State Treaty between the Cantons of Zurich and Schaffhausen concerning the determination of the cantonal boundary from the Urwerf (right bank) or the Ziegler tile factory (left bank) to Langwiesen

1. The lower boundary of the section of the Rhine, over which the sovereignty according to a federal court ruling belongs entirely to the Canton of Schaffhausen, is formed by a perpendicular to the midline of the Rhine, starting from the right bank of the Rhine at the Urwerf, i.e., at the confluence of the Klusbaches into the Rhine, thus at the boundary point of Klettgau and Höhgau and ending at the left bank at the Ziegler's pottery factory.

2. This line, designated with A, B, and C in the accompanying map, whose endpoints A and C are already marked by stones, forms from the midline B to the boundary stone C on the left bank, the new cantonal boundary.

1. From the aforementioned boundary marker C, the new cantonal border runs upstream along the line marked C D E F G on the plan. From point G to Langwiesen point H (which is situated in the extension of the Schaffhausen-Baden border near Büsingen), the left bank line of the Rhine, approved by the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich with decisions on 14 November 1889, 2 July 1891, and 21 May 1897 and by the Government Council of the Canton of Schaffhausen with decisions on 24 December 1889, 7 July 1892, and 9 December 1896, and which until now only had the character of a construction line, forms the cantonal border.

1. Sections of the land currently considered part of the river basin at the time of the contract's conclusion, which, through this contract, are allocated to the Canton of Zurich, shall lose their status as river basin upon the contract's conclusion. The possession of these areas, now still covered by water, therefore does not grant the Canton of Zurich any sovereign rights over the Rhine, water rights to the Rhine, or the right to object regarding the use of the Rhine's water resources. These sections of the river basin shall also outwardly lose their river basin character by being filled in and converted into land area by the Canton of Zurich as circumstances and opportunities allow.

1. This new boundary shall be marked at joint expense by delegates from both contracting parties, or, alternatively, secured through back markers.

1. The ordinary maintenance and protection of the left bank of the Rhine lies with the Canton of Schaffhausen on the stretch from C to G, and with the Canton of Zurich on the stretch from G to H, i.e., in each canton, the persons obligated to do so according to its laws.

1. The portion of the territory that lies inland from the line G H and was previously under the sovereignty of the Canton of Schaffhausen shall be transferred to the sovereign rights of the Canton of Zurich.

2. The construction and maintenance of the Rhine Bridge and its left-side abutment near Feuerthalen shall remain entirely at the expense of the Canton of Schaffhausen.

3. Should the Canton of Schaffhausen wish to modify or rebuild the left-side abutment, the Canton of Zurich is obligated at all times to

1. provide the necessary public land free of charge to the Canton of Schaffhausen,

2. grant the Canton of Schaffhausen the right of expropriation insofar as the acquisition of private rights becomes necessary,

3. construct the corresponding access road. The maintenance of the access road to the bridge will be undertaken by the Canton of Zurich in accordance with its relevant legislation.