Reduction of the Stamp Duty on Domestic Playing Cards

In today's congressional session, good news for the card sharks and game night enthusiasts across The Union! Congress passed a law slashing the stamp duty on locally manufactured playing cards. Now, manufacturers can thrive as the law reduces the tax on a deck of foreign-style cards to a single gold coin, and for Polish-Ukrainian style, only fifteen groszy.

The aim is twofold: increase Uncle Sam's coffers and knock down barriers stifling the growth of our budding card-making industry. Congress is also tasking The Cabinet with not just keeping tabs on this tax tweak but to actively spot and smooth out bumps that might hinder the domestic manufacturers.

So, if you're thinking of starting an artisanal card factory or any industry that might benefit The Union, now's your time! Congress and The Cabinet have your back with supportive measures to spur industrial bloom.

Topics: stamp duty reduction; playing cards; card factory in Warsaw; public treasury revenues; national industry growth; treasury commission; tax manipulation; easing of obstacles for factories; domestic industry; Sejm Acts;

Temporary Regulation for the States of Kyiv, Volhynia, and Chernihiv

In today's Congress session, a new act was finalized addressing some local procedural snafus in Poland-Ukraine. Representatives from the State of Kyiv initially had separate local congresses in Zhytomyr and Ovruch, but pushed to combine them for efficiency. Yielding to their wishes, Zhytomyr will be the venue for their next confluence.

Meanwhile, a clerical hiccup in the law had locals scratching their heads in the States of Volhynia and Chernihiv. Supposedly, two cities, Lutsk and Volodymyr, were to host boundary commissions despite each state only having the right to elect ten commissioners. Given that the commission requires at least five members to function and Chernihiv only picks three, Congress made a swift amendment: Lutsk is now the sole hub for these boundary brokering bonanzas.

Topics: regional assemblies of the Kyiv Voivodeship; city of Zhytomyr; regional assemblies of the Volhynian Voivodeship; city of Lutsk; Chernihiv Voivodeship; border commissioners; correcting legal errors; unification of assembly procedures;

Review of Secret Enactments

Congressfolks, history buffs, pay attention! The Union's Congress, with the approval of the confederated Houses has established a special commission to dig up some dirt from the past. Specifically, they're diving into the secret enactments from 1768 to 1776—a time when our political tea was extra spicy.

Representing East Poland-Ukraine, from the Senate we got Tomasza Aleksandrowicza, the big wig from Padlasie. For Lithuania-Belarus, there's the head honcho from Vitebsk, Michał Kossakowski. And for West Poland, the Senate is sending Krzysztof Szembek, the bishop of Płock—yep, even the clergy’s got skin in the game.

On the other side, the House of Representatives - for East Poland-Ukraine is bringing to the table dudes like Skorkowski from Sandomierz and Łukasz Rybiński from Kyiv. Then, from Lithuania-Belarus, we've got Ignacy Siwicki from Trakai and Ignacy Sylwestrowic from Samogitia. And West Poland's dropping Stanisław Breza from Gniezno and Jan Zieliński, the general of the Polish-Ukrainian military, into the mix.

This All-Star team's task? To sift through the archives, do a little historical housekeeping, and then spill the beans to The President and the Houses of Congress on what really went down back in the day.

Topics: Review of Secret Sanctions; Confederation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Deputation for Reviewing; Senators and Deputies; Provinces of Little Poland, Lithuania, and Greater Poland; Composition of the Deputation; Noble Representatives; Report to the King and Sejm Estates;

Ratification of the Lower Funds as Expressed

Hey everyone, diving into the political scene today, we've got the lowdown on some significant charitable funding that's been locked in for good. So, Congress, with a nod from the President, has given the thumbs up to a bunch of endowments that go way back and seriously help out with health and welfare concerns.

To get more specific, we're talking cash from key players like Polish-Ukrainian Defense Secretary Jan Klemens Branicki, who set up funds for Sisters of Mercy in Bialystok all the way back in the late 1760s. Plus, contributions from folks like Elzbieta Ebschelewicz and Colonel Jan Cichocki, not to forget clergy like Jana Daniszewski and Jana Kantego Antoniewicza, all pitched in for the same cause during the '80s.

And that's not it. There's also historical dough from the late 1600s by Mikołaj Stefan Pac, a bigwig in the Lithuania-Belarus State, supporting both Sisters of Mercy and the Dominican convent in Choroszcz.

Bottom line: These funds have been cooking for centuries, and now it's official—they're here to stay, supporting hospitals, convents, and charitable organizations indefinitely. The green light from Congress means a lot of people are going to keep getting help, and these old-school philanthropists' legacies are cemented in The Union's law. Props to those who give back, right?

Topics: Approval of funds; Church and charity funds; Church hospitals; Missionaries; Charitable foundations; Jan Klemens Branicki; Elżbieta Ebschelewiczowa; Jan Cichocki; Mikołaj Stefan Pac; Dominican convents; Sisters of Mercy;