¹ The Constitution is that of a sovereign state, a member of the Swiss Confederation. Sovereignty resides essentially in the people and is exercised by the people at the Landsgemei N Of .

² The people give themselves a Constitution, decide on the acceptance or rejection of the laws and participate in the elections which are the competence of the Landsgemeinde .

³ All decisions of the people and advice shall be taken by an absolute majority of the voters. Districts and communes have the option of replacing in communal assemblies the vote by hand by voting in the secret ballot using the ballot boxes. The introduction of the ballot by means of the ballot boxes is decided by secret ballot. The Grand Council regulates the ballot by means of the ballot boxes. ¹

¹ The Constitution fundamentally recognises full liberty and the following rights are guaranteed: equality of citizens and equality before the law and individual liberty; in addition, within the limits of legal provisions, freedom of opinion by the Word and writing as well as the right of association and assembly; the inviolability of the residence is also guaranteed.

² Freedom of trade, movement and industry shall be guaranteed within the limits of the content of the provisions relating thereto.

³ The canton has a monopoly on lotteries, within the limits of federal law. ¹

The Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed Evangelical Church are recognized as corporations of public law. They regulate their internal affairs independently.

¹ Property of any kind is inviolable, whether it belongs to individuals, societies, communities and foundations recognized by the State or to municipalities.

² The transfer of ownership or the establishment of real property rights may be required for a full fee, when it is in the interests of the canton or a region of the country. Expropriation shall, however, be lawful only to the extent that it is necessary to achieve the intended purpose and if an amicable settlement is not possible or is not possible at a disproportionate cost. ¹

³ The law regulates the details. ²

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¹ The State guarantees the safety of the heritage of religious corporations and its use and acquisition for purposes consistent with the statutes.

² The administration of the conventual heritage is carried out until now under the protection of the state. ¹

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¹ No one can be distracted from his natural justice.

² It is open to the parties to decide, by mutual agreement, their disputes by arbitral tribunals.

All the inhabitants of the canton and the communities and circles have the right to present their wishes and demands to the local and cantonal authorities.

¹ Any citizen may, by submitting an initiative in accordance with the following provisions, request the amendment of the Constitution and the drafting, amendment or repeal of laws.

² The initiative may be presented in the form of a proposal conceived in general terms, or, if the total revision of the Constitution is not requested, in the form of a draft of all documents. It can relate only to a specific area. If it does not meet this requirement, the different materials on which it relates must be treated separately.

³ The initiative cannot claim anything that is contrary to federal law or, as long as it is not intended to amend the Cantonal Constitution, to the latter.

⁴ If the initiative is presented in the form of a proposal conceived in general terms and the Grand Council approves it, it shall draw up a corresponding proposal and submit it to the Landsgemeinde To accept or reject it. If the Grand Council rejects the proposal in general terms, it shall submit it to the Landsgemeinde With a possible counterproject. If the Landsgemeinde Approves the initiative or the counterproject, the Grand Council is developing a project within the meaning of the Landsgemeinde And submit it to it for acceptance or rejection.

⁵ The initiative presented in the form of a draft of all documents must be submitted to the Landsgemeinde The Grand Council can oppose a counterdraft which must be submitted to the vote at the same time as the initiative.

⁶ Initiatives must be submitted in writing to the Grand Council for review and advice until 1 ^Er October. They must be submitted to the next Landsgemeinde The projects that the Grand Council must develop as a result of a preliminary vote within the meaning of para. 4, must be submitted to the Landsgemeinde Following the pre-vote. The Grand Council may extend these periods by up to two years, by a two-thirds majority of its members, where special circumstances so require, such as the development of new laws or important revisions to the Constitution or laws Or important counterprojects.

⁷ The remainder of the procedure for the exercise of the right of initiative can be dealt with by an order of the Grand Council.

¹ The free decisions of the Grand Council concerning single expenditure of at least 1 000 000 francs or benefits of at least 250 000 francs for at least four years shall be subject to the referendum. ²

² Two hundred persons, living in the canton and having the right to vote, may submit to the vote Landsgemeinde Any order freely adopted by the Grand Council where that order results in a new expenditure of the same object for the same purpose amounting to a single amount of 500,000 francs or more or amounting to 125 000 francs and more, for the case of Benefits are repeated for at least four years. Expenses related to the remuneration of State staff are not subject to the referendum. ³

³ A decision that is subject to a referendum may be held in force if, within 30 days of its official publication, a valid application in law requesting a decision by the Landsgemeinde Was not presented to the Standeskommission (Council of State).

⁴ The decisions of the Grand Council on expenditure are not subject to the referendum when their execution is not delayed. The Grand Council shall act on an urgent basis by secret ballot. The decision requires a two-thirds majority of the members present.

⁵ The remainder of the procedure for the optional referendum is governed by an order of the Grand Council.

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Every citizen of the canton and every Switzerland established in the canton is, within the limits of federal law, subject to military service.

Changes to the tax system are the sole responsibility of the Landsgemeinde .

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² The canton has a broad right of scrutiny over the activities of the authorities and their management of all areas of communal life. ²

³ The canton may also, in cases where the interest of a part of the country or the country so requires, intervene in the affairs of the communes.

⁴ In particular, it also has the right to prevent the distribution of property from operating cooperatives to individual partners.

¹ The administration of the state budget is public for all accounts to be announced at the end of the year.

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³ All laws and ordinances, as well as official decisions of general interest, are duly published.

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¹ Public education is the responsibility of the State. ¹

² Compulsory public education is free of charge. School communes bear the costs with the appropriate state aid, which is aimed at improving the school system. ²

The Grand Council decides on the granting of the right of cantonal city.

The terms and conditions of the establishment are governed by the provisions of federal law.

¹ The canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes is divided into six districts:

² Appenzell is the capital of the canton and, as such, the seat of the cantonal authorities.

¹ All Swiss citizens domiciled in the canton shall have the right to vote in the Landsgemeinde And communal assemblies, provided that they are 18 years of age and are registered in the register of electors.

² Persons under guardianship due to mental illness or mental illness (art. 369 CC ² ) Do not enjoy the right to vote.

³ In municipal matters, the beneficiaries of the right to vote exercise their rights at their political domicile.

Each beneficiary of the right to vote is not only entitled, but also obliged to participate in all Landsgemeinde And to public constitutional assemblies.

¹ Until the age of 65, an elector has an obligation to accept his election to the Council of State or to the cantonal court or his appointment to a function entrusted to him by the Council of State, by a meeting of District, parish or school district, or court, district council, parish council or school board. ¹

² Those persons who have been members for at least eight years in all of the authorities mentioned in para. shall be released from this obligation before the age of 65. 1. No one can be forced to take one of these charges for more than four years. ²

³ The Grand Council is the appeal authority. ³

¹ The Landsgemeinde Is the supreme authority of the canton.

² It meets regularly on the last Sunday in April, or in an extraordinary way on the decision of the Grand Council.

³ If Easter falls on the last Sunday in April, Landsgemeinde Takes place the first Sunday in May. ¹

¹ The Landsgemeinde Exercises legislative power and is the highest electoral authority.

² It elects each year:

1. ¹ The Council of State, consisting of the following seven members:

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The Landammann Exercise, which, after two years, is not eligible for this function within one year of the

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Vice - Landammann ,

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And the Statthalter (representative of vice - Landammann ), the Director of Finance, the Director of Agriculture, the Director of Public Works and the Director of the Police;

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The cantonal court, composed of a president and twelve members, including a representative from each district;

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The year in which the National Council is fully renewed, Landsgemeinde Shall elect the representative of the canton to the Council of States.

The following provisions still apply to the Landsgemeinde :

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Accepts a report on the cantonal administration offices;

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The Landsgemeinde May vote only on the object (s) for which the summons has been requested.

In each district, there is a conciliation board. The district assembly shall appoint the head of that office and his alternate for a term of two years. The members of the Council of State, the courts and those who, in their professional capacity, represent the parties are not eligible. The organization, the management of the Office and the functions of the conciliator as the body of justice are determined by the legislation

¹ The District Court is the first instance court for civil and criminal cases submitted to its jurisdiction under the law.

² The legislation regulates the training of the various courts of competent jurisdiction to deal with cases.

¹ The cantonal court is, as a civil and criminal court, the appellate body against the sentences of the district courts.

² The cantonal court is, as an administrative tribunal, the body of appeal against decisions of the administrative authorities of the canton in the field of public law, administrative law and social insurance law.

³ The organization of the cantonal court is regulated by law.

¹ Unless the law provides otherwise, the debates of the courts, as well as the pronouncements of judgments, are public. ¹

² The legislation determines the quorum.

³ It shall arrange for the keeping of the minutes and the service of the Chancery.

¹ The members of the courts cannot belong at the same time to more than one ordinary judicial authority in the canton.

² The members of the Council of State, the Grand Council and the district councils may not be members of the courts. ¹

¹ The judicial organisation (civil, criminal and administrative justice), as well as the procedure, are in surplus, within the limits of the Constitution, regulated by the legislation. It may also establish complementary rules to the extent that these rules are not contrary to the Constitution.

² The judgment of civil and criminal cases (contraventions) may be given by the law itself to non-judicial authorities.

¹ The parishes and school communes consist of persons who have the right to vote according to art. 16. ¹

² They hold an ordinary meeting each year, exceptionally they can meet on convocation by their parish councils and schools. ²

³ They elected parish councils and schools. ³

⁴ The parish councils and school boards consist of five to nine members. ⁴

⁵ The parishes take note of the annual report on the financial management of their administrations. They shall decide, without prejudice to the funds, on the cover of expenditure which cannot be offset by revenue, as well as on the implementation of important works. ⁵

⁶ It may be decided by agreement with another canton that the inhabitants of the two cantons who profess the reformed catholic-Roman or evangelical religion are fully recognised as members by the parishes of the other canton, with all the Related rights and duties. ⁶

The parish councils and the school boards direct the administrations entrusted to them by taking, in particular, all initiatives that promote the good of these administrations. ¹

¹ The Constitution may be totally or partially revised at any time.

² The Grand Council may, on its own initiative, submit to the Landsgemeinde Partial revision projects. In these cases, it is necessary to vote separately on the different areas which do not have a link between them.

³ The provisions of Art. 7 ^Bis Apply by analogy to initiatives with a partial revision for purpose.

⁴ If a total revision is requested by the Grand Council or by initiative, the Landsgemeinde Must first decide whether or not to proceed with such revision. If the Landsgemeinde Decides the total revision, the Grand Council shall draw up a new Constitution and submit it no later than the third Landsgemeinde Usually following the pre-vote. This period may be extended appropriately in the second Landsgemeinde Usually following the pre-vote.

⁵ The total and partial revisions to the Constitution are to be dealt with by the Grand Council in two readings.

¹ This Constitution shall enter into force on Landsgemeinde Ordinary 1873, Sunday, April 27.

² Laws, ordinances and other cantonal acts with general and abstract norms must all be published in the compendium of laws. Those not included in the 1 ^Er July 1992 is considered to be repealed. ¹

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¹ The first elections held in accordance with the system laid down in Art. 22, para. 1 and 2, are held in 2015. For the 2011 elections and the supplementary elections until 2015, the districts are entitled to one MP for 300 inhabitants and one additional MP for a remaining fraction of more than 150 inhabitants, based on the federal census of the 2000 population.

² The Council of State abrogates art. 2 of the transitional provisions after the execution of para. 1.

¹ Once an amendment to s. 33 accepted, the term of office of the judges elected to the district court ends; an exception is made for the oldest judge in each district, whose term is renewed in the district concerned until the 2012 elections.

² For each district court, a member will be elected in 2012 in accordance with the procedure described in Art. 33. Elected judges will be subject to the possible administrative period in progress.

³ The Conseil d' Etat repeals this transitional provision after the execution of para. 2.