| TABLE 22 - PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION OF SEYMS OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC |
| 1573 |
Agreement on Religious Tolerance ratified
Ordinance for Royal Elections formulated
Royal candidates' Articles of Agreement set
Resident senatorial committee established |
| 1576 |
Proclamation in defense of the Jews issued |
| 1578 |
Supreme Court established for Poland
Commission for the mines established
Granting of Knighthood reserved for the Seym |
| 1581 |
Supreme Court established for Lithuania |
| 1590 |
Treasury divided into state and privy parts |
| 1598 |
Prussian Code of Law revised |
| 1607 |
Refusal of obedience to the King specified |
| 1611 |
Refusal of obedience to the King clarified
Burghers banned from buying landed estates |
| 1613 |
Tax Court for the Treasury established |
| 1619 |
Agreement with the Cossacks authorized |
| 1621 |
Gentry's military duties reiterated |
| 1623 |
Ordinance for commerce promulgated |
| 1629 |
Instructions for customs service approved |
| 1632 |
Law on Taxation passed |
| 1633 |
Mint put under Seym control
Serfs' labor rent for land increased
Penalties for runaway serfs specified |
| 1637 |
Agreement with the Cossacks ratified |
| 1638 |
Use of Titles, other than knighthood, banned |
| 1641 |
Resident Senatorial committee enlarged
Issue of coinage regulated |
| 1643 |
Maximum rates of interest on loans specified |