[Montenegro.] No. 400.-PROTOCOL between Turkey and Montenegro, relative to the Demarcation of the Frontiers of Montenegro. Constantinople, 26th October, 1866. (Translation.) A MEETING having been held at the yali of His Highness Aali Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Bebek, between Safvet Pasha, President of the Dari Choura, and Server Effendi, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce, duly authorised to that effect by the Sublime Porte, on the one part, and the Senators Ilio Plamenatz and Captain Peiovitch, appointed for the same purpose by His Highness the Prince of Montenegro, of the other part, the Protocol signed at Cettigne on the 3rd May, 1864 (No. 360), between Hafiz Bey, Commissioner of the Sublime Porte, and M. Giuro Matanovich, Commissioner of Montenegro, and containing 18 Articles, was taken into consideration. The Commission, after having discussed each of the Articles of the said Protocol, confirms it in all its details, and decides that the present Protocol shall be annexed thereto, to have the same force and effect as if it formed part thereof. Proceeding to the execution of the Protocol of the 3rd May, 1864 (No. 360), this Commission agrees that a mixed Commission shall proceed in the month of April next, at the latest, to the exchange and the settlement of the Indemnities of Private Properties, and the bases already decided upon. That Commission shall in the same manner proceed in execution of Articles XI and XII of the same Protocol. Proceeding to the examination of the Map and of the Specification drawn up by the International Commission on the 8th November, 1858 (No. 288), the Commission, after having referred them to the respective Governments, entirely admit the tracing of the Line of Demarcation of the Frontiers as shown in red on the above-mentioned Map, and which passes from Vissotchitsa (No. 67) by Srebrena-Glavitsa (No. 68) to Banova-Gomila No. 69). It is nevertheless agreed, and the Commissioners of His Highness the Prince of Montenegro engage that no building or hbitation of any kind whatever shall be erected on the SrebrenaCavitza. [Montenegro.] It is agreed that the Turkish Koulé of Ynotchitza shall be immediately demolished. As far as regards Velje and Malo-Brdo, the space between Podgoritza and Sponge, the Commission agrees that the Montenegrins shall continue freely to enjoy all their Rights of Possession on those mountains, and that they will have to pay into the hands of the Imperial Authorities at Scutari of Albania the Tithes and the Dues to which their lands and crops are liable. Done in Duplicate at Constantinople, 26th October, 1866. SAFVET. SERVER. I. PLAMENATZ. [Navigation of the River Pruth.] No. 401.-ACT between Austria, Russia, and the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, relative to the Navigation of the Pruth. Signed at Bucharest, 15th cember, 1866.* 3rd De 2. Tax to be levied for the Improvement of the Pruth, and for the Maintenance of its Navigability. 3. Produce and Merchandise to be free of Passage or Transit Dues. 4. Customs Regulations. 5. Facilities to be given to Commerce and Navigation. 6. Establishment of Custom-House Stations. 7. Appointment of a Permanent Mixed Commission. 8. Appointment of an Inspector of Works. 9. Inspector to act under the Permanent Commission. 10. Maintenance of the Inspector. 11. General Project for the Navigation of the Pruth to be approved by the 3 Governments. 12. Power to Commissioners to introduce Modifications in the Works. 13. Works to belong exclusively to the use of the Navigation of the Pruth. 14. Assistance to be afforded to the Mixed Commission. 15. Towing Paths. 16. Erection of Mills, &c., forbidden. 17. Permission to be obtained for the erection of Bridges, &c. 18. Erection of Works by Riverain Suburban and Rural Communes. Amount of Taxes to be levied. 19. Communication between either Bank by means of Bridges and Ferries. 20. Tariff of Navigation Taxes. 21. Division of the Produce of the Toll. 22. Reduction of Taxes on Navigation. 23. Special Regulations for Levying Tolls, and the Administration of Navigation Funds. 24. Funds levied to be under Control of the Inspector. 25. Detailed Accounts and Statements to be made Annually. 26. Navigation and Police Regulation. 27. The Regulation to apply to Civil Lists. 28. Assistance to be afforded to the Inspector, &c., by the 3 Governments. 29. Establishment of Quarantine Lines. 30. Vessels descending the Pruth to be free from Sanitary Control. 31. Duties to be Levied at Mouth of the Pruth. 32. Military Assistance to Commissioners, &c. Assistance of Consular Authority. Sittings of Mixed Commission. (Translation.†) THE Government of His Majesty the Emperor of All the See also Regulations of 8th February, 1871. For French version, see "State Papers," vol. lviii, p. 631. [Navigation of the River Pruth.] Russias, the Government of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, and the Government of His Serene Highness the Reigning Prince of the United Principalities, in their desire to regulate with one accord, in the character of Co-Riverain States, the Navigation of the Pruth, have agreed to that effect to the following Stipulations: Free Navigation of the Pruth. ART. I. The Navigation through the whole extent of the Pruth, in so far as it flows through or separates the States of the High Contracting Parties shall be entirely Free, and shall not, in matters of Commerce, be interdicted to any Flag. Vessels and their crews shall, nevertheless, be obliged to conform strictly to the Navigation Regulations to be agreed upon,* as well as to the special dispositions contained in the Articles of the present Act. Tax to be levied for the Improvement of the Pruth, and for the Maintenance of its Navigability. ART. II. With the exclusive view of covering the expenses of Works for the improvement of the River and those for the Maintenance of its Navigability, a fair Tax shall be imposed on the Navigation and levied at the Mouth of the Pruth in the Danube. Besides this only Tax, no other Duty, whatever may be its name or origin, shall be levied on the Navigation, except in the cases mentioned in Article XVIII. Produce and Merchandise to be Free of Passage or Transit Dues. ART. III. Produce and Merchandise carried on the Pruth shall be entirely free from Passage or Transit Dues. Customs Regulations. ART. IV. The Customs Lines shall everywhere follow the Banks of the River without ever crossing it. All Vessels, Rafts, &c., therefore, so long as they are navigating or at anchor in the bed of the River, shall be entirely free from any action of the Customs; they shall, on the contrary, be subject to the Regulations in force in each of the Riverain States, for external Commerce, so soon as they shall have reached either Bank. Facilities to be given to Commerce and Navigation. ART. V. In order to favour as much as possible the development of Commerce and Navigation, there shall be introduced into * See Regulations, 8th February, 1871. [Navigation of the River Pruth.] the River Police Regulations special Dispositions to prevent the duties of the Custom-house officers being an obstacle or an impediment in the way of Navigation. Particular care will be taken to facilitate, as much as possible, the Towage of Vessels along the Banks. Establishment of Custom-house Stations. ART. VI. With a view to facilitating the operations of Commerce and Navigation, the Governments will also increase, as far as the local circumstances shall admit of it, the number of Customhouse stations, for the export and import of Merchandise. Appointment of a Permanent Mixed Commission. ART. VII. A Permanent Mixed Commission, composed of Delegates of Russia, Austria, and the United Principalities, shall be appointed to put the Pruth into the best possible navigable condition, and to draw up a Navigation Act containing River Police Regulations and a Tariff of Dues.* The Mission of that International Authority shall consist: (a) in fixing and causing to be executed Works indispensable for the amelioration of the bed of the River; (b) to settle and to put into operation the Tariff of Navigation Dues for the reimbursement of the Expenses for the improvement of the River and those for the maintenance of the Works; (c) to draw up the River Police Regulations; (d) to watch over the preservation of the Works and the strict observance of the Regulations. Appointment of an Inspector of Works. ART. VIII. The Mixed Commission of the Pruth shall appoint, by common consent of the 3 members composing it, an Inspector whose duty shall be: (a) to superintend the execution of the Works of amelioration, with a view to their conformity with the Projects, Plans, and Estimates approved by the 3 Governments; (b) to exercise a correct control over the amount of the Taxes according to the Tariff agreed upon by the Commission; (c) to insure the strict application of all the dispositions of the River Police Regulations; (d) to watch over the preservation in a good state of the Works of amelioration and to enforce their necessary execution. Inspector to act under the Permanent Commission. ART. IX. The Inspector shall act as the organ of the Perma*See Regulations, 8th February, 1871. |