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after the division has been ef- 

 fected. 



In future, the port of Antwerp 

 shall be solely a port of commerce. 



Art. XVI. The high contracting 

 parties wishing to placeand cause to 

 be placed in entire oblivion the divi- 

 sions which have agitated Europe, 

 declare and promise, that in the 

 countries restored and ceded by the 

 present treaty, no individual of 

 whatever class or condition shall be 

 prevented, harassed, or disturbed 

 in his person or property, under 

 any pretext, or for his attachment 

 either to any of the contracting 

 parties or to Governments which 

 have ceased to exist, or for any 

 other cause, unless for debts con- 

 tracted to individuals, or for acts 

 posterior to the present treaty. 



Art. XVII. In all the countries 

 which may or shall change masters, 

 as well in virtue of the present 

 treaty, as of arrangements to be 

 made in consequence thereof, the 

 inhabitants, both natives and fo- 

 reigners of whatever class or con- 

 dition, shall be allowed a space of 

 six years, reckoning from the ex- 

 change of the ratifications, in order 

 to dispose, if they think proper, of 

 their property, whether acquired 

 before or during the present war, 

 and to retire to whatever country 

 they please. 



Art. XVIII. The Allied Pow- 

 ers, wishing to give his most Chris- 

 tian Majesty a new proof of their 

 desire to cause to disappear, as 

 much as lies in their power, the 

 consequences of the period of ca- 

 lamity so happily terminated by 

 the present peace, renounce in 

 toto the sums which the Govern- 

 ment had to re-demand of France, 

 by reason of any contracts, sup- 

 plies, or advances whatsoever. 



made to the French Government 

 in the different wars which have 

 taken place since 1792. 



His Most Christian Majesty, on 

 his side, renounces every claim 

 which he might make on the Allied 

 Powers on similar grounds. In ex- 

 ecution of this article, the high 

 contracting parties engage mutual- 

 ly to give up all titles, bonds, and 

 documents relating to debts which 

 they have reciprocally renounced. 



Art. XIX. The French Govern- 

 ment engages to cause to be liqui- 

 dated and paid all sums which it 

 shall find itself bound in duty to 

 pay in countries beyond its territo- 

 ries, in virtue of contracts or other 

 formal engagements entered into 

 between individuals or private 

 establishments, and the French au- 

 thorities, both for supplies and le- 

 gal obligations. 



Art. XX, The high contract- 

 ing powers, immediately after the 

 exchange of the ratifications of the 

 present treaty, will appoint Com- 

 missaries to regulate and effectu- 

 ate the execution of the whole of 

 the measures contained in Articles 

 XVIII. and XIX. These Com'- 

 missaries shall employ themselves 

 in the examination of the claims 

 mentioned in the preceding Arti- 

 cle, of the liquidation of the sums 

 claimed, and of the mode which 

 the French Government shall pro- 

 pose for paying them. They shall 

 also be charged with the giving 

 up of the titles, obligations and 

 documents relative to the debts 

 which the high contracting powers 

 mutually renounce, in such way 

 that the ratification of the result of 

 their labours shall complete their 

 reciprocal renunciation. 



Art. XXI. The debts specially 

 hypothecated in their origin on the 



