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who shall hold their offices for 8 years and who shall be over thirty years of age, an inhabitant of the Province for which they are elected a.nd have been at least five years a Citizen of this Empire. The Emperor with the Consent of the Council shall appoint one Senator for each Province to be selected.from any part of the Empire he may think proper, and without any restriction as to qualifications 4. The Senate at their first session shall divide themselves into four classes, the seats of the first class shall be vacated the 2d year, those of the 2d class the 4 th year and so on, so that one-fourth should be chosen every 2d yeat"- 5 Eo.ch chamber shall judge of the qualifications of its members, appoint its own P1;esident and other officers-determine the rules of its proceedings and with the concurrence of two thirds expel a Mernber- 6. The Chambers shall hold their sessions in separate and dis- tinct Halls, and each one shall keep a journal of its proceedings which shall be published except such parts as may require secrecy- 7 Neither chamber shall adjourn during the session of Congress without the Consent of the other, for more than four days at a time, nor to any other place- 8-'l'he wages of the Deputies and Senators shall be fixed by law, and untill that is done to continue the same as in the Spanish Consti- tution-The Senators shall be paid out of the publick Treasury, and the Deputies by the Provinces who send them- 9-ThP. deputies to the Commons shall not receive any office from the Emporer while they continue Members • 10 All laws shall pass through both· chambers and be approved and promulgated by the Emperor as in the Spanish Constitution 11-The powers of Congress shall [be] the snme that is given to the Cortes by the Spanish Constitution except that the Senate alone shall be consulted on all matters relating to foreign treaties, and shall have the same power as to ratifying them that is given by the Spanish Constitution to the Cortes- 12 The Emporer may convene the Senate whenever he thinks proper to consult them as to foreign treaties or other subjects of importance to the Nation 13-There shall be at least one session of Congress every two years and as much oftener as the Emporer may think proper He may convene them at nny time by proclamation- 14-There shall be no permanent deputation of Congress as fixed in the Spanish Constitution-and should it be necessary to convoke Congress on the Death of the Emperor or any casualty happening to him, it shall be done by the Council of State-
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