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ARTICLE I. The National Assembly hereby completely abolishes the feudal system...
ARTICLE III. The exclusive right to hunt and to maintain unenclosed warrens (network of rabbit burrows) is
likewise abolished, and every landowner shall have the right to kill, or to have destroyed on his own land, all
kinds of game, observing, however, such police regulations as may be established with a view to the safety
of the public.
ARTICLE V. Tithes (one-tenth of annual earnings taken as tax to support the Catholic church and its clergy]
of every description...are abolished, on condition, however, that some other method be devised to provide for
the expenses of divine worship, the support of the officiating clergy, for the assistance of the poor, for repairs
and rebuilding of churches and parsonages, and for the maintenance of all institutions, seminaries, schools,
academies, asylums, and organizations to which the present funds are devoted.
Source: Gandhi, Indian Opinion, September 2, 1905 from NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January
2015.
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