The plenipotentiaries of the high powers who signed the treaty

“ The title and exercise of that sovereignty shall not in any case belong to a prince, wearing, or destined to wear a foreign crown.
The states of Germany shall be independent, and united by a federative bond.
Switzerland, independent, shall continue to govern herself.
Italy, beyond the limits of the countries which are to revert to Austria, shall be composed of sovereign states.
VII.—The island of Malta and its dependencies shall belong in full right and sovereignty to his Britannic majesty. ”

“ XIX.—The French government engages to liquidate and pay all debts it may be found to owe in countries beyond its own territory, on account of contracts, or other formal engagements between individuals, or private establishments, and the French authorities, as well for supplies, as in satisfaction of legal engagements.
XX.—The high contracting parties, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, shall name commissioners to direct and superintend the execution of the whole of the stipulations contained in the 18th and 19th articles. ”

“ In the department of Montblanc, France acquires the sub-prefecture of Chambery, with the exception of the cantons of L'Hospitol, St. Pierre d'Albigny, la Rocette, and Montmelian, and the sub-prefecture of Annecy, with the exception of the portion of the canton of Faverges, situated to the east of a line passing between Ourechaise and Marlens on the side of France, and Marthod and Ugine on the opposite side, and which afterwards follows the crest of the mountains as far as the frontier of the canton of Thones ”

“ The deeds of all those debts which have been prepared for inscription, and have not yet been entered, shall be delivered to the governments of the respective countries. The statement of all these debts shall be drawn up and settled by a joint commission. ”