b o o k £¡5 Four regiments of guards ihall be reftored to the com-
— l—j mand o f the great general, as in the time of Auguftus III.
that is, while they preferve the name and rank of guards,
they do not bind themfelves by any new oath ; and with this
difference, that whereas formerly the great generals pof-
feffed alone the military power in their hands, at prefent
they fhare that power with the committee; which committee,
as well as the great generals, depend, in virtue of the
prefent law, upon the permanent council.
In return, the king ihall receive an annual fum fufficient
to keep in pay two thoufand troops, who Ihall depend l'olely
upon his majefty ; but this fum ihall not be included in the
additional revenues granted to his majefty, in compenfatioii
for thofe loft by the difmemberment of the provinces. ’
6. Reciprocally the republic ftipulates on its part, once for
all, that all the other royal prerogatives (thofe excepted
which the king has gracioufty pleaifed to renounce), ihall.
remain in full force, and be for ever inviolate'.
T h e P r im a t e ..
The primate, during his office*, muft attend the permanent
council at leaft fix months in the year.
The antient laws which fecure the prerogatives of the
primate during the interregnum remaining in force, be
ihall t prefide in the council, even fi) ou Id it not be his turn
for fitting in the council.
During the interregnum/the permanent council, keeping
its power and authority, ihall maintain, in the ufual forms,
the tribunals, and all the jurifdiCfions of the republic, according
to the conftitution of 1 7 68, in all things not contradicted
by this riew arrangement.
* That is, during the two years in wiiich he fits in the council.
-$• Namely, as viceroy during the interregnum.
5 The
The primate, during the two years of his function, figns c h a p .
his name after the king to all the abts of the permanent.
council; and, in cafe of the king’s abfence, or during an
interregnum:, he .has two * votes, in order to decide in cafe
o f equality of fuffrages. In the primate’s abfence, the firft
fenator in rank, who is member of the council, fupplie.s his
place.
The M a r s h a l of the Equeftrian Order.
The equeftrian order ihall have its marfhal in the permanent
council, who is the firft in rank among the members of
that order.
He ihall be elecfted every two years at the ordinary diet by
fecret fuffrages, always from each of the three provinces by
rotation, according to the form prefcribed for the election of
the counfellors.
No fenator or minifter is capable of being elected marilial
unlefs he before-hand refigns his charge.
He ihall take the following oath before the fame diet in
thefame manner as the other counfellors. *
I fwear before Almighty God, that I will be faithful to
you Staniilaus Auguftus my gracious mailer, and to the republic
of Poland; that in the exercife of my office of marfhal
of the permanent council, I will execute with zeal all which
is ordained by the laws eftablifhed by the council; that in
giving my advice, and voting, I will take for the rule of
my conduct the written laws, and the good of my
country, from which I will never fwerve, neither induced
by intreaties, promifes, friendfhip or hatred, or any other
fpecies of corruption or perfonal attachment wbatfoever;
that 1 will never divulge the fecret deliberations of the coun-
*^That is, I fuppofe, one vote as ufual, and the catting vote in cafe o f equality.
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