GARIBALDI'S PROCLAMATION IN PALERMO, AS DICTATOR, JUNE 2.
"Italy and Victor Emanuel!
"Joseph Garibaldi,
"Commander-in-Chief of the national forces in Italy,
"In virtue of the power conferred on him, decrees:
"Art. 1.—Whoever shall have fought for the country shall have a certain quota of land from the communal national domain, to be divided by law among the citizens of the commune. In case of the death of a soldier, this right shall belong to his heirs.
"Art. 2.—The said quota shall be equal to that which shall be established for all heads of poor families not proprietors, and said quotas shall be drawn by lot. If, however, the lands of the commune are more than sufficient for the wants of the population, the soldiers and their heirs shall receive a quota double that of other participants.
"Art. 3.—Where the communes shall not have a domain of their own, they shall be supplied with lands belonging to the domain of the state or the crown.
"Art. 4.—The Secretary of State shall be charged with the execution of this decree.
"The Dictator, Giuseppe Garibaldi.