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consequence. — XV. His majesty the 

 emperor of Germany and Austria, 

 as well for himself, his heirs and 

 successors, as ior the princes of his 

 house, their heirs and successors, 

 reuovnces all the riii;hts, as well of 

 sovereignty, as of paramount right 

 to all pretensions whatsoever, actual 

 or eventual, on all the states, with- 

 out exception, of their majesties, 

 the kings of Bavaria and Wirtem- 

 berg, and of his most serene high- 

 ness the elector of Baden, and gene- 

 rally on all the states, domains, and 

 territories: comprized in the circles 

 of Bavaria, Franconia, and Suabia, 

 as well as to every title, taken 

 from the said domains and territo- 

 ries : and reciprocally, all preten- 

 sions actual or eventual, of the 

 said states, to the charge of the 

 house of Austria, or its princes, are, 

 and shall be, for ever extinguished : 

 nevertheless, the renunciations, con- 

 tained in the present article, do not 

 concern the properties, which are 

 by the Llth article, or which shall 

 be, by virtue of the 12th article 

 above, conceded to their royal high- 

 nesses the archdukes, named in the 

 said articles. — XVI. The titles of 

 the domains and archives, the plans 

 and maps of the difierent countries, 

 towns, and fortresses, ceded by the 

 present treaty, shall be given up in 

 the space of three months from the 

 date of the exchange of the ratifica- 

 tions, to the persons that shall have 



actjuired the property of them 



XVII. His majesty the emperor Na- 

 poleon guarantees the integrity of 

 the empire of Austria in the state in 

 which it shall be, in consequence of 

 the present treaty of peace; as 

 well as the integrity of the possessi- 

 ons of the princes of the house (sf 

 Austria, pointed out in the 1 1th and 

 12th articles.— Will. The high 

 contracting parties ackaowledgc the 



independence of the Helvetic repub- 

 lic, as established by the act of me- 

 diation, as well as the independence 

 of the Batavian republic. — XIX. 

 The prisoners of war made by 

 France and her allies, from Austria, 

 and by Austria from France and her 

 allies, and who have not been yet 

 restored, shall be restored within 40 

 days from the date of the exchange 

 of the ratifications of the present 

 treaty. — XX. Ail commercial com- 

 munications and relations are re-es- 

 tablished, in the two countries, on 

 the same footing as before the war. — 

 XXI. His majesty the emperor of 

 Germany and Austria, and his ma- 

 jesty the emperor of the French, 

 king of Italy, shall maintain between 

 them the same ceremonial, as to 

 rank and etiquette, as was observed 

 before the present war. — XXII. 

 Within five days from the exchange 

 of the ratifications of the present 

 treaty, the town of Presburg, and 

 its environs, to the extent of six 

 leagues, shall be evacuated. Ten 

 dajs after the said exchange, the 

 French and the troops of the allies 

 of France shall evacuate Moravia, 

 Bohemia, the Viertel Untcr Vienner 

 Wald, the Viertel Unter Manharts- 

 ber, Hungary, and the whole of 

 Styria. In the ten following days^ 

 they shall evacuate the Viertel Vi- 

 enner Wald, and the Viertel Obcr 

 Manhartsberg ; and finally, in the. 

 space of two months from the ex- 

 change of the ratifications, the 

 French troops, and the troops of 

 the allies of France, shall evacuate 

 the whole of the hereditary states 

 of his majesty the emperor of Ger- 

 many and of Austria, with the ex. 

 ception of tlie place of Brannau, 

 Mhich shall remain for one month 

 at the disposal of his majesty tha 

 emperor of the French, king of Ita- 

 ly, as a place of depot for the sick 



