Treaty between His Most Christian Majesty and the Republic of Geneva (Tr-F-GE) - Art. 1 Tr-F-GE - your text has incomplete content to translate. If you have further details or the complete article, please provide it for an accurate translation. (TR-F-GE)

The Republic of Geneva cedes to His Majesty all its rights over the Villages of Chalex, Thoiry and Fenieres, and over all lands and Villages enclosed or intermixed within the territory of Gex, except for Gentoux, Malagny, Malva, Dardagny and the Mandement of Peney.

The Republic of Geneva likewise cedes to His Majesty all its rights of whatever nature they may be over the lands and Houses of Saint Victor and Chapter scattered in different places of the Pays de Gex, especially over Moens, Feullasse, Saint Genis, and Feigeres.

Reciprocally, His Majesty cedes for Himself and His Successors, to the Republic of Geneva, all His rights to the lands of the direct Barony of Gex situated within the extent of the mandate of Peney, namely over the village of Bourdigny. His Majesty further cedes all his rights to the Village of Russin on the condition that the public exercise of the Catholic Apostolic and Roman Religion shall always be maintained and preserved as before in said Village and its dependencies, that the Church, the Curate, and the Presbytery and the revenues and rights depending thereon shall remain constantly under the protection of the King and His Successors, and that all lands and other properties belonging today to Catholics in said Places can only be sold, exchanged, ceded, or given to Catholics, for which purpose a register of said properties shall be drawn up by the Commissioners who will be appointed on both sides for the execution of the present treaty.

The freedom of Trade and passages shall respectively remain as before the aforementioned cessions, and the tax officers and financial officers of His Majesty, as well as the judicial officers, shall be able to freely perform their duties and all acts of justice in Ayre the City, whose sovereignty belongs to the King, and even transfer prisoners by the order of Peney; the officers of the Republic enjoying the same freedom on the territory of France to go to the said Order of Peney, and for the transfer of prisoners; it being well understood, nevertheless, that the King's troops shall not pass through the territory of the Republic without having made the usual requisitions in such cases.

**His Majesty, considering the letters patent issued by Henry IV on April 19, 1604, confirms the cessions made therein of Chancy and Avully only, and cedes anew on behalf of Himself and His successors to the Republic all His rights over these two villages, under the express condition that the Republic shall never alienate, exchange, cede, or give them away in any case and under any pretext whatsoever, and that the passages through the said Villages shall remain open in the manner and under the terms expressed in the previous article.**

The King's Commissioners and those of the Republic, having recognized that the difficulties arising from time to time regarding the Village of Malagny were due to the lack of marked boundaries between this village and that of Versoix, have agreed that a straight line will be drawn thirty fathoms away from the last house of Malagny towards Versoix, starting from the path from Versoix to Malagny up to the Nant de Crevecoeur. This same line will be extended from the said path to Lake Geneva. Along the entire extent of the said line from east to west, markers will be planted thirty fathoms apart, which will form the separation between the Villages of Versoix and Malagny. The Nant de Crevecoeur will serve as the boundary for the Village of Malagny on the western side, so that all the lands beyond the said Nant will belong to His Majesty.

The transfers made to His Majesty by the Republic shall be without prejudice to the fiefs and other revenues enjoyed by the Republic, whether as tithes or otherwise; which shall not be subject to any prestation of fealty and homage, acknowledgment and enumeration; and shall remain perpetually exempt from all burdens, rights, and impositions of whatever nature they may be. The same reservation shall apply to transfers made by His Majesty to the Republic, and the possessors of the ceded lands shall enjoy their fiefs and other revenues, whether as tithes or otherwise, without any prestation of fealty and homage, acknowledgment and enumeration to the Republic; which shall remain perpetually exempt from all burdens, rights, and impositions of whatever nature they may be.

It will be promptly proceeded by the respective Commissioners in accordance with the stipulations agreed upon for this present treaty, not only to the execution of the above articles, but also to recognize and establish by a general demarcation the boundaries of the territory on both sides; it being understood that in all places where the boundaries of the territory of Geneva are defined by the main roads, these main roads shall hereafter always remain under the sovereignty of the Crown of France, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction of its Officers to ensure they are maintained in good condition, and to ensure that their safety is not disturbed.

The Republic of Geneva, maintaining a just recognition of the public and particular marks of benevolence that His Majesty has shown in circumstances essential to its preservation, promises and undertakes never to allow any troops, of any kind and acknowledged by any powers, to pass through the lands of Geneva to wage war against His Majesty and his Kingdom.

By means of the arrangements stipulated by the present treaty between His Majesty and the Republic of Geneva, neither party shall be able to claim or demand anything from the other in the future, under any title or pretext whatsoever.

The present articles shall be ratified by the King and by the Republic of Geneva, and the letters of ratification shall be exchanged by both parties in Paris within a term of six weeks or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, we, the aforementioned Commissioners of His Majesty and of the Republic of Geneva, have signed the present treaty by virtue of our respective powers and have affixed the seals of our arms. Done in Paris on the fifteenth of August, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine.

De Barberie de Saint-Contest

Mussard

Saladin d’Onex

(Ratified by the Republic of Geneva on August 27, 1749, and by the King of France on September 8, 1749.)