On behalf of this
Government, therefore, I beg to notify that, compelled thereto by the
action of Her Majesty's Government, they intend to carry out the
instructions of the Volksraad as set forth in the last part of the
Resolution referred to by Your Excellency.
CHAPTER VI.
CONSTITUTION OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
_Chapter I.--Citizenship._
SECTION I.--How Citizenship is Obtained.
1. Burghers of the Orange Free State are:
(_a_) White persons born from inhabitants of the State both before and
after 23 February, 1854.
(_b_) White persons who have obtained burgher-right under the
regulations of the Constitution of 1854 or the altered Constitution of
1866.
(_c_) White persons who have lived a year in the State and have fixed
property registered under their own names to at least the value of L150.
(_d_) White persons who have lived three successive years in the State
and have made a written promise of allegiance to the State and obedience
to the laws, whereupon a certificate of citizenship (burghership) shall
be granted by the Landrost of the district where they have settled.
(_e_) Civil and judicial officials who, before accepting their offices,
have taken an oath of allegiance to the State and its laws.
SECTION II.
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