siness.

ARTICLE 39.--All deliberations shall be settled by a bare
majority of the votes of the members voting.

ARTICLE 40.--The Volksraad does not separate before all matters
of business which must be treated of are finished, and the session is
closed by the President of the Volksraad. A member can obtain leave of
absence from the Volksraad, if he is in such case as mentioned in No. 2,
Article 35.

ARTICLE 41.--The members of the Volksraad doing service as such
shall be free from military service, without being free from the costs
which the military authorities may exact from them: they shall enjoy
remuneration for the period of their stay during the cessation of their
private business.

ARTICLE 42.--The meetings are held with open doors, unless the
Volksraad decide that the discussions upon some proposition be taken in
secret. The persons present who have no seat in the Volksraad may only
speak when they answer a question of the President.

ARTICLE 43.--The President shall bring forward for discussion
the proposals for laws which have come in before the Volksraad, whether
the latter have been made known to the public three months before the
commencement of the session, or whether the same have come in during the
session of the Volksraad.

ARTICLE 44.--When the notices of laws and Government notices
to the public have not been given in time, the President shall examine
with whom the blame of that delay lies. A Landrost found guilty hereof
shall have a fine of Rds. 50 inflicted, and a Field-Cornet or lesser
official of Rds. 25.

ARTICLE 45.--A copy of every law which has been adopted shall
be sent in by the Chairman to the President for execution.

ARTICLE 46.--When a new President is appointed, the Volksraad
shall depute four of its members and the Secretary to invite him to come
and take his official oath in the meeting of the Volksraad.

ARTICLE 47.--On the appointment of the members of the Executive
Council and the Commandant-General, the Volksraad shall give them
written notice thereof, in order to enable them to take the official
oath before the Volksraad at a time to be fixed.

ARTICLE 48.--The President shall annually submit a list of all
officials appointed during the year for the approval or disapproval of
the Volksraad.

ARTICLE 49.--In the event of the Court, contemplated by Article
8 of the Amendment of the Grondwet of 1877, declaring the State
President, or the Supreme Court, contemplated b