"ART. 2.—The governor will reside in the chief place of the district, and wherever circumstances may require his presence in the commune that shall be deemed by him best adapted for serving as a centre of his operations. "ART. 3.—The governor will reëstablish in every commune the Council and all the functionaries, such as they were before the Bourbonic occupation. He will replace by other individuals such as are deceased, or who from other causes may not appear. "ART. 4.—The following will be excluded from the civic council, and cannot be members of the corporation, or communal judges, or agents of the public administration: "(_a._) All such as shall favor, directly or indirectly, the restoration of the Bourbons. "(_b._) All such as have filled or do fill public situations in the name of the Power now tormenting Sicily. "(_c._) All such as are notoriously opposed to the emancipation of the country. "ART. 5.—The governor will have to decide on the grounds of incapacity as stated in the foregoing article, and in case of need will exercise the powers conferred on the district committees by the decrees of July 22, 1848, and Feb. 22, 1849. "ART. 6.—The governor will appoint in each chief place of the district a quæstor, and in each commune a delegate for the public safety; in the cities of Palermo, Messina, and Catania, an assessor for each quarter. "The delegates and assessors will be, in the exercise of their functions, dependent on the quæstor, and the quæstor on the governor. "ART. 7.—The governor will preside over all the public branches of the administration, and direct their proceedings. "ART. 8.—The sentences, decisions and public acts will be headed with the phrase, 'In the name of VICTOR EMANUEL, King of Italy.' "ART. 9.—The laws, decrees and regulations, as they existed down to the 15th of May, 1859, will continue in force. "ART. 10.—All regulations contrary to the present one are cancelled. "G. GARIBALDI, "F. CRISPI, Secretary of State. "ALCAMO, _May 17, 1860_." ------- "_Italy and Victor Emanuel!_ "JOSEPH GARIBALDI, Commander-in-Chief, etc., decrees: "1. In every free commune of Sicily the municipality will have to ascertain the state of the local treasuries, and what small sums are there. A report of the same, signed by the Municipal Chief, the Treasurer, and Municipal Chancellor, will have to be drawn up.