one of the members present.

(_c_) He shall not be condemned without the full Raad being present, or
at least without due notice being given, to give all the members
opportunity to be present.

(_d_) If a quorum is summoned, and is unanimously of opinion that the
President is guilty of one of the above-mentioned crimes, they shall
have the power to suspend him, and to make provisional arrangements to
fulfill the duties of his office. But in that case they shall be obliged
to call the whole Raad together to judge him.

(_e_) The members of the Volksraad shall take their oath at the
commencement of said examination.

(_f_) In case the President should come to die, or should resign his
post, or be discharged, or become unfit for the discharge of his office,
the Volksraad shall be empowered to appoint one or more persons to act
in his place until such unfitness cease or another President is chosen.

(_g_) The sentence of the Volksraad in such cases shall have no further
effect than discharge from their office, and the declaration of
unfitness ever to hold any post under the Government. But the persons so
sentenced shall none the less be liable to be judged according to the
law.

18. The Volksraad reserves the right to examine the election lists of
members for the Volksraad itself, and to declare if the members have
been duly and legally elected or not.

19. The Volksraad shall have regular minutes of its transactions kept,
and from time to time publish the same, such articles excepted as ought
in their judgment to be kept back.

20. The agreement or disapproval of the various members on any question
put to the vote must, on the request of one-fifth of members present, be
inscribed in the minutes.

21. The public shall be admitted to attend the consultations of the
Volksraad and to take notice of the transactions, except in special
cases where secrecy is necessary.

22. The Volksraad shall make no laws preventing free assembly of the
inhabitants, to memorialize the Government, to obtain assistance in
difficulties, or to get an alteration in some laws.

23. The furtherance of religion and education is a subject of care for
the Volksraad.

24. The Dutch Reformed Church shall be assisted and supported by the
Volksraad.

25. The Volksraad shall have the power to pass a burgher or commando law
for the protection and safety of this land.

26. After this Constitution shall have been fixedly determined, no
alterat