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1ſt. All General Laws, viz. conſtitutional, civil, criminal, and perpetual taxes; concerning which matters, the King is to iſſue his propoſitions by the circular letters ſent before the Dietines to every palatinate and to every diſtrict for deliberation, which coming before the houſe with the opinion expreſſed in the inſtructions given to their repreſentatives, ſhall be taken the firſt for deciſion.
2d. Particular Laws, viz. temporal taxes; regulations of the mint; contracting public debts; creating nobles, and other caſual recompence; reparations of public expences, both ordinary and extraordinary; concerning war; peace; ratification of treaties, both political and commercial; all diplomatic acts and conventions relative to the laws of nations; examining and acquitting different executive departments,
