53. The assembled Field-Commandants and Field-Cornets have the right,
during the course of the war, when they have just cause for so doing, to
discharge the Commandant-General who had been chosen by them, and to
appoint another, they being bound in that case to give notice to the
President thereof, who on receipt of such announcement, and on finding
the assigned reasons well founded, fixes the day on which a new election
shall take place.
54. After the war there exists no longer any Commandant-General as such.
55. The Field-Cornets must be resident in their own wards and possess
property therein.
56. The Field-Commandants must be resident in their own districts,
possess fixed property to the amount of L200, and have lived one year in
the country.
_Chapter IX.--Miscellaneous Subjects._
57. The Roman-Dutch law shall be the principal law of this State, where
no other law has been made by the Volksraad.
58. The law is for all alike, always understanding that the judge shall
exercise all laws with impartiality and without respect of persons.
59. Every inhabitant owes obedience to the law and the authorities.
60. Right of property is guaranteed.
61. Personal freedom, provisionally on remaining within the limitations
of the law, is guaranteed.
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