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7 person, or his property, according to the forms by law prescribed.

XXV. Every condemned criminal shall undergo the penalty prescribed by law, in his own country; and nobody shall be carried out of the country except in the case of banishment decreed by law.

XXVI. All property, of whatever description or nature, whether it may be on the surface or in the bosom of the earth, and to whomsoever it may belong, is hereby declared sacred and inviolable; and no authority shall infringe upon it, under any pretence whatever. Any person attempting to appropriate the property of another, shall be held to be a disturber of the public peace, and punished accordingly.

XXVII. Government has, nevertheless, the power of exacting from any individual, the sacrifice of his property, when the public good requires it, providing for the individual a previous and equitable indemnification. The law shall determine the cases, and the manner in which this principle is to be applied.

XXVIII. All public affairs, executive, judicial, and military, without any exception, shall be transacted in the Polish language.

XXIX. All public offices, civil and military, shall be filled by Poles only. The presidents of the tribunals for the first hearing of causes, presidents of palatinate commissions, of tribunals of appeals,