[Vienna Congress Treaty.] 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. + See Appendix. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] 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. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] 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 France and Switzerland for an exchange of territory in the Vallée des Dappes. + See also Art. XXIII, p. 226. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] 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. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] Geneva. His Most Christian Majesty also consents that the gendarmerie and militia of Geneva, after having communicated on the subject with the nearest military post of the French gendarmerie, shall pass on the high road of Meyrin, to and from the said jurisdiction and the town of Geneva. Switzerland. Cession by the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva. Savoy. Simplon Road. ART. LXXX. His Majesty the King of Sardinia cedes that part of Savoy which is situated between the river Arve, the Rhone, the limits of that part of Savoy ceded to France, and the mountain of 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 Venezas to the point where the river 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 (réunis) to the canton of Geneva; with the reservation, however, of determining more precisely, by Commissioners respectively, their limits, particularly that part which relates to the demarcation above Veiry and on the mountain of Salève; His said Majesty renouncing for himself and his successors, in perpetuity, without exception or reservation, all rights of Sovereignty, or other rights which may belong to him in the places and territories comprised within this demarcation. Switzerland. Simplon Road. Passage of Troops. His Majesty the King of Sardinia also agrees, 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. Switzerland. Exemption from Transit Dues. On the other hand, an exemption from all duties of transit + See Art. LXXIX. * See also Art. XCI. |