[Westphalia, Mayence, &c.]

The arrears of Taxes in the countries situated on the left bank of the Rhine, which, conformably to Article VIII., pass under the Sovereignty of His Royal Highness, shall appertain to the Grand Ducal Government, from the 16th of June, 1814, unto the 1st of July next, which Government shall defray all the expences relative to the Administration of the said arrears.

The arrears of the four Bailiwicks ceded to His Majesty the King of Bavaria, in virtue of Article III., shall belong to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, until the 1st of July of the present year.

Debts and Pensions assigned on the Duchy of Westphalia. Debts and Pensions of Bailiwicks of Alzenau, Amorbach, Miltenberg, and Heubach. Debts of Principality of Isenburg. Commission to ascertain Debts. Rights of Family Succession.

ART. XIX. The Debts assigned upon the Duchy of Westphalia, accruing from the Electorate of Cologne, as well as those contracted by its separate Administration, shall remain charged on the said Duchy:

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The same shall take place with respect to the pensions assigned upon the possession of that country, by the Recès of the Empire of 1803, and the revenue of 15,000 florins, assessed upon that Duchy, in favour of the Prince of Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

As to the Debts and Charges, originally Foreign, but which have been transferred to the Duchy of Westphalia, the High Contracting Parties have agreed that His Majesty the King of Prussia shall be charged with the sum of 500,000 florins, accruing from the Debts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and converted into Bonds, specially secured by Mortgage upon the Duchy of Westphalia, bearing date the 1st of April, 1810.

The Debts (Landes-und Kammerschulden) and Payments, with which the Grand Duchy of Hesse was charged by the acquisition of the Bailiwicks of Alzenau, Amorbach, Miltenberg and Heubach, and which have not been subsequently discharged by the Ducal Government, shall pass to their new proprietor.†

The Debts assigned on the Principality of Isenburg, shall remain charged upon that country :-His Royal Highness undertakes to provide for a moiety of the Private Debts of the present Prince of Isenburg.

[Westphalia, Mayence, &c.]

A Commission shall be appointed by His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, to ascertain the state of these Debts and regulate their allotment.

The rights of Family Succession which, in virtue of Article XLV. of the principal Recès of the Deputation of the Empire of the 25th February, 1803,* might have been transferred to the Duchy of Westphalia, are now transferred to the districts given to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, by Article VIII. of the present Treaty, in indemnification and in exchange, as an equivalent for the said Duchy.

Military to return home. Officers may remain in service of either State.

ART. XX. The Troops drawn from the Duchy of Westphalia and the possessions of Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein, and Wittgenstein-Berleburg, as well as those from the four Bailiwicks ceded to His Majesty the King of Bavaria, in virtue of Article III., shall remain attached to the Corps d'Armée of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, during the space of two months, at the expiration of which term the soldiers and non-commissioned officers may return home: the Officers in actual service may choose within the same period in which of these respective services they will remain. Those who are pensioners and natives of the Duchy of Westphalia, or who are from the Electorate of Cologne and the Counties of Wittgenstein, shall remain at the charge of His Prussian Majesty.

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse charges himself with the Troops of that part of the country of Isenburg annexed to the Grand Duchy.

Civil Officers and Pensioners to pass to new Possessors.

ART. XXI. All the Civil Officers employed in the Administration of the Duchy of Westphalia, of the Counties of Wittgenstein, and of the Four Bailiwicks ceded to His Majesty the King of Bavaria, whether in actual service or retired on Pensions, shall pass to the new Possessors. This Stipulation reciprocally applies to the districts and everything ceded to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, and His Royal Highness particularly charges himself with the Pensioners assigned upon that portion of the department of Mont Tonnerre united to the Grand Duchy by the present Treaty. It equally applies to the Salt * See Appendix.

[Westphalia, Mayence, &c.]

Works of Kreuznach, with the exception of their present director, the Prussian Commissioner.

Salt from Works of Kreuznach to be free from Duty. Salt prepared in Salt Works of Hesse-Darmstadt to be considered as Foreign Salt in Prussia. Price of Salt to be fixed. Engagement of Prussia not to erect new Salt Works. Stores of Wood and Charcoal to be paid by Hesse-Darmstadt.

ART. XXII. The Salt from the Salt Works of Kreuznach shall not be subject to any tax or duty whatever, either on its preparation or exportation. Wood and Charcoal, and other Articles required for manufacturing the Salt, or constructing and repairing the Salt Works, are equally exempt from any import duty. But these Privileges and Immunities shall not extend to the personal imposts on those individuals employed in making the Salt or superintending the Salt Works, who are Prussian subjects. The inhabitants of the Salt Works, not originally Prussian subjects, shall be subject to the same laws, and considered in the same relation, as other foreigners domiciliated in the Prussian Monarchy.

The Salt prepared in the Salt Works ceded to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, shall be considered, in the Prussian States, as Foreign Salt, and as such shall be subject to all the duties and regulations, which now or hereafter may exist in the kingdom of Prussia, respecting Foreign Salt.

With a view to prevent the difference between the prices of Salt in the Hessian and Prussian States, on the left bank of the Rhine, from encouraging the fraudulent importation of Salt from the Salt Works of Kreuznach into the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, the Grand Ducal Government shall agree with the Prussian Authorities in fixing a price, which shall be renewed every ten years. They shall also determine upon the measures necessary to prevent smuggling, as well with regard to the exportation of Salt as to the importation of the materials required in its manufacture, or for constructing or repairing the Salt works.

His Prussian Majesty engages not to establish any new Salt Work in the Banlieu of Kreuznach that can injure the working of those ceded to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, whether as relating to the Salt Springs or to the Waters of the Nahe.

The stores of Wood and Charcoal found in the magazines on the day of the transfer, shall remain to the Prussian Government, to

[Westphalia, Mayence, &c.]

be ceded to the Grand Ducal Administration: and if the Prussian Government should not have paid for them, the Grand Ducal Administration shall fulfil the contracts made by the said Government for those articles; and in the contrary case, the Administration shall repay the Prussian Government the prime cost of the said stores within the space of 6 months. The stores of Salt shall be at the disposal of the Prussian Government.

Passage and Floatage of Wood and Charcoal for Salt Works of Kreuznach.

ART. XXIII. The Grand Ducal Government of Hesse shall have a right to convey the necessary quantities of Wood and Charcoal for supplying the Salt works of Kreuznach, through the Prussian States, without experiencing any restraint with regard thereto, and shall only pay the ordinary Duties for Passage and Floatage; at the same time attending to the existing ordinances and regulations of the Police. The Floatage Duties for those Articles on the Nahe shall not be augmented beyond the present Tariff.

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Majesty the King of Prussia engage to use their persevering intervention, for the purpose of procuring for the Grand Ducal Government of Hesse similar facilities for conveying and Floating Wood and Charcoal through the Bavarian States, from Kaiserlautern to Kreuznach.

Military Road through States of Hesse-Darmstadt.

ART. XXIV. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse consents that Prussia shall have a military road through His States, for troops passing from Erfurt by Eisenach, Hersfeld, Giessen and Wetzlar to Coblentz, and that those which come from, or are destined to Mayence, shall take the road of Coblentz by Bingen.

Special Conventions to regulate Military Roads.

The Convention to be concluded in the course of three months relative to these objects, shall be regulated according to that which shall be agreed to, with regard to the Prussian military roads through the States of the King of Hanover and of the Elector of Hesse. The same Convention shall regulate the billet stations (places d'étapes) on those roads.

[Westphalia, Mayence, &c.]

It is agreed that the regulation of billet stations for the Austrian troops destined to form a part of the garrison of Mayence, shall be reserved for a Separate Convention between the respective Governments.

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse also consents that Bavaria shall have a military road through His States, for troops passing from the Bavarian Provinces on the right bank of the Rhine to those recently acquired on the left bank of that river.

All that relates to billet stations, the maintenance and transport of troops, and other objects of Administration, shall be regulated by a Separate Convention between His Majesty the King of Bavaria and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse,

Transfer of ceded Districts and Territories.

ART. XXV. The transfer of the Districts and Territories, mutually ceded and transferred, by Articles I., II., III., IV., V., VII., and VIII. of the present Treaty, shall be made on the 7th of July in the present year, by means of Procès Verbaux which shall be drawn up at Frankfort, and signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the several Princes, under whose Sovereignty these Districts shall pass. Actual possession of these districts shall be given immediately after signing the Procès Verbaux.

Transfer of Salt Works of Kreuznach.

The transfer of the Salt works of Kreuznach and its dependencies shall be made in like manner, and the Grand Ducal Authorities shall receive these Salt works with the same titles, rights, and pretensions, relative to the property in the said Salt works, as well as with the same tools and utensils used in working them, as were transferred to the Prussian Government.

These Salt works shall commence working, on account of His Royal Highness, on the 1st day of July of this year.

Guarantee of Sovereignty of States to Hesse-Darmstadt. ART. XXVI. IIis Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Majesty the King of Prussia Guarantee to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, the full and entire Sovereignty of His States, as well as the Integrity of His possessions, in the state described in the present Treaty.