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15 of the lieutenant is suspended. It is then at the King’s pleasure to consult with the ministers separately, or to call a council of administration.

LXXII. In case of the decease of a lieutenant, or if the King should not think proper to appoint one, he will supply his place ad interim by a president.

LXXIII. The general assembly of the council of state shall be composed of all the members enumerated in article 60. The King shall preside, or his lieutenant, and in their absence, the first member of the council, in the order established by articles 63 and 66.

Its offices are:

First, To discuss and revise all proposed laws and regulations for the general administration of the country.

Second, To take cognizance of all administrative functionaries registered by the King as being accused of collusion in office, excepting such only as are cognizable by the High National Court.

Third, To decide in cases of contested jurisdiction.

Fourth, To examine annually the accounts of every principal member of the administration.

Fifth, To watch over all abuses, and every thing tending to encroach upon the Constitutional Charter, and to make a general report of them to the King, who shall determine what objects are of a nature to be referred by his order to the Senate or to the Diet.