Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-16
DRAFT OF THE
emerald isle
CONSTITUTION
is GIVEN OUT
Is Made Public on the Eve
OF the Elections and Gives
Force of Law to the
AnglO-IriSh Pact.
DOMINION STATUS IS
ACCORDED TO IRELAND
Document Contains 79 Ar
tIcles and is Regarded
As An Up-t Date Instru-
ment; Women May Vote.
(By The Associated Press

(By The Associated Press)
London, June Is Cby the Asso-
ciated. Press). The draft of the
new Irish constitution made pub
lie tonight on the eve of the Irish
elections gives, as the document
Itself states, force of law to the
AhgIo-lrlsh treaty and expressly
declares that any provision of the
CONSTITUTION or any amendment
thereto, or any law enacted under
the constitution. which is in any
respect repugnant to the treaty.
shall be void and imperative.
The constitution thus embodies
connection with the British crown,
as already established in the treaty.
and generally places the relations
between Ireland and the empire on
the same basis as Canada and the
other dominions.
The constitution requires every
member of the free state parlia-
ment to subscribe faith and allie
glance to the constitution and to
swear to be faithful to the king in
virtue of the common citizenship
OF Ireland and Great Britain and
lreland's membership m the Brit
ish commonwealth of nations.
Document Is Lengthy.
The document contains seventy
nine articles and Is considered an
| up to date instrument, not only
granting female suffrage, proper
tional representation. and refer
endun to the people, but also en-
powering the people themselves to
Initiate legislation. 1t gives to the
chamber great power with respect
to money bills without control
from the senate thus duplicating
the position as between the British
house Of commons and the house
OF lords.
1t exempts the free state from
active participation in war without
the consent of parliament, except
in the case of actual invasion. and
gives the Irish supreme court the
fullest powers, only stipulating the
right of citizens to appeal to the
king In council against the SUI
preme courts decision.
1t provides for freedom Of re-
ligion and conscience, gives free
state citizens full protection against
the arbitrary power of court mar
| tial, and extends to parliament eX-
elusive control over the armed
forces. as stipulated in the treaty.
Summary of Provisions.
Article l. The Irish Free State
(Saorstate Ireannl is a co-equal
member of the community of ma
tions forming the British COM
monwealth of nations.
Article 9. All the powers OF
the government and all authority
legislative, executive and judicial
are derived from the people and
the same shall be exercised in the
Irish Free state through organ
izations established by or under.
and in accord with this constitu
tion.
Article 3. Citizens of the state
shall be all persons domiciled in
Ireland at the time the consti-
tuition comes into operation who
were born in ireland or either OF
whose parents was born in Ire
| land, or who have been domi-
ciled in the Free State for seven
years. Resident citizens of other
states may elect not to accept
such citizenship.
Article A. The national Ian
guage will be the Irish language
! but English will be equally rec
| ognized as the official language
Parliament may make special pro-
visions for areas in which only
one language is in use.
Article 5. No title or honor
shall be conferred except on the
| advice of the executive council of
the state.
Article 6, Protects liberty of
person by a process similar to a
habeas corpus writ.
Article I. Declares dwellings
inviolable, these cannot be forci
bly, entered except in accordance
with the law.
Article s. Declares freedom OF
conscience and free practice of re-
llgion inviolable rights.
Article 3. Guarantees free ex-
preston of opinion and assembly
without arms and the formation OF
associations not opposed to public
morality.
Article 10. Provides that all cit
izens have the right to free eIe-
mentary education.
Article IL. The legislature here
by created. known as the parlia-
ment of the Irish Free state, is to
consist of the king. a chamber of
deputies and a senate.
Article IA. Confers the right OF
suffrage on all citizens of the age
of 21 Of both sexes. All those OF
the age of so may vote for the SEN
ate; those of the age of 21 for the
deputies.
Article "a. Provides that the
parliament will hold at least one
session each year.
Article 25, Provides that the
sittings shall be public but that I'm
cases of special emergency either
house may sit privately with the
assent of two-thirds Of the mem
bers present.
Article 26. The number of mem
bers OF the chamber shall be fixed
from time to time by the parlia-
ment, but shall consist of not less
than one member for each 10000
or 10000 to be elected on the prir
ciples of proportional representa-
tion.
Article 29.-The senate shall be
composed of citizens who have
done honor to the nation BY reason
of useful public service. or who.
because OF special qualifications or
attainments represent important
aspects of the nations life.
Article 80. Every university
shall be entitled to two senator's.
The number of senators, exclusive
of the universities. shall be 81.
The senators must be 35 years OF
age, the term OF office is 12 years
subject to the provisions for the