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be declared in the exiſting Diet by the plurality of three-fourths of votes of both combined Houſes againſt one-fourth.

When the King comes of age, or recovers his health, or returns from captivity, the Regency ſhall ceaſe, and ſhall be accountable to him, and reſponſible to the nation in their perſons and fortunes, for their actions during their office.


ARTICLE X.

Education of King’s Children.

The King’s ſons, being deſigned ſucceſſors to the Crown, are the firſt children of the country. Thence the care of their proper education, without encroaching, however, on the right of their parents, devolves naturally upon the nation.

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