Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-10
Annexes of the Full Treaty.
ANNEX.

( ANNEX
In accordance with the provision!
of articles As to so of the presen
treaty. TIE StipulationS under which
the cession by Germany to Franc.
of the mines of the Sarre basin will
be effected, as well as the measure!
intended to insure respect for tn,
rights and well being of the popula
ton and the government of the ter
ritory, and the conditions in which
the inhabitants will be called upor
which they may wish to be placed
have been laid down as follows:
Chapter 1.
-Cession and Exploitation of Mining
Property.
1. From the date of the coming into
force of the present treaty. all the de
posits of coal situated within the
Sarre basin. as defined in Article Al
of the said treaty, become the com
plete and absolute property of the
French state
The French state will have tn.
right of working or not working the
said mines or of transferring to Z
third party the right of working
them, without having to obtain any
previous authorization or to fulfil
any formalities.
The French state may always re-
Quire that the German mining laws
and regulations referred to below
shall be applied in order to insure
the determination of it's rights.
2 The right of ownership of the
French state will apply not only to
the deposits which are free, and fol-
which concessions have not yet been
granted, but also to the deposits for
which concessions have already been
granted. whoever may be the present
proprtetors. irrespective of whether
they belong to the Prussian state. to
the Bavarian state, to other states
or bodies. to companies or to in
dividuals. whether they have been
worked or not, or whether a right
OF exploitation distinct from the right
of the owners of the surface of the
;. AS far as concerns the mines
which are being worked. the trans
Ter of the ownership to the French
state will apply to all the accessories
and subsidiaries of the said mines. in
particular to their plant and equip
ment both on and below surface. to
their extracting machinery, their
plants for Transforming coal into
electric power. coke and by-products
their workshops. means of communi-
catching and distributing water. land
buildings. such as Offices. managers
employees and workmen's dwellings,
schools hospitals and dispensaries
their stocks and supplies of every de-
scFiption, their archives and plans
and in general everything which those
who own or exploit the mines possess
or enjoy for the purpose Of exploiting
the mines and their accessories and
subsidiaries
The transfer will apply also to the
debts owing for products delivered be-
fore the entry into possession by the
French state. and after the Signatures
or the present treaty, and to deposits of
money made by customers. whose rights
Win be guaranteed by the French state
f. The French state will ACQUIRE the
property free and clear of all debts and
charges. Nevertheless the rights ac-
qufred, or in course Of being acquired
by the employees of the mines and their
accessories and subsidiaries at the date
OF the coming into force of the presen.
treaty. in connection with pensions for
old age or disability, will not be affected
in return. Germany must pay over 10
the French state a sum representing the
actuarial amounts to which the said en-
ployes are entitled.
5. The value of the property thus
coded TO the French state will be deter.
mined by the reparation commission re-
ferred TO in article 233 of part VIII (rep.
arations) of the present treaty.
This value shall be credited to Ger
many IN part payment of the amour,
due for reparation.
1t will be for Germany TO indemnify
the proprietors or parties concerned
whoever they may be.
s. No tariff shall be estab lished or
the German railways and canals which
may directly or indirectly discriminate
to the prejudice Of the transport Of the
personnel or products of the mines anC
their accessories or subsidiaries. or Of
the material necessary to their exploita
ton. Such transport shall enjoy all tn.
riehts and privileges which any inter.
national railways convention may guar.
antee TO similar products of French
origin.
necessary to insure the dispatch and
transport of the products Of the mines
and their accessories and subsidiaries
as well as the carriage of workmer
and employees. will be provided by the
local railway administration of the
basin.
8. No obstacle shall be placed in The
way of such improvements OF rail
ways or waterways as the French
state may judge necessary to assure
the dispatch and transport of the
products OF the mines and their ac-
cessories and subsidiaries such a.
double trackage. enlargement of sta
ton and construction of yards anC
appurtenances.
The distribution of expenses will. IN
the even, of disagreement. be submit
ted to arbitration.
The French state may also establish
any new means of communication
such as roads. electric lines and tele
phone connections which IL may con
slider necessary for the exploitation O
the mines.
IL may exploit freely and withou
any restrictions the means OF com
municAtlon of which IL may become tn,
owner. particularly those connectinl
the mines and their accessories ant
subsidia rIes with the means of com
munication situated In French terri
tory
.. The French state shall always b.
entitled to demand the application o
the German mining laws and regula
lions In force on the lIth of Novem
Der. 1918. excepting provisions adopt
ed exclusively in view OF the state O
war, with a view TO the acquisition
of SUCH land as II may judge reces
sary for the exploitation of the mine
and their accessories and subsidi
aries.
The payment for damage caused L
inlmovable property by the working
of the said mines and their acces
SORES and subsidiaries shall he mad
in accordance with the German ninin,
laws and regulations above referee
TO.
10. Every person whom the Frencl
state may SUBSTITUTE Tor itself as re
CARDS the whole or part OF its right
TO the exploitation OF the mines an
their accessories and subsidiarie
shall enjoy the benefit of the priv
ileges provided in this annex
il The mines and other immovabl
property which become the propert
of the French state may never b
made the subject OF measures of for
fixture. forced sale, appropriation o
requisites. nor of any other measur
affecting the right of property.
The personnel and the plant con
jnsctsd with the exploitation Of thes
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