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the obligations he may have voluntarily entered into.
ARTICLE V.
Form of Government, or the Definition of Public Powers.
All power in civil ſociety ſhould be derived from the will of the people, its end and object being the preſervation and integrity of the ſtate, the civil liberty, and the good order of ſociety, on an equal ſcale, and on a laſting foundation. Three diſtinct powers ſhall compoſe the government of the Poliſh nation, according to the preſent conſtitution, viz.
1ſt. Legiſlative power in the States aſſembled.
2d.
