Final Results for the Feburary 2009 Clark

[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 4th Clark of the 39th Cosâ .

# 39RZ12: The Constitution for Benito Act

Cosâ Vote: PËR: 154. Contra: 10 . AUS: 0 The Act PASSED the Cosâ
Senäts Vote: PËR: 7. Contra: 0. The Act PASSED the Senäts.

# 39RZ13 : The Ziu Reform Amendment

Cosâ Vote: PËR: 98 . Contra: 66 AUS: 0. . The Act PASSED the Cosâ
Senäts Vote: PËR:2 . Contra: 5. AUS: 0. The Act FAILED the Senäts.


# 39RZ14: The Have a Coca and a Smile Act

Cosâ Vote: PËR: 149 . Contra: 0 AUS: 15 . The Act PASSED the Cosâ
Senäts Vote: PËR: 7 . Contra: 0. AUS: 0. The Act PASSED the Senäts.



The VOC PASSED 133 - 47.


# 39RZ12 passed both Chambers, and I ask that King John affix His signature to it, and enact it into Law.

# 39RZ14 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]

# 39RZ12: The Constitution for Benito Act


WHEREAS the people of Benito drafted a constitution which was passed through the Provincial Legislature of the Province and

WHEREAS this Constitution was ratified through a Provincial Referendum and

WHEREAS calls to the Cunstuval to promulgate this new Constitution went unanswered and

WHEREAS the people of Benito have spoken so

THEREFORE, the Constitution of the Sovereign Province of Benito is hereby proclaimed:

CONSITUTION OF THE SOVEREIGN PROVINCE OF BENITO

We, the people of Benito, do hereby endorse this constitution for the government of our great Province and do therefore ordain it to be the rule and guide of our government and the guardian of our rights.

The State

Art. 1. The Sovereign Province of Benito is an autonomous and self-governing member of the federal Talossan nation and pledges eternal allegiance to His Royal Majesty, and the Regipäts Talossan.

Art. 2. The name of the state is la Provinçù Soveran da Benito. In English, it is the Sovereign Province of Benito.

Art. 3. The sacred and irremovable territory of the Sovereign Province of Benito shall consist of the cantons of Garibaldi and Mazzini.

Art. 4. The capital of the Province is Garibaldi.

Art. 5. The sole historic and national language of the entire Talossan people, and therefore of the Benitian Province, is the Talossan language (el glhetg Talossan). The Benitian government shall also recognise English as a useful working second language, and may adopt tertiary working languages by law.

Art. 6. The Provincial flag shall be registered with the College of Arms with the blazon, Per fess vert and gules an inescutcheon per tierce vert, argent, and gules fimbriated or in chief a royal crown proper.

The Provincial Chancellery

Art 7. Legislative power in the Sovereign Province of Benito is invested in a Provincial Chancellery. The Provincial Chancellery shall consist of 11 seats filled by representatives of political parties granted legislative seats in the general election.

Art 8. The Provincial Chancellery shall have power to pass any bill into law by a simple majority vote of its members. Voting sessions shall open at the first hour of the first day of each month except during national General Elections. At the dissolution of the Cosa, the Provincial Chancellery will also be dissolved. Seats in the Provincial Chancellery will be redistributed according to the ballots cast in the General Election by citizens of the Province.

Art 9. Members of the Provincial Chancellery shall be known as Chancellors and must participate in each open session of the Chancellery. Failing to vote or abstain in 3 consecutive legislative sessions shall make a Chancellor eligible for removal.

Art 10. A Chancellor may be removed from their seat in the Provincial Chancellery following conviction by the Cort pü Inalt, Dismissal from the Talossan Military, death, incapacitation or failing to vote or abstain in 3 consecutive legislative sessions. Removal shall not be automatic. Following one or more of these incidents, any member of the Provincial Chancellery may present a Writ of Impeachment at the next legislative session which shall clearly state for which of the aforementioned reasons a Chancellor should be removed. The Writ shall be authorized upon receiving a 3/5 majority vote and then presented to the applicable party leader by the Maestro. Political Parties will have until the next session or 30 calendar days, whichever is greater, to fill vacant seats. Any seats left vacant after such time will be turned over to the Viceré for distribution.

The Maestro

Art 11. The Maestro shall be the majority leader in the Provincial Chancellery. He shall have the power to issue proclamations which have the force of law. These proclamations may be appealed or amended as regular laws.

Art 12. A new Maestro may be chosen at any time by a resolution approved by a majority of the Provincial Chancellery, but a resolution electing a new Maestro or continuing the current Maestro in office must be approved by the Provincial Chancellery at least once in every term of the national Cosa. The first order of business of each newly assembled Provincial Chancellery will be to elect a new Maestro from among its members.

Il Viceré

Art 13. The Viceré, or Viceroy is the representative of the King of Talossa, and as such, shall have veto power over all laws of the Chancellery. The Viceré is appointed by the King pursuant to Organic Law.

Art. 14. A veto by the Viceré may be overridden by a 3/5 majority vote of the Provincial Chancellery.

El Representanteu Noval

Art 14. Benito’s delegate to the Senäts shall be known within the Province as el Representanteu Noval and styled “Senator.” The Representanteu Noval shall be selected pursuant to Organic Law.


Distribution of Power

Art 15. So that no conflict of interest may occur, or that no one individual may take over the province in a hostile attempt, no-one may hold more than one of the offices of Maestro, Viceré, or Noval Representanteu simultaneously. The Viceré also may not hold seats in the Provincial Chancellery.

Justice

Art 16. The Cort pü Inalt shall have original jurisdiction to try all cases arising under Benitian law.

Art 17. The Province of Benito reserves the right to form a justice system to meet its needs pursuant to Organic Law.

Amendments

Art 18. This Constitution may be altered by a resolution of the Provincial Chancellery, which must be approved by a referendum of the people attaining the favour of three-fifths of those who vote and promulgated by the Viceré.

Uréu q'estadra sa:

T.M. Asmourescu, MC-RUMP
Flip Molinar MC-CCCP
Matáiwos Vürinalt, MC - CCCP

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

39RZ14: The Have a Coca and a Smile Act


WHEREAS Alanna Coca, better known to those Talossans she is most familiar with as Coleen, began pursuing Talossan citizenship, the best thing money can't buy, back in June of last year or something, and

WHEREAS time passed and she had taken a powder, and

WHEREAS this effectively terminated her immigration process, according to The Umpteenth Immigration Reform Act, and

WHEREAS pursuant to the terms of that governing legislation, the said Alanna Coca (a.k.a. Coleen) is eligible to pursue citizenship in this great nation again, but it can be granted to her only through the extraordinary measure of legislation passed by this august body and approved by that guy with the beard, if we can pry him away from his paperback book collection long enough to assent to such a thing, and

WHEREAS the said Alanna Coca, having claimed to wise up -- or at least to have succumbed to the pain of the arm-twisting being visited upon her by other Talossans, who shall remain nameless but who are related to both her and me -- now indicates an active and ardent interest in becoming a Talossan citizen, and

WHEREAS there's no reason yet to doubt her, but we have until the end of the February Clark to see if she's gonna take another powder, and

WHEREAS the said Alanna Coca is the only one of my sisters who was smart enough to marry one of my own high school buddies (someone who has inspired me in my choice of -- or at least resignation to -- our common hairdo), a really great guy who doesn't deserve to be saddled with a non-Talossan wife, now

THEREFORE pursuant to clause 6 of Talossan statutory law 35RZ22, the Ziu hereby directs that a grant of citizenship be issued by the King, through His Majesty's Chancery, for Alanna Coca.

Noi urent q'estadra sa,
Tepistà (MC, RUMP)
Xhorxh Asmour (MC, CCCP)
Flip Molinar (MC, CCCP)

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Votes were not received from the following :

For the First time:

Matáiwos Vürinalt
Davíu Siervicül
Eovart Caceir
Iac Marabuerg
Cari Defiançal


For the Second Time:

None





Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 22nd day of February in the year of salvation 2009, in the 2nd year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 30th.

Capt. Mick Preston, Secretár d’Estat

[Cari Schiósal Defiançal]

I have been working a lot lately and I just found out from Hooligan about the vote! Seems my Talossa notices have all been going to SPAM!!!! Yikes! I still want my seat and I vote for all the above.

[Deleted]

Cari,

You missed the boat on this clark, but just make sure you cast your votes for the next clark to retain your seats.

[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:

In Accordance with Org Law, Article X, 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; ...


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. ...


I ask that the Scribe to add these measures to the The Digest of Laws .





Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 8th day of March in the year of salvation 2009, in the 2nd year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 30th.

Capt. Mick Preston, Secretár d’Estat