b o o k 6, The clerks in thè committees of the treafurv of both
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• nations ihall provide for themfelves proper fecurities. The
appointment of thefe clerks ihall belong to the great trea-
furer ; but the examination of their qualifications, the approbation
or rejection of their fecurities, ihall wholly reft
with the committee. The' qualifications are,
i . That they are gentlemen.
. a. That they find proper fecurities.
3. That their characters are not infamous..
4. That they are able to write.
5. That they are able to caft accounts.
In cafe thefe clerks fhould difcover any notorious incapacity,
the committee ihall have,it in their power to deprive
them of their charges.
7. All the writings, decrees, and circular letters, iflued by
the committee, ihall be figned by the treafurers alone ; or,
in their abfence, by the firft in rank. In cafe the treafurers
refufe to put the feal to any refolutions palled by the committees,
it ihall be efteemed valid, if figned by the firft in
rank next to the treafurer, even in the prefence of the latter ;;
and complaints may be urged againft the treafurer, for refilling
to fign fuch refolutions.
8. If the great treafurers remove from the place where
the committees afiemble, they ihall be accompanied in their
route by fifteen of the treafury troops, provided that no extraordinary
expence on that account be incurred by the treafury,
and that no damage be fuffered by the inhabitants.
9. The troops of the committee of the treafury ihall continue
in the fame obedience to the great treafurer, and
the committee, as enjoined by the diet of 1768 ; and
i f any of the officers, appointed by the king’s patent,
ihall
ihall deferve puniihment, he ihall be judged by a court ci^ap.
martial, compofedof the officers of the fame corps, according *— A—»
to the military articles, and the fentence ihall be fent to the
committee of war. The number of this corps ihall not exceed
500 men, and the fum appropriated for their fupport
ihall not furpafs that which is fettled by the conftitution of
1768.
10. I f the treafurers difobey afiy of theie articles, the
permanent council is bound to reinonftrate, and, in cafe of
ftill further difobedience, to cite them before the diet as
guilty of hightreafon.
1 1 . In other points, the great treafurers are maintained in
their antient privileges.
'Changes and Explanation of the Conftitution o f 1768,
relative to the eftabliihmerit of the Committee
of the Treafury of both Nations.
1. The commiffioners of the treafury of the crown ihall
be compofedof the great treafurer of the crown, and o f nine
commiffioners., three fenators, and fix from the equeftrian
order, &c.
a. The great. treafurers ihal-1 be bound to at leaft four
months refidence, under .pain of lofing their falaries proportionable
to the time of their abfence, and thefe deductions
ihall not be divided among the commiffioners who are prefent,
.but ihall be left in the cheft. ■ The commiffioners are
equally bound to four months refidence, in order that there
may be always prefent five commiffioners (including one or
both treafurers), the requifite number for holding a board.
T h e d e d u c t io n s o f t h e f a l a r i e s f o t t h e a b f e n t c o m m i f f i o n e r s
i h a l l b e d iv id e d a t n o n g f t t h o f e w h o a r e p r e f e n t .
N a 3. None