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Page 74 - ... instance, which is competent to pronounce sentences of death and penal servitude, and also acts as a Court of Appeal. Above this are the three Courts of Appeal sitting at Sofia, Philippopolis, and Ruschuk. The highest tribunal is the Court of Cassation, sitting at Sofia, and composed of 12 judges. Its duty is to ensure the just and uniform application of the laws by the various tribunals throughout the country. The Mohammedans and other alien religious communities are allowed to have their own...
Page 49 - The executive power belongs to the Prince. All the administrative organs act in his name and under his supreme control. In virtue of his prerogative the Prince appoints and dismisses the Ministers, and through these latter all the civil and military functionaries. He is the supreme chief of the military forces of the country in time of peace, and their commander-in-chief in time of war. He represents the country in its international relations and at the national solemnities. All the treaties with...
Page 54 - Wardens, the election to be held from seven o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the afternoon...
Page 17 - ... the Thraco-Illyrians, the Thraco-Macedonians, and the Thraco-Dacians. At the beginning of the third century, the Slavs made their first appearance and, crossing the Danube, came to settle in the great plains between the river and the Balkan Mountains. Later, they proceeded southwards and formed colonies among the Thraco-Illyrians, the Roumanians, and the Greeks. This Slav emigration went on for several centuries. In the seventh century of the Christian era a Finno-ugric tribe reached the banks...
Page 25 - ... the maintenance of palaces, &c. Constitution and Government. The Principality of Bulgaria was created by the Treaty of Berlin, signed July 13, 1878. It was ordered by the Treaty that Bulgaria should be constituted an autonomous and tributary Principality under the suzerainty of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan with a Christian Government and a national militia. The Prince of Bulgaria should be freely elected by the population and confirmed by the Sublime Porte, with the consent of the Powers.
Page 55 - ... its representatives and by way of referendum. In all other matters, it is exercised by the people, through its deputies to the National Assembly, elected by universal suffrage equal, direct, and secret. 4. Within the conditions laid down by law, all French citizens and nationals of both sexes, who have attained their majority, and enjoy civil and political rights, are electors.
Page 50 - Prince has the right, after convoking the Assembly, to prorogue its session, but the prorogation may not extend beyond two months, and must not occur more than once in the course of the same session. He may also dissolve the Assembly and order new elections. The...
Page 51 - The Judiciary Prerogative of the Crown includes : (a) the right of pardon, or the right of relieving persons condemned by the law courts of the whole or of parts of their punishment. No capital sentence may be executed unless it has been approved by the Prince, who may substitute in its place a lighter penalty...
Page 51 - All such measures, however, must be adopted by the Cabinet Council, and entail the collective responsibility of all the Ministers. They must be submitted to the approval of the National Assembly in the course of its earliest session.
Page 69 - The central government must take no part in the administration of the communes, or maintain any agents of its own to interfere with their affairs. The commune forms the basis of the State fabric and enjoys a complete autonomy.