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London, England, 1818-09-24 00:00:00

• &cell Climber consists of sixty-three Deputies
Thew and 13..ihwickl;Liturssed recording to aim List
Distribution ibistotted its • ruttranai Decree.
114. Ve p..pedisve casell by eligible electors.
Titern
SS. toirrev lb *deb& Ser of the First Chamber. or
brtba thoice ofalk isott;tl proprietors is qualified for eleetteg,
or Wog elected to it, comot either, blr the appointment of the
electors; eileveise'the right of outlet,' or be einem as Elector or
, fot the Towns and Siiks. •
11 rem " 'sets of twenty- VI years of age, who
domiciled as citizens e electoral district, or are Infested
a public office obtain, the choice of the Electors, the
of suffrage and eligibilty.
Every porno root by Ankle 55 can, without
o the place of. .be appointed a Deputy,
belongs tome oilier theodChrisdan confessioos-.'td,
attained his thirdedi year—and, sd, who is emend in
todastre of lands, homes, and moveable property for at bast
`tel of 10,000 guilders, or an annual life-rent of et bast
I anodes, from a family estate or fief, or a permeates
of sal
occletiastical income of like amount.
at Officers, beisficed Clergymen, Physicians, and ohm
and lay local authorities, cannot be chosen as Derides
elietoral circle to which their official distri t belongs.
The Deputies for the Towns and Bailiwicks are to be no-
I for eight years. but so that one-fourth of the Chambers
_ renewed every two rm.
Every new election of a aiputy which may become ne-
., on account of the dissoludon of the Assembly, er the
vacation of Members, requires a flew nominatirm of

P.v,.rr Member, on vacating his seat, is again eligible.
. Each Chamber decides respecting the due election of its
Members.

. The Grand Duke convokes, prorogues, and can dissolve,
dha Amber%

consequence of the dissolution of the Chambers, ail
elected Members, the Deputies of the Landed Proprietor.,
• Universities, and of the Towns and Bailiwicks, Use their
ter of Representatives.
. Should the dissolution take place before the question en-,
consideration is exhausted, a new election mast rollout widtiq
of three months at the furthest.

... The Grand Duke appoints the President of dui First
Atamber for each Dist ; the Second Chamber chooses shire
Candidates for the Presidency, the election of one of wham is
by the Grand Duke, for the duration of the DU L
A Diet must be held every tiro years.
The Members of neither Chamber can vote by prosy.
The Members are summoned to vote according to their
..n conviction. They must receive no instructions tress their
Constituents.

During the session of the Diet. no Member can be ar-
without the express permission of the Chamber to which

Diet can only discuss the subjects referred to its de-
by the present fundamental law, or especially brought
. consideration by the Grand Duke.
s Commission ofthe Representative Body shall he formed
President of the last Sitting, three other Members of the
and all of the Second Chamber. The business of this
Commission is limited to the cases expready mentioned in the
Decree, or to subjects referrntsi to it from the last Diet,
to consent of the Grand Duke.
Commission must be chosen before the close of the Dict,
ore any prorogation thereof, in both Chambers, by a rela.
seaiority of votes.
The Chambers cannot assemble of their own accord, nor
after their dissolution or prorogation.
,t,lTlioninf OF TUB REPitESENTATIVZ BODY.
tax can be imposed or levied without the consent of
Chambers.

-- Revenue Law will be regularly puled for two years.
duties, however, as in consequence of contracts are appro-
. a longer time, can undergo no alteration before the
, such contracts.
Along with the plan of the Revenue Law will be given
rate Budget, and a detailed view of the application of the
granted for the previous years. No charge shall be made
tree exrenditure, without a written assurance from the
Duke, counter-signed by the State Ministry, to certify
sums are or shall be applied for the real interests of the

Clambers cannot connect conditions to the levying

loan can be legal without the concurrence of the
s, except however those loans by which fixed ratelpts
anticipated for fixed expenditures. as well as the revenues of
Pund. which, recording to its fundamental laws,
to that object.
of an extraordinary, unforeseen, and urgent State no-
cesm=. the amount of which would not be equivalent to an n-
ary assembling •f the Chambers, and to which a vote of
could not extend, the eansent of the majority of the Cont.
..ctee is sufficient to render the receipt legal. The neeesearf
prenedings must be referred to the next Diet.
domain can be alienated without tit* consent of the
except such alienations as have been already con-
.- the liquidation of debts, the redemption of fiefs, he-
property, &e. or the purchase of buildings and lands
In neighbouring States; and all alienations which ban
with views of State economy. for the promotion of
,or to remove a prejudicial management. The no.
mutt be applied to new acquisitions, or paid as bite.
ae Liquidating Fund.
Though the domains, according to the general and acknow-
principles of the State and Royal privileges, are indispu.
the pattimor.ial property of the Severe gn and his family.
in virtue of our office as head of the family, hereby
them to be so, yet we will devote to the maintenance'
country's burdens the produce of the domains, be.sides
1 List and other depending taxes, until by the restore.
_ Finances we shall be enabled to relieve our subject*
according to our sincere wish.
Civil List cannot be increased without the consent of the
nor diminished without the permission of the Grand

plans of law relating to Finance must, In the first
submitted to the Second Chamber, and if adopted
must, without alteration, be laid before the First Chain-
finally accepted or rejected.
the majority of the First Chamber should not agree to
decision of the Second, the assenting and dissenting voices
Chambers must be :.,;led together, and the result de-
the majority of the united voices.
Jul and not permanent Taxes must be continued for six
after the stipulated time, if the Diet be dissolved, before
Budget can be brought forward, or g the State delibera-
is delayed.
During preparations for war, or whilst a war is carrying
Grand Duke, for the speedy and effectual felftiment of
‘I duties, and even before be has obtained the consent
t, may legally levy loans and war-tees. lit that cue,
the Diet will exercise a great influence and co-op.raticn io the
administration, for two members of the Represetftitive Commis-
sion will be appointed to watch that the sums raised for carrying
on the war be really and exclusiwly applied to that purpose.
64. No law included in the Constitutional Act can be extend-
ed or altered without the consent of a majority of two-thirds of
the membere present of both Chambers.
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65. In all other Laws concerning the freedom of persons or
relative to State property, new general laws, or the alteration
or promulgation of the existing laws, the consent of the majority
of each of the two Chambers is requisite.
66. The Grand Duke ratifies and promulgates the laws, and
orders all that is necessary for their execution and maintenance.
67. The Chambers are allowed to make representations re-
speedos ordinances in which dispositions have been introduced
which they consider inimical to their right of consent and
which shall, on the complaints being known, Immediately be
rendered ineffectual. t gating grounds to the Grand Duke,
&W PM edidt the proposal of a law. They have a eight re
poise Met le the Cove rasa abuses in the Administration which
mime wit Mn their They have the right of lodging
hand ssemeihms against inksters and members of the supe-
rior ism of itch, hr Moistions of the Constitution or of ac
of
iselisdieges. A particular raw shall
Memel= dmilesme of the smolder, die degree of the pu-
nishment. andehe deciding end city.
Compleiled hidlvided delis= 4e=muMg the violation of
tbdo cemilledead priellsees cannot be received by the Cham-
bers =MO tie/ride& sad then not accepted unless the cam-
piehmet OW peeve dot be has in vain appealed for redress to
*proem local Jerleastiom, and lastly to the Ministry of State.
pro represented= or complaint can be brought before the
Oen= Duke without Me coasist of the lir of elq) of
the two ChiMberw

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CONSTITUTION yea max GRAND DUCHY or DAMN:vs ' lit %
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'', CHAIILik, .bt.the grace of Gon, Grand Duke of orbrbtate 611:11,
Baden, Duke of Z.thringen, Lanigrave of l':iellen- sleeves; el
burgh, Count of Hanau, dec. Deputy fol
rive ll
IR the year 1 Bt6, . when wevnee more imoounsed
ar icil
tc our subjects our intention to give to our Grand with a pub
' . 1 Duchy a Representative Constitution, we cherished right of sot
the wish and the hope that all the Members of the :Ip 7e•ctEtsoct
Confederation would agree upon a fixed and invari- re
Who la,!
able basis for that institution, which has been pro- who' ha, ati
raised to all the'Nations of Germany, and which, in the radastr
the developement of the established principles only, a capital co
each single State might, having regard ts existing tu,s;° toild
o seci
relations, apply to its particular wants. Dania
As, however, after the last votes emitted on this clerical and
object in the Diet, the period cannot be precisely for__the,el4;l_
foreseen when the form of the representative Coniti- „„,zene.
tutions may become the subject at common delibe- pilau be ,e,
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ration, we consider ourselves bound to carry into so. Feel
effect bets
the assurance given by us to our Subjects, in enure, or
regular Te
• - the way and manner corresponding with our firm
,1 : l Electors.
I free, and intimate conviction. 40. Rem
Penetrated by the most sincere desire of drawing ei. Earl
• still clOser the bonds of confidence subsisting between °w4"2.M.rhe'n:
us and mar people, and of bringing, in the way point- din chan,b
ed out in these presents, all our political institutions 43. In e
• to a higher degree of perfection, we have granted the elected
• the following Constitutional Act, and hereby so- 6fth• vat`
'• lemnly prglntio, in our own name and in that of our c 44. haracter
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successors, to maintain it, and cause it to be /Rain- der conside
' ' . tamed, faithfully and religiously :- 1 the period
_, 45. The
. I. OF THE GRAND DUCHY, AND VIZ GOYERNaIENT thamber 1
IN GENERAL. ' Candidates
1.. The Grand Duchy forms a constituent part of the German ratified by
Federation.
2. AU organic decrees of the Diet, which relate to the consti-
tutional relations of Germany, to the relations of German cid-
part tt 46. A D
47. The
48. The
lens in general, farm a of the Baden pub e law, and shall own ceinvic
be binduig on all classes after the same has been notiliesi by the Constituent
*. bead of the Government. 49. Dud
3. The Grand Duchy is indivisible and inalienable in all hertgtedith
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its parts. belongs.
50. The
4. The Government is hereditary in the Grand Ducal funny, liberation b
according to the dispositions of the deciaralion of the 4th of Oc-
. under its cc
tober. 1817; which declarati in, as the basis •of the domestic
51. A Co
' code, forms an essential constituent part of the CollotitUtiODlP of the Pres!
and is to be considered as verbally adopted in the present Act. ,bat, and
5. The Grand Duke unites In himself all the prerogatives of Commissiot
State auth..wiry, and exercises them under the provisions con. present Dec
tabled in the Comtitutional Decree. with the cot
' 1 His person is sacred and inviolable. . The Cent
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6. Thr bef at
e Grand Duchy has a Representative Constitution. o
tive maj ore
orit
11. CIVIL AND rouricAr. RIGHTS OP THE PEOPLE OF 52. ne 1
BADEN, AND PARTICULAR tirCURITIES. deliberate al
li - 7. The civil rights of the people of Baden are equal in every
respect wherein the Constitution does not particularly and ea-
presdy make an exception. IV. AUI
&I. No t:
the Chamb
. , The Grand Ducal Ministers of State, and the whole of the •
54. The
' I . 44,enisistrgion, ate responsible for their strict obedience to the .Such duties,
I•, .. ' Coestitution.
- . .. • . • priated for I
8. AU Liadenese contribute, without distinction, to all public expiry of se
l 1 charges. AU exemptions from direct orindirect taxes are repealed. 55: Aloni
• 9. AU' itizens of the three Christian confessions have equal the State lb
,elahni to all civil mid military appoinernelti, and all ecciesinti- sums grante
cal offices.-All Foreigners on whom we cooler an office of for secret e:
'...firete, obtain by that grant iminedLise naturalisation- Grand Duk
•
Difference in birth and religion, along with the exemptions that the the sun
I 4 by.tho Act of Federation for noble families, establishes no '
The I
-exception for nulitary service.
Ta
•11. lbe:terrieoriaLcharges and obligations deolared redeem. of
57 mp..
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able, and the repeals-4 duties on servitude. shall be placed by a ch,,,,bee,„
',articular law on a regulat footing of purchase. are anticlpat
I IL. the law of the 14th of August, 1817, respecting the free- the Sinking
dons of transport, shall be comidered an essential part of the are applied!
Conait ution. • In case of
te. With respct to personal liberty and property, all Bade- cjasoidek the
nese are piked un an equal footing under the protection of the ary
• Consthusioa. . credit could
14: l'he Tribunals ere indeptodent within the limits of their mittee is sill
competency: proceedings
15. In criminal affairs no man can be withdrawn from his 511. No d
regular judges; no one cin be arrested otherwise than according Clinchers, ,
l to the legal forms, nor detained more than 48 hours In prieou eluded for el
without a hearing on the grounds of his arrest. tedltary pro
' The Grand Duke can mitigate or entirely annul sentences, Muted In
• but cannot render them more severe. been made e
16. AU confiscations of property are abolished. agriculture,
17. The Liberty of the Press shall by exercised according to dcmption M
the future regulations of the Diet. rest to the I
ie. Every inhabitant enjoys undisturbed freedom of coned- 59. Moe,
. ' once, and equal protection with respect to his religious worship. ledgedprinc
19. The political rights of the three Christian Religions are tably the pa
equaL and we, in
to. Ecclesiastical property, and the property and revenues of confirm thee
institutions for education and charitable purposes, cannot be di- of the count
verted from their object. the Civil Li
21. The dotaticns of both Universities and other high literary tlon of the I
establishments, whether consisting of particular estates and according to
revenues, or of grants from the public treasury, shall not be The Civil
' diminished. Chambers, I
. 92. Every obligation of the State to its creditors is inviolable. Deism
The establishment of the &liking Fund will be maintained on 60. All p 1
Its present system. place, be sit
1 it el. The privileges which were, by the Edict of the 234 of there, must,
4 ,' April, 1815, emoted to the former States of the Empire belong- bee, to be fi
' 1 i ing to the Grand Duchy and the immediate Lupegial Knights, 61. II the
foist an essential part of this Constitution. the decision
I se: The reLtive privileges of the ftervants of the State are of both Cha
guaranteed by the Constitution in the same manner as they are tided by the
- i at present by law established. 62. Ohl a
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I es. The Lay and Clerical Widow Chests, and the Fire In- months after
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prance, shall subedit as hitherto established under the protection a new Budg
of the Constitution. thins be dela
t ' 111. THE DIET, RIGHTS AND DUTIES Of THE 141,91RER8.' 6S. Dude
td. The Representatives, or States, form two Cbaritbers. on,. the Gra
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11 1 G.S7,..dThDeacaFirtistoe.Cha.amte.rofcothnsierths-amits.aoletkeN.Pburtnpeelthisot the
ohisithatederaluet.d
Nit former States. 3. Of the Bishop of the Grand Duchy, tee the Diet wil
! of a Protestant Clergyman, appointed for Ilk by the Grand adadabu'ati
. Dake, with the rack of aPrelate. 4. Of eight Deputies of the ghat will be
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r i 'll Lauded Proprietors. 5. Of twu Deputies from the Universities. oe the war I
t I to. Of persons named Members by the Greed Duke, indepeo. 64. No Is
deny of any claim on the grounds of rank or birth. ed or alteree
. . . 29. The Princes of the Grand Decal House, and the other the member
) hereditary Members, take their seats in the Assembly on cons- 65. In all
rag of age. With respect to those Noble Families which are relative to I
t
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jr aidunolonoaewhhbomrane
sing a Lordship of the Empire is a Member of the hint Chain. of each of ti
her. The filmgoer of a Lordship has no vote during his mina- 66. The '
divided
e'dThin:ohideverals ofbrathneeNhes'obletlhnee th": order lrinaluigl ti
Duke bestoWs the rank of Ingle Nobility, take their seats also 67. The I
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'r• l In the First Chamber, as hereditary Members. They must, seeable ard
howeirer, possess under the law of primogeniture and lineal deo which they
event, a family estate or fief, with revenues amounting to 300,000 which 'hall
guilders, after deduction of the taxes. rendered has
t . . 29. All the Noble Leaded Proprietors who have attained *IT 4111 eel
their twenty-fire year, and reside in the e.ouotry, have votes toe Isaillask_hls
• i the election of territorial Deputies. All of the same rank of owe Imo
twenty-five years of age are stligibk. The election is for eight gonad cry
years, but every leer mon osedialf•of the territorial Deputies . _ ~.
_,,ehor m 1 111
go out. The Greed Duke omen the right of suffrage and Of 1°••11•001PIR
I Si. I eligibility to proprietorewbe memos a km* estate or fief pro- thnetutiot 1
skeind a revenue, after deflection of the taxes, dec. of al Woe nkinnwats a
.1 , I Comeisim
eV:rm. of the Bisbee, the Administrator of the Bi- their (mink
•, i shambling:. his Osten the First Chamber. bore menip
% e . g,",- tke.twes Universities snake an election for four 'ilium ad
-4 ';. ~... from &sum oft Zrofessors, men of learning, or Public the h
Olken. The.seerdee Pnefeasers only have votes. erupts
t• A se. The mouir of lietabere appointee! by the Grand Duke Orand Duke
to the Vint Chamber melt never exceed eight. the two Che
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