Constitution, and to fulfil the duties of his office faithfully and exactly.

CLXI. The President and Vice-President of the Republic shall take this oath in presence of the Congress and at the hands of its President; the Presidents of the National and provincial Chambers. and those of the Supreme and superior courts of justice, in presence of the respective bodies; and the members of these bodies, at the hands of their respective Presidents.

CLXII. The Secretaries of State shall take the oath before the President of the Republic; the Governors before the Municipal Council of the capital of the province; and the other civil and military officials before the respective Governors, or before the authority appointed by them.

TITLE XXIV. Of Reforming the Constitution.

CLXIII. The reformation of any one or more Articles of this Constitution may be proposed in either of the Chambers, by any number of its members; but before the proposed reforms can be discussed the necessity thereof must be declared in each Chamber by two-thirds of the members present. When the necessity of the reform has been declared, the Chamber which has proposed it shall draw up the project accordingly, in order that it may be discussed with the same formalities as the laws, in the next session, meanwhile the reform shall be published through the press.

CLXIIII. The power granted to Congress by the preceding Article does not extend to any alteration of the form of Government, which shall always be republican, popular, representative, respon sible, and alternative.

TITLE XXV.-Transitory Provisions.

CLXV. The present Constitution shall be promulgated with the solemnity and formalities established by the decree of 24th September, 1830, and shall be immediately put in execution, al laws and decrees, in so far as they are not opposed to it, stiil remaining in force; and, in order to effect the renewal prescribed in Articles LI, LX, and CXIX, the National Chambers at their first meeting, and the Supreme and superior courts

installation, shall decide by lot on the half of their respective members, or the greater number if it should be uneven, who have to retire at the end of the second year.

Given at Valencia, in the Sessions-hall of the National Conven tion, and signed by the Deputies present, on the 24th day of December, 1858.

JOSE MONAGAS.

INDEX.

ACTE DEFINITIF.

ACTE FINAL.

A.

See AUSTRIA, &c. Definitive Act.
See AUSTRIA, &c. Final Act.

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. See GREAT BRITAIN.

ADDITIONAL CAPITULATIONS. See TREATIES.

ADDITIONAL CONVENTIONS. See TREATIES.

AFRICA. Act of Parliament (British). Government of British Settlements
on Coast of Africa, and in Falkland Is-
lands...

Page,

.28th August, 1860. 689

(WEST COAST). Correspondence with Great Britain. Slave Trade.

1859. 859, 895

TREATIES, &c., between FRANCE and NATIVE STATES, and
CHIEFS of WESTERN AFRICA, viz. :—with

Bambouk. Treaty.

French Privileges.

Saint Louis, 18th August, 1858. 701

Bondou. Treaty. Cessions. French Privileges.

Saint Louis, 15th August, 1859.
Guoy. Treaty. Peace..... Bakel, 19th August, 1858.
Malaguia. Treaty. Friendship. Commerce.

704

703

Mellacorée, 14th April, 1856.

693

Toro. Treaty. Peace. Friendship.

Saint Louis, 20th May, 1858. 697

TREATIES, &c., between GREAT BRITAIN and NATIVE STATES,

and CHIEFS of the WEST COAST of AFRICA,

viz. -with

Barra. Treaty. Differences.

Bathurst, 2nd August, 1853. 827

(Do.) Convention. Commerce.

Fort Bullen, 26th August, 1854. 828

Page

AFRICA. TREATIES, &c., between GREAT BRITAIN and NATIVE STATES,
and CHIEFS of the WEST COAST of AFRICA, viz. :—with
Bompey. Treaty. Peace. Friendship.

Bompey River, 1st June, 1839. 840

Bathurst, 4th June, 1827. 805

Cumbo. Treaty. Session. Slave Trade.

Dubreka. Treaty. Commerce.

Dubreka, 31st October, 1848. 805

Fouricaria. Additional Article. Peace. Commerce.

Mellicourie, 27th December, 1851. 816

Kaffer Bulloms. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Com

Ro Baney, 7th April, 1860. 842

Macbatee. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Commerce.

Navigation. Slave Trade.

Macbatee, 26th December, 1851. 810

Mambolo. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Commerce.

Freetown, 3rd December, 1856. 831

Naloes. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Commerce.
Slave Trade.....Caniope, 21st March, 1851. 806
Treaty.

Plantain Island.

Peace.

Tasso, 31st May, 1859. 840

Freetown, 1st August, 1854. 827

Sin. Convention. Commerce.

Sherbro. Proclamation. Ratification of Treaties.

Joal-Boor-Sin, 22nd January, 1856. 830

Timmanees. Additional Articles. Peace. Friendship.

ANCONA. Notification (British). Sardinian Blockade.

1859, 859

London, 28th September, 1860. 634

Lisbon, 29th May, 1854. 887

ANGOLA. Portaria (Portuguese). Passports. Coasting Vessels. Angola.

ANNEXATION. Correspondence. Great Britain, France, &c. Proposed

Annexation of Savoy and Nice
Treaty. France and Sardinia.

Nice to France..

Page

to France.....1859, 1860. 456
Annexation of Savoy and
Turin, 24th March, 1860. 412

Convention. France and Sardinia. Annexation of Savoy
and Nice to France........St. Cloud, 21st November, 1860.

ARBITRATION. See AWARD.

ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. TREATIES, &c., with FOREIGN POWERS,

viz. :-with

Buenos Ayres. Treaty. Peace.

Union.

420

ARMISTICE. Protocols of Conference. Austria, France, and Sardinia,

Prolongation of Armistice in Italy.

Zurich, 8th August, 1859. 101

ASIA.

ARRANGEMENT. See TREATIES.
Final Act.

Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sar-
dinia and Turkey. Turco-Russian Frontier in Asia.
Constantinople, 5th December, 1857. 995

Protocol of Conference. Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia,
Russia, Sardinia and Turkey. Tracing of
Frontier between Russia and Turkey in Asia.

Definitive Act of Commissioners of Austria, France, Great

between Russia
Kichineff, 30th March, 1857. 1020

Britain, Russia, and Turkey. New Frontier
and Turkey in Bessarabia

11th April,

Final Act of Commissioners. Austria, France, Great Britain,
Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey.

of Turco-Russian Frontier in Asia.

Settlement

Constantinople, 5th December, 1857. 995

Procès Verbal with France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and
Tracing of Frontiers of Albania, Herzegovina and
27th October, 1858. 1001
Constantinople, 8th November,

Turkey.

Montenegro....

Protocol of Conference with France, Great Britain, Prussia,
Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. Tracing of Frontier

between Russia and Turkey in Asia.

Paris, 28th April, 1858. 1000

of Conference with France and Sardinia. Prolonga-

tion of Armistice in Italy.

Zurich, 8th August, 1859. 1014

AUSTRIA.

Page

Renunciation by Austria

Protocol of Conference with France.
of Right of Garrison in Fortresses of Placentia,

Ferrara, and Comacchio.

Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1016

of Conference with France. Renewal of Conventions
existing previous to War.

Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1016
of Conference with France. Italian Provinces of
Austria to form in future part of Italian Con-
federation.... Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1017

of Conference with France and Sardinia. Diocesan

Circumscriptions in Lombardy.

Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1017
of Conference with France and Sardinia. Disbanding
of Lombard Soldiers, and Surrender of Prisoners.
Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1018

of Conference with France and Sardinia. Restitution
of Administrative Depôts.

Zurich, 10th November, 1859. 1019

of Conference with France and Sardinia.

Tracing of

Limits along River Po.

Zurich, 21st November, 1859. 1019

Paris, 3rd August, 1860. 8

Protocols of Conferences with France, Great Britain, Prussia,
Russia, and Turkey. Pacification of Syria.

AWARD (Hamburgh). Arbitration between Great Britain and Portugal.
Mr. Croft's Case.... Hamburgh, 7th February, 1856. 1288

B.

BADEN. Additional Article to Convention with Bavaria, France, &c., of

Convention with Great Britain.

BAVARIA. TREATIES, &c. with FOREIGN

BELGIUM.

Bathurst, 2nd August, 1853. 827
Commerce.

Fort Bullen, 26th August, 1854. 828
POWERS, viz. :-with

Baden, &c. Additional Article. Navigation of
Rhine.....Mayence, 3rd April, 1860. 1084
France. Arrangement. Restitution of Arms, &c.
of Deserters.... Munich, 18th May, 1858. 1005
Decree (French). Promulgation of Declaration of 29th May,
1860. Duties in Belgium on French Wines
and Brandies....St. Cloud, 18th July, 1860. 415

27th August,

.......... TREATIES, &c., with FOREIGN POWERS, viz. :—with

France.

Declaration. Duties on Wines and Bran-

dies.................. .Paris, 29th May, 1860. 415
Peru. Treaty. Friendship. Commerce. Naviga

tion

Santiago, 25th February, 1860. 987