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Posted 20 July 2008 - 05:32 PM
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The Senate of the Lakes hereby enacts the following:

1. Upon passage of this law the state of stasis Hurmu had been put in shall be ended and Hurmu shall in consequence thereof be resurrected.

2. The Senate of the Lakes shall after passage of this law, as first order of business, take steps to fill the vacant positions of Chairman and Deputy Chairman.

Harald
Posted 27 July 2008 - 02:02 PM
More than three days have passed, as tradition dictates, and we can safely say this has passed.

Hurmu is resurrected!

Cashmaiel Andelarion
Posted 04 August 2008 - 11:32 AM
Fellow Senators,

I have the honour of proposing the following law.

QUOTE
The Senate of the Lakes

Guided by the belief that all children of Ash and Elm are equal, regardless of their citizenships or their places of birth,

Believing that all those who live by peace and respect towards Hurmu, with the Bridaic way of life and with solidarity to all Nature and her inhabitants shall be able to settle in the Lands of Hurmu and call Hurmu home,

enacts

A LAW ON CITIZENSHIP, SETTLEMENT AND EXPULSION


§1 –
No forms of citizenship or nationality are recognized in Hurmu.

§2 –
Any person, except for those expelled in accordance with this law, is free to call him- or herself a member of the Hurmu community, a Hurmudan, and an heir to the lakes.

§3 –
Persons not settled in Hurmu may be expelled, for improper conduct, by the Administrator. However, the person may appeal to the Senate for redress who may then grant them appeal. The person may then stay in Hurmu.

§4 –
Persons settled in Hurmu may be expelled, for breaking the laws of Hurmu, the spirit of the Brida, or for improper conduct, by the Senate. The administrator may temporarily exile the person pending a decision of the Senate.

§5 –
Senators may be expelled from Hurmu, for breaking the laws of Hurmu, the spirit of the Brida, or for improper conduct, by a vote of two-thirds’ majority of the Senate. As a consequence of being expelled, the senator looses his or her seat in the Senate. The administrator may temporarily exile the person pending a decision of the Senate.

§6 –
Any decision by the administrator may be overturned by the Senate at any time. The Senate may at any time decide to overturn any of its previous decisions.

Cashmaiel Andelarion
Posted 13 August 2008 - 03:45 PM
Passed!

Cashmaiel Andelarion
Posted 05 August 2008 - 11:15 AM
Fellow Senators,

I bring the following bill for your consideration.

Thank you.

QUOTE
The Senate of the Lakes,

Cognizant that Hurmu has no means of acquiring its own internet server, board structure or other relevant functions that would give Hurmu complete sovereignty over its web presence,

Regretting that that restrictions on free speech have to be made in order to follow macronational and intermacronational law, as well as the terms of service of service providers,

enacts

A LAW ON BOARD ADMINISTRATION

§1 - location
The board of Hurmu is located at: http://hurmu.phpbbserver.com/

§2 – administration
a) The board is administered by an administrator appointed by the Senate. The administrator is responsible to the Senate and bound by its decisions.
b) The Senate or the administrator may approve and/or disapprove persons of moderation powers over the board or one of the board’s forums.
c) Global moderation powers are granted the Chairman and other members of the Presidium.

§3 – restrictions on free speech
a) The Senate and/or the administrator has/have powers to restrict free speech on matters forbidden by the PHP Board Terms of Service’s ‘online community offensive content’ (“Tosococ”), by editing posts to keep them in line with the Tosococ.
b) If a person’s post is subjected to editing by the administrator, the subjected person may, if they feel that such editing was unlawful and illicit under the terms of this law and the Tososoc, appeal to the Senate for redress.
c) There are exceptions to what may be appealed: instances of spam, and child and adult pornography are immediately edited.

§4 – expulsions, exile and senatorial proceedings
a) Persons who have made posts that are supposed to be subjected to editing may be temporarily banned from Hurmu, pending a decision of the administrator or the Senate.
b) In all cases, this law together with any law on settlement and expulsion shall be followed. In cases of discrepancy between the laws in question, the Senate shall make a non-precedental decision for the matter at hand.

Cashmaiel Andelarion
Posted 13 August 2008 - 03:46 PM
Passed!

Cashmaiel Andelarion
Posted 25 May 2009 - 12:31 AM
A LAW ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BORGARTHING.

WHEREAS the people of the Borgarting have not that long ago lost, due to the transfer to Hurmu of the two Sacred Lakes and surrounding areas, their Capital, the City of Kaupang;

AND WHEREAS it is Hurmu's wish and desire to compensate the people of the Borgarthing for the said losses;

The Senate of the Lakes therefore enacts the following:

Article 1.
People residing in the north of the Thanedom of Borgarthing shall have the right to free university education in the Academy of Hurmu and the University of Kaupang.

Article 2.
Hurmu shall also, to the best of its abilities, lend skilled architects and building engineers to aid with the construction of the City of Köpingsvik, the new Capital of the Thanedom of Borgarthing.

Article 3.
This law may be cited as the Kaupang Compensation Law.

Article 4.
This law shall become effective upon passage by the Senate of the Lakes.

Aoife
Posted 15 June 2009 - 08:34 PM
Yes, my apologies for the delay.

This bill passes 3-0.

Ionel
Posted 28 June 2009 - 09:03 PM
Fellow Senators,

I have looked through our laws and tried to make the Cosntitution easier to read, more coherent and more up-to-date.

Submitted to you is my proposed new Fundamental Law of Hurmu:

Signed.

Aldin Isammadur.


THE SENATE OF THE LAKES
ENACTS
THIS LAW REPEALING THE CONSTITUTION OF HURMU AND INSTITUTING AND ESTABLISHING A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HURMU

1. The Constitution of Hurmu is repealed.
2. The Schedule to this Law is proclaimed the constitution of Hurmu, titled Lakur Idjunna.

Schedule
QUOTE
LAKUR IDJUNNA HURMU
FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HURMU

We are Hurmu.

We want people to be happy.
We are Hurmu.

We say love is beautiful and strong.
We are Hurmu.

We are equal.
We have same value.
We have same privalages.
We are Hurmu.

We want peace.
We want no wars.
We want evil to be conquered by goodness.
We are Hurmu.

We have right to belong to faith.
We know science can’t expalin all.
We shall respect people of faith.
We are Hurmu.

We can be different.
We still remain in union.
We love everyone.
We respect differences.
We are Hurmu.

We shall seek friends.
We shall keep them.
We know that friends enrich lives.
We shall have good friends.
We are Hurmu.

We are born young from mothers.
We cherish parents.
We respect them.
We have been given life from them.
We are Hurmu.

We say karjak-ka are the crown of creation.
We can be said to be karjak-ka.
We say because of that,
We have a responsibility to take care of creation.
We are Hurmu.

We have the privelage of education.
We must use it.
We know that from education,
We can see two sides of all.
We seek objectivity.
We are Hurmu.

We see misery in worlds.
We want people to see hope.
We want solidarity.
We know that true solidarity is when
We give up esstential stuff for someone else.
We shall help one and another.
We are Hurmu.

Toj mar be-Hurmu.
Toj boyn kassma.
Toj mar be-Hurmu.

Establishment

§1. Reflecting the dreams and wills of the Hurmu karjak-ka to create a common destiny based on the ancient Hanwen u-Brida, the Senators of Hurmu, in the Arion Elenaran assembled, hereby establish this Law of Laws of Hurmu, the Fundamental Law of the land.

§2. The Fundamental Law is the supreme law of Hurmu, forming the constitution of therepublik and is above all other laws.

§3. The sovereignty of Hurmu is vested in its people, subject to the Convention of Huyenkula Law as amended and shown in the Appendix to this Fundamental Law.

§4. Hurmu has an inalienable right to determine its relations with other states and communities in its political, cultural and economic life.

Foundation

§5. Hurmu is founded on the beliefs that all karjak-ka are equal to each other, each one being of immeasurable value, irrespective of their states, endowed with indisputable freedoms and rights, but also duties, in according with the ways of living of our people.

§6. Hurmu shall remain open to all those karjak-ka wishing to dwell here and respecting the common values of those who call Hurmu their home. Holding that Hurmu is an open society, forming both a community of free people and a sovereign state within the community of nations, we assert the right of every peaceful Brida-respecting karjak-ka to wander among the lush landscapes of Hurmu, and to settle, within the constraints of law, among these lands.

§7. The Republik of Hurmu exists to promote peace, Bridaism, and the well-being of the people under its wings. It shall be a safe harbour for all those who flee evil and shall offer
its inhabitants freedom, justice and security.

No internal frontiers shall exist in Hurmu’s lands.

Framework

§8. There shall exist in Hurmu an institutional framework to promote the values of Hurmu, advance the objectives of Hurmu’s existence, and serve the very people whose consent of government, Hurmu has been granted.

§9. This framework comprises a Senate, holding the legislative powers of the State, a Praesidium, holding the executive powers of the State, and a Court of Justice, holding the adjudicative powers of the State. The Senate, the Presidium and the Court of Justice are each branches of the government of Hurmu.

§10. Each branch of the government of Hurmu shall undertake only to act within the scope of the Fundamental Law and shall base its communications and dealings with the other branches in a spirit of sincerity and mutual cooperation.

Senate

§11. The Senate is Hurmu’s highest body, the unicameral legislature of the state. It enacts laws, ratifies treaties, declares war and makes peace. It elects members to the Senate and the Praesidium, and assigns the competences of the Praesidium.

§12. Each Senator is equal to the other.

§13. The Senate shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of appointing its Chairman and other officers of the Senate.

§14. Membership in the Senate is open to all individuals who endeavour to serve Hurmu and Hurmu’s people, who wish to uphold Hurmu’s founding values, who strive for peace, and who are, in the judgment of the Senate, able and willing to carry out such obligation. The admission of an individual to membership in the Senate is effected by a decision of the Senate upon the recommendation of at least two Senators.

§15. A Senator, who has persistently violated his or her service of obligation or broken the spirit of the Brida may, upon the recommendation from two senators, be removed from membership in the Senate of the Lakes by a decision of the Senate. Such decision is taken by a majority of at least two-thirds of the Senators present.

§16. Any Senator may, by overt notification to the Senate, the Praesidium or the Court of Justice, resign as Senator and no longer be counted among the Senators of Hurmu.

Praesidium

§17. The Senate shall vest the executive powers of Hurmu in the Praesidium, elected by the Senate among its own members, for a term of 180 days, in a manner prescribed by the Senate's own rules, provided that any person elected to the Praesidium shall have been a senator for at least 30 days.

§18. The Praesidium consists of three individuals who shall be titled Chairman, Secretary and Administrator. Their divisions of tasks shall be defined amongst themselves.

§19. After each election, the Senate may ascribe the Praesidium and/or individual members of the Praesidium certain powers for their term of office.

§20. Any decision by the Praesidium may be overturned by the Senate.

Court of Justice

§21. The adjudicative powers extend to all cases arising under the Fundamental Law, the treaties to which Hurmu is a party, the laws of Hurmu, as well as any cases between Hurmu and another state.

§22. The further exercise of these powers shall be defined by law.

The Rights of the Individual

§23. All persons are born equally free and independent, and have unalienable dignity as well as rights, among which are the enjoyment and defence of life and liberty and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.

§24. Therefore no person in Hurmu, whether born in the country or brought over from across seas or borders, or any person in Hurmu's protection, may be held, either by law, tradition or other force, to serve any person or entity whatsoever as a slave or labourer, unless bound by the affected person's own clear, objective and continuous consent or by a conviction from an impartial court of law for an act that explicitly is an offence by law, and for which there is a determined period of time for such forced labour or servitude. Likewise, no person may, under the same provisions, have his or her freedom, independence or liberty suspended or terminated. Trafficking of karjak-ka is prohibited.

§25. No person may be condemned to death. The right to life of a person is inviolable. Therefore no person may be subjected to any torture, whether it be corporal or psychological, or to any degrading treatment under any circumstances, for all persons own the right to security of person.

§26. Having throughout history longed to know the unknown, all individuals enjoy the freedom and right to engage in scientific research, educational activities, the arts, all according to law and constitution, and the peaceful practice of religion. The practice of eugenics is forbidden.

§27. No entity of the State, the media, nor any individual, nor any group of people or entity may compel a person to adhere to any religion, nor to any religious or irreligious beliefs and practices.

§28. All persons, being equal to one and another, have the freedom of conscience. They may believe what they will and express such views in a peaceful and considerate manner, or not to express them at all. Therefore no entity of the State, nor any other entity, individual or power, may compel a person to reveal his or her feelings on a matter, whether it be politics, religion or personal. Courts of law may, however, compel persons to reveal facts that are relevant to a case in question.

§29. Everyone within the country has right to, without having to purchase it, recourse to the laws for all injuries and wrongs that he or she may have received in person, property or character. The individual enjoys freedom to obtain right and justice freely in conformity with law.

§30. Whenever a person is accused or charged in accordance with law with an offence, the person has the right to be presumed innocent until he or she is proved guilty according to law in a trial that is public and impartial.

§31. All persons who by free will reside in Hurmu have the freedom of movement in Hurmu, to choose their own place of residence within Hurmu, subject to the respect of law, or to emigrate to a State that will receive them.

§32. Whenever any form of government instituted among the People of Hurmu becomes so destructive that it refuses to, or is unable to, respect the rights and freedoms afforded the People whom it serves, it is not only the right of the same People, but duty, to alter or abolish the government and to institute a new institutions and systems of rule, respecting the rights and freedoms as through this Fundamental Law dictated.

§33. For it is so that the government of Hurmu is instituted for the advancement, protection and security of the people, nation and community of Hurmu, and not, under any circumstances, the particular advantage of any single individual, set of persons, family, or entity, whether within or without the country.

§34. Therefore may no entity of the State favour or disfavour any individual, set of persons, family, entity or group of entities, because of their views, whether political, irreligious or religious, because of their sex, nationality, colour, creed, ethnicity, cultural or social heritage or status, economical status, partner or partners in love, whether the love between hearts or the love between bodies, or because of any other reason that may be related to that which is listed here, for all, without exceptions, are equal before the law, are afforded the equal protection of the law, and enjoy the same obligations under the law.

§35. Everyone, regardless of his nationality or citizenship, is free to call him- or herself a member of the Hurmu community, a Hurmudan and an heir to the lakes.

§36. Titles of nobility or royalty are neither conferred on persons, nor recognized among the residents and senators of Hurmu.

§37. Everyone has a right of petition.
Final provisions

§38. Amendments to the Fundamental Law shall pass by a vote of two thirds and one (2/3+1) of the Senators present to be valid.

§39. Hurmu will always live on.

APPENDIX: Huyenkula Convention Law

THE SENATE OF THE LAKES

believing that the safest way to secure the People of Hurmu peace, prosperity and better living is in ratifying the the Convention of Huyenkula, signed on 1 Vidiland 8/1 Day 1387 in the Palace of the Elenaran, between Hurmu and the Viking Empire of Stormark, which, upon ratification, makes Hurmu an autonomous country of the Viking Empire,

being aware of informal discussions between the Chairman of the Senate and the Emperor in Council of the Viking Empire regarding a possible exchange of land between the organs of State of Hurmu and the central rule of Imperial Stormark that upon passage in the Althing and the Senate gives Hurmu control over all the Holy Lakes of Hurmu and adjacent territory and gives the Empire of Stormark control over Lontinien (Lontinnin),

regretting that the People of Lontinien (Lontinnin) have lived under general neglect from the government and Senate of Hurmu, and believing that the People of Lontinien deserve better government than the one Hurmu can offer,

adopts

A LAW RATIFYING THE CONVENTION OF HUYENKULA AND DEALING WITH PROVISIONS THERETO BELONGING

1. The Convention of Huyenkula, contained in the first annex to this law, is ratified, subject to the ratification of the honourable Althing of the Viking Empire of Stormark.

2. Hurmu cedes all right, title and claim to Lontinien, subject to gaining full perpetual jurisdiction over the six Holy Lakes and their adjacent territories, as depicted blue on the map in the second annexeto this Law.

3. The constitution of Hurmu, as adopted and amended by the Senate, is replaced by the document contained in the Schedule to the Convention of Huyenkula.

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FIRST ANNEXE

CONVENTION OF HUYENKULA

Representatives of the Senate of the Lakes and the Imperial Government of Stormark have been assembled in the city of Huyenkula and have agreed to establish Hurmu as an autonomous country of Stormark:

For the Senate of the Lakes:

Senator Cashmaiel Andelarion
Chairman

For the Imperial Government of Stormark:

Harald Thorstein I the Generous Giver
The Eternal Sovereign Viking Emperor


Article I
The Senate of the Lakes agrees to, in order to preserve Hurmu way of living and culture, dissolve Hurmu's sovereign entity and, in lieu of it, establish Hurmu as an autonomous country of Stormark.

Article II
The Viking Empire of Stormark shall act in accordance with the following fundamental principles:

- that Hurmu and the people therein shall be guaranteed the rights and freedoms granted them in accordance with the Instrument of Rights and Liberties (Stormark).

- that Hurmu shall be guaranteed the rights and freedoms granted it by the fourth article of the Law on Administrative Subdivisions (Stormark).

- that the Law of the Senate on Citizenship, Settlement and Expulsion is to remain law of Hurmu as long as the Senate so wishes,

- that whenever the Senate so wishes, Hurmu may achieve independence with all territories unto Hurmu belonging.

- that in times of peace, no military forces, units or personel be stationed in Hurmu.

Article III
Hurmu shall act in accordance with the following fundamental principles:

- that Hurmu shall fulfil the obligations relating to Hurmu in the fourth article of the Law on Administrative Subdivisions (Stormark).

- that, in foreign affairs, refrain from concluding treaties with other states or powers, other than the Viking Empire itself, without the Stormarkian consent.

- that a new constitution, being in accordance with the fourth article of the Law of Administrative Subdivisions and this Convention, be discussed, written and passed by the Senate. Until such time that the Senate have passed a new constitution, the document contained in the Schedule to this Treaty shall be the interim constitution of Hurmu.

Article IV
The Treaty of Kamalshahr/YaQri, signed on 19 Shahrivar 1386, corresponding to 30 Sokkvabekk 6, is repealed. Nevertheless, persons elected senators of the Lakes continue to enjoy the right to voice and vote in the Althing.

Article V
Stormark shall respect the integrity of Hurmu, the cultural independence and development, and the way of life of the nation of Hurmu, and will protect Hurmu from interference from foreign states and powers.

Article VI
Hurmu pledges itself to follow the Stormarkian laws applicable to Hurmu. The duties of Hurmu, internationally, shall be maintained by the Imperial Government of Stormark.

Article VII
Hurmu may, through its legislative process, secede from the Viking Empire at any time. Upon secession of Hurmu, Hurmu shall have full sovereignty of all its territories according with law.

Article VIII
This Convention becomes valid after ratification from both States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

In witness whereof the representatives from the Senate of the Lakes and the Imperial Government of Stormark affix their signatures:

C. R. Andelarion

Harald Torsten I den Givmilde, genom Vikingalagarnas Nåd Evig och Enväldig Vikingakejsare av Vikingakejsardömet Stormark, och genom andra Höga Lagars Nåd Kung av Sina andra Riken och Kolonier.


Done at the Palace of the Elenaran in the city of Huyenkula on the first day of Vidiland in the 8th year corresponding to the first of Day, 1387.


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SECOND ANNEXE

[image of the Hurmu’s territory by the new deal]

Daniel
Posted 06 July 2009 - 10:17 PM
It has been 5 days. This bill passes 5-0

Ionel
The ghost of Nathan Waffel-Paine

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