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Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain - A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Various
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districts. The dividing lines of the field-cornetcies and districts are
fixed by and in a common council of the President, Commandant-General,
and the adjoining Commandants and Field-Cornets; and each inhabitant
shall be bound to obey the authorities of the field-cornetcy or district
in which he lives.

ARTICLE 97.--The men are under the orders of the following
officers, ascending in rank: Assistant Field-Cornets, Field-Cornets,
Commandants, and a Commandant-General.

ARTICLE 98.--The officers are chosen by a majority of votes,
viz., the Assistant Field-Cornets and Field-Cornets, by the enfranchised
burghers of the wards, so also the Commandants by the enfranchised
burghers of the districts, and the Commandant-General by all the
enfranchised burghers of this Republic. Enfranchised burghers, according
to this Article, are burghers who have reached the age of eighteen
years. The ballot-boxes for the election of officers shall be attended
to by the Landrosts, who shall be bound to send them up to the Executive
Council. The Executive Council shall be obliged to give notice to the
chosen Commandant-General of the choice which has fallen upon him.

ARTICLE 99.--Their appointments are:--The Commandant-General
for ten years, the Commandants for five years, the Field-Cornets, and
the Assistant Field-Cornets for three years; and on expiration of this
term, they are re-eligible. The Commandant-General shall be discharged,
or relieved of his post, on conviction of crimes, as mentioned in
Article 60.

ARTICLE 100.--Not more than one Commandant shall be chosen for
each district.
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