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sides, two or more directors, to 

 preside in tiiose sections of the 

 offices of the Ministers and Secre- 

 taries of State which we shall 

 think fit to leave on the spot for 

 the administration of that part of 

 our dominions. If the Governor 

 is not a Prince, he shall be him- 

 self invested with the character of 

 Minister Secretary of State, shall 

 coj-respond directly with the Mi- 

 nisters and Secretaries of State 

 whom we have with us, and shall 

 have two or more directors for 

 that purpose. 



" Alt. 6. (Makes the same 

 regulations as the 5th, in respect 

 to the government of Sicily, when 

 the King resides on tliis side of 

 the Straits.) 



'' Art. 7. Tliese Directors, in 

 bath cases, shall be chosen pro- 

 miscuously among all our sub- 

 jects, as was fixed relatively to 

 Sicily for the ancient offices of 

 Conmltator, of Conservator, which 

 are leplaced by the said di- 

 rectors. 



" Art 8. The lawsuits of the 

 Sicilians sliall contiiuie to be 

 jdedged even in the last resort, 

 by tlic Sicilian tribunals : in con- 

 sequence, there shall be esta- 

 blished in Sicily a supreme court 

 of justice, which shall be above 

 all the tribunals of that island, 

 and independent £;f the Supreme 

 Court of our States on this side 

 of the Straits, as the latter shall 

 be independent of Sicily, whenv.e 

 shall reside in that itland : the 

 organization of this Court shall 

 be regulated by a particular law. 



" 9. 'i he abolition r;f feudal 

 rights shall be maintained in Si- 

 cily as in our othei' States ou this 

 bide of the Straits. 



" Art. 10. Wc ghijU fix every 



year the part of Sicily in the per- 

 manent expenses of the state, and 

 we shall regulate the manner 

 of its partition ; but this annual 

 part can never exceed the sum of 

 1,847,687 ounces and 20 tari, 

 which was fixed in 1813 by the 

 Parliament as the certain revenue 

 of Sicily. No greater sum can 

 by anv means be imposed without 

 the consent of Parliament. 



" Art. II. There shall be de- 

 ducted every year from the said 

 quota a sum which cannot be less 

 than 150-000 ounces, which shall 

 be applied to the payment of the 

 debt bearing no interest, and of 

 the arrear of interest of that which 

 does bear interest, till the entire 

 extinction of both : when these 

 two debts are extinguished, this 

 sum shall be annually employed 

 in forming a sinking fund for the 

 Sicilian debt. 



" Art. 12. Till the general 

 system of the civil and judicial 

 administration of our kingdom of 

 the Two Sicilies shall be promul- 

 gated, all the branches of justice 

 and administration shall continue 

 on the same footing as hereto- 

 fore. 



" We will and ordain, that the 

 present law, signed by us, certi- 

 fied by our Council and our jNli- 

 nister of State Affairs of Grace 

 and Justice, countersigned by our 

 Council and the Chancellor Mi- 

 nister Secretary of State, enrol- 

 led and preserved in our gene- 

 ral Chancery of the kingdom of 

 the Two Sicilies, be published 

 throughout the kingdom, with 

 the ordinary solemnities, by the 

 competent authorities, who shall 

 draw up a proces verbal, and &ee 

 to the execution of it. Our Chan- 

 cellor, Minister of the kingdom 



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