[VOTE] Assent to the Ratification of Kingsgate Concordat

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[VOTE] Assent to the Ratification of Kingsgate Concordat

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Lady Prætor,

To give my collegue-ruler from Goldshire a hand, I hereby do submit to the Landsraad for its assent for ratification the Concordat of Kingsgate between the Duchy of Goldshire and the Jólaslafðir, the spiritual leadership of the Storish Ancient Ways which are the customs of worship of the High Realm of Stormark.

Her Grace will drop by at her own leisure to provide an explanation of the whys and wherefores of this Concordat.

The Concordat of Kingsgate


between


The Duchy of Goldshire


and


The Jólaslafðir



Her High Holiness Forn Siðr Fúrstafrúa Sigrdrífa the Priestess of the House of Vanadís, Ærkejarla of Thingeyri and the Idunn Isles, Yfirstormarksgythia and High Priestess of the Thingeyri Temple and His Grace Ryker Everstone, Duke of Goldshire, Count of Suthergold , moved by a common desire to consolidate and promote the friendly relations existing between the Jólaslafðir and the Duchy of Goldshire, wish to permanently regulate the relations between the Storish Ancient Ways and the Duchy of Goldshire in a way acceptable to both parties and to that end have decided to conclude a solemn agreement.

For this purpose Her High Holiness the Yfirstormarksgythia and High Priestess of the Thingeyri Temple has appointed as her Plenipotentiary Her Holiness the Lady Oracle of Thingeyri and His Grace the Duke of Goldshire has opted to serve as as representative of his own, who, having exchanged their respective mandates and found them to be in good and proper form, have agreed to the following Articles:

Article the First
The Duchy of Goldshire and the Jólaslafðir (hereafter the "High Contracting Parties") solemnly acknowledge each other as international legal persons, each considering the other party an independent legal person in compliance with international law, and pledge that they shall respect fully this legal personality.

Article the Second
The Duchy of Goldshire assures and guarantees the practitioners of the Storish Ancient Ways who are present within its borders (hereafter "the Vanafolk") the free exercise of their spiritual relationships as well as the free and public exercise of their Storish Ancient Ways Faith in accordance with its venerable traditions and ancient customs. In the discharge of their official clerical duties, Vanafolk clerics who have been appointed, elected or selected by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir shall be entitled to the protection of the Imperial State.

Article the Third
The Jólaslafðir hereby assure and guarantee the Duchy of Goldshire that they - as well as any Vanic cleric or body of Vanic clerics that has been appointed, elected or selected by or under their authority - shall not engage in, or condone, any hostile, malicious or subversive act or policy against the Imperial State aforesaid.

Article the Fourth
The Duchy of Goldshire hereby acknowledges the age-old right of the Jólaslafðir to, within the Vanic realm of their competence, issue laws, decrees and appointments: the Imperial State aforesaid shall neither hinder nor impede the exercise of the aforementioned right, under the laws valid for all in Goldshire, to manage and regulate spiritual and temporal affairs of the Vanafolk independently and, within the framework of their own competence, to issue binding laws and ordinances for the Vanafolk.

Article the Fifth
The Jólaslafðir hereby assure and guarantee the Duchy of Goldshire that they shall, with regard to spiritual and temporal matters in Goldshire, adhere to the Law of the Lands of Goldshire as well as applicable regional and local law in force within the borders of the aforementioned Imperial State. They shall strictly charge and enjoin every Vanic cleric or body of Vanic clerics appointed, elected or selected by or under their authority to do the same.

Article the Sixth
In order to foster good relations between the Jólaslafðir and the Duchy of Goldshire, a Vanic Sendifulltrúi shall reside in the Ducal City of Goldshire Hamlet and an ambassador of the Duchy of Goldshire at the Jólaslafðir.

Article the Seventh
The Duchy of Goldshire hereby recognises the Uglalafðir (“Owl Ladies” in the Storish language) - the council which shall be composed of the High Priestesses of the thirteen senior Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas in Goldshire - as the spiritual leadership of the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways. The branch aforesaid shall remain subject to the spiritual and temporal authority of the Jólaslafðir insomuch the aforesaid does not conflict with the Law of the Lands of Goldshire.

Article the Eighth
The Uglalafðir, Vanic parishes, parish and templedom societies, High Priestessly sees, templedoms and chapters, religious orders and congregations, as well as institutions, foundations and property which are under the administration of Vanic agencies which have been or shall be created in Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir, shall be corporations under public law. They shall retain or acquire respectively, legal competence in the civil domain according to the general provisions of Goldshirian civil law.

Article the Nineth
In dealings and correspondence with the clergy and the other employees of the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways, the Jólaslafðir shall enjoy full freedom without any exertion of influence, let or hindrance by the Duchy of Goldshire. The same shall apply to the dealings and correspondence of the Uglalafðir and various Templedom administrations with their clergywomen and the Vanic faithful.

Article the Tenth
No temple, edifice, stone circle, annex, or object assigned for Vanic worship may be demolished, occupied, re-sited, altered, or designated by the Imperial State and other public bodies for any other ends, without the prior agreement of the competent Vanic clerical authority and for urgent reasons of public necessity. The same shall apply to the disaforestation of Godsgroves and the draining of Worship Waters.

Article the Eleventh
The Uglalafðir may raise and maintain an armed Temple Guard for the purpose of carrying out sentry, protection and ceremonial duties for and at the Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas in Goldshire and other premises, sites and establishments under the temporal or spiritual authority of the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways as well as their clerics, guests and staff. The aforesaid Temple Guard shall operate under such rules, regulations and policies for its good government as the aforesaid Owl Ladies shall see fit to issue in accordance with the provisions of this present Concordat.

Article the Twelfth
The Uglalafðir, before proceeding to issue rules, regulations and policies for the good government of the Temple Guard, shall communicate any such draft rules and regulations for the good government to the Goldshirian Government in order to find out if there are any objections against them. No rule, regulation or policy for the good government of the Temple Guard shall take effect over the objection(s) of the aforesaid Government, provided always that silence from the Goldshirian Government for thirty days after the aforesaid notification may be interpreted as to mean that there are no objections.

Article the Thirteenth
The Jólaslafðir shall ensure that any Vanic cleric who is sent to the Duchy of Goldshire by or under their authority to hold a senior Vanic temporal or spiritual post, or otherwise sent to the country aforesaid on a Storish Ancient Ways mission, shall be well-versed in Goldshirian culture, customs and society.

Article the Fourteenth
The Yule Ladies do hereby joyously and solemnly pledge that they shall endeavour to accomplish that in time the majority of the (senior) clerics of the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways shall be composed of Goldshirian citizens or individuals born and bred in Goldshire.

Article the Fifteenth
The Jólaslafðir shall encourage Vanic Priestessly Initiates to make the Duchy of Goldshire one of their destinations when travelling the Dark Side of Reikistjarna during the days of their Sacred Voyage Lady travels.

Article the Sixteenth
The Yule Ladies shall, before proceeding to appoint an individual to a senior Storish Ancient Ways position within the borders of the Duchy of Goldshire, communicate the name of the person chosen to the Goldshirian Government in order to find out if there are objections against her of a general political nature or she otherwise is in bad standing with the aforesaid Government. No person shall be appointed over the objection(s) of the aforesaid Government, provided always that silence from the Goldshirian Government for thirty days after the aforesaid notification may be interpreted as to mean that there are no objections. All matters covered by this Article shall be kept secret.

Article the Seventeenth
Should a Vanakvinna or Vanakarl who professes the Storish Ancient Ways become Goldshirian Ducality, it shall be permitted for the Jólaslafðir, if the Ducal person aforesaid wishes so, to appoint a Grand Almoneress of Kingsgate to the Ducal Court of Goldshire to provide for such Ducal individual’s spiritual needs.

Article the Eighteenth
Subject to this present Concordat, the appointment, selection or election of all other staff to institutions and other organisations of the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways shall be by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir and in accordance with Vanic Law.

Article the Nineteenth
Cats, lions, tigers, falcons, eagles, dragons, ravens, horses, boars and other animals sacred to the Vanafolk may be kept at the various Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas and other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir for the purposes of Vanic ceremony and worship. Animal welfare officers of the Goldshirian Government may, in accordance with the Law of the Lands of Goldshire, carry out visitations to the Vanic sites where such sacred animals are kept.

Article the Twentieth
First Viking Age armaments may be kept at the various Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas and other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir for the purposes of war dancing, ritual combat and other kinds of Vanic ceremony and worship. The competent Goldshirian authorities shall, in accordance with the Law of the Lands of Goldshire, be provided with the necessary information concerning the armaments that are kept and may make visitations in accordance with the aforesaid.

Article the Twenty-First
The Uglalafðir may lay and collect a Temple Tax, for reasons of Vanafolk history and nostalgia to be known as Sóknargjöld, on the income of the Vanafolkers who belong to the Goldshirian branch of the Storish Ancient Ways. The Jólaslafðir may financially and materially support the Storish Ancient Ways in Goldshire without any let or hindrance from the Goldshirian Government.

Article the Twenty-Second
All institutions, organisations and clerics of the Storish Ancient Ways that operate within the borders of the Duchy of Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir shall be exempt from all taxation that exist in the aforesaid country. In turn shall the former not receive any monetary subsidies from the Goldshirian Government.

Article the Twenty-Third
The Goldshirian Government, other public bodies as well as private persons, both natural and legal, may make land grants to institutions and organisations of the Storish Ancient Ways which operate within the borders of the Duchy of Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir. The aforesaid Yule Ladies may, if they are in agreement with any such land donation, compensate any grantor, if (s)he wishes so, with land from their ownership which is situated on the Dark Side of Reikistjarna.

Article the Twenty-Fourth
At the end of any Friday Service and services in the observance of a Vanic Holy Day there shall in any Vanic Temple Beyond-the-Seas or other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Goldshire by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir a prayer be offered for the enduring peace and friendship between the Duchy of Goldshire and the High Realm of Stormark and their Peoples as well as the continued well-being of the same.

Article the Twenty-Fifth
Any difference of interpretation of any Article or Articles of this present Concordat which may arise between the High Contracting Parties will be settled bilaterally by peaceful means in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding.

Article the Twenty-Sixth
The High Contracting Parties shall ratify this present Concordat at their earliest convenience. The Concordat aforesaid shall enter force upon the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at the Court of the Prince of the Duchy of Goldshire in the Ducal City of Goldshire Hamlet.

The aforesaid Plenipotentiaries of the Jólaslafðir and the Duchy of Goldshire have affixed their signatures to the present Concordat to signify their acceptance of its Articles of High Contractation.


Done in the Ducal City of Goldshire Hamlet on 5748 ASC, corresponding to 13 Thrymheim 14.


FOR THE DUCHY OF GOLDSHIRE

I do hereby affix my signature:

Kizzy, Duchess of Goldshire

FOR THE JÓLASLAFÐIR

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Thank you Hallbjorn! It has been a busy day so I am most appreciative!
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Kizzy Drakland wrote:Thank you Hallbjorn! It has been a busy day so I am most appreciative!
You're welcome, Kizzy! :-D
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Lady Prætor, deputy Gimpraetor;

I hereby request you to open voting.
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My Lords and Ladies,

Voting on whether or not to assent to the ratification by Goldshire of the Concordat of Kingsgate begins now and shall last for at least 72 hours.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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I vote NAY and don't want to disrupt voting by starting a debate, but simply wish to state that I am voting against this on principle because Her Graceful Highness neglected to explain the purpose of this at all to the Landsraad. Admittedly, I nor anyone else asked for an explanation, but I feel the proposer(s) should provide explanations, and those other honourable Landsraadspersons should not have to go looking for one.

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Nay.
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My Lords and Ladies

Voting on this proposed resolution to assent to the ratification of the Concordat of Kingsgate ends now.

The tally is:

IN FAVOUR (4)
The Steward of Elwynn
The Duchess of Goldshire
The Lady over Iserdia
The Lady over Amokolia

AGAINST (4)
The Kaiser
The Marquess of Zy-Rodun
The Count of Mar Sara
Enoch of the Lost Woods

ABSTENTIONS (0)


With four votes in favour, four votes against and no abstentions, the Landsraad has neither adopted nor rejected the resolution.

It befalls the Praetor to break the tie. According to venerable tradition, a presiding officer should avoid showing a preference for one political option over another. Zie should, when casting a tie-breaking vote, vote to keep the status quo.

Therefore I must cast a vote against the adoption of this resolution. Accordingly, the proposal fails.

:Court:
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