The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
BASIC LAW GIVEN
OVER TO COUNTRY
Third and. Final Reading
Before Dial Today
eREATEsTOF TRIUMPHS
Document Approved By British
Cabinet Will Soon Be In =
Force; Summary
tAssociated Press Dispatch.l

IASSOcIAted ETeSS DlSpdtcn.l
Dublin, October 25.-The new Irish
constitution passed its third and I'm,
oil reading IN the Dali Eireann today
Deputy John Milroy described the
docume emit as the greatest triumph
for ireland since the bate Of KIN
sale.
A summary of the outstanding art
icles of the constitution follows:
Article l. The Irish Free State Is
O coequal number OF tho COMMUNITY
o fnStionsr forming tho British ION
of nations. ..-
Article 2. All the powers OF the
and oil authority, legj4.-
lative, executive and judicial. are de
rived from the people and the same
shall be exercised in tn Irish Free
State through organizations estab
lished by or under, adn ! naccort
with, this constitution.
Article 8. Citizens of the stat,
shall be all persons domiciled in Ire1
land at the time the constitution
comes into operation who were borr
in ireland or either of whose par.
ents was born in ireland. or who
have been doIniciled in The Ere,
State for seven years
Article 4. The national Language
will be the Irish language, but Eng
fish will be equally recognized as the
official language.
Article 6. Protects liberty of per.
son by a process similar to a ha.
beas corpus writ.
Article z. Declares DIVE lings in
violable; these cannot be forcibly en-
tered except in accordance with the
law. b.. I'LL.
Article s. Freedom Of conscience
and the free profession and practice
Of religion are. inYiolable rights o.
every. citizen. ....--.
S Article 8. Guarantees free expires
sion of opinion and assembly without
arms and the formation of associa
tons not opposed to, public morality
Article 10. Provides that all citi
zens shall have the right to rec Ell.
ementar education.
Article II. The legislature hereb,
created, known as the Parliament o.
the Irish Free State, is to consist Of
the King, a Chamber OF Deputies art
q Senate.
Article IA. Confers the right o.
suffrage on all citizens of the age O.
twenty one of both sexes. All those
of the age of thirty may vote fol
the senate; those of the age Of TWEEN
ty- one for the deputies.
Article II. Providing for the oatf
Of allegiance, says: II do solemn,
swear true faith<and allegiance tt
the Constitution of the irish Ere,
State. as by law established and tina
will be faithful to His Majest,
King George v. and his heirs ant
successors by law and in virtue o
the common citizenship OF Ireiant
and Great Britain and her adherence
to and membership of the group o
nations forming the British Com
monwealth Of Nations"
The oath shall be taken and sub
scribed to. by every member of par
lament OF the Irish rree State be
fore taking his seat therein.
Article 26. The number of mem.
bers Of the chamber shall be flxet
from time to time by the parliament
but shall consist of not less than on.
member for each 10000 or 10000. Il
be elected on the principles Of pro.
portional representation. Every un,
fversity in the free state shall be en-
titled. to four representatives in thu
chamber.
Article 20. The. senate shall b,
composed Of citizens who have done
honor to the nation by reason O
useful public service, or who becaus,
of special qualif1cat tons. or attain
ments represent important aspects o
the nations life.
Article 80. The number of sen
atars shall be fffty-six. The Senator
must be thirty five years of age, tht
term of Office is twelve years, sub
ject to the provisions for the consti
tuition Of the first Senate.
Article 81. Provides for the cleo
ton of. senators every three years.
Article "a and Article S5. Cove
money bills. It is provided that tn,
chamber shall have legislative au
thority relative to money bills, ex
elusive OF the Senate but money can
pu2e OF the appropriation 10 recon-
nended By a message from the rep
resentative of the clown. -.
Articla 40. Covers with withhold
ing OF royal assent Tho represent
alive of the crown in withholding as
sent to bill must act In accordanc,
with the usage in the case of tn
Dominion of Canada. Bills shall b
without force unless royal assent i
given them within a year.
Article as. The parliament Of th,
Irish Free State has exclusive RICH
to regulate the raising and main
Ptepance of such armed forces as ar
mentioned in the Anglo Irish treaty
and such forces shall be subject t,
the control Of the parliament
Article 46 A bill passed by boil
houses may be suspended for nine
ty days on the written demand o
two fifths Of the chamber or q ma
Nprity of the senate within sever
ays of its passage: Such bill ishal
be submitted to referendum of TIL
neople. if demanded, within ninet,
days.
ArtElc At. The parliament ma;
PROVE for the initiation by the peo
pie of proposals for laws of con
stitutional amendments, such legis
1ation must provide that the J1rotos
ais be initiated on petition of 5000;
voters. IL the parliament rejects sucl
a proposal IL must be submitted {,
an ordinary referendum for decision
Article 48. Provides that ''excep
il, case Of actual invasion the Irisi
Free State shah not Be COMMITTEES
to active participation in any wa,
withuot the assent OF the Free State
Parliament"
A:ticie 40. Amendments to tn,
Constitution must be submitted Il
referendum.
Article so. The executive author.
fly Of the Free State is vested IN tn,
king, exercisable as in the Dominion
Of Canada by representative OF til,
Crown. There will be council t.