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Rh with the seal of the State. One shall be deposited in the archives of the seals, and the other remitted to the archives of the LegislativeBody. Art. 3. The promulgation shall be thus expressed: "N (the nameof the King) by the grace of God and by virtue of the Constitutionallaw of the State, King of the French, to all to whom these presentsshall come, greeting. The National Assembly has decreed, and wewih and order that which follows (a literal copy of the decree shall behere inserted without any change):" We direct and order all administrative bodies and tribunals thatthese presents shall be recorded in their registers, read, published, andposted in their departments and respective jurisdictions, and executedas laws of the kingdom. In witness whereof we have signed thesepresents, to which we caused the seal of State to be affixed ""Art. 4. If the King is a minor, the laws, proclamations, and otheracts emanating from the royal authority, during the regency, shall beexpressed as follows:" N (the name of the regent) regent of the kingdom, in the nameof N (the name of the King) by the grace of God and by virtue of theconstitutional law of the State, King of the French, etc., etc. "Art. 5. The executive power shall send the laws to the tribunals, and cause the transmittal to be certified, and to authenticate the factto the Legislative Body. Art. 6. The executive power can make no law, even provisional, but only proclamations for the purpose of ordering or recalling theirexecution conformable to the laws. Section II. Of the Interior Administration. Article i. There is in each department a superior administration, and in each district a subordinate administration. Art. 2. The administrators have no representative character. Theyare agents elected at stated times by the people, to exercise administrative functions, under the superintendence and the authority of theKing. Art. 3. They can neither interfere in the exercise of legislativepower, nor suspend the execution of laws, nor undertake anything ofa judicial order, nor of military provision or operation. Art. 4. The administrators are essentially charged with the distribution of the direct taxes, and with the superintendence of themoneys accruing from all public taxes ajid revenues in their territory.