r them.

Art. 7. The election of the Vice-President shall be according to the
fixed regulations for the election of the President, and the election of
the Vice-President shall take place at the same time when the President
is elected. Should there be a vacancy for the Vice-Presidency a
Vice-President shall be elected according to the provisions herein set
forth.

APPENDIX

Before the completion of the Formal Constitution, with regard to the
duties and privileges of the President the Provisional Constitution
regarding the same shall temporarily be followed.

"THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMPACT"

_Drafted by Dr. Frank Johnson Goodnow, Legal Adviser to Yuan Shih-kai,
and promulgated on May 1, 1914_

CHAPTER I.--THE NATION

Article 1. The Chung Hua Min Kuo is organized by the people of Chung
Hua.

Art. 2. The sovereignty of Chung Hua Min Kuo originates from the whole
body of the citizens.

Art. 3. The territory of the Chung Hua Min Kuo is the same as that
possessed by the former Empire.

CHAPTER II.--THE PEOPLE

Art. 4. The people of the Chung Hua Min Kuo are all equal in law,
irrespective of race, caste, or religion.

Art. 5. The people are entitled to the following rights of liberty:--

(1) No person shall be arrested, imprisoned, tried, or punished except
in accordance with law.

(2) The habitation of any person shall not be entered or searched except
in accordance with law.

(3) The people have the right of possession and protection of property
and the freedom of trade within the bounds of law.

(4) The people have the right of freedom of speech, of writing and
publication, of meeting and organizing association, within the bounds of
law.

(5) The people have the right of the secrecy of correspondence within
the bounds of law.

(6) The people have the liberty of residence and removal, within the
bounds of law.

(7) The people have freedom of religious belief, within the bounds of
law.

Art. 6. The people have the right to memorialize the Li Fa Yuan
according to the provisions of law.

Art. 7. The people have the right to institute proceedings at the
judiciary organ in accordance with the provisions of law.

Art. 8. The people have the right to petition the administrative organs
and lodge protests with the Administrative Court in accordance with the
provisions of law.

Art. 9. The people have the right to attend examinations held for
securing officials and to join the public service in accordan