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ed for the maintenance of order, so that the duties of the men may be proportionately divided amongst them. ARTICLE 110.--The Commandant-General sits in the Executive Council as member of the same. ARTICLE 111.--In the field the Commandant-General has the supervision of the war ammunition of the State. ARTICLE 112.--The Commandants and Field-Cornets comply with the commands of the Landrosts, so far as they, according to the regulation of the laws about the judicial administrative power, come into relation with the same. ARTICLE 113.--Notice of the contravention mentioned in Article 107 is given by the officers to the Landrosts of their districts, who will have to see that the fines are called in. ARTICLE 114.--A month after the expiration of a commando the President shall, by means of the Landrost, take care that the assigned share of the booty comes to the seriously wounded, the widows and orphans of the dead. OF THE JUDICIAL POWER AND MAINTENANCE OF JUSTICE. ARTICLE 115.--The people entrust the administration of justice to: (_a_) A High Court. (_b_) A Circuit Court. (_c_) The Landrosts, in their capacity as such, and such other officials as are clothed with judicial competence by the law. The Courts give judgment as soon as possible after the close of the case. The Chief Justice and puisne judges must be duly graduated in law (_in de rechten gepromoveerd_). The public ministry of public prosecution rests with the State Attorney, and under his supervision with the public prosecutors of the various districts. The members of the two first Courts are appointed for their lives. The law regulates the manner in which the discharge shall be granted them, either honourably or the reverse, in case of misconduct or incapacity. ARTICLE 116.--The Landrosts are appointed by the Executive Council on every occasion on the occurrence of a vacancy. Two persons possessing the qualifications for officials according to the Grondwet are proposed to the enfranchised burghers of the district concerned, so as at the very latest within the period of two months to decide between the two such candidates by free voting, and to give written notice of the result of such voting to the Executive Council. The Landrosts must have been a year enfranchised burghers and be members of a Protestant Church, have had no criminal sentence to their discredit, and have reached the age of thirty years. ARTICLE 117.--Th
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