FINAL Clark results October, 2007

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Hear Ye, the following:

His Royal Highness King John, The Lord President of the Senate, The Speaker of the Cosa, El Seneschál del Regipäts Talossán , Senators, Members of the Cosa, Citizens of the Realm, Immigrants, Visitors, and Guests:


Azul.

I present you with the Final Results of the 5th Clark of the 37th Cosa.


37RZ15 - The Provincial Government Unshackling Act (Amendment) passed both chambers of the Ziu.

37RZ16 - The Tim Act (Home Improvement Act Part One)(Amendment) passed both chambers of the Ziu

37RZ17 - The Al Act (Home Improvement Act Part Two)(Amendment) passed both chambers of the Ziu

These Amendments will be presented to the citizens of Talossa for vote in the next general election.

The proposed Amendments read as such:

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

37RZ15: The Provincial Government Unshackling Act (Amendment)

WHEREAS it is greatly to be desired that the political life of Talossa's individual Provinces be made more interesting, competitive, exciting, meaningful, and just plain fun, and

WHEREAS some of the Provinces are much closer to being ready to have interesting, competitive, exciting, meaningful, and just plain fun politics than are others, and

WHEREAS reforms adopted in the past three years have failed to spur provincial activity, and

WHEREAS these departures from historic practice since the adoption of the Organic Law may have even stifled provincial politics by limiting the flexibility and creativity of the provinces in the area of self-government, and

WHEREAS since taking the provinces' freedom away from them didn't make things any better, it may as well be given back, now

THEREFORE the Senäts and Cosâ hereby approve the following amendment to the Organic Law, and transmit it to the populace for ratification.

1. The language "at the same time and with the same rules as the Cosâ general electon and under the direction of the Secretary of State office" is removed from Article XVII, Section 5.

2. Sections 9 through 9e of Article XVII are replaced with the following language:

Section 9. Each Province shall govern itself in such a manner as to guarantee its citizens the full protection of their rights under this Organic Law. Provincial elections may, if so specified in a Province's constitution, be conducted by the Chancery at the same time as elections to the Cosâ, and in accordance with the national election laws and rules. The King shall appoint a Cunstavál (or Constable) for each Province. Until such time as the King or Cunstavál proclaims a provincial constitution providing otherwise, a Province's Cunstavál shall serve as Military Governor and may exercise all the powers of the provincial government. No Cunstavál shall proclaim any provincial constitution or constitutional amendment which:

* Conflicts with any provision of this Organic Law,

* Grants to the King (and consequently to the Cunstavál as the King's representative in the Province) royal powers less extensive than those granted to the King on the national level, except that the provincial royal powers need not include a right of dissolution if provincial elections are held concurrently with Cosâ elections,

* Fails to provide a right to appeal decisions of the provincial court or courts (if any) to the Cort pü Înalt or such other national courts as may be created by the Ziu, or

* In the case of the adoption of a new constitution, is not approved by a referendum in which at least either a majority of all citizens of the province or a two-thirds majority of votes actually cast is in favor of the constitution.

Uréu q'estadra så:

Mick Preston

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

37RZ16 : The Tim Act (Home Improvement Part 1)(Amendment)


WHEREAS, the House Law and the Royal Succession Act and the Organic Law all govern in some respects the succession of the throne, and,

WHEREAS that's confusing and redundant, and,

WHEREAS redundancy is undesirable, and,

WHEREAS redundancy is undesirable, and,

WHEREAS there are several needed changes to minor respects of these laws as well, such as the new name of the dynasty, and,

WHEREAS making the necessary minor changes and disestablishing the redundant laws are neither particularly contentious in nature and seem favored by the public, and,

WHEREAS the more difficult and controversial change to the previous iteration of this bill has been segregated to a separate bill, in the interest of clarity and ease of legislation,

THEREFORE the Senäts and Cosâ hereby approve the following amendment to the Organic Law, and transmit it to the populace for ratification:

Article III, sections 4 and 5 of the Organic Law are replaced in their entirety with the following text:

Section 4. The Throne shall be inherited by the descendants of His Majesty, John I, King of Talossa. The present Royal Family is styled El Ca Lupul (The House and Dynasty of Lupul). Should the King at any time renounce or lose his citizenship, that renunciation or loss shall be deemed to imply his abdication of the Throne. Upon the demise, abdication, or removal from the Throne of any King, the Crown shall pass to his next heir; but if the King has no heir, the Crown shall pass to the next heir of the previous King, or (if he in turn has no heir) to the next heir of the next previous King before him, and so on, back to King John.

For the purpose of determining who is the King's next heir, each person shall be followed in the line of succession by his natural legitimate children (whether born or unborn at the time of
the King's death) in order of their birth (each followed by their own descendants).

Section 5. If the Crown should pass to any person who does not wish at that juncture to become King, who cannot legally be King, who is suspended from the line of succession, who is not a citizen of Talossa, or who has previously been King and has abdicated the Throne, it shall instead pass to the next person after him in the line of succession.

FURTHERMORE, the King, the Senäts, and the Cosâ in this present Ziu assembled, hereby enact that:

Upon the ratification and proclamation of the above amendment, the House Law of 11 February 1989 and The Royal Succession Act (25RZ37) are repealed.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Alexander Davis (Senator, Maritiimi-Maxhestic)

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

37RZ17 : The Al Act (Home Improvement Act Part Two)(Amendment)

WHEREAS the people of Talossa deserve some say as to the succession of new monarchs to the illustrious throne of the nation, and,

WHEREAS it is nonetheless important to preserve the dignity and integrity of the throne, and avoid legislating into existence a process by which the sovereign would be affronted by the presumption of an interrogation, and,

WHEREAS a period of probation for a newly succeeded sovereign would only enforce a period of thespianism and would serve no practical purpose, and,

WHEREAS accordingly the most respectful and practical method of allowing citizens to help maintain the potency and virtue of the throne is a veto upon heirs,

THEREFORE the Senäts and Cosâ hereby approve the following amendment to the Organic Law, and transmit it to the populace for ratification:

Article III, Section 6 of the Organic Law is relabeled Section 7.

Section 7 is relabeled Section 8.

Section 8 is relabeled Section 9.

Section 9 is relabeled Section 10.

Section 10 is relabeled Section 11.

Section 11 is relabeled Section 12.

FURTHERMORE:

Article III, section 6 of the Organic Law shall now consist of the following text:

Section 6. The Ziu may, by a resolution of two thirds of each House, not subject to veto, suspend any person from his place in the line of succession, and may, by a resolution of a majority of either House, not subject to veto, remove such a suspension and restore the suspended person to his place.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Alexander Davis (Senator, Maritiimi-Maxhestic)

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

The Vote Of Confidence - PASSED (157-21).

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Also, please take note:

Votes were not received from the following :

Polly Holdorf MC, RUMP

Tric'hard Dïeulofaçeva MC, DOTT.


This is the first Clark in which votes were not received from either MC.


Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 21nd day of October in the year of salvation 2007, in the 1st year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 28th.

Capt. Mick Preston, Secretary of State

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Thank you, S:reu Secretary, for your swift and clear handling of the Clark. I am pleased with the results, and hope the nation will see these amendments in the same light as the legislature.