The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-30 00:00:00

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Art. 1. The kingdom of Poland, united for ever to the
Russian empire, forms an integral part of the same. It
shall have a distinct administration conformable to its
local wants, as well as civil and military codes of its own.
All the municipal rights and institutions which the cities
and towns enjoyed shall be preserved in full vigour.
Art. 2. The crown of the kingdom is hereditary in our
person, and in those of our heirs and successors, agreeably
to the order of succession established for the imperial
throne of Russia. .

Art. 3. The coronation of the Emperors of Russia,
Kings of Poland, shall be one and the same solemnity ; it
shall take place at Moscow, in the presence of the Polish
deputies, who shall be sent to attend it, together with the
deputies from the other parts of the empire.
Art. 4. In cases of a Regency in Russia, the authority
and the attributes of the Regent will be common to the
kingdom of Poland.
Art. 5. The freedom of religious worship is guaran-
teed; every form of worship may be exercised fully and
openly under the pi otection of government ; and the dif-
ference of Christian creeds will make no difference in the
enjoyment of rights granted to all the inhabitants of the
kingdom. The ministers of every creed are placed equally
under the protection and superintendence of the legally con-
stituted authorities ; the Roman Catholic religion, how-
ever, being that of the majority of our Polish subjects,
shall he the object of the especial care of the government.
Art. 6. The funds belonging to the Roman Catholic
clergy and those of the united Greek church, are declared
to be inalienable property, common to the whole ecchsiastic
hierarchy of each of these creeds.
Art. 7. The protection of the laws is assured to all the
inhabitants of the kingdom without distinction of rank or
class. Every one may attain to office and honours, ac-
cording to his personal merit, in the mode prescribed by
the law.

Art. 8. Personal liberty is guaranteed conformably to
the existing laws. No one shall be arrested or tried except
according to the forms and in the cases prescribed by the
law. Every one detained shall receive in writing a notifi-
cation of the cause of his arrest.

Art. 9. Every person arrested must be brought, within
three days, before a competent tribunal, to be examined or
tried, according to the presci )ed forms. If the charge
against him be dismissed on the first inquest, he shall in-
stantly be testoted to his liberty; as well as he who shall
have become surety, in cases in which the law authorizes
bail.

Art. 10. The form of judicial inquests directed against
the superior functionaries of the kingdom, and against
Persons accused of state offences, shall be determined by a
special law, on principles conformable to the laws in
force in other parts of our empire.
Art. 11. The rights of property, as well corporate as
individual, whether upon the surface of the earth or be-
neath it, remain sacred and inviolable, conformably to the
laws. Every subject of the kingdom of Poland is at
liberty to remove his property, as well as himself, upon
complying with the prescribed regulations.
Art. 12. The punishment of confiscation shall be appli-
cable, solely and exclusively, to state crimes of the gravest
kind, such as they shall be determined by a special law.
Art. 13. The publication of opinions by means of the
press shall be subject to no other restrictions than such as
are indispensable fur seem ing to religion the respect which
is due to it, for maintaining the inviolability of the sove-
reign power, fur preserving good morals, and for securing
the honour of individuals from attack. This end shall he
provided fur by regulations founded upon the same prin-
ciples as those which are in force in other parts of the
empire.

Art. 14. The kingdom of Poland shall bear a fair share
of the general burthens of the empire; the quota shall be
fixed by special laws with the strictest equity.
Art, 15. The taxes and other duties, as they existed in
the kingdom of Poland before the month of November
1830, shall continue to be levied for the present ; it being
intended to examine and modify the nature and proportion
of these imposts, with the view of more equally distribut-
ing the public burthens of the kingdom, and of lightening
them as much as possible.
Art. 16. The administration of the kingdom, being dil-
tinct from that of the other parts of the empire, its finances
shall also lie administered separately.
Art. 17. The public debt of the kingdom of Poland,
acknowledged by
us, remains under the guarantee of the
government, and shall continue to be a charge upon the
kingdom.

Art. IS. The bank of the kingdom of Poland, as well
ao the system of credit now in force with respect to real

Art. 26. Agreeably to the provisions of a special regu
lotion, the Council of Administration selects and presents
to us, through the medium of the Governor-General of
the kingdom, the candidates for the vacant posts of Arch-
bishops, Bishops, Directors-General, Counsellors of State,
Members of the High Court of Justi, e, and other admini-
strative and judicial offices, which are in cur gift. Thesm
lists of candidates shall be taken into consideration together
with other particulars, when we fill up the vacant posts,
whether by admitting thereto the individuals who shall
have been proposed to us by the Council of Administra-
tion, or by appointing such others of our subjects of the
kingdom, or of the' empire, as we may think worthy m
our confidence.
Art. 27. In case of the death, of the severe illness, or
of the absence of the Governor-General of the kingdom,
or in case of other valid reasons preventing him from exer-
cising his functions, they shall be entrusted provisionally
to the senior member of the Council of Administration,
until our pleasure can be known upon the subject.

Art. 28. Fur those matters which do not fall within
the jurisdiction of the Council of Administration, and
which are designated in the following article, there shah
be in the kingdom of Poland a Council of State, placed in
like manner under the presidency of the Governor- General,
and composed,

Ist. Of the Directors-General and of the Comptroller-Ge-
neral, who are, ex officio, members of the Council.

2d. Of Counsellors of State, and of other functionaries whom
we shall think fit to admit to it, either as permanent members,
or for a time. In the absence of the Governor-General of the
kingdom, one of its members, whom we shall have previously
selected for this office, will preside over the Council of State.
Art. 29. The attributes of the Council of State are,

ht. To discuss and to decide upon projects of laws and of re-
gulations concerning the general administration of the country.

2d. To decide disputes of questions of jurisdiction which
may arise between the administrative and judicial authorities.
3d. To examine into the representations and applications
which may be submitted to the Government by the provincial
states and palatinate councils for the interests of the country,
and to decide thereupon.
4th. To examine the annual budget of the income and ex.
penditure of the kingdom regulated by the Council of Ad-
ministration, as well as the reports presented by the Comp-
troller-General upon a revision of the accounts of the several
departments.

sth. To examine the accounts rendered by the heads of each
branch of administration for the business confided to their
management. _ _ .

6th. To decide upon the prosecution of all public functionaries
appointed by us, or in our name, for malversation in the exer-
cise of their functions.

Art. 30. The provisions laid down in the preceding
articles 24 and 25, relative to the order of the delibera•
tions and the execution of the decrees of the Council of
Administration, are equally applicable to the deliberation•
and decisions of the Council of State of the kingdom ot
Poland.

Att. 31. Those legislative matters, and all measures of
serious importance, which shall seem to us of a nature te
require to be previously maturely examined in their bear-
ings with respect to regulations in force in other parts o!
the (mpire, and with respect to its general interests, s-
well as the final examination of the budget presented b)
the Council of State of the kingdom for our approval, shall
belong to the jurisdiction of the Council of the Russian em
pire. For this purpose there shall be a particular depart.
ment of this Council, intituled " The Department of tht
Affairs of the Kingdom of Poland," and composed of Rue
sian and Polish members chosen by us.
Art. 32. The Minister Secretary of State for the king-
dom of Poland, residing near our person, submits to u.
the business of the Council of Administration, and of the
Council of State, which is addressed to him by the Go-
vernor-General of the kingdom, and transmits our decision
to the latter.

Art. 33. The lawn, decrees and regulations, which re-
late to the kingdom of Poland, and which have received
our sanction, shall be countersigned by our Minister Se-
cretary of State for the k:ngdotn, and inserted in the bul-
letin of the laws (Dziennyk pray.)

Art. 34. All the business both of the administrative
and of the judicial departments in the kingdom shall be
conducted in the Polish language.
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Art. 35. The affairs of the administration shall be
confided to the management of Commissioners of Govern-
ment, under the Presidency of Directors-General.
These Commissioners shall be three in number, namely.
let. The Commission of the Interior, of Ecclesiastical Af-
fairs, and of Public Instruction.
‘2d. The Commission of Justice.

3d. The Commission of Finance, and of the Treasury.
Art. 36. There shall also be a chamber of accounts fot
the general revision of the accounts of the receipts and ex
penditure of the kingdom, over which the Comptroller-
General will preside.
Art. 37. Those affairs to which the jurisdiction of the
Directors-General and of the Commissions does not extend
shall be brought before the Council of Administration
Those affairs which are beyond the powers delegated to tin
Council, and to the Governor-General of the kingdom,
shall be submitted to us through the medium of the Secre
tary of State.
Art. 38. The Directors-General, the Comptroller-Ge-
neral, the Members'of the Council of Administration, o:
the Council of State, and of the Commissions of Govern-
ment, are responsible for every infraction of the laws, de-
crees or regulations. When their culpability shall be duly
established by the Council of State, the latter shall inime-
diately report the same to us, in order that justice may bt
done.

Art. 39. The division of the kingdom into palatinates,
circles, districts and communes, is preserved, according ti
their respective actual limits, subject to such modification,
as the good of the public service may hereafter require.
Art. 40. There shall be in each palatinate a palatinat,
commission, composed of a president and of commissioners,
who shall carry into execution the orders of the Commis
sions of Cove►nment, conformably to a special r. gulatioo.
Art. 41. There Shall be municipal authorities in the
towns, and bailiffs in the communes. A burgowasta

Art. 53.—There shall be Provincial States for all tl,e
kingdom, with a deliberative voice upon all affti s of com-
mon interest which shall he submitted for their discussion.
Art. 54. The organization of these states shall be rqn-
lated by a special act.