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Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993 by Jacek Jędruch (1998)

Table 22

TABLE 22 - PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION OF SEYMS OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC
1573 Agreement on Religious Tolerance ratified
Ordinance for Royal Elections formulated
Royal candidates' Articles of Agreement set
Resident senatorial committee established
1576 Proclamation in defense of the Jews issued
1578 Supreme Court established for Poland
Commission for the mines established
Granting of Knighthood reserved for the Seym
1581 Supreme Court established for Lithuania
1590 Treasury divided into state and privy parts
1598 Prussian Code of Law revised
1607 Refusal of obedience to the King specified
1611 Refusal of obedience to the King clarified
Burghers banned from buying landed estates
1613 Tax Court for the Treasury established
1619 Agreement with the Cossacks authorized
1621 Gentry's military duties reiterated
1623 Ordinance for commerce promulgated
1629 Instructions for customs service approved
1632 Law on Taxation passed
1633 Mint put under Seym control
Serfs' labor rent for land increased
Penalties for runaway serfs specified
1637 Agreement with the Cossacks ratified
1638 Use of Titles, other than knighthood, banned
1641 Resident Senatorial committee enlarged
Issue of coinage regulated
1643 Maximum rates of interest on loans specified