Compact of Settlement, 229 S.A.

[Unwillingly 18096]

 

D E C R E E    O F    T A N E M

Issued by the Ivory Crown and Grace of the High Prince,

13th of the Amber Cold, 229 S.A.

 

 

It is the desire of His Highness, Prince Galahad, acting on the basis of our revered duty to see to the permanent safety and security of the Starlands, to administer the recent acquisitions, brought to him after the shared triumph of the Holy League, in a manner befitting the recent insecurity of that place, being a personal property of the Prince of Cauróst. In view of the complete abolition of the state of Celian’or and the legal status of Celian, to never again be adopted by the ruling power of the region, the former lands encompassed therein will be organized into a single administrative unit. This domain, defined as the Palatinate of Tanem or simply the Palatinate 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 Palatinate, sovereignty and nationality

 

1. That the Palatinate is comprised of the Starlands, that region once-held by the House Ibarellan, save those lands ceded to Norland and Urguan.
2. That the Palatinate be defined as a reservation for the refugee elves of the Starlands under the personal protection of the Prince of Cauróst, to be administered by an appointed representative in the region.
3. That the Palatinate be established as the sovereign territory of the Princedom of Cauróst with the status of a reservation, with specific details of governance established in further provisions of this document.
4. That the residents in the Palatinate be considered Caurósian subjects, or in the shorthand Caurósians, for all legal intents and purposes, and as such they are to be considered loyal countrymen of Cauróst, who are hostile to all her enemies. 

 

PROVISION II: On jurisdiction, privileges and terms of settlement

 

1. That the Palatinate be outside of the normal jurisdiction of the Princedom of Cauróst for the purposes of courts of judicature, civil government and ecclesiastical parishes, as a personal reservation of property set aside by His Highness.
2. That the Palatinate be permitted to legislate its own laws in respect to its devolved powers, so long as said laws are compatible with the laws of Cauróst 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 Palatinate’s jurisdiction over criminal and civil offenses extend only to those offenses committed within its territory. 
4. That the Palatinate’s residents, in the event that they were to commit criminal or civil offenses outside of the Palatinate, be subject to the normal jurisdiction of Cauróst.
5. That the Palatinate be permitted to maintain its own policing force as it deems fit, outside of the command of the Praven’tir, insofar as any combatants of said policing force may be levied by the Prince of Cauróst in defense of Cauróst and for other uses against her enemies.
6. That the Palatinate be home only to elves with the exception of those non-elves granted explicit permission to be resident there by its government.

 

PROVISION III: On the government of the Palatinate

 

1. That the Palatinate’s executive personage in question is entitled the Palatine of Tanem, who shall serve as the territory’s head of government, judicial authority and the general representative of its residents, discharging their duties as a loyal subject of His Highness.

PROVISION IV: On devolved and reserved powers

 

1. That the Palatinate’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.

 

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

 

• 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 the High Prince of Cauróst.

Uell ito Maruthiran,

Galahad Ílumrin

High Prince of Cauróst , Prince of Malinor & Eldest Son of Húrin Nullivari-Ibarellan

 

Galar Ithelanen

Lord of Camlannen

 

[Wyrvun 1808]

Emaelia Drakon showed a faux-smile as the ruins of Celia'nor came into her possession. She'd go on, pretending she had a plan.

[Frisket 4538]

Ember Mah'nel sighed a breath of relief, a small laughter of mania came out of her as her citizenry is considered people. of this enclave land....

[Morigung-oog 5697]

Valindra shook her head, unsurprised yet disappointed regardless.

 

[JustMeMorgan 2065]

Acalmaehr questioned whether or not Cauróst will accomodate him within the jails of their capital city; Seeing how they conquered and handed his old house over to a snow elf, which of course the elf had no quarrel with but still wished to become a nuisance nonetheless.

 

[Navigator 4260]

13 hours ago, Wyrvun said:

Emaelia Drakon showed a faux-smile as the ruins of Celia'nor came into her possession. She'd go on, pretending she had a plan.

Arcaeris Drakon pat his cousin's head. 

"Good job, this'll piss off a lot of people."