... And as for those Debts which the Colleges of the
States have been charg’d with by the Princes of the House of Austria, pursuant
to particular Agreements made in their Provincial Assemblys, or such as
the said States have contracted in the name of the Publick, and to which
they are liable; a just distribution of the same shall be made between
those who are to transfer their Allegiance to the King of France, and them
that continue under the Obedience of the House of Austria, that so either
Party may know what proportion of the said Debt he is to pay. ...