1) Laws shall determine the territory, organization and responsibilities of the municipalities in their own sphere of action and in that assigned to them.
2) The following principles shall be established in the municipal laws:
a. free election of the mayor and of the other organs of the municipality by the municipal assembly;
autonomous management of the municipal assets and of the administration of the municipal police under the supervision of the national Government;
maintenance of well-ordered services for the poor under the supervision of the national Government;
the right of the municipality to grant citizenship and the freedom of Liechtenstein citizens1 to reside in any municipality.
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«The term 'Landesangehörige' (Liechtenstein citizens) employed by the Constitution is to be understood as referring to all persons holding Liechtenstein national citizenship without distinction of sex.» (LGBl. 1971 No. 22.)
