[Vienna Congress Treaty.] Canton of Geneva the districts of Savoy, designated in Article LXXX above recited, according to the conditions specified in the Act, intituled "Cession made by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva" (No. 19). This Act shall be considered as an integral part of this General Treaty, to which it is annexed, and shall have the same force and validity as if it were textually inserted in the present Article. Switzerland and Sardinia. Neutrality of Chablais, Faucigny, and part of Savoy. ART. XCII. The Provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, and the whole of the territory of Savoy to the north of Ugine, belonging to His Majesty the King of Sardinia, shall form a part of the Neutrality of Switzerland, as it is recognised and guaranteed by the Powers.* Passage of Troops. Whenever, therefore, the neighbouring Powers to Switzerland are in a state of open or impending hostility, the troops of His Majesty the King of Sardinia which may be in those provinces, shall retire, and may for that purpose pass through the Valais, if necessary. No other armed troops of any other Power shall have the privilege of passing through or remaining in the said territories and provinces, excepting those which the Swiss Confederation shall think proper to place there; it being well understood that this state of things shall not in any manner interrupt the administration of these countries, in which the civil agents of His Majesty the King of Sardinia may likewise employ the municipal guard, for the preservation of good order. Description of the Territories, &c., of which the Emperor of Austria takes possession on the side of Italy. Istria, Dalmatia, Mouths of the Cattaro, Venice, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, &c. ART. XCIII. In pursuance of the Renunciations agreed upon by the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814- (No. 1), the Powers who sign the present Treaty, recognise His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his heirs and successors, as legitimate Sovereign of the Provinces and Territories which had been ceded, either wholly or in part, by the Treaties of Campo-Formio of 1797,† of Luneville of 1801, of Presburg of 1805, § by the additional Convention of Fon* See Protocol of 4 Powers, 3rd November, 1815. * of the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815: MAP OF DALMATIA, MOUTHS OF THE CATTARO, FORMER REPUBLIC OF RAGUSA, &c., (TURKISH DISTRICTS OF KLECK & SUTORINA) 1815. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] * tainebleau of 1807, and by the Treaty of Vienna of 1809; † the possession of which provinces and territories His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty obtained in consequence of the last war; such as, Istria, Austrian as well as heretofore Venetian, Dalmatia, the ancient Venetian Isles of the Adriatic, the Mouths of the Cattaro, the City of Venice, with its waters, as well as all the other provinces and districts of the formerly Venetian States of the Terra Firma upon the left bank of the Adige, the Duchies of Milan and Mantua, the Principalities of Brixen and Trente, the County of Tyrol, the Vorarlberg, the Austrian Frioul, the ancient Venetian Frioul, the territory of Montefalcone, the Government and Town of Trieste, Carniola, Upper Carinthia, Croatia on the right of the Save, Fiume and the Hungarian Littorale, and the District of Castua. Territories united to the Austrian Monarchy. The Valteline, Bormio, Chiavenna, Ragusa, &c. ART. XCIV. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall unite to his monarchy, to be possessed by him and his successors in full property and Sovereignty: 1. Besides the portions of the Terra Firma in the Venetian States mentioned in the preceding Article, the other parts of those States, as well as all other territories situated between the Tessino,§ the Po, and the Adriatic Sea. 2. The Vallies of the Valteline, of Bormio, and of Chiavenna. 3. The territories which formerly composed the Republic of Ragusa. Austrian Frontiers in Italy. ART. XCV. In consequence of the stipulations agreed upon in the preceding Articles, the frontiers of the States of His Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, in Italy, shall be: 1. On the side of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, such as they were on the 1st of January, 1792; 2. On the side of the States of Parma, Placentia, and Gua stalla, the course of the Po, the line of demarcation following the Thalweg of the River; * 10th October, 1807. See Appendix. + 14th October, 1809. Annulled. See Treaty between Austria and Sardinia of 20th May, 1815. § See Art. II of Convention 3rd June, 1814. || See Treaties of 10th November, 1859, and 3rd October, 1866. A Protocol was signed between Austria and Parma on the 25th April, 1820, defining this Boundary, which Protocol was converted into a Convention on the 25th May, 1821. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] 3. On the side of the States of Modena, such as they were on 1st of January, 1792; 4. On the side of the Papal States, the course of the Po, as far as the mouth of the Goro; 5. On the side of Switzerland, the ancient frontier of Lombardy, and that which separates the Vallies of the Valteline, of Bormio, and Chiavenna, from the Cantons of the Grisons and the Tessino. Islands in the Po. In those places where the Thalweg of the Po forms the frontier, it is agreed, that the changes which the course of the river may undergo shall not, in future, in any way affect the property of the Islands therein contained. Navigation of the Po. ART. XCVI. The general principles, adopted by the Congress at Vienna, for the Navigation of Rivers (No. 11), shall be applicable to that of the Po. Commissioners shall be named by the States bordering on rivers, within three months at latest after the termination of the Congress, to regulate all that concerns the execution of the present Article.* Arrangements respecting the "Mont-Napoleon" at Milan. ART. XCVII. As it is indispensable to preserve, to the establishment known by the name of the Mont-Napoleon at Milan, the means of fulfilling its engagements towards its creditors; it is agreed, that the landed and other immovable property of this establishment, in countries which formed part of the ancient Kingdom of Italy, and have since passed under the government of different Princes of Italy, as well as the capital belonging to the said establishment placed out at interest in these different countries, shall be appropriated to the same object. The unfunded and unliquidated debts of the Mont-Napoleon, such as those arising from the arrears of its charges, or from any other increase of the outgoings of this establishment, shall be divided between the territories which composed the late Kingdom of Italy; and this division shall be regulated according to the joint bases of their population and revenue. The Sovereigns of the said countries shall appoint Commissioners, within the space of three months, dating from the termination of the Congress, to arrange with Austrian Commissioners whatever relates to this object. This Commission shall assemble at Milan. * See Treaty between Austria, Modena, and Parma, of 3rd July, 1849. |