Edict of Settlement, 1854

[Eryane 3698]

 

THE EDICT OF SETTLEMENT

 

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13th of Harren’s Folly, 1854

 

It is the desire of Their Imperial Majesties, acting on the basis of years of cooperation, collaboration and otherwise fraternity with the kharajyr of the Empire, to reserve for them a stake of land of their personal domain with which to settle under the protection of the Crown. This reservation, defined as the Pale of Settlement or simply the Pale in shorthand, shall be established from the time of the proclamation of this decree, the terms of such settlement defined therein with this very resolution.

As such, We do resolve...

 

PROVISION I: On the Pale, sovereignty and nationality

 

1. That the Pale is comprised of a portion of the Plains of Jonah, due north of the city of Providence.

2. That the Pale be defined as a reservation for the kharajyr under the personal protection of Their Imperial Majesties. 

3. That the Pale be established as the sovereign territory of the Holy Orenian Empire with the status of a reservation, with specific details of governance established in further provisions of this document.

4. That the kharajyr resident in the Pale be considered Imperial subjects, or in the shorthand Imperials, for all legal intents and purposes, and as such they are to be considered loyal countrymen of the Empire, who are hostile to all her enemies. 

 

PROVISION II: On jurisdiction, privileges and terms of settlement

 

1. That the Pale be outside of the normal jurisdiction of the Holy Orenian Empire for the purposes of courts of judicature, civil government and ecclesiastical parishes, as a personal reservation of property set aside by Their Imperial Majesties.

2. That the Pale be permitted to legislate its own laws in respect to its devolved powers, so long as said laws are compatible with the Imperial Constitution and the terms of this decree, and that in the case of any contradictions between such legislation and this decree, this document shall take precedence.

3. That the Pale’s jurisdiction over criminal and civil offenses extend only to those offenses committed within its territory. 

4. That the Pale’s kharajyr residents, in the event that they were to commit criminal or civil offenses outside of the Pale, be subject to the normal jurisdiction of the Empire.

5. That the Pale be permitted to maintain its own policing force as it deems fit, outside of the command of the Imperial State Army, insofar as any combatants of said policing force may be levied by the General Staff or Their Imperial Majesties personally, in defense of the Empire and for other uses against her enemies.

6. That the Pale be free from the ordinary garrison or otherwise presence of a military force with the exception of instances of defense, clear travel through (defined as ‘through’ or ‘across’, for strategic purposes) or an emergency.

7. That the Pale be home only to kharajyr with the exception of those non-kharajyr granted explicit permission to be resident there by its government.

 

PROVISION III: On the government of the Pale

 

1. That the Pale’s executive personage in question is entitled the Warden of the Pale, who shall serve as the territory’s head of government, judicial authority and the general representative of its kharajyr residents, discharging his duties as a loyal subject of Their Imperial Majesties.

PROVISION IV: On devolved and reserved powers

 

1. That the Pale’s devolved powers, on which their government may enact legislation or otherwise act on within the bounds of their physical jurisdiction, consist of:

 

• Agriculture and construction. 

• Courts and judicature, including law enforcement.

• Education.

• Health.

• Religion.

 

2. That the Empire’s reserved powers, on which the Pale’s government may not enact legislation involving or contradictory to, consist of: 

 

• Capital offenses (espionage, treason and murder). 

• Foreign affairs as well as terrorism both domestic and external.

• Trade (exports, imports and tariffs). 

 

PROVISION V: On the interpretation of this document

 

1. That in the case of any provision of this document’s wording being ambiguous or otherwise requiring interpretation, in the case of a dispute, it shall be subject to arbitration by Their Imperial Majesties.

 

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IN NOMINE DEI,

HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor, forever August, King of Renatus, Curon, Kaedrin, Salvus, and Seventis, Grand Duke of Ves, Duke of Helena, Novellen, Furnestock, Adria, and Lorraine, Baron of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera

 

HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY, Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress, forever August, Queen of Renatus, Curon, Kaedrin, Salvus, and Seventis, Grand Duchess of Ves, Duke of Helena, Novellen, Furnestock, Adria, and Lorraine, Baroness of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera

[Laeonathan 5891]

"The Empire has been very kind to us" Ixltub yells, as he holds the document in his paws, showing it to his fellow Kharajyr "Let us repay their kindness with kindness"

[Toffee 2843]

"There are Imperial peers deprived of their estates, and the Crown sets aside land to be used by those who do not, and are not required, to adhere to the laws of the Empire or faith of the Canon?"

 

Josephine Aleksandra clicked her tongue, wondering how many noble manors and common farmsteads may have fit in this plot of land, had it not been reserved for non-humans. And it was the dwarves who were considered heathens? What in heaven's name is happening to our fair Empire?

[Laeonathan 5891]

36 minutes ago, Toffee said:

"There are Imperial peers deprived of their estates, and the Crown sets aside land to be used by those who do not, and are not required, to adhere to the laws of the Empire or faith of the Canon?"

 

Josephine Aleksandra clicked her tongue, wondering how many noble manors and common farmsteads may have fit in this plot of land, had it not been reserved for non-humans. And it was the dwarves who were considered heathens? What in heaven's name is happening to our fair Empire?

 

"Wonder, child" the Kha says, with a gentle smile "This land was given to us, long before the loss of the south. Several years, in fact. And the law and constitution of the Empire binds us just like you. We serve the Empire no different then you, child. And in GOD we are all sons and daughters of Horen."

[Eryane 3698]

2 hours ago, Toffee said:

"There are Imperial peers deprived of their estates, and the Crown sets aside land to be used by those who do not, and are not required, to adhere to the laws of the Empire or faith of the Canon?"

 

Josephine Aleksandra clicked her tongue, wondering how many noble manors and common farmsteads may have fit in this plot of land, had it not been reserved for non-humans. And it was the dwarves who were considered heathens? What in heaven's name is happening to our fair Empire?

 

Empress Anastasia continues to work with peers, alongside her husband, for the relocation of estates after having published an edict that had been long before approved and drafted - too busy to focus on those attempting to sow dissent.