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State of Puhltc Affairs in JugtiJ, 1805. [Sept 1, 



nounces fuch of his titles as refer to his con- 

 neftion witli ti.e German empire, anil they 

 will on tlic 1ft af Auguft declare their entire 

 fepsration fronri it. 



IV. The Eleftor Arch-Chancellor fhill 

 tnke the title of Prince Primate and Moft 

 Eminent Hi;;hnefs (given in French Alune 

 Emincntii3irr.e), which title ihall convey n<3 

 prerogative derogatory to the entire fove- 

 reigr.ty which every one of the contrafting 

 Princes fhall enjoy. 



V. The Eleftor of Baden, the Duke of 

 Eerg, and the Landgrave ofHefTe Darmftadr, 

 fliall take the titles of Grand Dukes, and en- 

 joy the rights, honours, and prerogatives be- 

 lonjiing to the kingly dignity. Their rank 

 and precedence fhall he in the fame order as 

 they are mentioned in Art. I. The chief of 

 the houlci of Naffau ftiall take the title of 

 Duke, and the Count of Leyen that of 

 Prince. 



VI. The affairs of the confederation flialj 

 be difculTed in a congrefs of the union (Diete) 

 whpfe place of fitting fhall be in Frankfort, 

 and the congrefs ihall be divided into two 

 colleges, the Kings and the Princes. 



VII. The members of the league muft be 

 independent of every foreign power. 1 hejr 

 cannot in any wife enter into any ether fcr- 

 tIcc, but that of the itatcs of the confedera- 

 tion and its allies. Thofe who have heen 

 hitherto in the fervicc of a forcii;n po\ier, 

 and chufe to adhere to it, (hall abdicate their 

 principality in favour of one of their chil- 

 dren. 



VIII. Should any of the faid_ Princes be 

 difpofcd to alienate the whole or any part of 

 his fovereignty, he can only do it in favour 

 cf the confederates. 



IX. All difputes which may arife among 

 the members of the league ftall be fettled in 

 the afilmbly at Frankfoit. 



X. In this the Prince Primate ihall pre- 

 fidc, and when it ihall happen that the two 

 colleges hftve to deliberate upon any fubjedt, 

 he fhall then prefide in the college of kings, 

 and the Duke of Naflau in that of the 

 princes. 



XI. The time when the congrefs of the 

 league, or either of the colleges, fhall haVe 

 particularly to affemble, the manner of the 

 convocation, the fubjefls upon which they 

 may have to deliberate, the manner of form-, 

 ing their conclufions, and putting them in exe- 

 cution, fhall be determined in a fundamental 

 flatute, which the Prince Primate ihall give 

 in propolition, within a month after the noti- 

 fication prefented at Ratilbon This ftatute 

 Ihall be approved of by the confederated ftatcs; 

 this flatute fhall alfo regulate the refpeftive 

 rank of the members of the college of 

 princes. 



XII. The Emperor fhall be proclaimed 

 froteftor of the Ccnfederation. On the de- 

 mife of the Primate, he fhall, in fuch qua- 

 lity, as often name the fuccefTor. 



XUI. His Majefty the King of Bavaria 



cedes to the King of V/irtemberg the Lord- 

 fhip of Wifenfleig, and renounces the rights 

 which he might have upon Wciblingcn, on 

 account of Bur;;an. 



XIV. His Majefty the King of Wirtcm- 

 bcrg makes over to rhc Grand Du.^ce of Berg 

 the county of BonJorft", Breunlingen, and 

 Villingen, the part of the territory of the 

 latter city, which lies on the ri^'ht bank of 

 the Brigoetz, and the city of Tuttlingen, 

 v.ith the manor of the fame name belonging 

 to it on the right bank of the Danube. 



XV. The Grand Duke of Baden cedes to- 

 the King of Wirtemberg the city and terri- 

 tory oi^ Bicbratli, with their dependencies. 



XVI. The Duke of NalTau cedes to the 

 Grand Duke of Berg the city of Deutz and 

 its territory. 



XVII. His Majefiy the King of Bavaria 

 flriU unite to his ftates the city and territory 

 of Nuicmberg, and the Teutonic comitials of 

 Rohr and U'aldftetten, 



XVitl. His Majefty the King of Wir^em- 

 hcrg ihall receive the Lordfhip of Weifen- 

 flcig, the city and territory of Biebrach, 

 with their dependencies, the cities of Wald- 

 fco and Schettingen, the comitial lands of 

 Karjyfenburg, Laucheim, a:id Alclihaufen, 

 with the exception of the lorJiliip of Hohen- 

 feld and the abbey of Wciblingen. 



XIX. The Grand Duke of Baden fhall re- 

 ceive the loidlhip of Eonndortf, the cities of 

 yreulingfn, Villingen, and Tuttlingen, the 

 ])arts of their tcrriiories which are given to 

 liimin Art. XIV., .md along with thefe the 

 comitials of 15o!ken and Freyburg. 



XX. The Grand Duke of Berg fhall re- 

 ceive jlie city and territory of Deutz, tho 

 city and manor of Koningfwinter, and the 

 manor of Wiftich, as ceded by the Duke of 

 Nafiiiu. 



XXI. The Grand Duke of Darmftadt fhall 

 unite to his (tates theburgraviat of Friedberg, 

 taking to himfelf the fovereignty only during 

 the lifetime of the prefent pofl'elfor, and the 

 whole at his death. 



XXII. The Prince Primate fhall take pof- 

 feffion of the city of Frankfort on the Maine 

 and its territorv, as his fo^ereign nrooerty. 



XXIII. The Prince of Hohenzollem Seig- 

 maringen fhall receive as his fovereign pro- 

 perty the lordlhips of Afchberg and Hohen- 

 fels, depending on the comitial of Alchhau- 

 fen, the convents of Klofterwald and Haltz- 

 thal, and the fovereignty over the imperial ' 

 equeftrian eftatcs that lie in his dominions, 

 and in the territory to the north of the Da- 

 nube, wherever his fovereignty extends ; 

 namely, the lordihips of Gamerdingen and 

 Hottingen. 



XXIV. The members of the confederatioa 

 fhall exercife all the rights of fovereignty- 

 henceforward as follow : 



His Majelty the King of Bavaria, over the- 

 principality of Schwartzenberg, the county 

 of Caftell, the lordihips of Speinfeld and. 

 Wifienheid, the dependencies of the princi- 



paiit/ 



