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"Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa"

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ARTICLE 6.--The manner of election of the members of the Second
Volksraad shall be the same as that of the members of the First
Volksraad.
ARTICLE 7.--The members of the Second Volksraad shall enjoy the
same allowance as the members of the First Volksraad, and have the same
obligations with regard to informing their electors of their laws and
resolutions.
ARTICLE 8.--The members of the Second Volksraad are chosen for
the period of four years.
In the first ordinary session of the Second Volksraad it shall be
decided by lot which members shall belong to that half which must resign
already after the lapse of the first two years.
ARTICLE 9.--The members of the First Volksraad are chosen by
those enfranchised burghers who have obtained the burgher right, either
before this law came into operation, or thereafter by birth, and have
reached the age of sixteen years.
The franchise for the First Volksraad can besides also be obtained by
those who have during ten years been eligible for the Second Volksraad,
by resolution of the First Volksraad, and according to rules to be fixed
later by law.
ARTICLE 10.--The members of the Second Volksraad are chosen by
all enfranchised burghers who have reached the age of sixteen years.
ARTICLE 11.


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