Body of Law Act

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

For consideration - obviously we can't vote until next term.

Body of Law Act

I

Whereas the long history of our province is shrouded in the mystery imposed by shoddy record-keeping and long periods of dictatorship and apathy,

And whereas the many previous laws passed by the predecessors of this Assembly or the dictatorial equivalent are mostly unknown and lost,

And whereas ignorance of the law is a pretty good excuse in this case, and that's not good,

It is resolved by this Assembly that all statutes, laws, and regulations previously enacted by any representative groups or individuals for the Province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic are hereby repealed and are considered to be null and void.

II

Furthermore, whereas this Assembly wishes such a tabula rasa to be a one-time occurrence,

And whereas we need to record our laws and thus need someone to record them,

It is resolved by this Assembly that there shall exist an office of Grand Specific Undersecretary. The Grand Specific Undersecretary is charged by the Assembly to take such reasonable actions as he or she might deem necessary to preserve and publicize the constitution and laws of the province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic. There are no specific qualifications to be Grand Specific Undersecretary, the term of office is one hundred years. The Grand Specific Undersecretary shall be appointed by majority vote of the Assembly as often as is thought necessary.

III

Furthermore, whereas there are some important items that the people of Maritiimi-Maxhestic wish to be enshrined in law that may no longer be enshrined in law subsequent to the massive de-enshrinement of this act,

It is resolved by this Assembly that the official motto of this province is "Onward! Upward! Forward!"

It is resolved by this Assembly that the official demonym for a resident of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is "Maritiimi-Maxhestian."

It is resolved by this Assembly that the official sandwich for the province is the Monte Cristo sandwich, which consists of cheese and other ingredients placed between two slices of bread, after which the whole is dipped in batter and fried. It is customarily served with a pickle.

It is resolved by this Assembly that the territory of Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be that area previously referred to as cantons 109 and 153, and that these cantons shall be known as Maritiimi and Port Maxhestic, respectively.

It is resolved that the appropriate form of direct address for the Grand General Secretary and any member of the Provincial Assembly of Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be Segnor. The less formal abbreviation of S:reu shall also be acceptable. The least formal abbreviation of S:r shall be allowed, but not preferred. If it becomes necessary to use specific titles, then the Grand General Secretary shall be called Grand General Secretary and a member of the Assembly shall be called Assemblyperson.

IV

Furthermore, because renumbering sections is a chore,

It is resolved by this Assembly that the province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is generally opposed to bad things and supportive of good things.

V

Furthermore, because it is true,

It is resolved by this Assembly that the Province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is the best province.

VI

Furthermore, because of their great woe and unanimous appeals for rescue, and

As we are the mightiest province of mercy, and must accordingly betake ourselves to come to the aid of any in need, and

Since the lovely Isle of Cézembre cries for succor,

It is resolved by this Assembly that the Isle of Cézembre is considered to be the rightful domain of the most glorious province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic. This fact will never be forgotten, and we shall make every effort to stretch out our hand to our downtrodden allies.



Edit: Separated the legislation into sections and added two new provisions.

Edit: New provision.

Edit: Minor adjustments to III and IV.

Edit: Addition of denonym clause to III.

Edit: Excised IV into its own bill, replaced it.

[Iustì Carlüs Canun]

Um... I'm not an M-Mer, but what happened to Jahnhaven?

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

I thought it would be better to go back to the more historic name.

[Iustì Carlüs Canun]

Oh. Well, then, I need to fix my map.

[Istefan Lorentzescu]

for history sake so we dont lose more, could some acknowledgement of the name Jahnhaven be incuded.

[Breneir Itravilatx]

I really like this bill. S:reu Davis as usual has done an awesome job.

[Istefan Lorentzescu]

I certainly hope no offence was taken at my commennts, of course I totally agree that S:reu Davis as usual has done an awesome job.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Of course no offense was taken, and I thank both members of the Assembly for their kind words for my too poor efforts.

Assemblyperson Lorentzescu, I could not think of a suitable way to memorialize the interim name for that canton in this particular law, but perhaps we might do some some other way. We lack provincial decorations; next term we might endow a recognition of some sort in Jahn's name. The Order of Jahnhaven or the like, which would bear the distinct uniqueness of being statutorily made illegal to bestow - it would be the most exclusive of all the medals in the Kingdom.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Two more provisions added.

[Istefan Lorentzescu]

Excellent update to this already great peice of legislation

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

What should the term of address be for the Grand General Secretary and how should we refer to members of the Assembly? Anyone have any suggestions?

[Istefan Lorentzescu]

What term of address are currently for national equivalents

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

There isn't really a national equivalent for GGS, unless perhaps it's the Seneschal. He's "the Most Honourable Seneschal." I would suggest we might refer to our GGS as simply, "S:reu." We have the least authoritarian government, so it would seem in keeping to have the humblest title for our executive. And as for members of the Assembly, we could emphasize our democracy further by referring to members as "Citizen." But really, I don't know whether "Citizen Lorentescu" is better than "Assemblyperson Lorentescu." Hm.

[Istefan Lorentzescu]

If "S:reu" is good enough for GGS, lets just keep it simple and use "S:reu for the Members of the Assembly aswell. Unless inkeeping with our maritime heritage we could use Skipper for GGS

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Minor changes to two provisions.