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Mixed Commission to report to the Prince on Labours of the Session. At the end of each Session the Senate and the Elective Assembly shall each name a Committee, the Members of which shall be chosen from among them. The two Committees shall join in a Mixed Commission, to report to the Prince on the labours of the previous Session, and to suggest to him such improvements as are deemed necessary in the various branches of the administration.

The suggestions may be recommended by the Prince to the Council of State to be converted into Projects of Law.

Projects of Law and parts of Budget to be voted by the Senate.

ART. XIII. Every Project of Law voted by the Elective Assembly, a part of the Budget of the Revenue and of the Expenditure is laid before the Senate to be discussed and voted for by that body.

Voting of Projects of Law.

ART. XIV. The Senate approves of the Project of Law such as it has been voted by the Assembly, or amends it, or rejects it altogether.

If the Project of Law is adopted without Amendment by the Senate, it is submitted to the Prince for approval.

If the Project of Law is Amended by the Senate, it is returned to the Elective Assembly.

If the Assembly approves the Amendments made by the Senate, the Project is submitted to the Prince for approval.

If, on the other hand, the Elective Assembly rejects the Amendments made by the Senate, the Project is sent back to the Council of State to be re-considered.

The Government can then lay before the Chambers in the course of the Session, or in the ensuing one, the Project revised by the Council of State.

If the Senate rejects altogether the Project voted by the Elective Assembly, that Project is referred to the Council of State to be re-considered.

Such a Project can be laid before the Elective Assembly in the ensuing Session only.

Right of Senate to receive Petitions.

ART. XV. The Senate has the right of receiving Petitions

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These Petitions shall be examined by a Commission ad hoc. The Senate may, if they think fit, on the report of the Commission, forward them to the Members of the Government.

Internal Regulations of Assembly and Senate.

ART. XVI. The Internal Regulations of the Elective Assembly, and of the Senate, are prepared by the Government.

Oath of Fidelity by Public Functionaries.

ART. XVII. All the Public Functionaries are, without exception, obliged, on their entering office, to swear submission to the Constitution, to the Laws of the Country, and fidelity to the Prince.

Act and Electoral Law to become Law on sanction by Suzerain

Court.

ART. XVIII. The Present Act, and the Electoral Law framed in conformity with the principles declared in the above-named Annex, shall become Law on the day when they are sanctioned by the Suzerain Court.

The new Elective Assembly and the Senate shall be constituted and convoked in the terms mentioned by Article XVII of the Convention of 1858.

Prince to form Council of State.

ART. XIX. The Prince shall form a Council of State composed of persons most competent by their merit and by their experi

ence.

Duties of Council of State.

This Council can of itself wield no power, but its purpose shall be to study and to frame the Drafts of Law which the Prince shall refer to it. The Members shall be admitted to both Assemblies as Delegates of the Prince, to explain and to defend the Project of Law which he lays before them.

Confirmation of Convention of 19th August, 1858, except in so far as is not modified by this Act.

ART. XX. All the Provisions of the Convention of Paris which are not modified by the present Act are confirmed afresh, and shall remain in full and entire force.

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Principles intended to serve as a Basis for the Construction of a new Electoral Law*

[On the 14th May, 1864, Prince Couza issued a Decree on the subject of Elections, which was deemed contrary to the engagements established by the Convention of 19th August, 1858 (No. 286), and led to a remonstrance on the part of the Porte, and subsequently to a Meeting of a Conference at Constantinople of the Representatives of the Treaty Powers. On the 20th June, 1864, the above Additional Act was signed, modifying the Convention, or "Organic Statute" of 19th August, 1858 (No. 286). Further Conferences were held at Paris between March and June, 1866.]

* Law issued on the 14th July, 1864.

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No. 364.-PROTOCOL OF CONFERENCE between Great Britain, Austria, France, Italy, Prussia, Russia, and Turkey, adhering to the Additional Act concluded between the Porte and Prince Couza, of 20th June, 1864, modifying certain Stipulations of the Convention of 19th August, 1858, relative to the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. Constantinople, 28th June, 1864.*

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

His Highness Aali Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, explains to the Representatives of the Powers which signed the Treaty of Paris that the Sublime Porte has come to an understanding with Prince Couza as to certain modifications it would be well to introduce in the Convention of the 19th August, 1858 (No. 286).

His Highness, therefore, read to the Conference an Additional Act to the said Convention, and an Annex to that Act, including all the provisions or principles upon which the Government of His Majesty the Sultan has agreed with His Highness Prince Couza.

The Representatives learn with pleasure that this Agreement had been come to, and declared themselves sufficiently authorised by their respective Governments to adhere to this Arrangement, with the exception of the representative of the Emperor of Russia, who stated that he was not sufficiently empowered, and was, therefore, in the necessity of again referring to his Court. The above-mentioned Additional Act and its Annex remained joined to the present Protocol (No. 363).

See also Firman of 23rd October, 1866.

+ For French version, see "State Papers," vol. lvii, p. 529.

[Geneva Convention. Wounded in Armies in the Field.]

No. 365.-CONVENTION between Switzerland, Baden, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Hesse-Darmstadt, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, and Wurtemberg, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Signed at Geneva, 22nd August, 1864.*

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1. Ambulances and Military Hospitals to be neutral. Neutrality to cease if held by a Military Force.

2. Persons employed in Hospitals and Ambulances to participate in Neutrality.

3. Neutrality to continue to Persons fulfilling Duties in Hospitals, &c., occupied by the Enemy. Persons ceasing their Functions to be

delivered to Outposts of the Enemy.

4. Private Property in Military Hospitals only can be carried away. Ambulance to retain its Equipment.

5. Persons assisting the Wounded to be respected.

House containing

Wounded Men to be protected. Privileges to Inhabitants entertaining Wounded Men.

6. Care to be taken of Wounded or Sick Men. Delivery of Wounded to Outposts of the Enemy. Wounded, if incapable of serving, to be sent to their Country. Wounded or Sick cured to be sent back on condition of not bearing Arms. Evacuations to enjoy absolute Neutrality.

7. Distinctive Flag for Hospitals, &c. Arm-badge to be worn by Neutralised Individuals. Colour of Flag and Arm-badge.

8. Details of Execution.

9. Governments to be invited to accede to Convention.

10. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Soldiers

wounded in Armies in the Field.

THE Swiss Confederation, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the King of Denmark, Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, being equally animated by the desire * The Accession of Great Britain was signed on the 18th February, 1865. See page 1634. See also Additional Articles, 20th October, 1868. + For French Version, see "State Papers,” vol. lv, p. 43.

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