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London, England, 1836-08-23 00:00:00

OATH.

The King, on his accession to the throne, shall take an
oath before the Cortes in the following form :
" By the grace of God, and the Constitution of the
Spanish monarchy, King of Spain! I swear by the Al-
mighty and by the Holy Evangelists, that I will defend and
preserve the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion,
without tolerating any other in the kingdom. That I will
guard and keep protected the political constitution and the
laws of the Spanish monarchy, in all my actions, viewing
only the welfare and advantage thereof. That I will not
alienate, grant, or dismember any part of the kingdom.
That I will never demand any productions of the soil,
money, or other matter, except what the Cortes have de-
creed ; and that, above all, I will respect the political li-
berty of the nation, and the personal freedom of every in.
dividual. And if to what I have sworn, or part thereof,
1 should act contrary thereto, I ought not to be obeyed,
and that point in which I may transgress becomes null and
void. So help me God, and be my defence ; and if not,
may God be my judge."

ON THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN.
Art. 174. The kingdom of Spain is indivisible, and

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(after the publici.tion of the Constitution) there shall
succeed to the throne, in perpetuity, in the regular order
of promigeniture and inheritance among the legitimate
descendants.
175. Those only can be Kings of Spain who are legiti-

mate children, born in lawful wedlock.
176. In the same degree of lineage males shall be pre-
ferred to females, and always the elder to the younger ;
but the female of higher lineage or higher rank in the same
lineage, shall be preferred to males of inferior lineage
or rank.

177. The son or daughter of the first-born of the King,
in case of their father dying without succeeding to the throne,
is to be preferred to the uncle, and succeeds immediately to
his grandfather by right of inheritance.
179. The King of Spain is our Lord Don Ferdinand
the Seventh of Bourbon, who actually reigns.
180. The legitimate descendants, male and female, of
Don Ferdinand shall inherit the throne ; on failure of these
his' brothers, &c.

181. The Cortes shall exclude from the succession that
person or persons who may be incapable of the Government,
or have done anything by which they deserve to lose the
crown.

183. Whenever it is probable the Crown may fall, or
may have actually fallen, to a female, she cannot marry
without the consent of the Cortes, and if she should act
contrary thereto, it is understood that she abdicates the
Crown.

184. In case a female happens to reign, her husband
shall have no authority whatever respecting the kingdom,
nor any share in the government.

ON THE MINORITY OF THE KING AND ON THE REGENCY.

Art. 185. The King is minor until he completes his
eighteenth year.

186. During the minority of the King, the kingdom shall
be governed by a Regency.
192. The Cortes extraordinary being met, shall nominate
a Regency of three or five persons, all foreigners, although
citizens, being excluded.
194. The Regency shall receive a President, one of its
members, whom the Cortes shall appoint.
195. The Regency shall exercise the authority of the
King in the manner the Cortes may approve.
197. All the decrees of the Regency shall be published in
the name of the King.
198. The person whom the deceased King may have
appointed in his will shall be guardian to the King
minor. If he should not have appointed one the Queen
mother shall be guardian while she remains a widow.
In default of the Queen mother, the guardian shall be
nominated by the Cortes.
199. The Regency shall take care that the education
of the King minor be the most suitable to the grand
object of his exalted dignity, and that it is governed ac-
cording to the plan which the Cortes shall approve.
200. The Cortes shall fix the salaries of the members of
the Regency.