Kuala Lampur, May 18 -- Until the Constitution of the State of Negeri Sembilan was promulgated in 1959, the state had no written constitution.

The constitutional law of the state could only be found in the various treaties entered into by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, the Ruling Chiefs and the British Government.

Besides these treaties, customary laws were allowed to continue side by side to govern the political, social and economic life in the respective territories so long as they did not become a hindrance to British policy.

Negeri Sembilan was only constituted as a State by the treaty of July 13, 1889, whereby the parties concerned agreed to form "a Confederation of States to be known as the Negeri Sembilan."

Six years later in 1895,...