GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND REGULATIONS. 563 
V. 
Government permits every communit}' the free explanation 
of their particular doctrine, and never make any decision or 
regulation therein. It however preserves the unalienable 
power to judge w hat effect such doctrine has up^n the public, 
and upon the minds and behaviour ot the inhabitants. It is 
obliged to oppose, prevent or moderate those effects in case 
they may be found prejudicial. The clergymen are obliged 
in their public or private instructions to conform in this 
respect to the regulations of Government. Any opposition 
is disobedience to the law and a violation of good order. 
VL 
No houses may, for the purpose of performing divine ser~ 
vice, of whatever community it may be, be erected or rebuilt 
except with the knowledge of, and after having obtained due 
permission from the Governor for the time being. 
VIL 
No public meetings of devotion may be held at any 
other time than the usual Sundays or holidays and in public 
churches without due permission of the Governor for the 
time being, and then always under the guidance and at the 
responsibility of the qualified consistory of that community, 
to which those persons belong who wish to hold these sepa- 
rate meetings. The consistory must take care that no irregu- 
larities take place, and that no doctrine be taught inconsistent 
with good morals or with the tranquillity of society. 
VIIL 
No community shall increase the number of its public cler- 
gymen without express permission from the Governor for the 
time being, who has a right to judge of the necessity thereof. 
IX. 
No community shall appoint a public clergyman who has 
not previously obtained the right of residence from the 
Governor, 
X, 
No clergymen are permitted to preach in public who have 
jiot previously gone through the regular universities, have 
given testimonies of their abilities, and thereby have beett 
isegularly ordained as is customary in each community. 
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