Commonwealth of Fremont • 12th Parliament

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AN ACT
To establish a maximum prison sentence of 21 years for most felonies

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Maximum Sentencing Act.

Section 2: 21-year prison sentencing

1. The maximum prison sentence for those convicted of all felonies in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall be 21 years, excluding those who are convicted of crimes relating to the sexual oppression of minors, or acts of terrorism.

2. Upon expiration of a maximum 21-year prison term, a court shall review convicts seeking release in five-year increments, and decide whether release shall or shall not be granted on the basis of (a) the gravity of the crime for which they were convicted, and (b) whether the convict has shown positive signs of rehabilitation.

3. Current offenders who have served more than 21 years in prison, including life sentences, shall be subject to mandatory review upon enactment of this act.

4. This law shall take effect on January 1st, 2021.

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AN ACT
to extend the franchise to citizens of the Pacific island territories

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Pacific Island Voting Rights Act." It may be alternatively cited as "PIVRA." Section 2 of this Act may be cited as the "Voting Rights Amendment."

Section 2 (Constitutional amendment)
i. Article V§1 of the Second Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall be amended as follows:

The right to vote in all elections and referendums called according to the provisions of this Constitution shall be exclusive to those persons being eligible to vote in elections for President of the Republic of Atlasia who have been registered to vote in one of the states or external territories of this Region, as defined by law, for a period of at least 72 hours prior to the commencement of the election.

Section 3 (Incorporating the Pacific islands)
i. The island territories of Guam, Atlasian Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands are incorporated as external territories of the Commonwealth of Frémont, the residents thereof to enjoy all the rights and privileges associated with citizenship of the same.

Section 4 (Implementation)
i. This Act shall take effect with the ratification of the Amendment to the Constitution of Frémont proposed in Section 2 above.

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AN ACT
To repeal silly and unnecessary California laws

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Free California Act.

Section 2: San Francisco

1. In San Francisco, CA, it shall no longer be prohibited for elephants to walk down Market Street unless they’re on a leash.

2. In San Francisco, CA, it shall no longer be illegal to wash one's car with used underwear.

3. In San Francisco, CA, no person shall be classified as "ugly" nor shall one's "ugliness" be grounds for forbidding them from walking on any street.

4. In San Francisco, CA, it shall not be illegal to pile horse manure higher than 6 feet on any street corner.

5. In San Francisco, CA, it shall not be illegal to purchase electronic cigarettes.

Section 3: Walnut

1. In the city of Walnut, CA, it shall be legal to fly a kite higher than 10 feet off the ground.

2. In the city of Walnut, CA, children may wear a Halloween mask without having to acquire a permit from the sheriff.  Men may also be permitted to dress as women without a permit from the sheriff.

Section 4: Baldwin Park

1. In Baldwin Park, CA, the prohibition on riding a bike in a swimming pool is hereby nullified.

Section 5: Belvedere City

1. In Belvedere City, CA, a Council order that specifically reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash" is hereby nullified.

Section 6: Eureka

1. In Eureka, CA, the prohibition on people sleeping in the road is hereby nullified and people shall be permitted across the Commonwealth of Fremont to sleep on a road provided that they are sleeping in a car that is parked in a safe area.

Section 7: Los Angeles

1. In Los Angeles, CA, it shall be legal for a witness or a defendant to cry on a court witness stand.

2. In Los Angeles, CA, the prohibition on hunting moths under a street lamp is hereby nullified.

Section 8: Indian Wells

1. In Indian Wells, CA, it shall be legal to foretell the future for monetary or gift donations.

2. In Indian Wells, CA, it shall not be illegal to drink "intoxicating cement."

3. In Indian Wells, CA, it shall henceforth be legal for a trumpet player to play his instrument with the intention of luring someone to a store.

Section 9: Portola

1. In Portola, CA, it shall henceforth be legal to carry a fish into a bar.

Section 10: Chico

1. In Chico, CA, it shall henceforth be legal to own a green or smelly animal hide.

2. In Chico, CA, it shall no longer be against the law to go bowling on the sidewalk.

3. In Chico, CA, it shall not be against the law to drive a herd of cattle down the street.

4. In Chico, CA, persons who detonate a nuclear device within city limits shall not be required to pay a $500 fine.

Section 11: Repeal of SB-826

SB-826 is hereby repealed.

Section 12: Repeal of AB-622

AB-622 is hereby repealed.

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AN ACT
Pertaining to missing persons and Native Americans

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Frémont Missing Persons and Tribal Nations Act.

Section 2.1: Establishment of Department of Justice

The Frémont Department of Justice is hereby established, which shall be directed by an NPC appointed by the First Minister and shall be responsible for maintaining public safety, prosecuting criminals, registering vehicles, licensing drivers, and other enforcing laws passed by the Frémont Parliament.

Section 2.2: Department of justice missing persons response -- missing persons specialist

1. The Department of Justice may assist with the investigation of all missing persons cases, regardless of the age of the missing person.

2. The Department shall employ a missing persons specialist responsible for working closely with local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement authorities on missing persons cases. The specialist shall:

(i) provide guidance and support to law enforcement authorities and families in the search for missing persons;

(ii) oversee entries into the database of the national crime information center of the Atlasian Department of Justice and other databases to ensure records of missing persons are accurate, complete, and made in a timely fashion;

(iii) manage the state missing persons database and missing persons public information website;

(iv) network with other state and international missing persons programs and the national center for missing and exploited children to aid in locating children who are unlawfully taken out of or unlawfully brought into the Commonwealth of Frémont;

(v) provide public outreach and education on missing persons issues and the prevention of child abductions;

(vi) issue alerts and advisories at the request of law enforcement authorities to activate public assistance in locating an endangered missing person; and

(vii) facilitate training for law enforcement authorities related to missing persons cases, including resources available to assist with missing persons investigations.

3. The missing persons specialist shall complete cultural competency training.

4. The Department of Justice shall send a copy of this act to each tribal government located on every Frémont tribal reservation.

5. $1,500,000 shall be appropriated for providing the services of this act.

Section 3: Erection of Colorado Monuments to Native American Tribes

1. The flags of the following Colorado Tribal Nations shall be permanently displayed on the region Capitol grounds:

(i) The Apache nation

(ii) The Arapaho nation

(iii) The Cheyenne nation

(iv) The Pueblo tribes

(v) The Shoshone tribe

(vi) The Ute nation

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AN ACT
Relating to employment; prohibiting the denial of employment due to the presence of marijuana in a screening test taken by a prospective employee with certain exceptions; authorizing an employee to rebut the results of a screening test under certain  circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Drug Screenings Reform Act.

Section 2.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law:

1. It is unlawful for any employer in this Commonwealth to fail or refuse to hire a  prospective employee because the prospective employee submitted to a screening  test  and  the results of the screening test indicate the presence of marijuana.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if the prospective employee is applying for a position:

(a) As a firefighter

(b) As an emergency medical technician

(c) That requires an employee to operate a motor vehicle and for which  federal or state law  requires the employee to submit to screening tests; or

(d) That, in the determination of the employer, could adversely affect the safety of others.

3. If an employer requires an employee to submit to a screening test within the first 30 days of employment, the employee shall have the right to submit to an additional screening test, at his
or  her  own  expense,  to  rebut  the  results  of  the  initial  screening test.  The employer shall accept and give appropriate consideration to the results of such a screening test.

Section 3: Exceptions

The provisions of this section do not apply:

(a) To the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise in conflict with the provisions of an   employment contract or collective bargaining agreement.

(b) To the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise in conflict with the provisions of federal law.

(c) To a position of employment funded by a federal grant.

Section 4: Definition of "screening test"

1. As used in this section, “screening test” means a test of a person’s blood, urine, hair or saliva to detect the general presence of a controlled substance or any other drug.

Section 5: Enactment

1. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2020.

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AN ACT
To require companies that package meat and grocery stores to label all meat products treated with carbon monoxide.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Red Meat Labeling Act.

Section 2: Findings

Parliament finds and declares that;

1.) Carbon monoxide (often referred to as CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, one measly oxygen molecule away from the carbon dioxide all humans exhale. However, this chemical can have detrimental effects on the human body at very low concentrations.

2.) The Canadian Meat Packers Council recommends that the internal meat temperatures not go above 4 degrees Celsius or 39 degrees Fahrenheit. That has also been defined by other international meat regulators as the optimum storage temperature of meat.

3.) In a carbon monoxide system, with low oxygen, the carbon monoxide will react with myoglobin and give aged meat a bright red color. The low oxygen mixture artificially limits the growth of spoilage organisms that are commonly caused by increased levels of heat in display cases.

4.) More than 70% of all beef and chicken in the United States, Canada and other countries is being treated with poisonous carbon monoxide gas to look fresh.

Section 3: Meat Labeling Requirement

1.) All meat treated with carbon monoxide must have a label that reads "TREATED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE" on their packages at a font size no smaller than 13 pt.

2.) Butchers/meat producers that sell meat that do not contain such labels will be warned on a first offense, and fined $35,000,000 per offense thereafter.

Section 4: Enactment

This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2020.

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AN ACT
To prohibit Regional, State, and Local police officers from ordering blood draws from unconscious DUI suspects without a warrant

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Amendment to the Peaceful Streets Act or Mitchell's Law.

Section 2: Requiring a judicial warrant prior to the taking of an unconscious person's blood

Whereas, unconscious persons shall retain their right to bodily autonomy, Section II of the Peaceful Streets Act is hereby amended:

1.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall enter upon the real property of a person to view or record the data on a meter measuring electrical usage, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of the real property owner or a person who resides full time at the real property, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

2.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall implant or attach any device used for the purpose of tracking or recording geographic location via satellite to any person, privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, or any other privately owned personal property, unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

3.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall use unmanned drones for the purpose of tracking a person or a privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction, or if there is probable cause that the person, vehicle, aircraft, or vessel is fleeing from the location of recently committed crime.

4.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall detain or arrest any person for the mere filming of a law enforcement officer in a public place, unless the person filming physically obstructs the law enforcement officer from exercising their lawful duties.

5.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall detain or arrest any person for the mere utterance of lawful speech or gesturing of the hands or tongue. For the purposes of this sub-section, the extension of a person's middle finger shall not constitute obscenity.

6.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall order or initiate the drawing of blood from an unconscious person unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

6.) 7.) Any person in the Commonwealth who injures or kills a law enforcement officer, shall not be prohibited from raising the affirmative defenses of self-defense or defense of others, provided it is first determined, by clear and convincing evidence that the law enforcement officer was knowingly acting in an unlawful manner, or if it is first determined beyond a reasonable doubt that the law enforcement officer did not identify his or herself as a law enforcement officer, and the person being charged did not believe that the person injured or killed was a law enforcement officer at the time.

7.) 8.) The surviving spouse of any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth who is killed in the line of duty shall be presented with a folded flag of the Commonwealth of Fremont. If the slain officer does not have a living spouse, the flag shall be presented to the officer's next of kin.

8.) 9.) It is the position of the Commonwealth of Fremont that all localities in the Commonwealth should grant a one-year exemption from property taxes to any surviving spouse of any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth who is killed in the line of duty.

9.) 10.) No uniformed law enforcement officer in the Commonweath shall conceal their badge while on duty nor raise the hood of a police vehicle during a traffic stop for the purpose of blocking a dashboard camera.

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AN ACT
To save the Alaskan oil investment fund dividend program

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Alaska Permanent Fund Bailout Act.

Section 2: Appropriation to the Alaska Permanent Fund

In FY2020, $444,000,000.00 shall be appropriated for the Alaska Permanent Fund.

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With the ascension of Speaker YE to the House of Representatives, we will now elect a new Speaker.  The 24-hour nomination period is open.


I nominate Harry S Truman.

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I accept the nomination.

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It's not as if there's any other MP remotely as experienced for the role as Mr. Truman, so I certainly see no reason for objection.

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AN ACT
To prohibit discrimination against religious attire

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Freedom of Religious Expression Act.

Section 2: Text

1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, or an employee or agent thereof, to impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment, including opportunities for promotion, advancement or transfers, any terms or conditions that would require such person to violate or forego a sincerely held practice of his or her religion, including but not limited to the observation of any particular day or days or any portion thereof as a sabbath or other holy day in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion or the wearing of any attire, clothing, facial hair, or religious jewelry, in accordance with the requirements of their religion, unless, after engaging in a bona fide effort, the employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the employee's or prospective employee's sincerely held religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.

2. It shall be unlawful for any State or locality to adopt or enforce legislation banning the wearing of any religious attire, including but not limited to burqas, niqabs, or hijabs.

Section 3: Enactment

This law shall go into effect sixty days upon enactment.

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With no other candidates having declared, Harry S Truman is elected by acclamation.

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Many thanks to all.

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AN ACT
To encourage free and fair domestic commerce

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fair Commerce Act.

Section 2: Text

1. The Carry On My Wayward Son Act is hereby repealed in full.

2. This law shall take effect immediately.

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AN ACT
To recognize the service and achievements of real-life Frémonters

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Pioneer Award Act.

Section 2: Classifications and Administration

1. An award shall be created to be awarded by the First Minister of Frémont known as the “Pioneer Award.”

2. The title of “Pioneer” shall be bestowed upon real-life Frémonters, living or dead, who have made exceptional contributions to the region that stand beyond their peers, in addition to a medal depicting the Zia Sun symbol with the name of the recipient and year of the award given above the symbol.

3. No First Minister shall award the distinction of the “Pioneer" to any former or current player in Atlasia.

4. All awarding of distinctions must include an explanation of the service the recipient has provided to Frémont that warrants the distinction given.

Section 3: Revocation

1. The Parliament of Frémont, on a two-thirds vote, may revoke any recipient of their title and award.

2. Any First Minister may re-award a recipient who had their distinction revoked with a simple majority of Parliament backing them.

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AN AMENDMENT
to establish uniform rules for poll openings and closings

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the "Election Time Amendment." It may be alternatively cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Amendment)
i. All instances of "Eastern Standard Time" in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont are amended to read "Eastern Daylight Time."

Section 3 (Implementation)
i. This Amendment shall become operative upon ratification by the people of Frémont, and following adoption of corresponding legislation by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia.

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A RESOLUTION
to promote friendship and cooperation among the peoples of the Pacific

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Resolution shall be, the "Congress of Pacific Nations Resolution." It may be cited as "CPNR."

Section 2 (Call for a general congress of the nations of the Pacific)
WHEREAS, the peoples who live upon the tide of the Pacific Ocean, and the island nations scattered like stardust upon the sea-blue waves, form a community of a common interest in the peace and prosperity of the region;

WHEREAS, by virtue of common geography, they face shared challenges and opportunities of economic, environmental, and political character;

WHEREAS, improved cooperation between our peoples is therefore prudent and desirable;

RESOLVED, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Frémont does invite representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, Atlasian Samoa, British Columbia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Fiji, Guam, the Republic of Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Philippines, the Independent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu to join them in general Congress of Pacific Nations at Honolulu on the first of January 2020.

RESOLVED, that the purpose of this Congress shall be to discuss cooperation between the peoples of the Pacific on common economic and environmental challenges, and to agree to the time and place of the next Congress.

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AN ACT
to protect the rights of electors

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Ballot Succession Act." It may be cited as the "BSA."

Section 2 (Successor ballot)
i. In the event a ballot cast in an election administered by the Commonwealth of Frémont by an otherwise-eligible elector thereof should be deleted by a Moderator or Administrator of the Atlas Forum in the course of the election, the said elector shall be permitted a second ballot, to be considered the legal successor to the deleted ballot.
ii. The term, "edit," in Article V§2 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall not be taken to refer to the deletion of a ballot by someone other than the elector who originally cast it.

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AN AMENDMENT
to restore sanity to parliamentary apportionment

Section 1 (Title)
The title of this Amendment shall be, the "Apportionment Sanity Amendment."  It may be alternatively cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Amendment)
i. Article V§3 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont is amended to read as follows:

Every Parliament shall continue for three months from the first meeting of the House, and no longer, but may be sooner dissolved by the First Minister, pursuant to certain provisions as established in this Constitution. The number of members to be chosen shall be no fewer than four, not counting the First Minister. If seven or eight candidates declare, five will be elected. If nine or more candidates declare, six shall be elected. If, however, fewer than four candidates declare for House of Commons before a snap or general election, the election shall be postponed until at least four candidates have declared.

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AN ACT
to return to more logical by-election timings

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the People's Mandate Act.

Section 2: Content

1. The Vacancies Act is amended as follows:
1. Section 3ii. is amended to read as follows:

ii. Whenever a by-election shall be required to chose a member or members of parliament for a seat or seats previously vacated, such election shall proceed at 12:00:00 am (Eastern Standard Time) on the penultimate Friday of the month first Friday after the first Wednesday succeeding the aforementioned vacancy, and continue for seventy-two hours thereafter; but no by-election shall proceed which should begin on the same day as shall be appointed, by Law, by decree of parliament, or by writs issued by the first minister, for the commencement of a general election.

2. Section 3iii. is struck in its entirety.
3. Section 3iv. is struck in its entirety.

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AN ACT
To reform eminent domain

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Frémont Eminent Domain Reform Act.

Section 2: Just compensation, prohibition on private transfer of ownership to new private individuals

1. Just compensation shall be no less than the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking.

2. Lost profits and Lost Access shall be determined by a panel of 3 federal judges in the Circuit Court of Appeals district in which the lawsuit has been filed. The burden of disproving the claimed losses shall be on the condemner.

3. Public use shall not include being used solely for private enterprise, job creation, tax revenue generation, or economic development. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services.

Section 3: When condemnation allowed

1. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont is hereby prohibited from taking private property through condemnation, unless that government offers just compensation and the property being taken is needed for public use.

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AN ACT
to stop robbing the poor to feed the rich

Section 1 (Title & definitions)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Poor Tax Abolition Act." It may be cited as "PTAA."
ii. "Lottery" in this legislation shall refer to the practice of selling numbered tickets and awarding prizes to holders of numbers drawn at random, as well as to all other schemes wherein cards or tickets are sold and prizes are awarded to some holders.

Section 2 (Abolition of the lottery)
i. No state or other jurisdiction of Frémont shall operate or draw revenue from a lottery.
ii. All existing state and municipal lotteries are hereby disbanded.

Section 3 (Precluding complicity)
i. No revenue generated by a lottery shall be paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth.

Section 4 (Implementation)
i. This legislation shall take effect with the Fiscal Year of 2021.

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AN ACT
to recognize the cause of Kansan liberty

Section 1 (Title)
i. The long title of this Resolution shall be, the "John Brown—Kansan Liberty Resolution." It may be cited as the "Kansan Liberty Resolution."

Section 2 (Preamble)
WHEREAS, one hundred sixty years ago the people of Kansas waged a hard and bloody war for independence from the despotic dominion of border ruffians and the Southern slave power;

WHEREAS, in light of this history, the continued rule of the State of Kansas by the so-called Southern Region is injurious and contemptible;

WHEREAS, the late action of the Chamber of Delegates, by which the battle flag of the traitorous so-called "Army of Northern Virginia" is to be raised over Kansas, is equally contemptible;

WHEREAS, the referendum which informed the act of the Chamber of Delegates was ill-conceived and ill-ordered, the people having been denied the right to vote on all proposed designs for the flag;

WHEREAS, in any case the rebel flag flying above Kansas is an unacceptable outcome;

Section 3 (Resolution)
RESOLVED, the Parliament of Frémont do propose the "John Brown Flag" as the flag of Free Kansas, for the use of those who desire a uniquely Kansan and irredentist banner;
FURTHER RESOLVED, the design of the flag shall be: "nine horizontal stripes, alternating buff and red, forming a rectangle 2:3 in proportion; a blue canton, and in it twenty buff stars to represent the twenty free states who stood in solidarity with Kansas in her hour of need."

Appendix

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AN ACT
to ensure honest wages for honest work

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Victims of Wage Theft Legal Expense Act." It may be cited as the "Expense Act."

Section 2 (Responsibility for paying expenses in wage theft cases)
i. In cases of alleged wage theft, where a court of this Commonwealth, or a jurisdiction thereof, should find an employer (hereafter "the defendant") withheld earned wages from an employee (hereafter "the plaintiff"), the defendant shall be responsible for all legal fees incurred by the plaintiff in the course of the case.