The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-16

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.s Austrian majesty, being restored to all his
-rhts with respect 20 the said possessions,
rnnhrms the disposition of It which he made
49,. the declaration OF the Goth March, 1915, IN
s.,or Of the canton Ok the Grisons
A 1yrar gerienf between France and Genera
70. In order 70 secure the commercial
and military communications of Geneva with
+ the canton Of Naud and tile rest of Switzer-
land. and to complete ia that respect the 4th
article of the treaty Of p arts. his most christi
an majesty consents to place the line
of custom houses m such amanner that the
road which leads from Gtnevat to Very into
Switzerland, shall at all times BE- free, and
that neither posts nor travellers, nor the tran
sit of merchandise, shall be interrupted by AIRY
4 inspection of Off crs, Bor subjected To any duty
/. - equally ualerstool, that no obstacle Shall
be interposed on the part of Switzerland.
The rest of this article relates to similar
| arr engagements with respect to other parts Of
Switzerland.
4 Cess,on Of The King Of Sarditia to the. can
Sen oEGeneUQ.
Il so. His majesty the king nf Sardinia cedes
y that part of Savcy which is situated between
! the river Arve. the Rhohe, the limits of the
\ part of Savoy coded to France, and the noun
i tain Of SaieYe as far as Very inclusive, toye-
1 iher with that which. is comprised between
4 that great road called Simplon, the lake of
4 Geneva. and the actual territory of the can
ton of Geneva, from Venezas to: the point
where the river of Hermances crosses the
SAID road, and from thence following the
course OF that river to its mouth in the lake
of Geneva, to the esst uf the village OF Her
nance (the whole Of the, road called Simpicn
continuing in the possession Of his Sarclinian
Majesty) The conptry to be united 10 the
canton ct Geneva, in sal, and entire sovereign
ty.
Ills Sandman majesty also agrees that the
communication between the canton of Geneva
ard tine Valirais by the road os Sinpleu, shall
be est2bhshed in the Same way agreed upon
by France with respect TO the cantan of Valid
by the road of VERIFY. a front passage for
the Genevesc troops is also Stipulated and
an exemption from al duties payable by mer-
chandise and provisions in passing from tine
Sardinisn territory and the free .ort of Ge-
I.oa. Ih's exemption applies Only to transit
duties, and does not arPiy to tolls payable for
the maintenance OF the roads, nor to merchan-
disc, or provisions intended to be sold or cou-
sumed in the Interior.
ComtensafionS 10 Re established 6et-vees, the
ancient ana fhe neqv cQ,itoHs.
81. TO provide mutual compensations, the
cautions OF Argovia. Of Haud, Of Tessip, of
ST. Gall, shall furnish TO the ancient CATIONS
OF Schweitz. Underayaid, Uri, Glars, Zug
and Appentelie. certain. sum which shall, be
applied TO public instruction, and TO the ex-
penses OF general administration, but princi-
paliy to the toru"r object
The cantons OF Argovia, Vard and St. Gall
shall furnish to the cantons of Schweits. I'm
nerwald, ur' Lug, Glaris. Appenzelle, a fund
OF 100000 Swiss livres. The canton of TPs-
sin shall pay annually to the canton of Uri.
half the .Hoduct of the tolls in the Levantine
valley.
80. This article relates to the funds plac-
ed IN England, by the Cartons of Zurich and
Berne, by which it is decreed that those can
tons shall retain the property of the capital
funds, SUCH as they existed il 1908, at tn e. pe-
rod OF the dissolution Of the HeIvetc govern
ment' ana shall ENJOY the interest as it ac-
crues, dating from the lst of lam 1915 The
interest which has accumulated since 1899 To
1ol4inclusive shall be applied to the dis
charge OF the remaining capital of the nation
al debt designated under the denomination of
the Helvetic debt. The surplus of taae debt
shall remain chargeable upon the other can
tons, those OF Berne and Zurich being exono-
rated.
The districts Incorporated will Swift re land
since 1918, shall not De taxed on account of
the oil Heivetic debts.
49, Provldesindennitis for the proprietors
of lands.
81. Confirms the declaration addressed on
the goth of March, by the allied powers who
signed the treaty OF Paris, to the diet of the
Swiss confederation.
Limits Ct the eatafes efthc King of Sardinia.
s5. The limits of the estates of his ma
jesty the king of Sardinia shall be,
On the side of France, such as they were
on the LIST of January, 1872, with the excepti-
on Of those changes caused by the treatA Of
Paris, 1914:
On the side of the Helvetic confederation,
So h as they existed On the 1st Of January,
1892, with the exception Of the change pro-
duced by the cession in favor Of the canton Of
Geneva ; such as the cession is specified by
the so, hartic eof the present act
On the side of the Emperor of Austria's
states, such as they existed on the Ist of jan.
l792 +; and the convection concluded between
the empress Maria Theresa and the king of
Sardinia, or the All of o stober 1851, siiaIl be
mutually maintained
On the side of the states of Parma and Pla-
centa, the limits so far as concc rms the anci-
snt states Of the king of Sardinia, shall CONT
Due the same as they were on the 1st of jan
uary, 1892.
The limits Of the former states of Genoa
and OF the countries called imperial fiefs. uni
fetl to the states of the kingdom of Sardinia.
according to the following articles, shall be the
same as those which on the LIST of Januarv
1872 separated those colonies from the states
OF Parma and Placenta, and from those nj