k o rt k-c arolina gazette vol p saturday october 18 1.704 n 458 fliall be two years 2 the king mav diflbre parliam^n 3 in ca'cof a diitoiution uf l^r iament the king oiall convrcne another within 40 days , a h 1 p er ons vvno were members of the diflbjved parliament may be elected members of rhe fucceeding one 5 if the parliament e*pres without be n diffolved a ctr.cr ftiail be called by he kind's authoritv within 40 days 6 i he king may prorogue the parlia ment 7 the parliament cannot be cdnrolccd or affembled hut by tl\s king's command 8 the interval between t\e convening of the houic and its prorogation or il it be not pro.-o^u d u itil its d flblution or if it be not diflblved until its expiration is to be called rhe feifion of parliiment 9 the vice oy or ia cafe of illness the comrniitioners n ; minateil by him for tliat purpofe hall open the feffions in per fo:i anddccure thersalons for convoking thz p,ir!ia nent , 10 the parliament may ac'j urn itfelf and re aflemble during the lime feffioh it theboufe hall decide upon tlie contefted elections of its members 12 the members of parliament fhali not be fubj ■& to arreft or impr f nment for debt during the continuance of their re^re fantatien chap iv on the mode of deliberation freenom of debate and internal regulations of parlia ment art 1 afrer opening the parliament by the viceroy or by his commiffion as is herein hifore mentioned the o:d:.{t mem ber oiall take the chir ? and the members rtfent having elected a proviiional fecreta choice of a president ai.ti ll nr^r'-ed to he fecretar es the iecretnries fliall not b chofen from among the members and may be difmifted bv vote of parliament 2 i he parliament afiernbled in a!l the cafes before mentioned has the power cf debate and of paffing bills whenever above one half of its members are prefer t 3 every member elected and not ap pearing fiiai i have notice from the 1'refi dent ot the hou c to rep ir to his poll with in 55 days 4 in cafc of non anpeirnnce or offend ing a lawful • x ufc f;uisfa£vory to the ho'if fuch a me tiber fhall be condemned o a fine cf 200 livres . 5 fariiament may grant leave ( f ab fence or permit the abfence of fqch mem bers who folicit i f , provided more than one half of is n;embers remain prcfenf f 6 every propofition made inpailiament fhall be decided by tlv majority of the mem bers p-efeni j the prefldent in c^fe of a di vifion fhall give the cjfting vo-c 7 the forms and proceedings of enacting law c and of dcterminng other matters in the houfe which may not he fixed by the pre fent conitiiuti n fhall be regulated by the houfe itfelf 8 i he king's fanction or refufal of it fliall be announced in psrfon by the king's reprefentative in the houfe of parliament or by special comaoif&on in cale cf fick nefs g theforfhofthe snncllon fhall be the king approves that of refufal the xing will examine the bil's fanctioned by the king are named acts of parlia ment 10 member of p.^'jam^t fimll be called to account cr punifhed bytht king's ferv.mis for the cpi ions manifefttd or the doctrines pro r efied in the lioufe or by a:iv other authority whatever except by that of the houfe int-h 1 1 1 he pi elident of the parliamrnt has the right oi calling to order any of the ciem bers w'-cn he may think proper thr houfc may cenfure arrcft and imprifoii tny of itsowa members durir.g the seffi on ch^p.v upon the exercife of ihe executive power an i i he kixigfliali have his immedi ate reprefentative in corfica v.i.h the ti tle of viceroy 2 i he viceroy hall have the power of gv ng his iandion or refufal to the decrees of parliament 3 he hall moreover hare the power to ptriorm in the king's name nil the afts of government which are within the limits of he royal uthor ty there fhall be a board of council and a secretary of state nominated by the king and m?n tion fliall be ma-'e in the viceroy's orders that he has taken the opinion of the faid board of council ; and thefe orders fhall b countersigned by the secretary 4 the nation has the right of petition ing as well the viceroy as the houfe of p.ir iiamehh 1 be coiiftimted and acknowled ged corps may petition in 1 body the o ther corps in their individu.il capacity only and 3 petition hall never be preiented by more han 20 pctfons however numerous may be the fignatures to ir 5 the houfe of parli merit may acu'reft the kin to recal the viceroy in his privy council affembled the virero fha!l bt ob ig?d to fubmk the a''dr fs to the king upon the requisition of he houfe within the term of 15 days after fuch requifition and the houfe may itfelf tranfmit it to the king even through the channel of deputation ; but in any c fe the houf is b^und to pre fent to the viceroy 15 d.iys pevious to the departure of the ai'drefs a copy of the fame and of the papers which are to ac company it of all military arrangement and isto~pro vide for the internal and external fecurity of the country 7 the k/ng declares war and mr.koa penre — he ih.ill not be authprifed however in any event or a-iy accoant whatfoever to give up a'icnate or in any manner pre judice tli unity ai-jiniiv.fidiliry of cjr fica and its dependences 8 the k:ii(t ffiall appoint to ail tht of fices ot government r 9 the ordinary emplormen^s of juftice and of the adminiftration of puh ic monev flu 1b conferred upon natives of corfica or petfons naturalized coriicns in viriuc of the laws chap vi of judicial proceeding and of the divi fion of the tribunals art 1 juftice dial be executed in the king's name and the orders carried into execution by officers appointed by him in conformity o the laws . 2 there hah be a frprcme tribunal compofed o 5 judges and he king's advu cate and this l'hall he ftationary in court 3 there hall beaprcfident and a kind's advocate attached to every oher new fu rifdiclion 4 i he doctrines of the faid refpefiire tribunals their admiciirnfibfls and the emoluments fliall be determined by law ' 5 there dial be in even fie'\e a l*od e/re magiftra*e 6 in every community there fir be a municipality named by the peop'c and its functions hall be regulated •>• the r.v.s 7 crimes which drf.rve corporal or ig nominious punifhment ihuli be tried by ihe jutiges and a jurv 8 the king has the po-^er rf granting pardon in conformity to thr fame rr mii.i tions unjer whic ; he ixercifes t is prcro ga-t ve in eb gland 9 a'l civil criminal cotirrerciil ca^fea and thefe of every o.her kii.d whatfge^r london july 43 translation n : ion free and independent lawfully afivmbled in a general meeting rofi'.ft ch of a lpecial authoruj to orm the rrc fent ccnftitutional act have unaumouf y decreed under ih aufp ces of the su preme being rhsf'>l!dviriug articit-o : chapter i of the n;ifu'e of the conftituticn ar.u of the conflicted powers art 1 r phk conftitatio ; of coifi a is a monarchfal according to the foro»in!j fa jchmenra lavvc 2 the legiilative power is veiled in i he k^ga d in the r.eprefen?;itives oi the peo ple lawfully eleftfl and convened 3 the legrv.urc computed of the k'n^t and of the representatives ot the peo ple is denominated the parliament ; and the r.:'vef-ntative5 are il.ied members o c the parliament ch 11 cf the mode of eiedtions the nunbe of members and the functions of l-'ariia ment art i f the territory fha'l be divided in to i'i-ves diifri s acn of which flnli fend two members of parliament the towns en the coalt of w ch the population fhsll amount to cbo fouls and upwards have the right of fending two members each to parliament ; the bhhops who difcharge the du ies of their see in corfica and are recognized as fucn bv the corfican naion iiiuli be members of parliament 2 the members ot parliament fh?.ll be elected by all the t orfican citizens of 25 years^fagei wno fliall have been rt-fident at leajt one ytl?i i i t bft.--j4i'v\ji rtn>j «■!>*■ 3 no perfen fhall be elected a member of parliament nnlcfs he pogcflcs at leaft 6000 livre in land in the pieve which he i r r o reprtfent and pavs faxes in propor tion to this poffeffion a^d u;.!efs born of z corfican father and.bona fi.'c an inh fa it mr having kept houfe for five years in the fcidpieve and until he lias arriv-.d at the 4 lodgers except tnofe wno are in mates for i e perfons eiaplo'yed in collect lrig the revenue the receivers and coliec tors cf taxes hofewhs have penfions or who are in the f rvicr of a foreign power ad priefls cannot be members of the houfe of parliam t 5 the form of e!e£cion fliall be deter niicd by the 1 ): w 6 ff a member of the parliament djes or bec^m^s incapable according to jaw of being a member of par iament another member hall be elected by hi : fve 4 with in f ays bv the k-ng's ruthority 7 i he houic dt parliament has the right of enacting a'i tl)e >-<\-. s which are in tended to have force o law 8 the decrees of the houfe of parlh mcr.t fliall rot have force of la \ , unlcfs they rece.ivc thj king's fandtlon 9 r ny decree tha has vo pafted the yc ifeofparliamsnt f and received th king's fanction hull not be looked upon as law nor carried into execution as fuch ic no inipcfition tak or public con tribution i h nil be laid without the conknt of parliament or without being fpccially gr.:?itl-w by it 1 1 . pa lamen irs the right of impeach ment in t'-e name of the n?.tior of every agent cf government guilty oi prcvarica ti n btf re rhe extraordinary tribunal 12 the cafes of p evarication fliall be determined by the 1 wj chap iii of the dura ion and convocation of parlia ment art 1 the duration oi one parliament