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Cll4 P. I/. Of (be Cl:amier of Deputtes.

33. The Chatnbet of Deputies is elective and temporary.
":IV. To the Chamber of Deptitire alone belongs the initiative—
first, le the case of taxes; second, in levies of troops t thirds in
1.1.:r choice olta nen dynasty, in case et the extinction of the aid,
:7. It ie also in the Chamber of Deputies that the examination
or the rut Administration, end reform of abuses which have
be introduced into it, shall begin, as well u the discusdon of
ropoaitions rude by the Executive.
SA. It is to the Chamber of Deputies alone that it belongs to de-
c...re that there is ground for Impeaching Ministers or Councillors
of State.

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31.0. The Deputies shall receive during their sessions an allow-
e-ee, regulated at the end of the last session of the preceding as.
senshly. Derides this allowance, an indemnity shall be given them
zee travelling expenses going and coming.
Chap. Ili. Of the Senate.
4Q. The Senate is composed of Members appointed ror Lle. and
t: shah be organized by provincial elections.
41. 'Every province shall furnish half as twiny Serntors as De-
puties ; aryl, wirer* the number of Deputies is uneven, the number
of :Senators shall be half the rumba under it. so that a province
having eleven Deputies shell have lire Senator•
4i. A province which ha+ but one Depot; shall nevertheless
Wect one Senator, notwithstanding the above rule.
41. The elections shall he made in the same way as those of the
Deputies, but with triple lists, out of which the Emperor shall
thrive one third.

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Q 3. Vacatt seats of Santoro are filled In the same asp as at the

eiectior.

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To be a Senator it in necessary, first, to he born a Rmailian
c: ':en, and to enjoy political rights as such ; 2d, to he 40 years of
sip et least; 3d. to he wise. able, and virtuous ; and such as have
Care service to their country ere to be preferred • 4:h, to posses a
r:venue of 800 roil:cgs, whether derived from land or from Indus-
t,- trade. er employ menu.
'43. The Princes of the Imperial house are Senators of right, and
stmil sit in the Senate an goon as they attain the age of 28.
47. The exclusive prerogativre of the Senate are, first, to take
wry of private delinquent:4m committed by alembers of the
imperial family, by 31inist-rs ot State, by Councillors of State, and
by Deputies durirg the period of their legisl.flion ; to lake care of
is responsibility of 'Ministers and Councillor; of State ; 3d, to issue
writs for the convocation of the Assembly, in case the Emperor
etuuld nct have done so two months atter the time appointed by
Constitution—the Senate shall assemble in an estrundinary
r'anner for Ott purpose; 4th, to convene the Assembly on the
death of the Emperor, fur the election of a Regency, in case it
..!aultl be required, and in cast the provisory Regency have not
Cur: so before.
40. it'hen it shrill be necessary to try individua'a fur climea, for
• the Chamber of Deinities arc A n the OfeaterS, the Proem.
• of the Cown and the national Sovereigr.7 shell be charged
s the cmiduct of the prosecution.
4:A. The t`e xioni of the Senate COMRICTICe and terminate with
t'-at .1: of the Clismba of Deputies.
Except in easel preserihed by the Constitution. every meet.
i ,c of the Senate. except at the tints of the Session at the Chemise/
at Deputies. is illegal and null.
The ellowance to the Senators shall be half as much as that
to tire Deputies.

C::ap. IC. Of the Prepoeition. Djeeyeeion, Sanction. end Protettl-

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gation of Laws.
Sl The'proposal, oppmition, and approbation of laws, belongs
us each of the two Chambers.
43. The Executive exercises, by the different Ministers of Suee,
th, prerogative of proposing laws which belongs to it lb the Lewis.
Isttunr. A law cannot be submitted to the Chamber for discussion
f.:l it has been examined by a Committee, in which it shall take its
origin.
H. After the report of the Committee, the Ministers may assist
a: !he debates and discova the proposition ; but they canoot vote nor
be present at the division. unless they be Senators or Deputies.
b.:, If the Chamber of Deputies adopt the law, it shall transmit
I; to the Senate with the following f.,a n i The Chamber of De.
pates sends to the Chamber of the Senate, the foUoning proposi.
t as of the Executive power (whh or without amendments), and
t: inks that there is ground for delibcrwion."
81::. If it cannot adopt the proposition, it communicates the dr.
-moat:cc to the Emperor, by a deputation of seven Members. in
o's following terms:— The Chamber of Depaties testifies to the
„i;n.:crot its gratitude for the real which he has shown in wmching
ice r the necessities of the empire, and begs hM) respertfially a take
tardier consideration the premosal of Oovertuttem."
:;;. In general, propositions adtnitted and approved by the
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-ember of Deputies shall be trattsmit•el *to the Senate with the
form : —" The Chamber of Deputies sends to the &mate
fu/iowing proposition, and thinks there is ground for requesting
t to :unction of the Emperor."
d;. If the Chamber of Senators does not aintrt entirefy the pro-
piisition of the Chamber ref Deputies, tint amends it or adds to it,
etrils it back with the I:lowing form :—" The Senate sends to
s e Charntset of Deputies its proposition on such a subject, with
the adjoined amendments and ntidittoos, and thinks that in that
cate there is ground for requesting the Imperial unction."
If the Senate, after haring sled:et:sled, pronnunces that there
h not ground for admitting the priposition or law, it shall Rap—
" The Senate scads bock to the Cr:iamb:r such a proposition, to
which it cannot give its assent."
6.J. The Chamber of Deputies ;ball site forms similar to those of
Senate, when the props-ttion takes its rise in the latter.
la. If the Chamber of Deputies does not approve -tne amend-
ment, or additions of the Solute, and rare Venn; and it, neverthe-
h-... it judges t'•at the protepition is advantagemte. it may reqnire,
a dap:dad:in of three Members, an union of the two Chambers,
wt shall lake place in the Charsber of the Senate; and according
;he result of the discussionorhat shall be resolved upon shall take

62. lf, after the termination of the dismission, one of the two
t2hanibers adopts entirely the law which the other Chamber has
cent to it, it shall reduce it into the form of a decree, and after
cantedhasp .g it to be read at a puhlie sitting, it shall sildrent two
copes of it t 9 the Emperor, requesting his sanction, in the follow.
inp foils; :—" The General Assembly mblresses to the Emperor the
tali-twinhtderree, which it judges advantageous and useful to the
ettpim, and begs his Illajcsty to deign to give it his sanction."
01 This transmission oC vie demeeshall be made by a deputa-
tia
of *esti' 31crobers, sent by the Chstnher which him deliberated
upen its and the other 4sisswe4ea.in which the proposition
origin, shall at the same time inform t:e Empvror that it has
itlopted the fireposiiun relative ti ;web en obj.ct, a:.d that It ad-
tresses itavit to the Emperor retpusting l.ia sanction.
C. If the Emperor sellouts his a:sent, he shall reply in the

I wing terms The f:nipetor will consider the prelim nth in order
dirermine in tine time."—To which the Chamber shall reply,
that `iit commends the Emperor fur the interest which he lakes in
the nation "
kJ.. This retinal has only a suspending effect • but if two sue.
c ,siveLegi,latures approve the praposiuon, and iresent it succes.
s, rely in tilesaine tains, it Is understood that the Eitiperorgrants
has sanction.
Ce. The Emperor shall give tw refits.. his sanction in the interval
of • month, reckoning from the late cf the presert ition.
be'.'it' he does not do so, this delarsdhill t,. yr the same effect as
if he eapiteesly refused his sanction su that it t,c 113.1 refused in the
ewe preceding Legislatures, the deist would be obligatory.
IS. If the Emperor adopts the Mbposition of the General As-
se:nbly , lie :tall &mese himself thus:—•"fhe Emperor consents."
he decree is sanctioned by this, and becomes u law of the Em.
pies : end one of the two aumpaph COfieit, after the signature of
the Emperor, shall be depauterl In the erchives of the Chamber
which sent it, sod the other 'hall serve for the promulgation of the
low by the competent Minato' of State.
W. the form of the promulgation of laws shall be conceived in
the fallowing terms :—"Don N. by the ()race of find and the
unanimous consent or the people, Constitutional Emperor, and
Perpetual Defender of Brazil, make known to all oussubJecte, that
the Denetal Assent*, has decree:hand that we approve. the follow.
ing law." (Here follows the law, with its disposltior.s ()Hy.) •• We
enjoin ail the authorities to whom the cognizam and .execution
of this law appertains, to execute the same, and cause it to be ex.
eAttel and obsermd entirely, such as it :A expressed. The Minis.
ter of Sate"—(here follows thetitle of the alinisten—" shall be
i.har.fed with the minting, publish'', ey, and entrerieg thereof."
n. The law, sighed by the Emneror, taumersi;med by the corn.
?suet illiniseer of State, and seal:d with file see/ of the Empire,
be preserved, in its original copy, in the archives of the Em-
rirs, end printed copies of it shall be transmitted to all the Chem-
bus of the Empire, to tit: tiibunala, ati:l tt, all plates where it is
3., ler tc do