Germaintown Constitution

## The Germaintown Constitution

This constitution represents the principles and rules the City of Germaintown must follow.

Sec 1

This settlement will be known as Germaintown and may be changed under any circumstance. All citizens living inside the city’s borders are granted freedom of religion, property, speech, and press. Citizens may and will not discriminate against others based on where they have originated or what their beliefs are. This government will function as a direct democratic system.

Sec 2

The leader of the city will always go by the mayor. This can change if the town joins a nation or becomes a nation itself. If such a circumstance happens, the mayor will be called by a different name given to by the nation it is associated with.

The mayor is a position elected by the people, in which he/she wins the position of mayor through popular vote. The elections for mayors will be at different times than elections for city legislators. One term for a mayor to stay in office is 1 month, in which mayors can stay in office for 4 terms. Elections for mayor happen at the last week of their ending term and start on the first day of the month of their next term. If the mayor becomes unpopular by the people, the people may request for the removal of the mayor to the city’s legislature. After the mayor is removed, the vice mayor must take his/her position and the people must vote on a new vice mayor to serve the remainder of his predecessor’s term. However, if the city were to create its own nation with its leader also being the mayor of the capital, this process cannot happen. The only way to take the mayor position is through removing the leader from his/her federal position.

The powers of the mayors are very limited. Mayors can sign and veto laws created by the city legislators, appoint people to local cabinet positions/diplomatic positions, and accept trade agreements and treaties with other foreign powers. The vice mayors can only fill in for the mayor's position if the mayor is unable to perform his/her work. Mayors cannot declare war against foreign powers without the approval of the city legislature. The mayor will lose the power to accept trade agreements/treaties, appoint people to diplomatic positions, and declare war once the city decides to become a nation.

Sec 3

The people within the city legislature will always go by the city legislators. The city legislature will consist of 5 legislators that are chosen by the people. City legislators can serve 4 terms with each term being 2 months long. Elections for city legislators will begin in the final week of their ending term and will start within 3 days of the month of their next term. Election rules may change if a national constitution tells the town to change its election laws according to its national laws. If a legislator becomes unpopular by the people, the people can vote to remove the legislator from his branch by majority vote. However, this must be finalized by the mayor who can truly decide whether to remove the legislator or not. The people will then have the ability to elect a new legislator to serve the remaining term of his/her predecessor.

The powers of the legislative branch express much more power than that of the mayor. The city legislators can regulate commerce, enforce tax, vote on legislation, and declare war against other foreign powers. The legislators can create laws that are appropriate and orthodox for the survival and existence of the town. The city legislators can also remove the mayor on the request by the people with a majority vote inside the legislature. The city legislation cannot create any laws that will eliminate citizens of the city from their personal freedoms.

In case of a veto by the mayor, the legislature has the ability to override the veto with a supermajority vote.

Sec 4

If this Constitution wishes to be changed, it can be changed in two ways. The first way is that with a majority vote, the people can request an alteration of the Constitution. The request will go to the city legislature and the legislators will vote on the alteration, which can pass with a majority vote. Finally, the alteration gets sent to the mayor for the mayor to sign the change into the Constitution The second way is the direct opposite of the first. The city legislature can request an alteration of the Constitution with majority vote, in which it can be sent to the people so that they can vote on the alteration by majority vote. The people will then send the alteration to the mayor so that the mayor can sign the change into the Constitution.

Sec 5

With this, these are the laws that citizens must oblige to to live peacefully inside this glorious town. The City Of Germaintown will do everything to protect the rights of the people and the rights of the town.

Signees,