Council, shall have
the right at all times to inspect the state of the finances, as also the
books of the officials.

_Chapter VI.--Executive Council._

42. There shall be an Executive Council, consisting of the Landrost of
the capital, the Secretary of the Government, and three unofficial
members, chosen by the Volksraad, to assist the President with advice
and assistance.

The President shall be the Chairman, and have a decisive vote.

43. The Executive Council shall hold session on the second Monday of
each second month, and at such other times as the President may desire.

44. The Executive Council shall be bound to make a yearly report of its
transactions to the Volksraad.

45. A majority of the Executive Council shall have the right to summon
an extraordinary meeting of the Volksraad.

46. The President and the Executive Council shall have the power of
declaring martial law.

_Chapter VII.--The Judicial Power._

47. The Landrost holds the power of civil commissioner and resident
magistrate.

48. The judicial power is exclusively exercised by the courts of law,
which are established by the law.

49. Legislation also regulates the administration of criminal justice,
as also that in police cases, always understanding, however, that
criminal cases brought in the first instance before the higher Courts
are judged by a jury.

_Chapter VIII.--The Military System._

50. The Field-Cornets shall be chosen by and out of the burghers of
their wards.

51. A Field-Commandant shall be chosen for each district, by and out of
the burghers of the same.

52. The assembled Field-Commandants and Field-Cornets who are united on
a commando shall choose from amongst themselves, in case of war, their
own Commandant-General, which General must then receive his instructions
from the President.

53. The assembled Field-Commandants and Field-Cornets have the right,
during the course of the war, when they have just cause for so doing, to
discharge the Commandant-General who had been chosen by them, and to
appoint another, they being bound in that case to give notice to the
President thereof, who on receipt of such announcement, and on finding
the assigned reasons well founded, fixes the day on which a new election
shall take place.

54. After the war there exists no longer any Commandant-General as such.

55. The Field-Cornets must be resident in their own wards and possess
property therein.

56. The Field-Comm