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Chapter 1 Page 1BULLETIN OF ACTS, ORDERS AND DECREES
OF THE
UNITED NETHERLANDS.
(No. 1) Decree of the 18th of December 1813, No. 5, relating to the establishing of a BULLETIN OF ACTS, ORDERS AND DECREES OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.
We WILLIAM I, by the grace of God, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Sovereign of the United Netherlands, etc., etc., etc.
Heard the recommendation of our Commissioner-General of the Interior;
Have decided and decreed:
Art. 1. There will, by order of the Government, at the expense, and for the benefit, of these Lands, be issued a BULLETIN OF ACTS, ORDERS AND DECREES OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS, starting from 1st January 1814.
2. In the Bulletin will only be published all Acts, promulgations, and Official Publications, and furthermore such Decrees of the Sovereign, of which the publication is deemed necessary or useful.
3. The entering of these documents in the Bulletin is taken to be that publication, and as replacement of the previously customary sending of printed copies; for which reason, all Municipalities will be obliged to supply themselves therewith, at their own expense.
4. The Bulletin will be printed in octavo, and will be issued, at no fixed time, in such a manner as the subject matter available for it will demand.
5. None of the aforesaid documents may be included in any newspaper or made public before they have been entered in the Bulletin.
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6. The superintendence of the publication of the Bulletin, and the responsibility for everything, which concerns the arrangement and organization thereof, will be demanded of, and dedicated to our General State Secretariat.
7. Our Commissioner-General of the Interior will liaise with our General State Secretariat, regarding the implementation of this Decree, which will be brought to the knowledge of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, of the First President of the High Court of Justice, and of the Commissioner-Generals of Finance, War, Navy, and Police, in order to conduct themselves accordingly.
Enacted at The Hague, 18th December of the year 1813, and the first of Our Reign.
(Signed) WILLIAM I.
In name of the King,
(Signed) A.R. Falck.
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DECREE, declaring that there will be published a Netherlands Government Gazette by order of the Government.
Of the 18th of December 1813.
(BULLETIN OF ACTS AND DECREES, Annex to 1813. No. 1)
We WILLIAM I, by the grace of God, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Sovereign of the United Netherlands, etc., etc., etc.
Heard the recommendation of our Commissioner-General of the Interior;
Have decided and decreed:
Art. 1. There will, by order of the Government, at the expense, and to the benefit, of the Lands, be issued a Netherlands Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees, starting from 1st January 1814.
2. With absolute exclusion of all private documents, news items, and advertisements, are placed in the Bulletin:
1st. All decisions, appointments and notifications of the ministers and all national Governing Bodies and officials, civil and judicial, which they wish to notify the public of.
2nd. All Advertisements and Notices of these Governing Bodies and persons.
3rd. Such diplomatic documents, official messages, and further reports as the government wishes to have notified.
4th. Notices and advertisements of departmental and local governments and officials, in so far as they wish the placing thereof on payment of the ordinary advertising money.
3. The Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees will be printed in folio, and issued
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daily. All Municipalities will be obliged to purchase it at their own expense.
4. Our Commissioner-General of the Interior is entrusted with the superintendence of the publication of the Bulletin, and the responsibility for everything, which concerns the arrangement and organization thereof.
5. Our Commissioner-General of the Interior is responsible for the implementation of this decree, which will be brought to the knowledge of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, of the First President of the High Court of Justice, and of the Commissioner-Generals of Finance, War, Navy, and Police, in order to conduct themselves accordingly.
Thus done, 18th December 1813, and the first of Our Reign.
(Signed) WILLIAM I
In name of the King,
(Signed) A.R. Falck.
Certified true copy:
(Signed) A.R. Falck.
Translation by: Miluska Kooij