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... That the Diets of the Empire shall be held within
six Months after the Ratification of the Peace; and after that time as
often as the Publick Utility, or Necessity requires. That in the first
Diet the Defects of precedent Assemblys be chiefly remedy’d; and that then
also be treated and settled by common Consent of the States, the Form and
Election of the Kings of the Romans, by a Form, and certain Imperial Resolution;
the Manner and Order which is to be observ’d for declaring one or more
States, to be within the Territorys of the Empire, besides the Manner otherways
describ’d in the Constitutions of the Empire; that they consider also of
re-establishing the Circles, the renewing the Matricular-Book, the re-establishing
suppress’d States, the moderating and lessening the Collects of the Empire,
Reformation of Justice and Policy, the taxing of Fees in the Chamber of
Justice, the Due and requisite instructing of ordinary Deputys for the
Advantage of the Publick, the true Office of Directors in the Colleges
of the Empire, and such other Business as could not be here expedited. ...
... The Emperor above all things shall publish an
Edict thro’out the Empire, and strictly enjoin all, who by these Articles
of Pacification are oblig’d to restore or do any thing else, to obey it
promptly and without tergi-versation, between the signing and the ratifying
of this present Treaty; commanding as well the Directors as Governors of
the Militia of the Circles, to hasten and finish the Restitution to be
made to every one, in conformity to those Conventions, when the same are
demanded. This Clause is to be inserted also in the Edicts, That whereas
the Directors of the Circles, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles,
in matters that concern themselves, are esteem’d less capable of executing
this Affair in this or the like case and likewise if the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles refuse this Commission, the Directors
of the neighbouring Circle, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles
shall exercise the Function, and officiate in the execution of these Restitutions
in the other Circles, at the instance of the Partys concern’d. ...
... The Emperor above all things shall publish an
Edict thro’out the Empire, and strictly enjoin all, who by these Articles
of Pacification are oblig’d to restore or do any thing else, to obey it
promptly and without tergi-versation, between the signing and the ratifying
of this present Treaty; commanding as well the Directors as Governors of
the Militia of the Circles, to hasten and finish the Restitution to be
made to every one, in conformity to those Conventions, when the same are
demanded. This Clause is to be inserted also in the Edicts, That whereas
the Directors of the Circles, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles,
in matters that concern themselves, are esteem’d less capable of executing
this Affair in this or the like case and likewise if the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles refuse this Commission, the Directors
of the neighbouring Circle, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles
shall exercise the Function, and officiate in the execution of these Restitutions
in the other Circles, at the instance of the Partys concern’d. ...
... The Emperor above all things shall publish an
Edict thro’out the Empire, and strictly enjoin all, who by these Articles
of Pacification are oblig’d to restore or do any thing else, to obey it
promptly and without tergi-versation, between the signing and the ratifying
of this present Treaty; commanding as well the Directors as Governors of
the Militia of the Circles, to hasten and finish the Restitution to be
made to every one, in conformity to those Conventions, when the same are
demanded. This Clause is to be inserted also in the Edicts, That whereas
the Directors of the Circles, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles,
in matters that concern themselves, are esteem’d less capable of executing
this Affair in this or the like case and likewise if the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles refuse this Commission, the Directors
of the neighbouring Circle, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles
shall exercise the Function, and officiate in the execution of these Restitutions
in the other Circles, at the instance of the Partys concern’d. ...
... The Emperor above all things shall publish an
Edict thro’out the Empire, and strictly enjoin all, who by these Articles
of Pacification are oblig’d to restore or do any thing else, to obey it
promptly and without tergi-versation, between the signing and the ratifying
of this present Treaty; commanding as well the Directors as Governors of
the Militia of the Circles, to hasten and finish the Restitution to be
made to every one, in conformity to those Conventions, when the same are
demanded. This Clause is to be inserted also in the Edicts, That whereas
the Directors of the Circles, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles,
in matters that concern themselves, are esteem’d less capable of executing
this Affair in this or the like case and likewise if the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles refuse this Commission, the Directors
of the neighbouring Circle, or the Governors of the Militia of the Circles
shall exercise the Function, and officiate in the execution of these Restitutions
in the other Circles, at the instance of the Partys concern’d. ...
... That none, either Officer or Soldier in Garisons,
or any other whatsoever, shall oppose the Execution of the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles or Commissarys, but they shall
rather promote the Execution; and the said Executors shall be permitted
to use Force against such as shall endeavour to obstruct the Execution
in what manner soever. ...