CXLVIII. For the intents of the previous Article the crime of treason consists in attempts against the form of Government established in this Constitution, or in taking arms in favour of external enemies, or in leaguing with them or with national subjects in favour of foreigners. CXLIX. All other persons in the service of the Republic are likewise responsible for their conduct in the exercise of their functions, in conformity with the provisions of the laws. TITLE XXII.-Various Provisions. CL. The Venezuelans have the right of terminating their disputes by arbitration, even after legal proceedings have begun. CLI. All confiscation is abolished, as well as every cruel punishment, and that of death for political offences. The criminal code will restrict the imposition of capital punishment as far as possible. CLII. No sum whatever shall be drawn from the public treasury for other purposes than those determined by the law and in conformity with the estimates, which must be published. CLIII. The municipal revenues cannot be burdened with national imposts. CLIV. The establishment of entailed estates is prohibited as well as of every kind of entail. CLV. Every public body or official is prohibited from exercising any function or authority, which has not been conferred upon them by the Constitution or the law. CLVI. No public functionary shall issue, obey, or execute orders that are manifestly contrary to the Constitution or the laws, or which in any manner violate the essential formalities prescribed by them, or which are issued by authorities manifestly incompetent. CLVII. Those who issue, sign, execute, or order the execution of decrees, orders, or resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws which guarantee individual rights, as well as those who carry them out, are culpable, and are to be punished according to those laws. CLVIII. The salaries and appointments of the President and Vice-President of the Republic, of the Senators and Deputies, and of the magistrates of the Supreme Court, can neither be augmented nor diminished during the period for which those who fill the said offices have been elected. CLIX. The provincial elections shall precede the national elections. TITLE XXIII.-Of the Oath of the Officials. CLX. No public officer shall enter upon the exercise of his functions without first taking the oath to support and defend the [1859-60. L.] 4 S Constitution, and to fulfil the duties of his office faithfully and exactly. CLXI. The President and Vice-President of the Republic shall take this oath in presence of the Congress and at the hands of its President; the Presidents of the National and provincial Chambers, and those of the Supreme and superior courts of justice, in presence of the respective bodies; and the members of these bodies, at the hands of their respective Presidents. CLXII. The Secretaries of State shall take the oath before the President of the Republic; the Governors before the Municipal Council of the capital of the province; and the other civil and military officials before the respective Governors, or before the authority appointed by them. TITLE XXIV. Of Reforming the Constitution. CLXIII. The reformation of any one or more Articles of this Constitution may be proposed in either of the Chambers, by any number of its members; but before the proposed reforms can be discussed the necessity thereof must be declared in each Chamber by two-thirds of the members present. When the necessity of the reform has been declared, the Chamber which has proposed it shall draw up the project accordingly, in order that it may be discussed with the same formalities as the laws, in the next session, meanwhile the reform shall be published through the press. CLXIIII. The power granted to Congress by the preceding Article does not extend to any alteration of the form of Government, which shall always be republican, popular, representative, responsible, and alternative. TITLE XXV.-Transitory Provisions. CLXV. The present Constitution shall be promulgated with the solemnity and formalities established by the decree of 24th September, 1830, and shall be immediately put in execution, all laws and decrees, in so far as they are not opposed to it, still remaining in force; and, in order to effect the renewal prescribed in Articles LI, LX, and CXIX, the National Chambers at their first meeting, and the Supreme and superior courts on their installation, shall decide by lot on the half of their respective members, or the greater number if it should be uneven, who have to retire at the end of the second year. Given at Valencia, in the Sessions-hall of the National Convention, and signed by the Deputies present, on the 24th day of December, 1858. 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Com- Ro Baney, th April, 1860. 842 Macbatee. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Commerce. Navigation. Slave Trade. Macbatee, 26th December, 1851. 810 Mambolo. Treaty. Peace. Friendship. Commerce. Freetown, 3rd December, 1856. 831 Slave Trade.....Caniope, 21st March, 1851. 806 Naloes. Treaty. Plantain Island. Sherbro. Sin. Convention. Treaty. Peace. Tasso, 31st May, 1859. 840 ALBANIA. Proclamation. Ratification of Treaties. Freetown, 1st August, 1854. 827 Commerce. Joal-Boor-Sin, 22nd January, 1856. 830 Timmanees. Additional Articles. Peace. Friendship. (Do.) (Do.) Procès Verbal. Port Lokkoh, 4th May, 1853. 822 Port Lokkoh, 9th May, 1853. 824 Port Lokkoh, 27th February, 1857. 834 AMERICA (SOUTH-EAST COAst). ANCONA. Notification (British). Sardinian Blockade. 8th November, 1859. 859 London, 28th September, 1860. 634 Lisbon, 29th May, 1854. 897 ANGOLA Portaria (Portuguese). Passports. Coasting Vessels. Angola. Page ANNEXATION. Correspondence. Great Britain, France, &c. Proposed ARBITRATION. 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