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...[as the] Commission deems proper; and which is confirmed by the other Commission, which, in accordance with the command of Your Excellency, was formed to submit its observations concerning the Constitution on behalf of the nation unto the Sublime Porte. [Armeno-Turkish:] Since this regulation has been approved by the Commission formed and elected to present its reflections on it to the Sublime Porte, the command and decree in that regard, and in every circumstance, belongs unto His Majesty to Whom the command belongs. In Constantinople, 16 February 1862. 29 Shaʻbān 1278. Signatures: MEMBERS OF THE SUBLIME PORTE COMMISSION: STEPANNOS, Bishop of Nicomedia, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See of Constantinople; YOHANNES Vartabed KAPUTIKEAN; YOHANNES Priest P’AP’AZEAN, of the Church of the Holy Cross in Üsküdar; YOHANNES Priest HIWNKEARPEYENTEAN, of the Church of the Holy Archangels in Balat; GEORG ERAMEAN; SEROVBĒ VIČ’ĒNEAN; YAKOB MUPAHĒAČEAN; YOHANNES EGHIAZAREAN; YOHANNES TATEAN; GRIGOR AGHAT’ŌN; YAKOBIK NORATUNKEAN; GASPAR KIWMIWŠČI. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION (Elected on the part of the Nation): AGHAT’ŌNEAN MKRTIČ; ASLANEAN STEP’AN; MANUKEAN MANUK; MINASEAN MINAS; RUSINEAN [NAHAPET]; SIWRĒNEAN YOHANNES; ŌTEAN GRIGOR.