Final Clark Results for July 2008

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Hear Ye, the following:

His Royal Highness King John, The Mençéi del Senäts, El Seneschál del Regipäts Talossán , Senätors, Members of the Cosâ , Citizens of the Realm, Immigrants, Visitors, and Guests:


Azul.

I present you with the Final Results of the 5th Clark of the 38th Cosâ .

# 38RZ18 The Staff of Herron Act

Cosâ Vote: PËR: 127. Contra: 36. The Act Passed the Cosâ
Senäts Vote: PËR: 6. Contra: 0. The Act Passed the Senäts.

# 38RZ19 Sense of the Ziu: Humanitarian Aid Fund

Cosâ Vote: PËR: 117. Contra: 36. . The Act Passed the Cosâ
Senäts Vote: PËR: 2. Contra: 2. AUS: 2 The Act Failed the Senäts.


The VOC Passed 131 - 20.


# 38RZ18 The Staff of Herron Act passed both Chambers, and I ask that King John affix His signature to it, and enact it into Law.

The Acts read as follows:

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

# 38RZ18 The Staff of Herron Act

WHEREAS Els Zuavs da l'Altahal Rexhital (the Zouaves of the Royal Bodyguard), while required by law to provide their own moustache and cool outfit, have hitherto been provided with no sidearms or other weaponry, and

WHEREAS on 30 May 2008/xxxix, Florencia Packer Noah Herron thwarted a burglary of his home using a bedpost, and

WHEREAS this heroic act by a member of one of Talossa's national sports teams serves as a timely reminder to this nation of its proud heritage as the Kingdom founded in a bedroom, making it the world's shining symbol of what great good can be done with (or near) a bedpost, and causing Talossa to be referred to (in this legislation, at least) as the mythical bedpost capital and arsenal of the world, and

WHEREAS, cognizant of the popular slogan that "The only bedposts I will give up the right to bear are holding up my deathbed", the Ziu continues and reaffirms the strong tradition in Talossa making no law abridging in any way the right of the people of to keep and bear bedposts, require registration or any waiting-period before the purchase of the same, or restrict access of the citizenry to bedposts of all shapes and sizes, including but not limited to hollow-tipped bedposts, now

THEREFORE be it resolved by the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa that

1. Establishment of Official Improvised Weaponry. Bedposts are declared to be the "official preferred improvised weapon" of the Zouaves of the Royal Bodyguard, and

2. Military Use of Bedposts. The Zouaves of the Royal Bodyguard are encouraged to make use of bedposts for ceremonial and drill purposes.

3. Cupped Bedposts. Bedposts used by the Zouaves of the Royal Bodyguard may have an indentation in the end of the bedpost up to one inch in depth and between one and two inches in diameter. The indentation must be curved with no foreign substances added. The bedpost, for not more than 18 inches from its end, may be covered or treated with any material or substance (such as pine tar) to improve the grip. No bedpost may be used for military purposes which is not a single piece of wood or which has been hollowed out and filled with cork or rubber.

4. Military Bedpost Regulation. Appropriate officers of the Guard shall be held responsible by the Ministry of Defence for establishing further regulations for the provisioning and use of said bedposts, such as specifying the size of the bedframe from which a bedpost issued to and maintained by service members at each military rank shall be taken, and specifying military exercises for the practice and display of proficiency and fluency in the use of the bedpost, for the purposes of both close-combat and the ceremonial fancy throwing the thing up and flipping it in circles and stuff before catching it with flair and shouldering it sharply, maybe even spinning around a time or two while it's in the air; you know, stuff like that.

5. Cultural Enrichment Encouraged. The Ministry of Culture is instructed to promote the use of and reference to bedposts in all cultural endeavours sponsored by His Majesty's government, including in literature, in our nation's martial arts form, and of course in any staging of Talossan operatic works.

Noi urent q'estadra sa:
Mick Preston, MC (RUMP)
Mha la Mha, MC (RUMP)

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Votes were not received from the following :

For the First time:

Tony Weckstrom , MC, DPD

Éovart Caçeir, MC, LRT

Catrina Þestra. MC, RUMP

John McGarry, MC, RP

Sevastáin Casálmac'h. MC, IND

Prince Patrick, Senäts, Florencia






Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 21st day of July in the year of salvation 2008, in the 2nd year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 29th.

Capt. Mick Preston, Secretár d’Estat

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Article X: Passing Legislation

Section 6. Every bill which shall have passed the Ziu shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the King. The King may sign such a Bill, in which case it shall immediately become law; or he may veto the Bill, in which case it shall be returned, with his objections, to the Ziu, which shall proceed to reconsider it in the next Clark. If the King neither signs nor vetoes a Bill before the last day of the month in which it was passed by the Ziu, he shall be deemed to have signed it.


The King has declined to sign or veto # 38RZ18 The Staff of Herron Act.

In accordance with the above cited OrgLaw reference, I ask the scribe to add # 38RZ18 The Staff of Herron Act to the approved Stautory Laws in the L'Anuntzia dels Legeux (The Digest of Laws)




Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 1st day of August in the year of salvation 2008, in the 2nd year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 29th.

Capt. Mick Preston, Secretár d’Estat