Constitutional Settlement Act of 1902: Difference between revisions

The '''Constitutional Settlement Act of 1902''' was a wide-reaching piece of legislation passed by the [[Concilium Daoni]] in 1902 at the urging of [[Patrick III of Urcea|King Patrick III]] following his restoration at the end of the [[Red Interregnum]]. The end of the [[History_of_Urcea_(1798-1902)#Crown_Regency_and_Red_Interregnum|Crown Regency]] of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] posed significant legal questions for [[Urcea]], especially regarding the legitimacy of many of the acts of the Concilium Daoni adopted since the beginning of the Regency. The King and Daoni determined to declare every act of the Daoni since the death of [[Aedanicus VIII]] to be illegitimate, and decided to retroactively legalize many of the positive changes by a new, comprehensive Act of the Daoni. The Constitutional Settlement Act, then, codified many of the changes, including the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], language providing for reintegration into some of the economic institutions of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] that had been severed since the 1890s, language continuing the social assistance programs created during the Regency, language asking the King, as head of the [[Estates of Urcea]], to produce a final settlement on the status of [[Social class in Urcea]], and language confirming other various reforms implemented by FitzRex. The Act also fixed the number of members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] at 500, a limitation that remains in force today. The Act additionally imbued [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick III]] with broad powers to root out reamining militant republicans and other dissidents, powers which he delegated to the new [[Agency for the Preservation of the Restoration]] created under the [[Ministry of Administration of the Realm (Urcea)|Royal Administration]]. These powers would later be augmented by [[The Enabling|the Enabling Act of 1903]].