STATE PAPERS. 



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Oflhe Chamber of Peers. 

 Arts. 24 and 25, declare this 

 chamber an essential part of the 

 Legislature, to be convoked and 

 closed at the same time as that of 

 the Deputies. — Art 27. The King 

 nominates the Peers ; their num- 

 ber is unlimited; they may be no- 

 minated for life, or rendered here- 

 ditary, as the King pleases. — Art. 

 28. Peers enter the chamber at the 

 age of twenty-five, and have a de- 

 liberative voice at that of thirty. By 

 Art. 29 and 30, the Chancellor 

 presides in the Senate, and the 

 Princes of the Blood are always 

 Peers by right of birth.— Art. 32. 

 All the deliberations of the Cham- 

 ber of Peers are secret. — Art. 33. 

 The Chamber of Peers takes cog- 

 nizance of the crimes of high trea- 

 son and offences against the state. 

 Peers only to be judged by their 

 Peers. 



Of the Chamber of Deputies of 

 Departments. 

 Art. 33. This Chamber to be 

 composed of Deputies chosen by 

 the Electoral Colleges, whose or- 

 ganization shall be determined by 

 law. — Art. 3G and 37. Every de- 

 ])artment to have the same number 

 of deputies as at present; the depu- 

 ties to be chosen for five years, and 

 the chamber to be renewed annu- 

 ally, by a fifth.— Art. 38. No de- 

 put}' can be admitted into the 

 chamber, unless he be forty years 

 of age, and pay direct taxes to the 

 amount of one thousand francs. 

 —By Art 40, the electors of the 

 deputies must pay direct taxes to 

 the amountof threehundred francs, 

 and be at least thirty years of age. 

 .^^By Art. 41, the presidents of the 

 Electoral Colleges are to be nomi- 

 nated by the King. — By Art. 43, 

 ihe King appoints the president of 



the chamber of deputies from rt 

 list of five members presented by 

 the chamber. — Art. 44. The sit- 

 tings of the chamber are public ; 

 but the demand of five members 

 is sufficient for forming it into a 

 secret committee. — Art. 45. Tiie 

 chamber divides into bureaux to 

 discuss the projets which have been 

 presented to it on the part of the 

 King. — Art. 46. No amendment 

 can be made in a law, unless pro- 

 posed in committee by the King, 

 and unless transmitted to and dis- 

 cussed in the bureaux. — Art. 47 

 and 48. The Chamber of deputies 

 receives all propositions for taxes ; 

 and no tax can be imposed or le- 

 vied unless assented to by the two 

 chambers, and sanctioned by the 

 King. — Art. 49. The land-tax is 

 voted only for a year ; the indirect 

 taxes may be voted for several 

 years. Art. 50. The King every 

 year convokes the two chambers ; 

 he prorogues them, and may dis- 

 solve that of the Deputies ; but in 

 this case, he must convoke a new- 

 one within the space of three 

 months. — Art. 51. No personal 

 restraint shall be laid upon any 

 member of the house during the 

 session, or within six weeks before 

 and after it. — Art. 52. No mem- 

 ber of the house can, during the 

 session, be prosecuted or arrested 

 for criminal matters, till the house 

 has permitted his prosecution. — 

 Art. 53. All petitions to either 

 house must be presented in writ- 

 ing. 



Of the Ministers. 

 Art. 54. The ministers may be 

 members of the Chamber of Peers 

 or of that of Deputies. They have 

 moreover, a right to admission in- 

 to either house, and must be heard 

 whenever they desire it. — Art. 55. 

 The Chamber of Deputies has a 



