[Navigation of the Neckar.] No.194.-CONVENTION between Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Wurtemberg, for the regulation of the Navigation on the Neckar. Signed at Carlsruhe, 1st July, 1842. ARTS. 1 to 7. 8 TABLE. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. FIRST TITLE. Navigation on the Neckar in general, and concessions for it agreed to amongst the Neckar bank States. Navigation on the Neckar to and from the Rhine to be quite free to all; towing-path to be kept in good order; the River to be kept free from obstructions; Wurtemberg constitutes Heilbron and Canstatt, Baden, Mannheim, and Heidelberg as free ports, Hesse reserves its appointment of free ports; dues to be levied; freedom to be extended to water ways in connection with the Neckar. SECOND TITLE. to Navigation Dues, and the means of ascertaining their proper payment. 35. 36 to 41. 42 to 45. 46 THIRD TITLE. Application of the Fiscal Laws in force in the respective Neckar bank FOURTH TITLE. Right to practice the Navigation. FIFTH TITLE. to Police Regulations for the security of the Navigation and Commerce. 61. SEVENTH TITLE. 62 to 68. Settlement of Criminal Cases and Disputes respecting Neckar Navigation affairs, and Supervision of the Neckar Navigation in general. EIGHTH TITLE. 69. Execution of the Navigation Ordinance. (Translation.) Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. WITH reference to the provisions of the Vienna Congress Act (No. 27), respecting River Navigation and for the complete appli [Navigation of the Neckar.] cation of those provisions to the Neckar, the Neckar Bank States have resolved to agree upon a Neckar Navigation Ordinance on the basis of the Convention existing between them of 30th July, 5th and 15th August, 1835, respecting the Neckar Navigation and the Neckar Toll, according to Article I of which, the provisions of the Rhine Navigation Ordinance of 31st March, 1831 (No. 151), are also to be applied in general to the Neckar, so far as it is navigable. For this purpose, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden has appointed his Ministerial Director Francis Anthony Regenauer, and his Chamberlain, also Plenipotentiary at the Central Commission for the Rhine Navigation, Lewis v. Kettner; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, his Privy Councillor and Plenipotentiary at the Rhine Navigation Central Commission, Charles Augustus Verdier de la Blaquière; His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, his Financial Councillor William Vayhinger, as Plenipotentiaries, and these have agreed upon the following Neckar Navigation Ordinance which, as a Treaty, must not be altered without the consent of all parties. ARTS. I to LXIX. (See Table.) Carlsruhe, 1st July, 1842. [Boundaries.] No. 195.-BOUNDARY TREATY between Belgium and the Netherlands. Signed at the Hague, 5th November, 1842.* Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 19th April, 1839. CHAPTER I. 1. Boundary between Belgium and Luxemburg on the road from Bastogne to Arlon. 2. Bergeroth, Stamproy, Breversroth, Heyroth, Haubroeckroth, and Neer Itteren, in the North of Limburg to belong to the Netherlands, as well as the nearest point of the Mannestraat, towards Neer Itteren. Belgium to keep the Beersel. From Lakenhoff to the Meuse the Boundary to remain as already determined upon, reserving Itterroort and Thorn to the Netherlands. 3. Belgian Government may entrust construction of a Canal or Road to a Company. 4. Limit from Wachtebeke to the Terneuzen Canal. 5. Axis of Terneuzen Canal to remain as the Limit between Fort St. Antoine and the Stuyver Hamlet. 6. Boundary from the Terneuzen Canal to the Sluice Noire. 7. Boundary from the Sluice Noire to the Krakeel low lands, known as Vryendyk. 8. Boundaries on the low lands of Krakeel and Brandkreek. 9. Boundaries between the Provinces of Antwerp and Zeland. 10. Demarcation of Limit at Smeermaas. 11. Boundary between Belgian Communes of Neerpelt, Overpelt, Loppel (Limburg), and Moll (Antwerp), and Dutch Communes of Bergeyk, Lincksgestel, Hoogloon and Bladel (North Brabant). 12. Boundary between Belgian Commune of Mouland (Liege), and Dutch Commune of Eysden (Limburg). 13. Boundary between Dutch Commune of Baar-le-Nassau (North Brabant) and Belgian Commune of Wortel (Antwerp). 14. Roads crossing Baar-le-Nassau (Netherlands) and Baar-le-Duc (Belgium). 15. Plans to be annexed to Articles IV to XIII. to Navigation of intermediate Waters between the Scheldt and the Rhine. 49 See also Treaty of 8th August, 1843, and of 11th May, 1867, respecting Luxemburg. 70. Mixed Commissions to assemble 15 days after Ratification of Treaty. 71. Stipulations of the Treaty not to be separated. 72. Ratifications. (Translation.*) Reference to Treaty of 19th April, 1839. His Majesty the King of the Belgians and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, having recognised that the point at which the labours of the Commissions. appointed under the Treaty of 19th April, 1839 (No. 184), had reached, it has become necessary, in order to smooth all difficulties, to settle, through the intervention of the two Governments, certain points which are not sufficiently determined in the said Treaty, have appointed their Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Sieurs Albert Florent Joseph Prisse, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, &c., and Aldephonse Alexander Felix du Jardin, his Chargé d'Affaires at the Royal Court of Hanover and the Hanse Towns, on an Extraordinary Mission to the Court of the Netherlands, &c.; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieurs Jean Guillaume Baron Huyssen de Kattendyke, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c.; Jean Jacques Rochussen, his Minister of Finances, &c.; and Florent Adrien van Hall, his Minister of Justice, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following explanatory Articles: ARTS. I to LXXII. (See Table.) Done at the Hague, the 5th day of November, 1842. (L.S.) PRISSE. (L.S.) HUYSSEN VAN KATTENDYKE. (L.S.) DU JARDIN. (L.S.) ROCHUSSEN. (L.S.) F. A. VAN HALL. *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxxi, p. 815. [Boundaries.] No. 196.-BOUNDARY CONVENTION between Belgium and the Netherlands. Signed at Maestricht, 8th August, 1843. Preamble. Reference to Treaties of 19th April, 1839, and 5th November, 1842. 1. Limit between Belgium and Netherlands extends from Prussia to the North Sea. Maps and Plans drawn by Commissioners. 2 and 3. Maps and Plans drawn in Sections. 4. Limit from Prussia to the Meuse beginning at the point of Contact of the Communes of Vaals (Netherlands), Gemmenich (Belgium), Laurensberg (Prussia), and Moresnet (Neutral Territory). Limit formed by the Course of the Meuse as well as by the Radius of Maestricht. 5. Mutual exchanges and Cessions of Territory; by the Netherlands, in the Communes of Vaals, Wittem, Mesch, and Eysden; by Belgium, in the Communes of Gemmenich, Sippenaeken, and Fouron-le-Comte. 6 to 9. Boundary Roads belonging to the Netherlands and to Belgium. 10. Regulations relative to the Limits formed by the Meuse. 11. Limit in case of the bed of the Meuse being changed. 12. Fisheries on the Meuse. 13. Ferry Boats, &c., free to Navigate the Meuse, where it forms the Limit. 14. Description of Frontier between the Meuse and the Scheldt. Limit formed by that part of the Scheldt which separates the Province of Antwerp from the Province of Zeland. 15. Cession by Belgium of part of Koelegrient and Stevensweert on the left bank of the Meuse, of part of the Communes of Lommel, Moll, and Wortel. 16. Cession by Netherlands of parts of the Communes of Thorn, Ittervoort, Bergeyk, and Luyksgestel. 17 to General Arrangements relative to Boundary Roads. 21. 22. Limit on the Scheldt changeable according to the Thalweg of the River. 23. Description of Frontier from the Scheldt to the Black Sea. 24. Cessions by the Netherlands of parts of the Communes of La Clinge, St. Jean Steen, Ste. Croix, St. Laurent, Middleburg, and Sas de Gand. 25. Cessions by Belgium of parts of the Communes of La Clinge, St. Gilles, Middleburg, and Assenede. 26 to 30. } Boundary Roads. 31. Freedom of Navigation of River Zwin, wherever it forms the Limit. 32 to 34. } General Arrangements relative to Boundary Roads. 35 and 36. Regulations relative to Rivers common to both States. |