to the Government to lay down a public road for the use of the
inhabitants over such farms when it is demanded.

ARTICLE 152.--All who, living outside of the Republic, possess
uninhabited ground or farms in this Republic shall pay for each farm as
long as it is uninhabited a double tax yearly.

ARTICLE 153.--The tax for each "erf" in the towns shall be
regulated by the law; and no money for water rights shall be exacted
from the public.

ARTICLE 154.--All surveyed or inspected farms must on sale be
conveyed within the period of six months, and the proprietary due
(_heerenrecht_) be paid within the period of six months; in case of
neglect to comply with above, after the promulgation of this law, the
proprietary due shall be double. The ground is conveyed from the first
owner.

ARTICLE 155.--The taxes to be paid by the people, where no
other officials are appointed by law, are paid at the office of the
Landrosts of the districts.

ARTICLE 156.--All uninspected farms which are under application
must be inspected as soon as possible.

ARTICLE 157.--Every one who owns property and chooses to do so,
shall, besides the inspectors, be able to make use of a surveyor, for
the surveying and charting of his ground.

ARTICLE 158.--No civil servant shall have the right to defend
cases before the courts of law except for himself.

ARTICLE 159.--All earlier laws and resolutions in conflict with
the contents of these laws are altogether suspended.

S.J.P. KRUGER,
_President._
C. VAN BOESCHOTEN,
_Acting Secretary of State._

GOVERNMENT OFFICES,
PRETORIA, 19th November, 1889.

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LAW No. 4, 1891.

FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE CONSISTING OF
TWO VOLKSRAADS.

ARTICLE 1.--The legislative power shall rest with a
representation of the people, which shall consist of a First Volksraad
and a Second Volksraad.

ARTICLE 2.--The First Volksraad shall be the highest authority
in the State, just as the Volksraad was before this law came into
operation.

The First Volksraad shall be the body named the Volksraad until this law
came into operation. From the period of this law coming into operation,
the name of that body shall be altered from the Volksraad to the First
Volksraad. The persons forming that body as members shall, however,
remain the same, only they shall from the said period be named members
of the First Volksraad instead of members of the Volksr