[Waldeck-Pyrmont.]

No. 408.-TREATY between Prussia and Waldeck-Pyrmont, relative to the Transfer of the Administration of the Principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont to Prussia. Signed at Berlin, 18th July, 1867.

1. Internal Administration of the Principalities by Prussia, except the Princely Consistory, &c.

2. Administration to be in the name of the Prince.

3. Prussia to receive the Revenues, and defray Expenses.

4. Executive Powers to be exercised by Prussia. Rights reserved to the

Prince.

5. Appointment of a Governor by the King.

6. Judicial and Administrative Authorities to be organised by Prussia.

7. State Servants to be Prussian Subjects. Maintenance of Constitution.

8. Public Servants of Principalities to be employed in Prussia, or pensioned.

9. Representation of the Country Abroad by the Prince.

10. Administration of Domanial Property.

11. Duration of Treaty.

12. Ratifications.

(Translation.)

His Majesty the King of Prussia and His Serene Highness the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, animated by the wish of facilitating the entry of the Principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont into the North German Confederation, have determined upon concluding a Treaty for that purpose, and accordingly have granted Full Powers, His Majesty the King of Prussia to Bernhard König, his Privy Councillor of Legation, and His Serene Highness the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont to his Privy Councillor Charles William v. Stockhausen, and Lewis Klapp, who, after the exchange of their Full Powers, which were found correct and regular, have agreed upon the following Articles:

Internal Administration of the Principalities by Prussia, except the Princely Consistory, &c.

ART. I. Prussia undertakes the Internal Administration of the Principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont, exclusive only of the Administration which appertains to the Princely Consistory in its quality of Supreme Ecclesiastical Authority, and also of the ad

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ministration of the charitable foundation of Schaaken, which are therefore reserved to His Serene Highness the Prince.

Administration to be in the Name of the Prince.

ART. II. The Administration will be carried on in the name of His Serene Highness the Prince, in accordance with the Constitution and Laws of the Principalities.

Prussia to receive the Revenues and defray Expenses.

ART. III. Prussia will receive the whole of the Revenues of the Principalities, and will defray all Expenses, excepting the Expenses of the Consistory in its quality of Supreme Ecclesiastical Authority.

Executive Powers to be exercised by Prussia. Rights reserved to

the Prince.

ART. IV. His Majesty the King of Prussia will exercise the whole of the Executive Powers as regards the Internal Administration of the Principalities which belong constitutionally to His Serene Highness the Prince. The latter, however, retains the right of pardon as limited by the Constitution and the Laws, and also the right of assent to alterations in the Constitution and the Laws in so far as they do not interfere with the organisation of the Judicial and Administrative Authorities (Article VI).

Appointment of a Governor by the King.

ART. V. A Governor (Landes Director) to be appointed by His Majesty the King, will be placed at the head of the Administration of the Principalities, and he will undertake the Constitutional responsibility of the Government of the Country.

Judicial and Administrative Authorities to be organised by Prussia.

ART. VI. Prussia is empowered to organise the Judicial and Administrative Authorities differently according to her own judgment. The powers of the Authorities of higher instance may be transferred to Prussian Authorities.

State Servants to be Prussian Subjects. Maintenance of

Constitution.

ART. VII. All the State Servants will be appointed by Prussia; they are to be Prussian subjects, and must take the Oath of

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Allegiance to His Majesty the King. They, including the Governor, must conscientiously observe the Constitution of the Principality which they must expressly promise to maintain. The Governor, on taking the Oath, will have to swear to be faithful and obedient to His Serene Highness the Prince with regard to the Rights reserved to the latter by Articles IV and IX of this Treaty.

Public Servants of Principalities to be employed in Prussia, or

Pensioned.

ART. VIII. The Public Servants of the Principalities at present in office, in so far as their services are no longer necessary in the Principalities in consequence of the new organisation, or in so far as they are not employed in the administration of the Princely Domains (Article X), shall be employed in Prussia, retaining their ranks and incomes, and account being taken of the length of their services. Those who do not choose or who cannot be employed in this manner will be Pensioned in accordance with the State Service Law of Waldeck, or put on half-pay. In appointing and pensioning these Public Servants, Prussia will take existing circumstances into account as much as possible.

Representation of the Country Abroad by the Prince.

ART. IX. The Representation of the Country Abroad still retained by the Prince, will be exercised by him through and under the responsibility of the Governor. The expenses will be paid, as formerly, out of the Treasury of the Country.

Administration of Domanial Property.

ART. X. The Administration of the Domanial Property described in the Compact of 16th July, 1853, &c., will not be affected by the present Treaty, and remains in the hands of His Serene Highness the Prince. No contribution is to be made from the Domains for the expenses of the State on the one hand, nor, on the other, can there be a joint use of the State appointments by the administration of the Domains.

Duration of Treaty.

ART. XI. The present Agreement will come into operation from 1st January, 1868, for a period of 10 years, and on the expiration of that period it will be considered as prolonged for 10

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years more, unless notice to the contrary be given by one or the other of the Parties at least a year before.

Ratifications.

ART. XII. The present Agreement is to be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged at Berlin within 4 weeks, subject to the assent of the Representative Bodies of both Countries.

In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Treaty.

Berlin, 18th July, 1867.

(L.S.) BERNHARD KONIG.

(L.S.) CHARLES WILLIAM VON STOCKHAUSEN. (L.S.) LEWIS KLAPP.

[Boundary.]

No. 409.-FINAL BOUNDARY ACT between Austria and Italy. Venice, 22nd December, 1867.

Reference to Treaty of 3rd October, 1866.

1. Civil Rights of private persons, communes, and corporate bodies, over lands on either side of the Boundary Line not to be interfered with. Boundary from Lake of Garda to Port of Buso.

2. Settlement of Disputes respecting the Boundary Line.

3. In Boundary Waters the Midstream forms the Separating Line, as a general rule.

4. On Public Roads the axis of the Road forms the Separating Line. Roads to be freely used by both Parties.

5. Road along the Torrent of Indrio from Prepotto to Melina, and the communication along the Torrent of Pontebbana to be free to both Parties.

6. No works to be constructed along the course of Boundary Waters for regulating them, for Navigation, or Floating of Timber, without the consent of both Parties.

7. Further arrangements to be made respecting Floating of Timber.

8. State Boundary Line as laid down by the Italiano-Illyrian Commission in 1841, to form the Boundary of private or communal Property, unless otherwise decided or agreed to.

9. Bridges recognised as at present existing across the Torrents of Cesilla, Pontebbana, Indrio, and the Canale del Taglio; maintenance and use thereof.

10. Maintenance of Boundary-marks.

11. Expenses of determining the Boundary Line.

12. Execution of the present Act.

13. Act not to be valid till Ratified by the two Sovereigns.

Ratifications.

(Translation.)

Reference to Treaty of 3rd October, 1866.

ARTICLE IV of the Treaty concluded at Vienna on the 3rd of October, 1866 (No. 392), between His Majesty the King of Italy and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the Ratifications of which Treaty were exchanged on the 12th of the same month, provides in order to the Teritorial Cessions therein agreed upon, that:

"The Frontier of the ceded Territory is determined by the actual administrative Limits of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom."

The same Article adds that:

"A Military Commission, appointed by the two Contracting