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London, England, 1830-11-02 00:00:00

BILLGIUM.

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The following is to be presented by the Provisional Uovevnaitut to
the National Congress, as a Project of Constitution of Belgium :
General Dieposigions.
An. 1. Belgium forms an independent State, whieh treats with other
steles upon an equal footing.
2. The National Ceti:geese, before It dissolves itself,- and after having
adopted the Connitution, shall to the-choice el the heed of the
State, and shall regulate the ortrerseocfea succession.
The Belgian nation doss not minowledge in any Priam, oe in any
family, rights to Belgium antnior to the present Constitution.
J. The Belgian nation adopts for its colours, red, yellow, and blast:.
4. All powers ensnare from the ration. • . • ..
b. No emotes; no exchange, no addition of territory, can take place
eseept by rinse of a law.
I. No foreign troops can be admitted into the ttervisenf. the Sum, cc.
espy or traverse the tenitory, except by virtue of a law.
7. The Belgians are equal in the eye of the law. • • .
The electioneers made without dininctionof orders.
All Belgians are admissible to eivil and milkary employments.
8. Indivklual liberty Is guatanteed.
Noon, tan be prosecuted. except In the eases prodded foe by the law,.
and in the form which it prescribes.
Sxcept in eases of &grange delicio, so one eau be armed eiteept. by;
virwe of an oullnanceof the Judge, which must be Vinified at the too-
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merit of arrest. •
0. No ~eau be brought against hie will below a different Judge
Erma him whom the law assigns.
10. No punishment win be aspired es applied, escept by virtue of a
fart. •
11: „The doitleile of every •sitisen is invialable.• Domiciling visits
swam be nude, except by vireos of the few.
18. No one can be deprived of hie peopeny, swore fee she riblis
Afilig, Oaths uses and in the manner laid down b3;ilis law, and for a
returnable wad pintoes indemnity. •
13. NO tax, except the' prorlacial and essimaisoal shows and he.
pests, can be levied, inapt by.s
Ido previneial charge m impost tan be , emus JO, she wimps
Of ibe Provineial.Couneti. • • • -• • • •
14. Tim taxef•Cor the minor. 44U gime arts voted annwaliy. _ The
laws. which enact Stem ate. voted . foe oar- year tidy, 'WPM WY re.
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16. No privilege can be granted relative to taxes. No exception or
modification of 3.tax in favour of agriculture, manufactures, commerce,
or the poor, can be granted except by virtue of a law.
16. Excepting the eases formally excepted by the law, so contribu-
tion can be required of the citizens otherwise than u a tax fee the be-
nefit of the State, the province, or the commune.
17. No pension. no gratuity, to be defrayed by the riblis treasury,
can he granted, except by virtue of a law.
18. Tne lottery cannot be re-established.
19. Confiscation of property canna take place for any crime whatever..
20. The liberty of opinion on all subjects is guaranteed.
21. The public exercise of any kind of religious worship cannot be
hindered, except by virtue of a law, and only in cases whore it diatutbs
public tranquillity and order.
Instruction is free. All preventive measures are prohibited. The
measures of surveillance and repression are regulated by the law. Public
instruction given at die expense of the state is also regulated by the law.
23. Tho Press is flee. The Censorship can never be established, and
no security can be required from authors, editors, or printers.
When the author is known or settled in Belgium, the, editor, printer,
or distributor cannot be prosecuted. The printer can never be pest-
toted but in default of the editor, nor the distributor but iv defaultcof
the printer.

24. The inhabitants of Belgium have the right to assemble peaceably.
and without arms, conforming to the laws. No previous permission can
be required.
25. The inhabitants of Belgium have the right to associate. This
right- cannot be subject to any preventive measure. The associations
cannot be considered ..s civil persons, nor exercise collectively the rights
of such, except when they have been recognized by a taw. and conform.'
ing to the conditions which that law shall prescribe. No association,
constituted a civil person, ran make an accusation either gratuitous or
onerous. except with the assent of the legislative power. The preceding,
dispositions arc not applicable to otdinary civil or commercial societies,
which are governed by the civil and commercial codes.
26. Every one has the right to address petitions in writing to the pub.
lic authorities. Bodies legally constituted itivi the same right.
27. The secrecy of letters is inviolable.
2d. The liberty of employing the languages used in Belgium cast
only ho regulat.ll by a law.
29. No oath can he imposed but by vim: of the law, whirls also de-
(ermines the form of it. .

311. The civic guard is established and regulated by the law. The
guards elect directly the subahems and officers. at least up to the rank of
Captain.
31. The.mode of recruiting the army is regulated by the law. It re
gulstes also the promotion, the tights, and the duties of the military.
3:1. The. contingent of the army is voted annually. The law which
fixes it is voted for one year only, unleu it is renewed.
33. Every foreigner who is in the territory of Belgium enjoys the pro-
tection granted to persons and property. There can be no derogation
from the present article, either by extradition or in any other manner.
except by a law.
34. The great naturalisation which assimilates the foreigner to the
native cannot be conceded except by the legislative power. All foreign-
ers settled in Belgium before the Ist of January, 1814, and who hart
continued to be domiciled there, are considered as natives.
35. No law. no decree. or regulation of general, provincial, or com-
mercial administration is obligatory till it has been published in the
form determined by the law. The fundamental law of the 24th of
August, 1815, is abolished, as well as the provincial and local Statutes:
However, the provincial and local authorities shall retain their powers
till the law has otherwise provided.
3G. The civil and commercial codes, as well as those of civil and
criminal proceedings. and of judicial organization. decreed under the
preceding Government. are considered as null.
37. The city of Brussels is the capital of Belgium, and the seat of
the Government.

FORM OF THE GOVERNMENT.
38. The legislative power is exercised collectively by the head of the
State, the Elective Chamber, and the Senate.
39. The initiative belongs to each of the three branches of the legis-
lative power.
40. TN. interpretation of the laws by way of authority belongs to the
legislative power.
41. To the head of the State belongs the executive power, as regu-
Wed by the Constitution.
42. The judicial power is exercised by the Courts and Tribunals.
The decrees and sentences are executed in the name of the head of the
State.
4:1. Those interests which arc exclusively relative to the communes
or provinces shall he regulated by the commercial or provincial coun-
cils, on the principles laid down by the Constitution.
(To 14 continued.): •