[Dano-German War. Schleswig, &c.] ....... "State Papers," vol. liv, Page No. 11. Line of Frontier. Proposed Mediation of a Neutral Power. London, 25th June, 1864 265 278 280 289 307 [United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.] No. 363.—ADDITIONAL ACT to the Convention of 19th August, 1858, concluded between the Porte and Prince Couza, respecting the United Principality of Moldavia and Wallachia. Constantinople, 20th June, 1864. Preamble. Reference to Convention of 19th August, 1858. 1. Public Powers. 2. Legislative Power. 3. Promulgation of Laws. 4. Election of Deputies. President of Elective Assembly named by Prince; Vice-Presidents, &c., by the Assembly. 5. Projects of Law voted by Assembly. 6. Budget to be voted by Assembly, and approved by Senate. 7. Composition of Senate. 8. Renewal of Members of Senate. Re-election of outgoing Members. 9. Duration of Sessions of Senate. 10. Payment of Members of the Senate. 11. President and Vice-Presidents of Assembly. Sittings of Senate to be public. Right of Ministers to sit in Senate. 12. Constitutional Provisions to be under safeguard of Senate. Mixed Commission to report to Prince on Labours of the Session. 18. Projects of Law and parts of Budget to be voted by the Senate. 14. Voting of Projects of Law. 15. Right of Senate to receive Petitions. 16. Internal Regulations of Assembly and Senate. 17. Oath of Fidelity by Public Functionaries. 18. Act and Electoral Law to become Law on sanction by Suzerain Court. 19. Prince to form Council of State. Duties of Council of State. 20. Confirmation of Convention of 19th August, 1858, except in so far as is not modified by this Act. Principles intended to serve as a Basis for the Construction of a New Electoral Law. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Reference to Convention of 19th August, 1858. THE Convention concluded in Paris on the 19th August, 1858 (No. 286), between the Suzerain Court and the Guaranteeing Powers is and remains the Fundamental Law of the United Principalities. Although the United Principalities may in future modify or change the Laws which govern their internal administration, *For French version see "State Papers," vol. lvü, p. 529. [United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.] together with the legal concourse of all the Powers already established, and without any intervention whatsoever, it is nevertheless to be well understood that this faculty cannot extend to the ties which unite the Principalities to the Ottoman Empire, nor to the Treaties in force between the Sublime Porte and the other Powers, which are and remain equally binding for the said Principalities. The events, however, which have succeeded one another since the conclusion of the Convention of Paris having made it necessary for some of the provisions of that Convention to be modified, the Sublime Porte has just come to an understanding with His Highness the Prince of the United Principalities, and to an Agreement with their Excellencies the Representatives of the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris, upon the present Additional Act to the said Convention, resolved and agreed upon as follows: Public Powers. ART. I. The Public Powers are confided to the Prince, the Senate, and an Elective Assembly. Legislative Power. ART. II. The Legislative Power shall be exercised collectively by the Prince, the Senate, and the Elective Assembly. Promulgation of Laws. ART. III. The Prince can originate Laws. He prepares them with the aid of the Council of State, and submits them both to the Elective Assembly and to the Senate to be discussed and voted for. No Law can be submitted to the Prince's approval unless it has previously been discussed and voted both by the Elective Assembly and by the Senate. The Prince grants or refuses his sanction to it. Each Law requires the sanction of the 3 Powers. Should the Government be obliged to take urgent measures requiring the aid of both the Elective Assembly and of the Senate at the time when those Assemblies are not sitting, the Ministry shall be bound to submit to them at their next Convocation the motives and the results of such measures. Election of Deputies. ART. IV. The Deputies to the Elective Assembly are elected [United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.] according to the principles proclaimed in the annexed document, and which must form the basis of the new Electoral Law. President of Elective Assembly named by the Prince. The President of the Elective Assembly is named each year by the Prince. He is chosen from among the Members of the Assembly. The Vice-Presidents, the Secretaries, and the Treasurers are named by the Assembly. Projects of Law voted by Assembly. ART. V. The Elective Assembly Discusses upon and Votes for the Projects of Law. The Drafts presented by the Prince are defended in the Assembly by the Ministers, or by the Members of the Council of State, who will be named by the Prince for that purpose. Budget to be voted by Assembly, and approved by Senate. ART. VI. The Budget of the Receipts and of the Expenditure, which is yearly prepared by the Executive Power and submitted to the Assembly, who may amend it, shall only become definitive after being voted for by that Assembly and after such vote has been approved by the Senate. Should the Budget not be voted for in time, the Executive Power shall provide for the public service in the manner voted for in the last Budget. Composition of Senate. ART. VII. The Senate shall be composed of the Archbishops of the country, of the Bishops of the diocese, of the First President of the Court of Appeal, of the Senior General on the active list, and of 64 Members besides, 32 of whom shall be chosen and named by the Prince from among those who have exercised the highest functions in the country, or who can prove to be possessed of an annual income of 800 ducats. As to the other 32 Members, they shall be elected from among the Members of the General Councils of each district, and shall be selected by the Prince on the presentation to him of 3 candidates. The Members of the Senate enjoy the inviolability guaranteed to the Deputies. [United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.] Renewal of Members of Senate. ART. VIII. The 64 Members of the Senate selected in conformity with the provisions of the preceding Article, shall be half renewed every 3 years. Re-election of Outgoing Members. The Outgoing Members may be Re-elected; their functions will only cease upon the installation of the new Members. Duration of Sessions of Senate. ART. IX. The duration of the Sessions of the Senate, their Prolongation, and the Convocation of that body, are subject to the rules prescribed in Article XVII of the Convention of 1858 (No. 286), on the subject of the Elective Assembly. Payment of Members of the Senate. ART. X. The Members of the Senate shall be paid throughout the length of the Session. President and Vice-Presidents of Assembly. ART. XI. The Archbishop Primate is by right President of the Senate. One of the Vice-Presidents, chosen from among the Senators, is named by the Prince; the other and the Committee are elected by the Assembly. In the event of an equal division, the President has a casting vote. Sittings of Senate to be Public. The Sittings of the Senate are Public, unless the contrary be requested by one-third of the Members present. Right of Ministers to sit in Senate. The Ministers, even if they do not form part of the Senate, have a right to assist at, and to take part in the deliberations there; they shall be heard every time they wish to speak, Constitutional Provisions to be under safeguard of Senate. ART. XII. The Constitutional Provisions of the new organisation of the Principalities are placed under the safeguard of the Senate, |