The District Council shall receive the ratification of the Volksraad beforehand before the raising of any tax.
Article 143.—At the head of each town or village government recognized as such by the law stand a burgomaster and a council of six or eight members, according to the population.
All costs for the defraying of this local administration are borne by each place. Before the raising of any tax by a town or village board the ratification of the law is requisite.
For the local estimate and accounts the same rules hold good as fixed in the preceding articles for those of a district.
Article 144.—All publications are published in the Staats Courant and made public by the Field-Cornets in their divisions by calling the inhabitants of those divisions together.
Article 145.—All officials are obliged to answer as soon as possible the official letters received by them, and to deal with their contents.
Article 146.—The Field-Cornet shall keep an exact register of all new inhabitants who come in their division; of all changes or removals of the inhabitants elsewhere; of all deaths taking place among them; and of all male persons who have reached the age of sixteen years.
Article 147.—All small traders who enter this territory shall not trade until they are provided with a license, which has been obtained at one of the Landrost's offices, and signed by the Landrost.
Article 148.—It shall not be permitted that newly-arrived persons should settle in any uninhabited districts in this Republic without the knowledge and permission of the Government of this State.
Article 149.—Where such is not entrusted to a town or village council, the Landrosts are charged with the duty of overseeing a town or village, together with all subordinate functions, so that everything may take place in regular order.