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 442 A HISTORY OF CHILE Art. 83 Charges can be made against the President of the Republic only in the year next after the conclusion of his term of ofi&ce, for any of the acts of his administration by which the honor and safety of the State shall have been greatly compromised, or the constitution openly vio- lated. The forms under which charges against the President must be made shall be those of Articles 93 to 100, inclusive. cabinet ministers Art, 84 The number of Ministers and their respective departments shall be determined by law. Art. 85 The requisite qualifications of a Minister are: 1st. Birth within the territory of the Republic; 2d. The qualifications necessary for a member of the Chamber of Deputies. Art. 86 All the orders of the President of the Republic must be signed by the respective Minister; and without this essential requisite they are without force. Art. 87 Each Minister is personally responsible for the acts signed by hiin, and in soliduni for whatever he shall subscribe or agree to with the other Ministers. Art. 88 At the opening of the sessions of Congress Cabinet Ministers shall give to it an account of the state of the Nation, each in regard to the matters concerning his own department. Art. 8g They shall also present to that body the annual estimate of the ex- penses required by their respective departments, and give an account of the disposition of the sums voted for the expenses of the previous year. Art. go The duties of a Cabinet Minister are not incompatible with those of a Senator or Deputy. Art. 91 Cabinet Ministers, even when not members of the Senate or Cham-