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Constitution of the Republick, unless he have previously received from the Government, authority and permission for that purpose, in writing, which shall be stated either in the title-page, or at the end, of all the printed copies of the same.

II. The printed Copies, prior to their being sold or distributed, shall be shewn to the Officer or Officers whom the Government shall have made responsible for examing them, in order to prevent the introduction of any, the least, corruption or alteration in the Text thereof.

III. Any Printer violating the preceding injunctions, shall forfeit all the copies he may have printed, and his Printing-office shall be under sequestration for 3 months.

IV. Any Person importing Copies printed out of the Republick, shall, previous to their sale or distribution, deliver them to the Government, for the purpose specified in Article II. and the permission granted to him for circulating them, if they be found correct, shall be inserted in the Official Gazette.

V. If the Importer, Merchant, or other Person, proceed to sell or distribute Copies, without complying with the Regulations in the preceding Article, he shall forfeit the whole of the Copies, and also be fined at the discretion of the Government.

VI. The Executive Power and the other Authorities of the Cities, Towns, and Communities of the Republick, shall be held responsible for the circulation of Copies of the Constitution, printed out of the Republick, in which the Text shall, in the least, have been corrupted or altered.

VII. The present Decree shall form the Preamble in all the Copies of the first edition of the Constitution, and also in those which may hereafter be printed in the Republick.

You will take notice hereof, and adopt the measures necessary for its fulfilment, by ordering it to be printed, published, and circulated. Given in the Hall of Congress, Lima, November the 17th, 1823. 4th and 2d of the Republick.

MANUEL SALAZAR Y BAQUIJANO, President.
MANUEL MUELLE, Deputy Secretary.

MIGUEL OTERO, Deputy Secretary.

Therefore, let it be executed, watched over, and complied with in all its parts, by whomsoever it may concern. The Minister of State of the Department of Government is charged with its fulfilment. Given at Lima, the 17th November, 1823. 4th and 2d of the Republick.

By order of His Excellency,

JOSE BERNADO TAGLE.

JUAN DE BERINDOAGA.

DECREE of Congress, relative to the Promulgation of, and Swearing to, the Constitution of Peru.-11th November, 1823.

(Translation.)

DON JOSE BERNARDO TAGLE, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICK, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS the Sovereign Congress has been pleased to decree as follows:

The Constituent Congress of Peru, considering that the promulgation of, and the Oath taken to, the Political Constitution which it has sanctioned, will commence a new epoch in the Annals of the Independence and Liberty of the People, inasmuch as without a Fundamental Law it is impossible to secure these Sacred Rights, and, reflecting that such august Acts ought to be performed with all the solemnity which their importance demands, has thought proper to decree as follows:

I. In the Publick Sitting on the 13th Instant, after the Constitution shall have been sworn to by all the Deputies of Congress, the President of the Republick shall present himself in the Hall of its Sittings, at 10 o'clock in the morning, when the Oath to the Constitution shall be administered to him in the following form:

"Do you swear, by God, to defend the Roman Catholick, Apostolick, Religion, without admitting the exercise of any other in the Republick?"-"YES, I SWEAR IT."

"Do you swear to watch over, and cause to be watched over, the Political Constitution of the Peruvian Republick, which has been decreed and sanctioned by the Constituent Congress, as likewise all the Laws of the Senate: and that you will neither encroach upon National Representation, nor attack the inviolability of its Members, to the insult of the People represented by them?"" YES, I

SWEAR IT."

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"Do you swear to conduct yourself properly and faithfully in the discharge of the trust with which the Nation has invested you, to promote by every means the interests of the Nation, and to respect its Political Liberty, as well as the individual and social rights of all the Peruvians; that you will not require obedience to be paid to what is in opposition thereto, but, that on the contrary, whatever is at variance with what you have sworn to shall be null and void ?"-" Yes, I swear IT." "If you so conduct yourself, may God reward you, but if you fail, may He call you to account for it, and may the Nation make you responsible in conformity with the Laws!"

II. The Ceremonies which are to precede and follow this Act, will be specified in the particular Order which is to be issued to the Execu tive Power.

III. On Thursday the 20th instant, the Constitution shall be solemnly proclaimed in this Capital, as the Seat and Residence of the

Supreme Government; and the Executive Power shall see to this Ceremony being performed with all the pomp and majesty which the Act requires, and shal fix upon such spots as are most convenient for its being proclaimed in a clear and audible manner.

IV. The Government and all the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Authorities, as well as all the Corporations of the Capital, shall, in full dress, attend this Proclamation, which shall be made by the Minister of State of the Department of Government.

V. On the day following the Proclamation, the principal Civil and Military Authorities shall present themselves at the Palace of the Government, when the Oath shall be administered to them, respectively, in the following form:

"Do you swear, by God and by the Holy Gospels, to keep and cause to be kept, the Political Constitution of the Peruvian Republick, sanctioned by the Constituent Congress, and to be true to the Government?"- "" - YES, I SWEAR IT."

"If you so conduct yourself, &c."

VI. The Authorities, or Inferior Functionaries of Tribunals, the Ecclesiastical Chapters, Universities, Religious Communities, Colleges, and all the other Corporations of the Republick, shall take the Oath, before the Heads, Prelates, or Superiors of their Departments respectively, in the following form:

"Do you swear, by God and by the Holy Gospels, to watch over the Political Constitution, &c."

Those who superintend any Jurisdiction shall be sworn in the form prescribed by the preceding Article.

VII. A Mass of Thanksgiving, and Te Deum, shall be performed in the Cathedrals, Universities, Religious Communities, and Colleges, after the Chapters, and the other Bodies abovementioned, shall have been sworn to the Constitution.

VIII. When the Cities, Towns, and Communities, receive the Act of the Constitution, (the Bearer of which must be a Military Officer) such publick demonstration of joy shall be made as may be consistent with the circumstances of the Place, to celebrate the arrival of The Great Charter, which guaranties the Liberties of the Country. The Civil Power of each Community shall proceed to the boundary to receive the Act of the Constitution, the Chief Magistrate shall proceed with it to the Town-house, and therein deposit the same, in front of which a Guard shall be placed, wherever a Garrison is stationed.

IX. The Head of the Province shall, without delay, in concert with the Civil Power, fix the day for proclaiming the Constitution in suitable places, agreeably to the Form prescribed in the 3d and 4th Articles, adapting the Ceremony to the particular Place; after having caused the Act to be verified, in the Capital of the Department, and Province of his Jurisdiction.

X. On the first Sunday after the Oath prescribed in Article V. shall have been administered, the Citizens, headed by the Supreme Political Chief and by the Civil Power, shall assemble in their Parochial Church, respectively, where a solemn Mass of Thanksgiving shall be celebrated; the Act of the Constitution shall be read previous to the Offertory; and, a suitable exhortation having been subsequently pronounced by the Parish Priest, all the Citizens shall, after Mass, take the Oath, in the following form:

"Do you swear, by God and the Holy Evangelists, to observe the Political Constitution of the Peruvian Republick as sanctioned by the Constituent Congress ?"—" YES, I SWEAR IT," &c.

After this Ceremony, Te Deum shall be performed.

XI. In Cities or Towns which have more than one Parish Church, the Alcaldes and Regidors shall respectively administer the Oath prescribed in the preceding Article, and the same Oath shall be administered in the subordinate Parishes, in order that the Citizens may be sworn with the least loss of time and trouble; and the Alcalde or Regidors of the Chief Municipality shall repair to such Places as have no Municipality of their own.

XII. A day shall be fixed for the reception of the Act of the Constitution by the Army and Marine, and, the respective Forces being assembled, it shall be read in a loud voice. The Commander, the Officers, and the Men, shall be sworn in front of the Colours, in the following form:

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Do you swear, by God, and by the Cross, that you will defend, and cause to be defended, by means of your Swords, the Political Constitution of the Republick, sanctioned by the Constituent Congress; that you will not misapply the force entrusted to you by the Nation, to subvert the Sacred Rights established by this Constitution; that you will not obey any Leader who should order you to be guilty of transgressing those Rights, of acting contrary to the National Representation, or the inviolability of its Members; but that you will, on the contrary, turn against him as Citizens armed for the purpose of watching over Liberty ?"-" YES, I SWEAR IT."

"If you so conduct yourself, may God reward you; but if you fail, may He call you to account, and may your honour be tarnished."

XIII. The Parochial Priests shall take their Oaths before their respective Vicars, and the latter before the Chief Notary of the Province, for which purpose all Priests shall attend in their respective Cities, Towns, or Communities.

XIV. The Presidents and Governors of Departments and Districts shall take the Oath before the Municipalities of their respective Capitals; the Oath to the latter being administered by their Secretaries, to enable them, afterwards, to receive the Oaths of their Inferiors.

XV. In the evening of the day on which the Constitution is proclaimed, all the Prisons, throughout the Republick, shall be visited, and liberty shall be given to all who are not imprisoned for disaffection, sedition, or treason, or any crime deserving corporal punishment; those coufined for civil debt shall be released on giving security.

XVI. The respective Minutes and Certificates, shewing that the Oath has been administered and the Act of the Constitution proclaimed, as ordered by this Decree, shall be transmitted by Government to the Congress, and Copies of them shall be deposited in the Department of Government.

You are to take notice of the preceding, and adopt the necessary measures for its accomplishment, by ordering it to be printed, published, and circulated.

Given in the Hall of Congress, Lima, 11th November, 1823. 4th, and 2d of the Republick.

MANUEL SALAZAR Y BAQUIJANO, PRESIDENT.
MANUEL MUELLE, Deputy Secretary.

MIGUEL OTERO, Deputy Secretary.

Therefore, let it be carried into effect, observed, and fulfilled in all its parts by those to whose duty it belongs. The Minister of State in the Department of the Government shall present a Report of its having been carried into execution.

Given at Lima, 15th November, 1823. 4th, and 2d of the Republick.
JOSE BERNARDO TAGLE.
JUAN DE BERINDOAGA.

By Order of His Excellency,

POLITICAL CONSTITUTION of the Republick of Peru. November 12th, 1823.*

DON JOSE BERNARDO TAGLE, Grand Marshal of the Armies, and President of the Peruvian Republick, nominated by the Constituent Congress.

Whereas Congress has decreed and sanctioned the following:
POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE PERUVIAN

REPUBLICK.

In the name of God, by whose power all Societies are constituted, and whose wisdom inspires all Legislators with Justice.

We, the Constituent Congress of Peru, in exercise of the powers vested by the People in their Representatives, collectively and individually, with a view to secure their Liberties, promote their happiness, and, by means of a Fundamental Law, to establish the Government of the Republick, do, in conformity with the bases recognised and sworn to, decree and sauction the following Constitution:

Reprinted in pursuance of the Decree of General Bolivar, Liberator and Supreme Director of Peru, at Lima, 20th March, 1825,

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