excepting one in the town of Carrouge. Two-thirds at least of the municipal officers shall be Roman Catholics; and of the three individuals who fill the office of Mayor and his two assistants, two shall always be Roman Catholics. In case the number of Protestants in any of the communes shall equal that of the Roman Catholics, they shall stand upon an equal footing, and shall be alternately elected to the Municipal Body and to the office of Mayor; in this case, however, there shall always be a Roman Catholic schoolmaster, even if there be a Protestant one established. The present Article is not intended to prevent Protestants, residing in a commune inhabited by Roman Catholics, from erecting at their own expense a private chapel, for the exercise of their religion, if they think proper; or from having likewise at their own expense, a Protestant schoolmaster, for the private education of their children. 4. The funds, revenues, and the administration of existing charitable donations and institutions shall remain untouched; and [Genoa, Geneva, &c.] private individuals shall not be prevented from making new ones. 5. The new Government shall continue the provision made by the present Government for the support of the clergy and of religious worship. 6. The Roman Catholic Church, now established at Geneva, shall be maintained, as at present, at the expense of the State, as the eventual laws of the constitution of Geneva have already decreed. A suitable establishment and provision shall be made for the clergyman. 7. The Roman Catholic communes and the parish of Geneva shall continue to form part of the diocese which is to govern the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, unless it should be otherwise regulated by the authority of the Holy See. 8. In no case whatever shall the bishop be disturbed in his pastoral visits. 9. The inhabitants of the ceded territory are placed entirely on the same footing in point of civil and political rights, with those of the city of Geneva: they shall enjoy these rights equally with them, excepting, however, the rights of property, of citizenship, or of the commune. 10. Roman Catholic children shall be received into the public schools they shall not be instructed in matters of religion in common with the Protestants, but separately; and ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic communion shall be appointed for this purpose. 11. The communal property, or property belonging to new communes, shall be preserved to them, and it shall continue to be administered as heretofore, and the revenues applied to their use. 12. These communes shall not be taxed more than the old ones. 13. His Majesty the King of Sardinia reserves to himself the right of representing to the Helvetic Diet, and of supporting by means of his Diplomatic Agents accredited to it, every claim to which the non-fulfilment of the above Articles might give rise. Delivery of Title Deeds of Landed Property, &c. ART. IV. All deeds of landed property and documents concerning ceded matters shall be given up by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the canton of Geneva as soon as possible. [Genoa, Geneva, &c.] Treaty of 3rd June, 1754,* confirmed—Art. XIII annulled. ART. V. The Treaty concluded at Turin the 3rd of June, 1754, between His Majesty the King of Sardinia and the Republic of Geneva is hereby confirmed, with regard to all those Articles which are not at variance with the present transaction; but His Majesty, wishing to give the canton of Geneva a particular mark of his good will, consents, nevertheless, to annul that part of Article XIII of the above Treaty which denied to the citizens of Geneva who at that time had establishments and property in Savoy, the privilege of making it their principal residence. Conveyance of Articles of Consumption for the Canton of Geneva. ART. VI. His Majesty, from the same motives, agrees to make arrangements with the canton of Geneva in order to facilitate the conveyance from his States of articles intended for the consumption of the town and canton. Exemptions from Transit Duties. ART. VII. An exemption from all duties of transit 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. Exceptions. It is understood that this exemption is confined to the transit, and shall not extend either to the tolls established for the maintenance of the road, or 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. * See Appendix. |