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State of Public Affairs ill Augu ft, iSOf?. [Sept. 1, 



from accruing. Their Jomains and chatties, 

 as far as relates to the taxes, fhall be an- 

 nexed to Ihe Prince of that houfc under whofe 

 fovcreignty they come j or if no Prince of the 

 houfe be in pofleffion of immoveable property, 

 in that cafe they fhall be put upon an equality 

 with the domains of princes of the moft pri- 

 vileged clafs. Thefe domains cannot be ibid 

 or given to any Prince out of tlie confedera- 

 tion, without being firft offered to the Prince 

 under wliofe fovereignty they are placed. 



XXVJII. In penal cafes the now reigning 

 Princes and Counts, and their heirs, fliall 

 preferve their prefent privileges of trial. 

 Ttiey (hall be tried by their peers. Their 

 fortune Ihall not in any event be confifcated, 

 tut the revenues may, during the life-time 

 of the criminal, be fequeftrated. 



XXIX. The confederate ftates Ihall contri- 

 bute to payment of the debts of their circle, 

 as well for their old as their new polTeflions. 

 The debts of the circle of Suabia (hall be 

 put to the account of the Kings of Bavaria 

 and VVirtemberg, the Grand Duke of Baden, 

 the Princes of Hohelzollern, Hcchingen, 

 »nd Seigmaringen, the Prince of Lichtenftein, 

 and Prince of L-yen, In proportion to their 

 refpeftive pofleffions in Suabia. 



XXX. The proper debts of a Prince or 

 Count who falls under the fovereignty of 

 another ftate, fhall be defrayed by the faid 

 ilatc conjointly with the now reigning Prince, 

 in the proportion of the revenues whicli that 

 ftate ihall require, and of tlie part whicli by 

 the prefent treaty is allotted to attach to' the 

 attributes of the prefent fovereigns. 



XXXI. The prefent reigning Princes or 

 Counts may determine the place of their rcfi- 

 dence where they v^ill. Where they refidein 

 tlie dominions of a member or ally of the 

 confederation, or in any of the poflelFions 

 which tliey hold out of the territory of the 

 confederation, they may draw their rents or 

 capitals without paying any tax wliafever 

 upon them. 



XXXII. Thofe perfons who hold places in 

 the adminiftration of the countries which 

 hereby come under tlje fovereignty of the 

 confederates, and ^vho (hall not be retained 

 by the new fuvcreign, (hall receive a pen- 

 fion according to the fituation they have 

 held. 



XXXIII. The members of military or rc- 

 ligicus orders who (hall lofe their incomes, or 

 whofe common property (liall be i'ecuhrifed, 

 fliall receive during life a yearly ftipend pro- 

 portioned to their former incorpc, their dig- 

 nity, and their age, and which ihall be fccured 

 upon the goods of the revenues, of which they 

 were in the enjoyment. 



XXXIV. The confederates renounce reci- 

 procally, for themfelves and their pofterity, 

 all claims which they might have upon the 

 polTelTions of other members of the confeder- 

 ation, tlie eventual right of fucccllion alone 

 excepted, and this only in the event of the 

 tsiuilj' having died out, which now is in pof- 



felTlon of the territories and objefts to which 

 fuch a right might be advanced. 



XXXV. Bct«<-cn the Emperor of thi 

 French and the Confederated States, fodera- 

 tively and Individually, there (hall be an alii" 

 ance, by virtue of which every continental 

 war in v;hlch one or either parties (hall be en- 

 gaged (hall be common to all. 



XXXVI. In tlie event of any foreign or 

 neighbouring power making preparations for 

 war, the contrafting parties, in order to pre- 

 vent fuvprife, iTiall, upon the requifition of 

 the minilter of one of them at the ali'embly 

 of the league in Franlcfort, arm alfo. And 

 as the contingent of the allies is fubdivided 

 into four parts, theaflembly (hall decide how 

 many of thofe (hall be called into activity. 

 The armament, however, (hall only take 

 place upon t!ie funimons of the Emperor to 

 each of the contraiting parties. 



XXXVII. His M.ijelty tnc King of Ba- 

 varia binds himfclf to fortify Auglburg and 

 Lindau ; in the tirft of thefe places to ;brrn 

 and maintain artillery eflablilhrnents, and in 

 the le 'ond to keep a quantity of mulkets and 

 ammunition fufficient for a referve, as well 

 as a baking edablilhment at Augfbiirg, fuffi- 

 cient to fupply the armies without delay in 

 the event of war. 



XXXVin. The contingent of each is de- 

 termined as follows ; 



Franc* - - 2f»0,()00 men 



Bavaria - - oO,()'lO 



V/irtemberg - - I'i.OtK) 



Baden - - W)00 



Berg - - .'jODO 



Darmftadt - - 4000 



NalTiu, HohenzoUcrn, and others -lOOO 



XXXIX. The contratling parties will ad- 

 rriit of the acceh'ion of other German princes 

 and dates, in all cafes wi>cie the union with 

 the confederation may be found confident with 

 the general intereft. 



XL. The ratification of the prefent treaty 

 (hall be exchanged between the contrattinj 

 parties, on the '2oth of July, at Munich. 



Done at Paris, July 1'.', liiOu. 



The Rcfigitat'i'jn of the High Ofice of Enip'.nr of 

 Germany, by Francis, Emperor of AuJ'ria. 

 ricmm, Auguf 7. 



WZ, FRANCIS SECOND, &C. 



Since the peace of Prciturgh all our atten- 

 tion and all our care have been Cinployed to 

 fulfil with fcrupulous fidelity all the engage- 

 ments contrafted by that treaty, to preferve 

 to our fubjcfts the happinefs of peace, to 

 confolidate every where the amicable relations 

 happily re-elhibli(hed, waiting to difcover 

 whether the changes caufed by the peace 

 would permit us to perform our import.mt 

 duties, as chief of the Germanic empire, 

 conformably to the capitulation of eleftion. 



The confequences, however, which en- 

 fued from Ibme articles of the Treaty of 

 Prelburgh, immediately after its publication, 

 and which ftiU exift, and thole evtnts ge- 

 nerally 



