Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Documents
Documents 75 I King Béla IV confirms and extends the privileges of the City of Pest, November 24th, 1244. II King Ladislas IV confirms the charter granted by King Béla IV in 1244 to the citizens of Buda and augments them with new privileges, June 17th, 1276. III After the suppression of the popular movement in Buda in 1402, King Sigismund confirms certain listed clauses of the Buda charter of Libertás, and issues new regulations, especially in connection with the election of the Council, December 9th, 1403. IV The Treasury Law, based on the laws of Buda and incorporated in the common book of law of the seven royal free boroughs, regulates the manner of electing chief magistrates and councils under the 1439 Buda agreement, Mid-15th century V The 1703 Charter of the City of Pest, October 23rd, 1703. VI Oath of allegiance of the citizens of Pest, April 23rd, 1723. VII Minutes of the first meeting of the Pest Committee of Public Order, March 15th, 1848. VIII Decree by the Minister of the Interior on the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda, June 24th, 1849. IX Establishment of a Board of Public Works. Excerpts from Act X of 1870, April 10th, 1870. X Excerpts from the Ministerial Preamble to the Budapest Municipality Act, November 19th, 1871. XI Excerpts from Act XXXVI of 1872 on the institution and organization of the municipality of the Capital, December 22nd, 1872. XII Passage from the speech on policy given by István Bárczy upon his election as mayor, June 19th, 1906. XIII Excerpts from the Ministerial Preamble to Act XXIX of 1908, 1908.