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have acquired in the practice of instruction, and in the
cultivation of letters and science, great celebrity and re-
nown, and who also enjoy an annual revenue of 60,000
reals, arising either from real property or from salaries paid
by the treasury.
" Art. 4. It shall suffice to be an archbishop or bishop
elect or auxiliary, to be qualified for sitting in the estate of
the proceres del reino.
_ _ .

"-Art 5. All the grandees of Spain are members by
birth of the estate of the proceres del reino, and take their
seat on the following conditions :-1. Of being 25 years
of age complete. 2. Of being in possession of the rank
of grandee, and of holding it in their own right. 3. Of
proving the enjoyment of an annual revenue of 200,000
reals (2,0001.) 4. Of holding their property free from
any sort of burden. 5. Of not being under criminal pro-
secution. And 6. Of not being subjects of any other power.
" Art. 6. The dignity of grocer del reino is hereditary in
the grandees of Spain.
" Art. 7. The King chooses and names the other pro-
ceres del reino, whose dignity is for life.
" Art. B.—The titulos of Castile who may be named
proceres del reino must establish the possession of the fol-
lowing qualifications :-1. That they are 25 years of
age. 2. That they are in possession of the rank of titu/o
of Castile, and that they hold it in their own right. 3.
That they enjoy an annual revenue of 80,000 reals (800/. )
4. That their property is not subject to any sort of burden.
5. That they are not under criminal prosecution. And 6.
That they are not the subjects of any other power.
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Art. 9. The number of the proceres del reino is un-
limited.

" Art 10. The dignity of procer del reino can only be
lost by legal incapacity, in virtue of a judicial sentence in-
ferring infamy.
" Art. 11. The code of regulations will determine all
that relates to the internal government, and to the mode of
deliberating in the estate of the proceres del reino.
" Art. 12. On each occasion when the Cortes are
assembled, the King will make choice of a president
and vice-president of the estate from among the proceres
del reino.

" TITLE 111.-OF THE ESTATE OF THE PROCURADORES

DEL REINO.

" Art. 13. The estate of the procuradores del reino is
to consist of the persons to be named under the law of
elections.

" Art. 14. To be a procurador del reino it is necessary
—l. To be a native of these kingdoms, or to be the son
of Spanish jarents. 2. To be thirty years of age com-
plete. 3. To be in possession of an. annual revenue of
12,000 reals (1201.) 4. To have been born in the pro-
vince for which the candidate is named, to have resided in
It during the two previous years, or to possess in
it some rural or urban property, producing the half of
the revenue necessary as the qualification of a procurador
del reino. If in case the same individual shall have been
elected a procurador to the Cortes for more than ono pro-
vince, he shall have the option for which he shall sit.
" Art. 15. Those cannot be procuradores del reino-
1. Who are under criminal prosecution. 2. Who have
been judicially condemned to any punishment inferringin-
famy. 3. Who are under any physical incapacity, noto-
rious and perpetual in its nature. 4. Who, as merchants,
have been declared insolvent, or have suspended their pay-
ments. 5. Who, as proprietors, have had their property
sequestrated. 6. Who are debtors to the public treasury
for a second term of contribution.

" Art. 16. The procuradores del reino are to act in vir-
tue of the powers to be granted at the time of their nomi-
nation, in the terms to be previously fixed by the Royal
Convocation. .

" Art. 17. The duration of the powers of the proeura-
dares del reino shall be for three years, unless the King
shall sooner dissolve the Cortes.

" Art. 18. When a new election takes place, after
the expiry or the dissolution of the Cortes, those who
have been procuradores del reino may be re-elected, pro-
vided they continue to possess the condititions required by
law.

" TITLE IV.-OF THE MEETING OF THE ESTATE OF

THE PROCURADORES DEL REINO.

44 Art. 19. The procuradores del reino are to assemble
in the town to be named in the Royal Convocation for the
purpose of celebrating the Cortes.
" Art. 20. The code of regulations of the Cortes will
determine the form and the rules to be observed in the
presentation and examination of powers.
" Art. 21. As soon as the powers of the procuradores
del reino are approved of, they are to proceed to elect five
of their number, from among whom the King is to name
two, who are to act as president and vice-president.
" Art. 22. The president and vice-president of the
estate of the procuradores del reino are to cease their
functions when the King suspends or dissolves the Cortes.
" Art. 23. The code of regulations will determine all
that relates to the internal government, and to the mode
of deliberating in the estate of the procuradores del reino.

" TITLE V.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.

" Art. 24. To the King belongs exclusively the power
of convoking, suspending, and dissolving the Cortes.
" Art. 25. The Cortes are to assemble in virtue of the
Royal Con Vocation in the town and on the day to be named
therein.

4‘ Art. 26. The King will open and close the Cortes
either in person or by the secretaries of state by a special
decree, countersigned by the president of the council of
ministers.

" Art. 27. In obedience to law 5, title 15, part 2, the
General Cortes are to assemble after the death of the
King, that his successor may swear observance of the laws,
and may receive from the Cortes the oath of fidelity and
obedience. - -

" Art. 28. The General Cortes of the kingdom shall
also be convoked in virtue of the law above quoted, when
the prince or princess who is to inherit the crown is in
nonage.
" Art. 29. In the event referred to ,in the preceding
article, the guardians of the minor King shall swear before
the Cortes to watch faithfully over the prince, and not to
violate the laws of the state, receiving from the proceres
and procuradores of the kingdom the oath of fidelity and
obedience.
" Art. 30. In obedience to the 2d law, title 7, book 6,
of the riew compendium, the Cortes of the kingdom shall
assemble when any arduous affair shall occur, the import-
ance of which, in the King's judgment, requires that they
be consulted on.
" Art. 31. The Cortes cannot deliberate on any matter
whatever which has not been expressly submitted to their
examination in virtue of a royal decree.
" Art. 32. The right which the Cortes have always
enjoyed of addressing petitions to the King is nevertheless
reserved, this being done in the mode and form presented
by the regulations.
" Art. 33. For the formation of laws the approbation of
both estates and the sanction of the King are necessary.
" Art. 34. In obedience to the Ist law, title 7, book 6,
of the new compendium, no taxes or contributions shall be
exacted from any class unless the proposal of the King
shall have been voted by the Cortes.
" Art. 35. The taxes cannot be imposed for more than
two years, before the expiry of which they must again be
voted by the Cortes.
" Art. 36. Before voting the taxes a statement is to be
presented to the Cortes, by the several' secretaries of state,
detailing the condition of the various branches of the public
administration, the Minister of Finance presenting after-
wards to the ortes the budget of expenditure, and of the
ways and means.
"_Art. 37. The King will suspend the Cortes by virtue
of a decree, to be countersigned by the President of the
Council of Ministers ; and as soon as it is read, both estates
s allsep,aroar votingte on any subject whatever., without the power of re-assembling, deli-
berating Art. 38. In case the King shall suspend the Cortes,
they are not to re-assemble without a new convocation.
" Art. 39. On the day appointed for the re-assembling
of the Cortes the same procuradores del reino shall meet,
unless they have already completed the term of three years
which their powers are to endure.
<, Art. 40. When the King dissolves the Cortes, it is
done either in person or by means of a decree, counter-
signed by the President of the Council of Ministers.
" Art. 41. In either case both estates shall instantly
separate.
Art. 42. On the announcement of the royal order for
the dissolution of the Cortes, the estate of the proceres
del reino shall not have the power to re-assemble, nor to
come to any vote or resolution until the Cortes are re-
assembled, in virtue of a new convocation.

"Art. 43. When the Cortes by a royal decree are dis-
solved, the powers of the procuradores del reino are at
the same time annulled. All that may be afterwards done
or determined is null and void.

;Art. 44. When the Cortes have been dissolved, others
must be convoked before the lapse of a year.
"Art. 45. Whenever the Cortes are convokedboth estates
must at the same time be convoked.
,4 Art. 46. The one estate cannot meet unless the other
also meet.

" Art. 47. Each estate is to hold its sessions apart.
" Art. 48. The sessions of both estates shall be public;
except in cases provided for in the regulations.
" Art. 49. The proceres as well as the procuradores del
reino shall be inviolable for the opinions and votes they may
emit in the discharge of their duty.
" Art. 50. The regulations of the Cortes will determine
the relations of the two estates with each other and with
the government.
" FRANCISCO MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA.
" NICOLAS MARIA GARELLY.
"ANTONIO RAYMON ZARCO DEL VALLE.
"JOSE VASQUEZ FIGUEROA.
" JOSE DE IMAZ.
" XAVIER DE BURGOS."