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Mura2, Bussy, Pers, and Cornier, 

 which shall be without the French 

 limits), and the Canton of La 

 Roche (with exception of the 

 places named La Roche and Ar- 

 manay with their districts) shall 

 rest with France. The frontier 

 shall follow the limits of those 

 different cantons and the lines se- 

 parating those portions which 

 France retains from those which 

 she gives up, 



8. In the department of Mont 

 Blanc, France shall obtain the 

 Subprefecture of Chambery, (with 

 exceptions of the cantons de 

 I'Hopital, St. Pierre d'Albigny, La 

 Rocette and Montmelian,) the 

 Subprefecture of Annecy, (with 

 exception of that part of the can- 

 ton of Faverges, situated to the 

 East of a line passing between 

 Ourechaise and Marlens on the 

 French side, and Marthod and 

 Ugine on the opposite side, and 

 which then follows the crest of the 

 mountains to the frontier of the 

 canton of Thones.) This line, 

 with the limits of the afore-named 

 cantons, shall constitute the new 

 frontier on this side. 



On the side of the Pyrennees, 

 the frontiers remain as they were, 

 between the two kingdoms of 

 France and Spain, on the 1st of 

 January, 1792. There shall be 

 appointed on the part of both, a 

 mutual Commission, to arrange 

 their final demarcation. 



France renounces all claims of 

 sovereignly, supremacy, and pos- 

 session over all countries, districts, 

 towns, and places whatsoever, si- 

 tuated without the above stated 

 frontier. The principality of Mo- 

 naco is replaced in the same situa- 

 tion as on the 1st of January, 

 J792. 



The Allied Courts assure to 

 France the possession of the prin- 

 cipality of Avignon, the Venaisin, 

 the county of Montbeliard, and all 

 the encloseddistricts once belonging 

 to Germany, comprised within the 

 above indicated frontier, which had 

 been incorporated with France be- 

 fore or after the 1st of January, 

 1792. 



The Powers preserve mutually 

 the full right to fortify whatever 

 point of their states they may 

 judge fitting for their safety. 



To avoid all injury to private 

 property, and to protect on the 

 most liberal principles the pos- 

 sessions of individuals domiciliated 

 on the frontiers, there shall be 

 named by each of the States ad- 

 joining to France, Commissioners, 

 to proceed jointly with French 

 Commissioners, to the demarca- 

 tion of their respective boundaries. 

 So soon as the office of these Com- 

 missioners shall be completed, in- 

 struments shall be drawn up, 

 signed by them, and posts erected 

 to mark the mutual limits. 



Art. IV. To secure the com- 

 munications of the town of Geneva 

 with the other parts of the Swiss 

 territory on the Lake, France con- 

 sents, thfit the road by Versoy 

 shall be common to the two coun- 

 tries. The respective Govern- 

 ments will have an amicable un- 

 derstanding on the means of pre- 

 venting smuggling, tiie regulation 

 of the posts, and the maintenance 

 of the road. 



Art. V. The navigation of the 

 Rhine, from the point where it 

 becomes navigable to the sea, and 

 back, shall be free, so as to be in- 

 terdicted to no person. Principles 

 shall be laid down at a future 

 Congress, for the collection of the 



