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14 LXVII. The members of the council of administration have deliberative voices only. The opinion of the lieutenant is decisive. He is to take his resolutions in council, in conformity with the Constitutional Charter, with the Laws, and with the powers derived from the King.

LXVIII. Every decree of the lieutenant in order, to be obligatory, must be rendered in council and countersigned by a secretary of one of the departments.

LXIX. The lieutenant shall present to the King, (conformably to a more detailed arrangement on the subject) two candidates for every vacancy of an archbishop, bishop, senator, minister, supreme judge, counsellor of state, or master of requests.

LXX. The lieutenant shall take the following oath in the presence of the senate, holding his hands in those of the King: “I swear to Almighty God, that I will administer the affairs of Poland in the King’s name, conformably to the Constitutional Charter, to the laws, and to the powers and instructions derived from the King; and that I will remit to the King the power entrusted to me, as soon as his Majesty shall deem it expedient.” If the King be absent from the kingdom the adjuration of the lieutenant in the hands of the King, shall be forwarded to the senate by the secretary of state.

LXXI. The King being present, the