Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-16

 tation.
 Article 2s-The senate shall be com posed of citizens who have done honor to the nation by reason of useful public service, CT who. because of special quail hcations or attainments represent inn portant aspects of the nations life.
 Article 3O-Every university shall be entitled to two senators. The number of senators, exclusive of the universities, shaul be. 56. The senators must be 35 years of age; the term Of office is twelve years. subject to the provisions for the constitution of the first senate.
 Article S1 provides for, the election of senators every three years from panel in which the Free State forms one cleo toral area and on the principles of pro- portnonal representation.
 Article S1-The parliament is to ar range the. method for the proposal and selection of senators. with special ref erence to the representation of import ant interests and institutions. Money Bills.
 Articles s4 and S5 cover money bills. It Is provided that the chamber shall money bills exclusive of the senatey but money cannot be appropriated Aless the purpose of the appropriation $ rec commended by a message from t { repre- sentative of the crown.
 Article Ss declares that bills may be initiated by either house.
 Article 40 covers the withholding of royal assent The representative of the crowd in withholding assent to bill must act in accordance with the usage l in the case of the Dominion of Canada. Bills shall be without force unless royal assent is given them within a year.
 Article 43-The parliament may ere ate subordinate legislatures, but without powers over the army, navy, finance and such national subjects.
 Article s5 of the Irish constitution gives the parliament of the Irish Free | Stateexciusive right to regulate the rais- and maintenance of such armed forces as are mentioned in the Anglo-lrlsh treaty, and such forces shall be subject l to the control of the parliament. l Article 4e-A bill passed by both houses may be suspended for y0 days on the written demand of two-fifts .ol
 the chamber or 9 majority of the senate
 within seven days of It's passage sbcf
 bill shall be submitted to referendum
 of the people, if demanded within nine ty days. or if demanded by resolution
 of three-flfths of the senate, or by the
 petition of one-twentieth of the voters
 on the register. Money bills are expect
 ed and bills declared by both houses tt
 be necessary for the immediate preser
 vation of public peace, health and safe ty.
 Article 47-The parliament may pro
 vide for the initiation by the people O proposals for laws or constitutions
 amendments; such legislation must pro
 vide that the proposals be initiated oi petition of 5o,000 voters, If the parlia ment rejects such proposal it must S,
 submitted to an ordinary referendum for decision.
 Article AS provides that "except 1T case of actual invasion the Irish Ere, State shall not be committed to activ,
 participation in any war without the as
 sent of the Free State parliament" Executive authority of the Free State , by the terms of the constitution, is vest
 ed in the king, exercisable in accordanc,
 with law and practice and the eonsritu tional usage governing the exercise o ! | executive authority in the case of th Dominion of Canada by the representa-
 tive of the crown.
 Provision Is made for the chamber O 7 the parliament to have legislative au . thority concerning money and bills, ex . elusive of the senate, but money. can n not be appropriated unless the purpos . of the appropriation Is recommended b. [ amessage from the representative of tn !, crown.
 Article 4s-Amendments to the cor [ stitution must be submitted to refer ]. endum majority of the voters on tn n register must vote, and the amendmer
 will fail to pass unless a majority o f the register. or two-thirds of the vote d are recorded in its favor.
 d Executive Authority.
 Article 50-,ghe executive authorit s of the Free State is vested in the kin, exercisable as in the, Dominion of CaI
 ada by representative of the crow
 There will be council to afd an a- advise in the government; styled il e executive council, responsible to tr E. chamber. It shall consist of not mo,
 than ewelve ministers appointed bv f, ,e representative of the crown. four to i -h Lmembers of the chamber and eight " be chosen from citizens eligible to fl ,A chamber, but not members of parli
 ment. If they are members when a n pointed they shall vacate their. seats.
 Article 51-The ministers who a ,d members of the chamber must incht sf tu0 pIeSlueHl ana vice president of # i'd executive council. The president. sb; Y. be appointed on the nomination of f C. chamber. the. other three on the non h. nation of the presidents~of the executi at council. The president and niniste h. nominated by him shall retire., if lg supported by the majority in the cha " ber.
 tn Article 52-The. ministers not mel b. bers of, the chamber shall be nominal a. by committee of the members of t T- chamber; such ministers should be re be resentatiye of the state as a whole T p ther than of groups or parties.
 Article 53-Each minister not a me nt Der of the parliament shall be the , ,r sponsibie head of the executive depa gs ment to which he is appointed. 'e- Article 54-Ministers who are memb, ri- of parliament shall alone be responsil of for all external affairs, whether of D
 icy, negotiations or executive acts. I of executive council shall meet as a coll to tive authority, but each minister sh n- be responsible to the chamber for or department.
 on Article 59 provides that tha rour