The common expenses were to be apportioned among the different provinces, "as if they were all included in the republic of a single city." Nine commissioners, appointed by the Prince on nomination by the estates, were to sit permanently, as his advisers, and as assessors and collectors of the taxes.

The tenure of the union was from six months to six months, with six weeks notice.
The framers of this compact having thus defined the general outlines of the confederacy, declared that the government, thus constituted, should be placed under a single head.

They accordingly conferred supreme authority on the Prince, defining his powers in eighteen articles.

He was declared chief commander by land and sea.

He was to appoint all officers, from generals to subalterns, and to pay them at his discretion.