[Department of the Saar.] the name of His Imperial Majesty, release and discharge all the State Servants and Subjects belonging to the Ceded Districts, from the duty and Allegiance they owed to their former Sovereign. Hereupon the Prussian Seisin Commissioner declares that, by virtue of his Full Powers, and in the name of His Majesty the King of Prussia, he accepts and receives the Districts so ceded, in the manner they have been transferred to him, and moreover, that he recognizes the same as well as the Inhabitants thereof, as having passed over to His Majesty the King of Prussia in full Sovereignty. Both the Commissioners hereupon immediately issued a Proclamation on the subject, dispatching the same for publication to every district, and in this manner Article VI. of the Treaty of Paris, of the 3rd of November, 1815 (No. 38), has been fully carried into execution. It being, however, desirable that this generally, and, as far as regards first principles, completely effected Cession, should be made to harmonize with such dispositions as it may hereafter be considered expedient to introduce therein; and as, moreover, the Preliminary Treaty which was concluded on the 21st of June with respect to the districts to be ceded in the former Department of the Saar, the two Commissioners have, in consequence, consulted further together upon the following points, and have established resolutions in the form of Articles, viz. : ART. I. Land Revenues to revert to Prussia. ART. II. Distribution of Moneys in Austria. Central Treasury received from Districts of Ottweiler and Birkenfeld. ART. III. Right of Austria to State Property unsold on the 30th April. ART. IV. Bills of Exchange for Timber sold to be handed over to Prussian Court, and accounted for to Austria. ART. V. Arrears of Taxes, &c., to 1st May, to belong to Austria. ART. VI. Arrears of Revenues up to 1st May to be collected by Prussia, and accounted for to Austria. ART. VII. Payment of Salaries, Pensions, and Maintenance of Prisoners. ART. VIII. Liquidation of Debts occasioned by the War. ART. IX. Unpaid Claims of Contractors to be settled by the Liquidation Commission. ART. X. Officials in employ of Ceded Territories to be employed by Prussian Government. [Department of the Saar.] ART. XI. All Acts, Maps, Plans, and Documents to be delivered over to Prussia. ART. XII. Commissioners of Claims to have free access to all Acts, Registers, &c., of ceded Territories. ART. XIII. Regulations relative to Cession to Prussia to remain in force. Done at Worms, the 1st July, 1816. (L.S.) VON DROSSDICK. (L.S.) SCHMITZ GROLLENBURG. [Department of the Saar.] No. 61.-TERRITORIAL TREATY between Prussia and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Signed at Frankfort, 18th September, Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Cessions by Prussia. 2. Acknowledgement on the part of the Grand Duke. 3. Fresh arrangement reserved. 4. Revenues. 5. Commerce, Stations, &c. 6. Ratifications. (Translation.) In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. As His Majesty the King of Prussia, in consequence of the transactions of the Allied Powers at Paris, on the Cession to him by His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, of those Districts in the former Department of the Saar which had fallen to His Imperial Royal Apostolic Majesty by Article LI. of the Act of Congress passed at Vienna on the 9th of June, 1815 (No. 27), has undertaken the obligation of satisfying the Claims which, according to Articles XLIX. and L. of the said Act of Congress, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz has to Territory with a population of 10,000 souls on the left bank of the Rhine, and His Royal Majesty having a wish to discharge that obligation, but the actual transfer of the Territories intended for the purpose as stated hereafter, not appearing at present expedient, on the grounds also stated, His Royal Majesty and His Royal Highness, with the view of securing and establishing all rights in the mean time, have determined to enter into a Special Treaty hereon, and for that purpose have appointed Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Majesty the King of Prussia, Baron Carl Wilhelm von Humboldt, His Minister of State, Chamberlain, &c. And His Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Baron August von Oertzen, His Minister of State, &c. Which two Plenipotentiaries, after exchanging their Full [Department of the Saar.] Powers, found to be in due form and validity, have with each other agreed upon and settled the following Articles : Cessions by Prussia. ART. I. His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz the former Cantons of Cronenburg, Reifferscheid and Schleyden, the first, however, with the exception of the Communes of Steffler and Schuler, the last with exception of the Commune of Wolfsseiffen, as those Districts which, according to the designation appended to this Treaty, contain the required number of inhabitants. This Territory will be possessed by His Royal Highness, His heirs and successors, in full Property and with all Sovereign Rights. As, however, it is surrounded by Royal Prussian Territory, and therefore local circumstances may require, on fixing the Boundaries, an addition on one side or a deduction on another, His Royal Majesty expressly reserves to Himself the right of such special arrangement when the actual transfer takes place, always provided that the promised number of souls remains unchanged and the connexion of the Territory undivided. Acknowledgement on the part of the Grand Duke. ART. II. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of MecklenburgStrelitz accepts this Cession, and hereby formally declares that His Majesty the King has by it fully satisfied the obligation undertaken by Articles XLIX. and L. of the Act of Congress (No. 27) and the Parisian transactions. The Cession, as arranged by the present Treaty, shall have the same effect and validity as if it were included in the resolutions of the Plenipotentiaries for the settlement of the Territorial affairs. ART. III. Fresh arrangement reserved. ART. IV. Revenues. ART. V. Commerce, Stations, &c. ART. VI. Ratifications. In witness whereof the two Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty with their own hands, and sealed it with their arms. Done at Frankfort on the Main, 18th September, 1816. (L.S.) WILHELM BARON VON HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) AUGUST VON OERTZEN. [Department of the Saar.] ANNEX.-Designation of the Territory to be eventually ceded by His Majesty the King of Prussia to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 1. The Canton of Reiffenscheid with Inhabitants. 2. The Canton of Schleyden, with exception 3. The Canton of Cronnaburg, with excep tion of the Commune of Steffler and 2,795 |