84 
republic, during the: fifteen years 
which immediately preceded the 
elections | 
84. Lhe condition of domicilia- 
tion required by this article, and 
that prescribed by article 74, do 
not concern the citizens who are 
gone out of the territory of the re- 
public with mission from govern- 
ment. 
85. The council of elders cannot 
deliberate, if the sitting be not com~ 
posed of one hundred and .twenty- 
six members at least. 
_ 86. It appertains, exclusively to 
the council of elders, to approve or 
rejeét the resolutions of the council 
of five hundred. 
87. As soon as a resolution of the 
council of five hundred comes to 
the council of elders, the president 
reads vhe preamble. 
88. The council of elders refuses 
to approve the resolutions of the 
council of ftve hundred, which 
have not been come to according 
to the forms prescribed by the con- 
stitution. a Satis 
. 89. If the proposition has been 
declared urgent by the council of 
five hundred, the council of elders 
deliberates upon approving or re- 
jecting the aét of urgency. 
go. If the council of elders re- 
ject-the aét of urgency, it does not 
deliberate upon the principle of the 
resolution. 
gr. If the resolution be not pre- 
ceded by an act of urgency, it is 
read three. times ; the interval be. 
tween two of these readings cannot 
be less than five days. The dis- 
cussion/is,opened after each read. 
ing. Every resolution is printed 
and distributed, two days at least: 
before the second reading. 
gz. Vbe resolutions of the coun- 
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cil of five hundred, adopted by the 
council of elders, are called laws. 
93. The preamble to laws sets 
forth the dates of the sittings of 
the, council of elders, in which the 
three readings took place, 
94. The decree by which the 
council of elders recognizes the 
urgency of a law is mentioned, 
with reasons assigned for it, in the 
preamble to that law. 
95. The proposition of a law 
made by the council of five hun- 
dred, is understood of all the arti- 
cles of one plan; the council of 
elders must reje¢t them all, or ap- 
prove the whole. 
96. The approbation of the 
council of elders is expressed on 
each proposition of law by this 
formula, signed by the president and 
secretaries : the council of elders ap-~ 
Pravese 
97. The refusal to adopt, on 
ccount of omission. of the forms 
pointed out in article 77 of this 
ticle, is expressed by this formula, 
signed by the president and secre- 
taries : the constitutian annuls. 
98. The refusal to approve the 
principle of a law proposed is ex. 
pressed by this f.rm/a, signed. by 
the president and Secretaries : the 
cvuncil of elders cannot adopt. . 
99. In the case of the present 
article, the plan of the law reject. 
ed cannot be again presented by 
the council. of five hundred, till 
after the revolution of a year. 
100. Lbe council of five hun- 
dred may, nevertheless, present, at 
any period whatever, a plan of a. 
law which contains articles that 
made part of a plan which has been 
rejected. + 
ror. The council of elders sends 
the laws it has adopted, within the 
day, 
