The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-06 00:00:00

" OF THE CORTES.

" Art. U. The power of enacting laws resides in the
Cortes in conjunction with the King.
" Art. 13. The Cortes is composed of two co-legislative
bodies equal in, powers—the Senate and the Congress of
Deputies.

" OF THE SENATE.

" Art. 14. The number of Senators shall be equal to
three-tiftlis of the whole number of the Deputies.
" Art. 13. The Senators are appointed by the King
from r. triple list proposed by the electors of each province
who elect the Deputies.

! " Art. 16. To each province belongs the right of pro-
posing a number of senators, proportional to its population ;
but each is to return one Senator at least.
" Art. 17. To be a Senator it is necessary to he a Spa-
Iniard, to be 40 years of age, and to be possessed of the in-
come and other qualifications which may be defined in the
'electoral law.
" Art. 18. All Spaniards possessed of these qualifica-
Lions may be proposed for the office of Senator in any of
the provinoes of the Monarchy.
" Art. 19. Each time that there is a general election of
Deputies, whether in consequence of their term of office
!having expired, or of a dissolution of the Congress, the
third part of the Senate, in the order of seniority, is to be
renewed, those going out being re-eligible.
" Art. 20. The sons of the King and the immediate heir
to the throne are Senators of right at the age of 25 years.
" OF THE CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES.
" Art. 21. Each province shall appoint one deputy at
ileast for every 50,000 souls of the population.
!" Art. 22. The deputies are elected by the direct method,
and may be re-elected indefinitely.
I" Art. 23. To be a Deputy it is necessary to be a Spa-
Intard, in the secular state, to have completed the 25th year,
land to possess all the other qualifications prescribed by the
lelectoral law.
" Art. 24. Every Spaniard possessing these qualifications
may be named a Deputy for any of the provinces.
" Art. 25. The Deputies shall be appointed for three
years.

i'• "OF THE MEETING AND FACULTIES OF THE CORTES.
" Art. 26. The Cortes are to assemble each year. It
•
Is the right of the King to convoke them, to suspend and
liclose their meetings, and dissolve the Cortes ; but under
the obligation in the latter case of convoking and re-assem-
bling another Cortes within the period of three months.
A rt. 27. If the King should omit to convoke the Cortes
on the Ist of December in any one year, the Cortes arc
~totwithstanding to assemble precisely on that day ; and in
case of the conclusion of the term of the Congress holding
office to occur in that year, a general election for the norni-.
nation of Deputies is to commence on the first Sunday of
the month of October.
" Art. 28. On the demise of the Crown, or on the King
being incapacitated to govern from any cause, the extraor-
Vinery Cortes are immediately to assemble.
-4 " Art. 29. Each of the co-legislative bodies is to form
rules for its own internal regulation, and to scrutinise the
K:rs,,lee-ality of the election, and the qualifications of the indivi-
, iduals who compose them.
ii" Art. 30. The Congress of the Deputies is to name its
President, Vice-president, and Secretaries.
.T. " Art. 31. In each Legislature the King shall appoint
,from anhingit the Members of the Senate the President and
Vice-president of that body, the latter appointing its own
• secretaries.
' - " Art. 32. The King shall open and conclude the sit-
ings of the Cortes in person, or by his Ministers.
. " Art. 33. One of the Legislative Bodies cannot be eon-
r. It
. yoked for business without the other being assembled at the
H kerne time, except in the cese in which the Senate sits in
judgment on the King's Ministers.
D" Art. 31. The Leeislative Bodies are not to deliberate
in conjunction, nor in the presence of the King.
! i " Art. 33. The cessions of the senate and of the Con.
,f,gress shall be public, and only ia, noses requiring reserve can
1 private sittings be held,
e" Art. 36. The King and each of the co-legislative bodies
f ,possess the right of origira'tng the laws.
IA " Art. 37. Laws rel.ttting to taxes and public credit shall
r' be presented first to the Congress a Deputies ; and if al-
i4ered in the Senate, contrary to the form in which they have
~,
;been approved by the Congress, they arc to receive the
::111 Royal sanction in the form definitively decided on by the
1 zt
i.,e Deputies.

TA " Art. 33. The resolutions of each of the Legislative
Bodies are to be determined, by an absJlute plurality of
r „Htes ; but in the enacttri,eit of laws the presence of more
than half the number of each of these bodies is necessary.
[
Art. 39. If ode of the cm-legislative bodies should re-
eject any moject of law submitted to them, or if the King
~....'";shouhl eeftL.;e it his sanction, such project of laTv is tr..t. to
,i.be F.abmitted anew in that Legislature.
1' Art, 40. Beside a the I • ' '
ceisiative power! which the Cortes
exercise in conjunction with the Kira, the following facul-
ies belong to them :—Virst, to re.zeive from the King, the
rh
''
immediate successor to the throne, front the regency or
regent of the empire, the oath to observe the constitution
y.s'anci the laws. Seco',d, to reeAve any doubt that may arise
:"of fact or of right with respect to the order of succession to
"',the crown. TWad, to elect the.regent, or appoint the regency
-:of the ciruP':.-e,-aril to name the tutor of the Sovereign while
ea minor,
[
when the Coastitution-deetns it necessary. Pourth,
-to n'..ider effective the responsibility from the Ministers of
the Deputies, and
pt}.t.l Crown, who are to bo impeached by
Nudged by the Senators.
1 " Art. 41. The Senators and Deputies are irresponsible.
land inviolable for opinions expressed and votes given by
r.,
AA"
them in the discharge of their duties.
" Art. 42. Senators and Deputies are not to be proceeded
-agranst or arrested during the sessions without the permis-
Vsion of the Legislative Body to which they may belong. if
rtinot taken in the act of committing flagrant crime ; but in
'this case, P.nd in those in which they arc prosecuted or ar-
,lrested whilst the Cortes are closed, they are to give imme-
•sdiate information to their respective co-legislative bodies for
their cognisance.
" Art. 43. Deputies and Senators who receive from the
:Government or from the Royal Family pension, employ_
;'ment which may not be an instance of promotion from a
„flower to a higher office of the same kind, commissions with
)salary, honours, or titles, are subject to re-election.
,

- OF THE KING.
" Art. 41. The person of the King is sacred and inrio-
_

rlable, and is not subject to responsibility. His Ministers
fare responsible.
Art. 45. The power of executing the laws resides in
the King, and his authority extends to all matters which
land
to the preservation of public order in the interior,
land to the security of the state abroad, in conformity with
.-the provisions of the constitution and the laws.
" Art. 46. The King sanctions and promulgates the laws.
" Art. 47. Besides the prerogatives granted to the
Crown by the Constitution, he posscres the following :
—l. To issue decrees, regulations, and instructions, tvhit h