Thursday, 2 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: appointments to offices; cardinal laws; changes in the ministries; establishment of convent pacts; internal affairs of the provinces; merits and awards for citizens; parliamentary procedures; prerogatives of the throne; religious issues and the church-state relationship;

Friday, 3 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Cardinal Laws Project; Catholic Religion as the State Religion; Gratitude to Tadeusz Reytan; Nobilitation of Franciszek Bars and Tomasz Czech; Protection Against Religious Persecutions; Provisions on the Alienation of Part of the State; Punishment for Adam Poniński; Religious Freedom; Territorial Indivisibility of the Republic; Unity of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth;

Monday, 6 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: caution against confederations and internal divisions; debate on the rights to cede parts of state territory; defense of citizens' freedom; distinction between the will of the nation and unanimous instructions; importance of good governance and military strength for the preservation of the state; issues related to the affiliation of Gdańsk and Toruń; postulate to ensure the immutability of Cardinal Laws; principles of enactment of changes by the Sejm; report on rebellions in Warsaw and actions of the authorities; upholding the indivisibility and integrity of the Commonwealth of Both Nations;

Tuesday, 7 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: criminal justice; decrees and public accounts; government formation; gratitude and honors for distinguished citizens; issues of noble rights oversight; King and monarch duties; petitions and projects; Sejm courts; Sejm Marshal; speeches; state ceremonies;

Thursday, 9 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Comments on Articles V and VI of the Cardinal Laws; Deputy Report on Rebels; Discussion of the Cardinal Laws; Duchy of Courland and Piltene District; Government Reform Issue; Internal and External Affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Oath of Senator Tadeusz Rostocki; Privileges of the Nobility.; Punishing and Justice for Adam Wodz and Archimandrite Sadkowski; Sejm Session;

Act published 178

Topics: appeal; Bonawentura Klityński; court dates; extracadentia; forging of a document; Lublin tribunal; prisoners register; Referral of case; Sejm courts; Warsaw castellan court;

Friday, 10 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Army maintenance; Decisions on ministries and court; Decrees on offices and officers; Freedom and independence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Lawmaking; Marshal of the Sejm Stanisław Małachowski; Preservation of convent pacta (agreements); Proposals for changes in the military; Sejm Session; Suspension of the Sejm Session; Taxation and distribution;

Monday, 13 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: benefit for the country; benevolence; cardinal laws; confederations; confrontation; Constitution; distribution of offices; Ducal Ministries; governmental interests; Great Sejm; Hieratic Chairs; Marshal of the Sejm; ministerial offices; ministry; national guard; National Treasury; office nominations; pact convention; parliamentary session; royal prerogatives; Sejm Deputation; sejmiks; senate; spirit of zeal and hope; throne prerogative; unanimity; unfinished article; vacancies in offices; Voivodeship Offices;

Tuesday, 14 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Abolishment of certain offices; Appointments to office; Cardinal Laws; Discussion on the reduction of the number of ministries; Governmental conditions; Legal equality of the Greek rite with the Roman; Promise of King Stanisław August Poniatowski's twenty-year reign; Secret voting in the Sejm proceedings; Speech by the Sejm Marshal Stanisław Małachowski; State efforts towards systemic reform;

Wednesday, 15 September 1790

No deliberations

Act published 179

Topics: abolition of the Permanent Council; convent pacta; declaration; filling of senatorial positions; general and independent government; king; laws of the Republic; ministerial positions; recognition of the nation's trust;

Thursday, 16 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Addresses by King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Cardinal Laws; Deputies' Warnings; Election of the Sovereign; Guard and National Bank; Marshal of the Sejm; Proposals for Legislative Changes; Protest by the Deputy from Nur; Reduction of the Number of Ministers; Succession to the Throne; Universal to the Nation;

Friday, 17 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: defense of nobility's freedom; election of the king; election vs. succession; form of governance; issue of interregnum; reduction in the number of ministers; role of the Sejm in decision-making for the throne's future; state of the nation; threat of foreign intervention; universality;

Monday, 20 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Capitation Tariffs; Civil and Military Commissioners; Civil Freedom of Choice; Constitution; Deputation; Government Project; Great Sejm; Hereditary Throne; King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Marshal of the Lithuanian Confederation Kazimierz Sapieha; Marshal of the Sejm Stanisław Małachowski; Ossoliński's Contributions; Prerogatives; Proportional Taxation Project; Prorogation; Royal Election; Succession Law; Succession to the Throne; Universal to the Nation; Universals;

Act published 180

Topics: consent of the confederated estates of the Republic; king; legislative act; reduction of the number of ministries;

Tuesday, 21 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: cardinal laws; Civil-Military Commission; formation of the Universal; Military Commission; pardon for deserters; population emigration; return of emigrants; Sejm Marshal; Smoke Tariff; throne succession;

Wednesday, 22 September 1790

No deliberations

Act published 181

Topics: acceleration of the deputation; appointment of envoys; domestic trade; foreign affairs deputation; French court; political alliances; Spanish court; Szczęsny Potocki; Tadeusz Morski; treasury expenditures;

Act published 182

Topics: Avoiding national division; Choosing a free successor to the throne; Free election of kings; Issuing a universal to voivodeships, lands, and counties; National will; Peace and protection of the homeland; Preventing interregnum; Reign of Stanisław August; Sejm marshals and confederation;

Act published 183

Topics: civilian and military commissioners; Commonwealth of Both Nations; confederation; deputation for co-equation; districts; donation of the tenth grosz; Extension of time; grain silo project; transactions; voivodeships;

Thursday, 23 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: cardinal law; deputies' projects and their discussions; fears of losing freedom; interregnum and free election; opposition to proposals for changes in laws; rights and decisions of the Sejm; Stanisław Małachowski and discussions on cardinal laws; state and citizen security issues; succession to the throne; will of the nation;

Friday, 24 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: debates on government form and Cardinal Laws; Liberum Veto and abolition of unfinished parliamentary laws; Magistrature project and parliamentary legislation; national appeal and local assembly dates; national expenses and funding needs, as well as army completion; oaths of deputies and non-acceptance of foreign funds; question of throne succession and free elections; role of King Stanisław August Poniatowski in setting assembly dates; Stanisław Małachowski and Sejm obstruction; throne succession and national consent;

Monday, 27 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Cardinal Laws Project; discussions on the order of laws and procedures; election of kings; freedom of king election; Great Sejm; Ignacy Potocki; Kazimierz Sapieha; matters related to the king's election; right to free election; Stanisław Małachowski; suspension clauses; Wojciech Suchodolski;

Act published 184

Topics: confederation; counties; dietines; election of the throne successor; king; lands; legislative act; sixteenth of November; universals; voivodeships;

Tuesday, 28 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Analysis of cardinal laws and their impact on the state system; Complaints of deputy Benedykt Hulewicz about civic freedom; Critique of the productivity of sessions and call for efficiency; Deputy Jacek Jezierski's demand for clarity of intentions; Different deputies' speeches on the throne succession and national agreement; Discussions on future actions of the Sejm and possible prorogation; Discussions on the actions of the marshals; Opening of the session by the Sejm Marshal; Presentation of Prince Sapieha's addition about the rights of electing kings; Presentation of projects related to throne succession, state defense, and avoiding compulsory elections; Proposals and projects of laws presentation; The King's appeal to deputies to avoid division; Warnings and consultations regarding the future of the state;

Thursday, 30 September 1790

Report from the session

Topics: Cardinal Laws; Chamber competence; Confederation; Deputies' proposals; Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Ignacy Potocki; Deputy's Proposal Project from Chełm; Election freedom; Exemption (exceptio) of ruling courts; Interregnum management; King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Marshal Stanisław Małachowski; Prince Adam Czartoryski; Saxon Elector; Sejm decisions; Sejm prerogative; Sejm sessions; Throne guarantee articles; Universal directive; Will of the Nation;