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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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unless it is approved; [for this,] it is necessary that all the Provinces go through it,[1] since they have all the responsibility & power of them. This being done, a bailiff carries a ballot box composed of two wooden vases, one colored white, the other red, joined together by a common channel, about a foot long, through which the one who wishes to give his opinion puts his arm with the ballot in his hand, letting it fall into the red if he does not consent to the proposed measure, or if he admits it, he lets it drop into the white, starting first with the King, then to the chancellor, Secretary & Treasurers, & after with all the Senators in order & also with the deputies, if the matter concerns the Provinces, otherwise not: After having carried out this procedure three times, namely on the three opinions of the two opposite & the modified compromise, the Bailiff brings back the vases before the King, where they are counted on a large plate by the Chancellor & two of the Senators, & all at once, after the will of everyone recognized by the greatest number of ballots, the decree is pronounced by the King, or Chancellor, which is written by the Clerk. Here is more or less the order that they keep in this Council both in the session & in proposing & |
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1. Page 43 and 47 have the same mis-print indicating "First Book" instead of "Second Book".
2. In the Kingdom of Antangil they practice "states rights", whereas any law or decree that pertains to the Provinces can be accepted, or rejected in part or in full by any any of the Provinces as they see fit. |