112 ANNUAL REGISTER, 



1818. 



[Aug. 



the permission of the Grand Duke. 



60. -All plans of law relating 

 to finance must, in the first place, 

 be submitted to the Second 

 Chamber, and if adopted there, 

 must, without alteration, be laid 

 before the First Chamber, to be 

 finally accepted or rejected. 



61. If the majority of the 

 First Chamber should not agree 

 to the decision of the Second, 

 the assenting and dissenting voices 

 of both Chambers must be added 

 together, and the result decided by 

 the majority of the united voices. 



62. Old and not permanent 

 taxes must be continued for 6 

 months after the stipulated time, 

 if the Diet be dissolved, before a 

 new budget can be brought for- 

 ward, or if the State deliberations 

 be delayed. 



63. During preparations for 

 war, or whilst a war is carrying 

 on, the Grand Duke, for the 

 speedy and effectual fulfilment of 

 his federal duties, and even before 

 he has obtained the consent of 

 the Diet, may legally levy loans 

 and war taxes. In that case 

 the Diet will exercise a great 

 influence and co-operation in the 

 administration, for two members 

 of the Representative Commis- 

 sion will be appointed to watch 

 that the sums raised for carrying 

 on the war be really and exclu- 

 sively applied to that purpose. 



64. No law included in the 

 Constitutional Act can be ex- 

 tended or altered without the 

 consent of a majority of two- 

 thirds of the members present 

 of both Chambers. 



65. In all other laws concern- 

 ing the freedom of persons or 

 relative to State property, new 

 general laws, or the alteration or 



promulgation of the existing 

 laws, the consent of the majority 

 of each of the two Chambers is 

 requisite. 



66. The Grand Duke ratifies 

 and promulgates the laws, and 

 orders all that is necessary for 

 their execution and maintenance. 



67. The Chambers are allowed 

 to make representations respect- 

 ing ordinances in which dispo- 

 sitions have been introduced 

 which they consider inimical to 

 their right of consent, and which 

 shall, on the complaints being 

 known, immediately be rendered 

 ineffectual. On stating grounds 

 to the Grand Duke, they can 

 solicit the proposal of a law. 

 They have a right to point out to 

 the Government abuses in the 

 Administration which come with- 

 in their knowledge. They have 

 the right of lodging formal com- 

 plaints against Ministers and 

 members of the superior offices 

 of State, for violations of the 

 Constitution or of acknowledged 

 constitutional privileges. A par- 

 ticular law shall determine the 

 nature of the complaint, the 

 degree of the punishment, and 

 the deciding authority. 



Complaints of individual ci- 

 tizens concerning the violation 

 of their constitutional privileges 

 cannot be received by the Cham- 

 bers except in writing, and then 

 not accepted unless the com- 

 plainant shall prove that he has 

 in vain appealed for redress to 

 the proper local jurisdictions, and 

 lastly to the Ministry of State. 



No representation or com- 

 plaint can be brought before tlie 

 Grand Duke, without the con- 

 sent of the majority of each of 

 the two Chambers. 



V. 



