The session launched with Speaker Stanisław Małachowski addressing the urgency to enhance the finance projects. Representative Stanisław Kublicki from Latvia pushed for revisiting the issue of secret diplomatic fees that had been long out of discussion.

Onufry Morski from Podolia stressed the nearing end of the representative term and the pile of key matters awaiting decision, ranging from government formation to commissioning reports. He asserted the need for an early resolution to avoid slipping back into anarchy and suggested reaching out to the public about extending the congressional mandate under the existing Confederation Bond.

Jan Suchorzewski, Representative of Kalisz State, cautioned against relying solely on the virtue of the current Congress for the nation's fortune. He argued that continued work by new Representatives should be entrusted to secure the legacy of the present Congress’s activities.

While Representative Sebastian Dłuski from Lublin supported the earlier proposal, Stanisław Kublicki from Latvia cited past instances where a single Congress ran for two years as a means to convince others of their continued participation.

Aleksander Zieliński from Nur expressed the fear that a new Congress might be composed of private interests and disrupt reforms; therefore, he strongly protested against dissolving the current Confederation and Congress.

Ignacy Zakrzewski from Poznań proposed an interim measure: declaring the current congressional term continuous until the next legally scheduled Congress, with a refreshed representation in each state and county. He opposed dissolving the Confederation until all matters are resolved.

Wojciech Suchodolski from Chełm suggested completing crucial military and governance matters before introducing other issues, to avoid breaking the Nation’s Law.

Michał Zaleski from Troki declared his intention to align national necessities with the Nation’s Law and disagreed with the proposition to write new laws, instead preferring to send a universal declaration to the people for redress.

In defense of the Nation's Law, Antoni Rożnowski from Gniezno pledged not to dissolve the Confederation till a peace congress convenes.

Prince Kazimierz Sapieha, Lithuanian-Belarusian Marshal of the Confederation, brought up the unfortunate fire calamity of Brest, Lithunia-Belarus, and sought tax exemptions for the city's recovery. The proposal, read by Representatives Mateusz Butrymowicz and Julian Niemcewicz, found support in the House.

Antoni Dziekoński, Under Secretary of Treasury for Lithuania-Belarus, acknowledged existing funds for relief actions but clarified the limits to such alleviations regarding taxes.

Discussion continued over relief strategies, Brest’s recovery funding, and the correct procedural response to national military and financial issues. The session was then adjourned to the following day.

Topics: Sejm Marshal; Stanisław Małachowski; Law of Podolians; Deputies for Ministries Examination; Military Commission; Confederation; Nation; Lithuanian Treasury Commission; Brest Litovsk; Army Financing Project; City's Fall; Alleviacye; National Law; Army; Treasury Commission; Public Revenue; Public Revenue Table;

Concerning Certain Stewardships

Hey there, fellow undergrads! If you're keeping up with the historic Congress sessions of The Union of Poland-Ukraine and Lithuania-Belarus, then you're in for a treat with today's update. We're talking stewardships, the old-timey kind, and how they're getting a makeover to comply with the latest laws for the benefit of public funds. This piece of legislation spells out how certain stewardships, granted for exceptional service and virtue, will maintain their status, but with some tweaks aimed at integrating them into the prevailing law.

First off, the Kowel Stewardship, bestowed upon Wojewoda Wacław Rzewuski of Krakow back in the 1705, will remain as he arranged - when it jumps into the hands of a proper owner and they fulfill their end of the deal from their hereditary lands, the townsmen and peasants are considered under the law of the four stewardships. Likewise, the Szadowskie Stewardship, given out for a previously agreed sum and in recognition of the contributions of the noble Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski, stays in his hands with an obligation to pay the land tax.

When it comes to the President, as in The President along with The Union's synchronized states, who gave up 30% from the income of stewardships granted in 1705 to pump up the public treasure—future and current inheritances from the Crown and Great Duchy of Lithuania-Belarus (removing Kowel and Szadów as mentioned before) are expected to chip in similarly. The offer to the President made by the states in 1705 means exclusively the holdings that the final owners possessed under a single non-divisible privilege, which they still might own, shall be kept.

Anything that was attached to those stewardships under a separate privilege which does not currently belong to them, should head back to the treasury to be secured. This extends to all royal properties granted as inheritances in either 1668 or 1705. The respective finance commissions will monitor the implementation of this law and report back to the houses of Congress, all while ignoring any constitutions that might have popped up retroactively without considering the original law's intent. The finance committees of both nations within their respective regions will ensure transparency and take responsibility immediately for this directive.

Lastly, any citizen who seeks to mislead the nation’s wealth through exchanges in any Congress will be seen as a foe to the homeland. The financial committees from both countries will hold the exchanging winners responsible for compensating the Union’s treasuries based on the price for which they sold those exchanges. And for those partially settled and unoccupied dwellings within the countryside, they’re whipping out the rulebook to ensure transparency, order, and fairness.

Hope that wasn't too much legalese for ya. Keep your eyes on the treasury, folks—The Union is getting its stewardship game in order for the greater good!

Topics: Hereditary Starosties; Contributions to the public treasury; Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski; Prince Michał Radziwiłł; King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Exchange of Commonwealth properties; Land ownership; Securities equivalences; Feudal tenures in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Voivodess of Volhynia Antonina Rzewuska;

Appointment of Prince Jabłonowski as Envoy to the Berlin Court

In today's session, Congress lauded Prince Józef Czartoryski, the Lithuanian-Belarussian Steward from the Volhynia state, for his patriotically self-funded diplomatic mission to Berlin. The Representative’s services have been recognized with deep gratitude. However, having been permitted to depart Berlin due to his requests and following deliberation with The President and the confederated Houses of Congress, we are inclined to relieve Prince Czartoryski of his further duties in this role.

Meanwhile, the title of extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy in Berlin has been confirmed for Prince Stanisław Jabłonowski, the general-major in the Lithuania-Belarus military and Representative from the Volhynia state. He has performed this office temporarily, with honor to himself and benefit to The Union. The Committee on Foreign Affairs is entrusted to make necessary arrangements in this matter, in coordination with both the aforementioned seals and the Polish-Ukrainian Treasury Commission.

Topics: embassy to the Berlin court; Prince Józef Czartoryski; Prince Stanisław Jabłonowski; diplomatic services; gratitude for service; relinquishing of mandate; deputation for foreign affairs; Commission of the Crown Treasury; status of extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy; Lithuanian military forces;