TheFree Royal Cities Act (Polish:Miasta Nasze Królewskie wolne w państwach Rzeczypospolitej,lit. 'Our Free Royal Cities in the States of the Commonwealth'), also known as theLaw on the Cities (Polish:Prawo o miastach), was an act adopted by theFour-Year Sejm (1788–1792) of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on April 18, 1791, in the run-up to the adoption of theConstitution of May 3, 1791. The Act was subsequently incorporatedin extenso into the Constitution by reference in its Article III.
The Act granted to the Commonwealth'stownspeople of theroyal cities personal security, the right to acquirelanded property and eligibility tomilitary officers' commissions and public offices, It did not give them the rights ofszlachta (nobility) but allow the possibility forennoblement. It also provided townspeople the right of representation in theSejm as advisers in the cities' affairs.[1]
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