The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-16 00:00:00

THE ,CONSTITUTION
OF THE LIGURIAN REPUBLIC.

(Concluded front our Paper of Wednesday last.)

TITLE 11.

OF THE BODIES WHICH CONCUR IN THE FORMA-

TION AND THE EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.
Art. 7. The Senate is composed 'of thirty Mem-
bers, not less than, 3o years ot.age.
The Senate is presided over by a Doge, aged•at
least, 40 years. .
It is divided into five Magistracies ;
The Supreme Magistracy ";
That of Justice and Legislation ;
Of the Interior ;
Of War and Marine ;
Of Finances.
Each of the Presidents of 'the four separate Ma.
gistracies, execute the Funaions of Minister in
whatever regards his Department.
The Supreme Magistracy is composed of nine
Members, including the Doge, who is their ?resi-
dent and the President of the•seParate Magistracies.
Among the other four Members, there are at least
two Deputies from the College of Landholders.
- The Senate .appoints the Presidents and Members
of each Magistracy. It may change them on the
suggestion of the Doge. .
The term appointed for the exercise of his' func;
tiOns is six years.
The Senate is renewed, by a third, every two
years.
The Salary of the Doge is so,oooGenoeselivres.
That of the Members of the Supreme Magistracy,
9000 livres,
And of the other Senators, ;fiooo livres.
Tnis Article is considered as the basis of the
Organic Law concerning the Government. •
8. There are three great Colleges in the Republic.
The College of Landholders,- the Members of
which Must ,possess inland property to the amount
of at least 120,000 livres, inscribed in . the Re-
gister. ' The fourth of this sum may be in Scritte
Nazionali and Luoghi, (in the Public Funds, and
Stock) 'of the Bank of St. George. • . .
The College of Merchants.
The College of the Dotti, chosen from amongst
the Lawyers, Philosophers, .Men of Letters, and

Artists.
There are 200 Members in each of the first two
Colleges. The College of. the Dotti is composed
.only of too Members.
The Members of the College must be at least 3o
years of age. They assemble by law:once in every
two- years, and may be _convoked on extraordinary
occasions by the Senate,
Their Session dock not exceed ten days, and the •
places of their assembly are distant at least two
leagues from each other.
They elet the Senators.
They present three Candidates, from among whom
the Senate chooses the Doge.
The Members of the College are for life.
Every sixth year the places of' the dead, or of
those who haVe fallen under public censure, are suF- •
An Organic Law regulates the mode of Eleftion,
and the necessary qualifications 'for those who" are
eligible..
9. For every jurisdiaion, the citizens appoint
triennially, a Judicatory Consulta,, composed of 75
IVlembers at least. .
The . qualification for this situation is,' a freehold
property, either of an industrious establishment,
returning at least 1000 livres Revenue, an em-
-ployment of moo livres, or having filled a situa-
tion of Captain in the Navy, without having in-
ourred any legal blame. -• •
These Consulta prepare a memorial respeling
the state of their jurisdiaions, which is to. be
'transmitted to the Government. They appoint,
agreeably to an established ratio, the Deputies to
' the National Consulta, who possess at least 3000
livres revenue. ,
This COnsulta is 'composed of sixty or seventy-
two Members, to be convoked 'and prorogued by
the Senate. It assembles at least, once a year to re-
ceive the State Budget, and to examine the plans of
the Laws which have been proposed. These plans.
are dixussed by nine Procurators, summoned by the
Consulta to present themselves before them: It has .
a Speaker, who is chosen for the whole Session.
The. Members receive no salary.
• This Article is the basis of the Organic Law, re-
speaing the Consulta.
to. The Colleges appoint duennially a Syndicate
of seven Members, each of whom possesses at .least
10,000 livres revenue, and forty years of age.
They may .exercise a Censorial Authority, which
shall be followed by destitution against
Two Members of the Senate,
Two of the National Consult?,
Two of each Judicatory Consulta,.
Two of each Tribunal. •
. Its Session lasts only ten days.
,The Minutes of its operations are printed.
The Consulta may authorize, in case of necessi-
ty, that extraordinary - meetings of the Syndicates,
may assemble in the jurisdictions.
The minutes of their operations are prtnted.
r-lhe Censure cannot be pronotinced without an
unanimity of votes.. If it be voted by a small ma-
jority, it is subinitted to the National Consulta as
, far as it sweets the Superior Powers;' and to the
Consulta of the respeaive jurisdiftions for the in-
' fesior anthaities.
This Article is the basis of the Organic Law on