416 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



the left bank of the Rhine and of 

 the Alps, without the ancient li- 

 mits of France, are and remain 

 guaranteed to the purchasers 



Art. XXVIIl. The abolition of 

 the droits, (Tauhaine, detraction, 

 and others of the same nature in 

 the countries which reciprocally 

 stipulated it with France, or which 

 had been antecedently annexed to 

 it, is expressly confirmed. 



Art. XXIX. The French Go- 

 vernment engages to cause to be 

 restored the obligations and other 

 titles which shall have been seized 

 in the provinces occupied by the 

 French armies or administrations; 

 and in cases where restitution can- 

 not be made, these obligations and 

 titles are and remain annihilated. 



Art. XXX. The sums which 

 shall be due for all works of pub- 

 lic utility not yet terminated, or 

 terminated posterior to the 31st of 

 December, 1812, on the Rhine, 

 and in the departments detached 

 from France by the present treaty, 

 shall pass to the charge of future 

 possessors of the territory, and 

 shall be liquidated by the com- 

 mission charged with the liquida- 

 tion of the debts of the districts. 



Art, XXXI. All archives, charts, 

 plans, and documents whatsoever 

 belonging to the countries ceded, 

 and connected with their admini- 

 stration, shall be faithfully restored 

 at the same time with the coun- 

 tries ; or, if that be impracticable, 

 within a period not more than six 

 months after the surrender of the 

 said countries. 



This stipulation is applicable to 

 archives, charts, and plans, which 

 may have been carried off in coun- 

 tries for the moment occupied by 

 the different armies. 



Art. XXXII. Within a period of 

 two months, all the Powers who 



have been engaged on both sides 

 in the present war, shall send Ple- 

 nipotentiaries to Vienna, in order 

 to regulate, in a General Congress, 

 the arrangements necessary for 

 completing the dispositions of the 

 present Treaty. 



Art. XXXIII. The present 

 Treaty shall be ratified, and the 

 ratifications exchanged within a 

 fortnight, or sooner if practicable. 



In testimony whereof the re- 

 spective Plenipotentiaries have 

 signed the same, and affixed there- 

 to the seal of their arms. 



Done at Paris, this 30th of May, 

 in the year of our Lord, 1814. 



(Signed) 

 (L. S.) The Prince of Benevent. 

 (L. S.) The Prince of Metter- 



NICH. 



(L. S.) J. P. Count Stadion. 



ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. 



The high contracting parties, 

 wishing to efface all traces of the 

 unfortunate events which have 

 weighed heavily on their people, 

 have agreed explicitly to annul the 

 effects of the Treaties of 1805 and 

 1809, in as far as they are not al- 

 ready actually annulled by the 

 present Treaty. In consequence 

 of this declaration, his most Chris- 

 tian Majesty engages that the de- 

 crees issued against French, or re- 

 puted French subjects, being, or 

 having been in the service of his 

 Imperial and Royal Apostolic Ma- 

 jesty, shall remain without effect, 

 as well as the judgments which 

 may have passed in execution of 

 those decrees. 



The present additional Article 

 shall have the same force and effect 

 as if it had been inserted in the 

 patent Treaty of this date. It shall 

 be ratified, and the ratification shall 



