286     THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE, 1919, VOLUME V


ARTICLE 48
The B States shall not apply specially to such through services or to
the transportation of emigrants going to or coming from ports of the
A countries any technical, fiscal or administrative measures, includ-
ing measures of customs examination, general police, sanitary police,
and control, the result of which would be to impede or delay such
transportation services.
ARTICLE 49
In case of transport partly by rail and partly by internal naviga-
tion, with or without through way-bill, the preceding articles shall
apply to the part of the journey performed by rail.
SECTION B.-ROLLING STOCK
ARTICLE 50
The B States undertake that their wagons shall be fitted with appa-
ratus allowing of their inclusion in goods trains on the lines of such
of the A countries as are parties to the Berne Convention, without
hampering the action of the continuous brake which may be adopted
within ten years of the coming into force of this Treaty in such
countries, and allowing also of the acceptance of wagons of such A
countries in all goods trains on the lines of the B countries.
The rolling stock of the A countries shall enjoy on the lines of the
B countries the same treatment as that of the B countries as regards
movement, upkeep and repairs.
SECTION C.-CESSIONS OF RAILWAY LINES
ARTCL E 51
Subject to the settlements made in the definitive Peace Treaty con-
cerning the cession of ports, waterways and railways situated in a
territory the sovereignty of which is withdrawn from a B State, and
subject to the financial conditions relating to the expropriation of the
concessionaires and the pensioning of the personnel, the following
stipulations as regards railways in such territories are hereby made:-
1. The works and installations of all the railroads shall be handed
over complete and in good condition.
2. When a railway system possessing its own rolling stock is handed
over in its entirety by a B State to an A State, such stock shall be
handed over to the A State complete in accordance with the last in-
ventory preceding the armistice, and in a normal state of upkeep.