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district, or are invested with a 

 public office, obtain by the 

 choice of the Electors the right 

 of suffrage and eligibility. 



S7. Every person not excluded 

 by Art. 35 can, without respect 

 to the place of his residence, be 

 appointed a Deputy, who — 



1 . Belongs to one of the three 

 Christian confessions. — 2nd. Who 

 has attained his 30th year — and 

 Srd,who is entered in the cadastre 

 of lands, houses and moveable 

 property, for at least a capital of 

 10,000 guilders, or an annual hfe 

 rent of at least 1,500 guilders, 

 from a family estate or fief, or a 

 permanent salary or ecclesiastical 

 income of like amount. 

 • District officers, beneficed 

 clergymen, physicians, and other 

 clerical and lay local authorities, 

 cannot be chosen as deputies for 

 the electoral circle to which their 

 official district belongs. 



38. The deputies for the towns 

 and bailiwicks are to be nomi- 

 nated for eight years, but so that 

 one-fourth of the Chambers shall 

 be renewed every two years. 



39. Every new election of a 

 deputy, which may become neces- 

 sary on account of the dissolu- 

 tion of the assembly, or the 

 regular vacation of members, 

 requires a new nomination of 

 electors. 



40. Every member, on vacating 

 his seat, is again eligible. 



4 1 . Each Chamber decides res- 

 pecting the due election of its 

 own members. 



42. The Grand Duke con- 

 vokes, prorogues, and can dis- 

 solve the Chambers. 



43. In consequence of the dis- 

 solution of the Chambers, all the 

 elected members, the Deputies of 



the landed proprietors, of the 

 Universities, and of the towns 

 and bailiwicks, lose their charac- 

 ter of Representatives. 



44. Should the dissolution take 

 place before the question under 

 consideration is exhausted, a 

 new election must follow within 

 the period of three months at the 

 furthest. 



45. The Grand Duke appoints 

 the President of the First Cham- 

 ber for each Diet ; the Second 

 Chamber chooses three candi- 

 dates for the Presidency, the 

 election of one of whom is ratified 

 by the Grand Duke for the dura- 

 tion of the Diet. 



46. A Diet must be held every 

 two years. 



47. The members of neither 

 Chambers can vote by proxy. 



48. The members are summon- 

 ed to vote according to their own 

 conviction. They must receive 

 no instructions from their con- 

 stituents. 



49. During the session of the 

 Diet, no member can be arrested 

 without the express permission of 

 the Chamber to which he belongs. 



50. The Diet can only discuss 

 the subjects referred to its deli- 

 beration by the present funda- 

 mental law, or especially brought 

 under its consideration by the 

 Grand Duke. 



51. A commission of the re- 

 presentative body shall be formed 

 of the President of the last sitting, 

 three other members of the First, 

 and six of the Second Chamber. 

 The business of this commission 

 is limitted to the cases expressly 

 mentioned in the present decree, 

 or to subjects referred to it from 

 the last Diet, with the consent of 

 the Grand Duke. 



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