The New York herald., 1874-08-27

OF the higher uneuonsries of the island and the Royal
| 2s' zach chamber has the right to demand ex
panaton Of every item IN me budget .,, ,
has been discussed three tunes.
the other Sieres s returned II again altered
amended IN the chamber where 1t originated it Is AZ ain
boIh chambers and bill is disposed Of Ait
thirds Of the me @6ers % of each chamber s%a ps pres
sa and take part u 2 the Voting msor, M nns OF
the votes ot twothlrds OF all Deputies present are re
a. ne Dspaaes shall decide npon the legality OF eec
80 Immediatey his election being declared valid
the Deputy shall take oath 10 obey the constitution
and receive insiracons from The e,se,qrs s e
people do not require permission the goyernnen
70 acse9 but they are eSsnd 10 m 70
IL he SCISSORS no ss may
re sted Tor debt without consent oil the chamber in
Be has 5 s q e
OF % nor esn h be Ssa s 20 o Sr
any Deputy lawfully s;a slsetsd shall S violate ns
Die, he violates his priyileges as q Deputy;
zshs A,hSs ana sats part q Ne DE-
bate under the rules OF the h0nsss Ihs n
demand deliver the Aithins ali oiSeiai documents
only the right to vote when he may at same
s. s. Eat Each shamSer elects its Forsea preHdsn. or
speaker-a Deputy also the General Althins when to-
Neither chamber shall discuss any measure unless
M bspuy p m ssa ss sse any without
mission Of the chamber.
shall a be be responsible se % Tor its 81 lntrodaetion.
ss II the chamber cannot decide question they may
o. The siinss Of BON chambers shall be open 70 tn
Il Rules the dttinss Of the collected Aithins shall
CHAPTER w.
JUDICIARY
a. The formation Of the Judiciary shall be nxed by
& The Judges shall decide the sphere OF public tunc-
tionaries when appealed TO.
0S be Of the
aa Ss be against his
Will unless his affairs be ns At sas age OF
CHAPTER V.
OF RELIGION.
tionai Church and the State shall assist it as such
4s The people shall have the right to form societies
as EOOd and Rs .
s 81 ha
from public duties. cH.prERyr
RIGHTS cIfIzEy.
as t
6s committed Sr trial II be Be n discharged Is On
be imprisoned for q misdemeanOr which by law Is
~ The house Of citizen shall be sacred No domi
ss ppea saA or &c except upon the order
Se Ses ssh hs T s1
shall be required e give up his property except for me
sasss sSSs tms sas s1sas 9s "-lS
o. Without the sn w 70
s.. He who cannot support himself and family shall
fund, and in return shall perform such duties as thu
parents nave not the means to educate tnei1
shall be the duty Of the public to educate and. brn'
Of Hs 4: Tssss shall
Gaf iSs people @ .Ss, .isss oIssa.e .oes
Tas fhs s e
Shs nss
s. fhe rights Of communities to regulate their owl
affairs under the supervision OF government snau d
81 Ali a6srs concerning taxation shall bs settled b.
yne cha. ps sw he: attached
CHAPTER VII
| ANESDHRNTs TO THE CONSTITUTION
either IN regular or an extraerdinary Aiihing Il tS
proposal pass the lower chamber the Aiming shall
new Althns approve, the amendment or alteration
q. This constitution comes into force on the ln
A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST.
This constitution being now in force, It is lot II
appropriate to refer to q few historical matters
connection with the past history OF lcelandic 60
ernment.
The Republic frst organized in s74, was b
trayed to Norway in l24l, and passed under Il
rule Of Norway in 1894. In 1880 she was hsnde
over to Denmark, at the time OF the union OF Il
crowns, and in 1862 all home rule was abolshe
under the general act OF absoutism proclsime
throughout all the Danish domlnions. Icelan'
being very remote and OF less consequence tha
other parts iel less under the influence Of tn
tyrannical law tnan any other OF the Danish po
sessions, and while Norway fell completely undt
the operation OF the law and gave MP every We
tige OF liberty, Iceland still retained-without 81
thoriry, however-some voice in her local ru'
This condition OF things lasted until $50
when the law was abolished, but tbs ancier
Aithing was not re-estabished until 1874, an
then only IN q modified FORM and the local govern
ment Of Iceland had only Q consultative concer
in the regulation Of its own AFFAIRS The peop
have good cause for rejoicing, now that they hav
obtained government which, although In for
really placing their affairs under control OF tt
King Is in effect free. as 1t Is not likely that II
home government will ever worry them much wit
the safeguards In their iavor which the 1rame
OF the constitution have carefully thrown aroun
tine instrument. The King, for instance, has 81
and the people six representatives In the uppt
chamber, and these six, by absenting themselv'
or voting adversely to any popular measure. cou
always defeat 1t.