Wednesday, 7 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Cantonal system for soldier utilization; Deliberations on various projects and proposals by deputies; Education commission; Funds for the recruitment of conscripts.; Land property taxation; Military commissions; Military establishment management; Project for the establishment of a permanent Sejm; Protection of farms and nobility from conscription; Recruiting soldiers and ensuring army supply; Recruitment and conscription for the military; Taxes and excises; Taxes on foodstuffs;

Thursday, 8 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: evacuation of Russian troops; improvement of public treasury management; international relations and diplomacy; legislative activities and reforms; military and its financing; military oath; obligations of parliamentary commissions; overview of main topics of the Sejm sessions; security of the Commonwealth's borders; taxation and methodology of setting taxes;

Friday, 9 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: confederated sejm; economic report of the Commonwealth's treasury; evacuation of Russian troops; financial claims of the Pinsk district against the Russian troops; King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Marshal of the Sejm; note to the Russian ambassador; oath of the army to be loyal to the Republic; proposal for a poll tax;

Act published 25

Topics: Exemptions for Craftsmen and Peasants; Exemptions from Conscription; Initiation of Recruitment; Military Commission Ordinance; Protection of Border Populations; Punishment for False Certifications; Recruitment in Cities and Towns; Recruitment in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.; Regiment Funding; Requisition to the Treasury Commission;

Monday, 12 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: confederation; confusion related to the project for establishing a double tax; controversy over the oath project for the Military Commission; decision on taxes independent of the establishment of a military establishment; double tax contribution project; embassies to foreign courts; exchange of officers for army inspection; expenses for army inspection; fortification commanders; funds for the army; National Guard project; need for a stronger army; negotiations with local bankers; oath of the Military Commission and the army; project for transferring funds abroad; prorogation of the Sejm; question of government form; Sejm session; suspension of the Sejm session; tax proposals;

Tuesday, 13 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Calls for expedited parliamentary action on critical defense issues; Considerations regarding securing the nation's safety and strengthening the armed forces; Debates on tax projects and the funding of the military; Discussion on the form of government and the structure of the National Guard; Military oaths taken by commissioners; Objections raised by members of parliament concerning proposals and the submission of their own projects; Parliamentary declarations on Poland's dependence on external influences; Proposals for introducing taxes as a means of funding the military; Speeches concerning the abolishment of the Permanent Council and the need for a national council; Suspension of the parliamentary session;

Wednesday, 14 January 1789

No deliberations

Act published 26

Topics: arsenals and fortresses; brigades, regiments, battalions, corps; confederation of estates of the Commonwealth of Both Nations; duties of fidelity and obedience; Kamieniec and Częstochowa; Military Commission Oath; military inspection; military organization; reporting on the state of the troops; Stanisław August Poniatowski;

Thursday, 15 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Arguments against issuing paper currency; Considerations of borrowing for military needs; Deliberations on financial provisions for raising an army; Discussions on the available reserve fund and its possible application; Parliamentary addresses emphasizing patriotism and concern for saving the nation; Project for a temporary tax and the proposed proper tax (“Doczesny Podatek”); Sejm session debates over priority issues: tax system reform versus government reform; Withdrawing from the National Guard project in exchange for expediting tax-related decisions; Worries about introducing a temporary tax and its potential extension;

Friday, 16 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: analysis of tax proposals; considerations of the nation's future and prosperity; debate on governance measures and proposals; Great Sejm (1788-1792); importance of concord and unity in action; Kazimierz Poniatowski; Kazimierz Rzewuski; Marshal of the Sejm's speech; Michał Mniszech; military funding issues; military mobilization; preacher Zabiełło; private and public good.; public debt; royal ceremonies and honours; royal intervention; sacrificial offerings for the state; Sejm sessions; Stanisław August Poniatowski; Stanisław Małachowski; state defense; taxes; temporary and permanent taxes; the Permanent Council matter;

Monday, 19 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Debate on How to Abolish the Permanent Council and Related Concerns; Debates on the Abolition of the Permanent Council; Deputies' Opinions on the Permanent Council; Discussions on Reasons and Consequences of Maintaining the Permanent Council; Importance of National Freedom and Independence of Poland; Interpretation of Treaties and Their Impact on Freedom and Independence; King's and Senate's Stance on the Situation; Proposals and Projects for the Abolition of the Council; Proposals for Alternative Solutions for Government Structure and Operation; Question of Observing the 1768 Law and Unity of Subject Matter in Propositions; References to Previous Sejm Sessions and Constitutions; Threats Associated with the Permanent Council and Influence of Foreign Powers;

Wednesday, 21 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Adjournment of the Sejm session; Constitutions and signing acts by the Sejm Marshal; Discussion on tax projects; Instructions for the envoy to London and trade matters; Matter of the City of Gdańsk and protection of its territory and trade; Military fund and the need for its financing; Oath taking by military commissioners; Repeal of the Permanent Council and establishing foreign affairs; Sejm session and decision to raise a sum of money;

Act published 27

Topics: adoption of the resolution; descriptions of the Sejms; Permanent Council; Repeal of act; voting;

Act published 28

Topics: Abolition of the Permanent Council; Confederation of States; King; Laws; Legislative Act; Sejm 1785; Sejm 1786;

Act published 29

Topics: borrowing funds abroad; Crown Treasury Commission; interest on loans; loan for the Crown army; military needs; public finance frugality; Sejm confederation;

Friday, 23 January 1789

No deliberations

Act published 30

Topics: domestic loans; financial amounts; financial reporting; foreign loans; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; military loan procurement; military needs; resource savings; sejm confederation; Treasury Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania;

Act published 31

Topics: discussion of military matters; foreign interests; funds for the military; military conscription; public income; public treasuries; taxes;

Monday, 26 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Contributions from crown revenues; Earnings from the Viennese Convention; Enhancements in economy, trade, and manufactures; Equitable distribution of taxes; Expenses for foreign missions; Funds from recovery amounts; Injustices in hearth tax and protection of peasants; Offering for the army and national forces; Propination and Greater Poland's economy; Public revenues and fund establishment; Suspension of Jewish head lustrations; Tax contribution due dates.; Tax proposals and civic contributions;

Tuesday, 27 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Approval of financial projects; Citizenship; Contribution for national defense; Efforts to introduce taxes; Income from national property; Marshal of the Sejm Stanisław Małachowski; Proposals regarding the treasury of the Republic; Response from the Russian envoy Stackelberg; Spirit of patriotism;

Wednesday, 28 January 1789

No deliberations

Act published 32

Topics: hearth tax; landowners and ecclesiastical estate holders; leaseholders and Dutch settlers; military fund; needs of the Commonwealth; permanent taxes; primary military needs; royal and ecclesiastical towns; serfs;

Thursday, 29 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Army financing; Civil and ecclesiastical officials; Contributions to defense; Emphyteusis; Fees for privileges; Perpetual taxes; Procedural discussions; Provisional tax; Public revenues; Revenues from ecclesiastical properties; Revenues from offices and starosties; Sources of public income; Stamped paper; State tax; Tax system reform;

Act published 33

Topics: clergy; copper coin; financial offering; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; life estate owners; military increase; nobility; pledge property owners; silver coin; taxes;

Friday, 30 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Adam Czartoryski; Antoni Suchodolski; Bishops; Deputy; Extraordinary Proceedings; Foreign Orders; Franciszek Kwilecki; Fryderyk Moszyński; Hearth Tax; Human Society; Ignacy Zakrzewski; Infant Jesus Hospital; Jan Suchorzewski; Józef Kossakowski; LVII session; Marcin Ledóchowski; Michał Walewski; monopolies; Office Clerks; Orders Fees; Percentage Tax; Piotr Ożarowski; Public Officials; Public Revenues; public support funds; Secretaries; Serafin Sokołowski; Stamped Paper Taxes; Stamps; Stanisław Kublicki; Stanisław Małachowski; Stanisław Potocki; Starosties; taxes;

Saturday, 31 January 1789

Report from the session

Topics: Discussions; Freedom of Speech; Great Sejm; Ministry; Permanent Municipal Officials; Proposed Amendments; Revenues; Sejm Marshal Stanisław Małachowski; Stamp Act Project; Stamp Duty; Stanisław August Poniatowski;