APPENDIX
DOCUMENTS IN GROUP IV
(1) The Draft of the Permanent Constitution completed in May, 1917.
(2) The proposed Provincial System, i.e., the local government law.
(3) Memorandum by the Ministry of Commerce on Tariff Revision, illustrating the anomalies of present trade taxation.
(4) The leading outstanding cases between China and the Foreign Powers.
DRAFT OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION OF CHINA
(As it stood on May 28th, 1917, in its second reading at the Constitutional Conference.)
The Constitutional Conference of the Republic of China, in order to enhance the national dignity, to unite the national dominion, to advance the interest of society and to uphold the sacredness of humanity, hereby adopt the following constitution which shall be promulgated to the whole country, to be universally observed, and handed down unto the end of time.