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CONSTITUTIONAL

CHARTER

OF THE

KINGDOM OF POLAND.





TITLE I. OF THE POLITICAL RELATIONS OF THE KINGDOM.

Article I. The kingdom of Poland is for ever united to the Empire of Russia.

II. The civil and political relations in which we place it, and the bonds by which this union is to be secured, are determined by the Charter which now we grant.

III. The crown of Poland is hereditary in our person and that of our decendants, heirs, and successors, according to the order of succession, established for the Imperial throne of Russia.

IV. The constitutional Charter determines the manner, the principle, and the exercise of the sovereign authority.

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