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London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

C )F TUE EXECUTIVE POWER.

6. The executive power belongs exclusively to the
King. His p arson is sacred and inviolable.
7. The Kw, g is the representative of the nation with
all foreign sts tes. He has the right to make war and
peace, and to F tropose and conclude any treaty of peace,
of alliance, ant I of commerce with foreign powers.
8. He exert ,ices in connexion with the Parliament the
he sanctions and promulgates laws,
Legislative PI ewer—
and makes tilt regulations and ordinances which are ne-
cessary for date execution of the law and the security of
the State. - _

9. Ile convokes, prorogues, and dissolves the Parlia•
ment. _

10. He-corn wands and disposes of all the forces of the
army and navy.
11. He superintends the internal and external com-
merce of Sicily, of all public works, and the public in-
struction.

12. Ile names and elects the public functionaries,
and those who are charged with the administration of
the same.

13. He conifers titles of nobility and decorations, and
exercises the :full right of pardon.
14. He coialers all the ecclesiastical benefits which are
of Royal patronage, and makes the other accustomed
provisions ay.& ecclesiastical nominations.
15. He exercises according to the Concordats the here-
ditary Apostolic Legation.
16. The solemn act for the regulation of the succes-
sion of the Crown of the august King Charles 111.,
dated the 6th of October, 1759, confirmed by the august
Sovereign Ferdinand 1., in the sth Article of the Bth of
December, 18 16 ;• the Sovereign Acts of the 7th of
April, 1829 ; ,of the 12th March, 1836 ; and all the Acts
which relate to the Royal Family ; remain in Lull force.
17. When the King does not reside in Sicily he shall
be represented there by a Viceroy, with such attributes
and such powers as shall be determined by his Majesty.
18. There shall be in Sicily a sufficient number of
Ministers, extiong whom shall be divided the depart-
ments of grace and justice, interior, finance, public
works, agriculture and commerce, ecclesiastical
affairs, public instruction, and police ; the Consti-
tution reserving to the King the disposition of the
army and navy, and the supreme direction of foreign re •
lations; there shall be only one minister of war and ma-
rine, and one minister of foreign affairs, for the whole
monarchy, who shall both reside near the King. Mili-
tary and international questions which present themselves
shall be considered by a delegation from the King, either
through the Viceroy or through one of his Ministers.
19. There shall reside, moreover, near the King, a
minister for the affairs of Sicily.
20. The Cabinet shall be composed of the Ministers
to whom it shall be in the power of the King to join one
or more of the Counsellors of State.
21. The aforesaid Ministers shall countersign, either
collectively or each of them for the affairs of his own
Ministry, every act of the executive power.
22. Ministers shall be responsible.
23. The King cannot grant a pardon to a Minister who
is condemned, except on the explicit requisition of one of
the two Legislative Chambers.
24. The administration of justice, and ef all other
public administrations, shall be regulated by the organic
laws now in force, reserving to the Parliament, in accord-
ing with the King, the power to make modifications
which may be deemed necessary to bring them into
agreement with the present statutes, or to improve them.
25. Until these modifications have been made the laws,
the decrees, and the acts of the Sovereign, which are at
present in force, shall be fully observed as well in what
relates to the territorial boundaries, juridical compe-
tency, Government dependencies, as well as in every
other part of their dispositions.
26. The judicial order shall be independent, the Col-
legiate Magistrates shall be irremovable after:three years
of satisfactory exercise of their functions, and which
shall date from the day of their definitive election.
27. The agents of the public Ministry in the Courts
and the Tribunal are essentially irremovable.
28. The judges which are elected for life may be trans-
lated; the whole of these provisions being in conformity
with the Organic Laws of June 7, 1819.
29. Every promiscuous arrangement of functions be-
tween Naples and Sicily having ceased, the Minister, the
public functionaries, and all persons who are charged
with any administrative power, shall be Sicilian, and all
public benefices and ecclesiastical dignitaries which from
henceforth are to be provided for shall be conferred on
Sicilians alone.

30. The budget shall be entirely separated, and the
public expense of the Two Sicilies shall be apportioned
between the two parts of the kingdom in the numerical
proportions of their population, and shall be fixed at
the sum of three millions of ducats annually (3,000,000
ducats).

31. Moreover, the extraordinary issues of the Trea-
sury of Naples which have been occasioned by the events
of the years 1848 and 184-9, which are valued much be-
low their real estimates, shall be fixed at 500,000 ounces
(250,0001. sterling). This sum, united to that which the
Treasury of Naples is creditor for, shall form the debt
of Sicily, and being consolidated by means of an emis-
sion of rentes, inscribed with the corresponding sink-
ing fund, shall give the capital necessary to discharge
the aforesaid advances of the Treasury of Naples.
In the same manner the debts of Sicily contracted be-
fore the 12th January, 1848, and those subsequently
contracted, shall remain in charge of the Treasury of
Sicily itself..

32. The Sicilians shall have an equal share in the pro-
portion to the population of diplomatic employment.
The other public offices which are paid from the united
funds shall be conferred indifferently on Sicilians and
Neapolitans. _