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141. Each membcr of the direc- 
tory is president ‘of it in turn, 
for three months only. The pre- 
‘ sident signs and keeps the scals. 
The laws and the a¢ts of the legis. 
lative body are addressed to the di- 
rectory in the person of its presi- 
dent. 
142. The executive directory 
cannot deliberate if there be not 
three members present at least. 
143. Asecretary is chosen, not 
one -of its members, who counter 
signs dispatches, and draws up the 
deliberation on register, in’ which 
each member has the right of en- 
tering his opinion, with his reasons 
for it. The direftory may, when 
it thinks proper, deliberate with- 
out the attendance of its secretary : 
in this case the deliberations ‘are 
drawn upon a particular register, 
by one of the members of the direc. 
tory, f 
144. ThedireCtory provides, ac- 
cording to the laws, for the exter- 
nal or internal security of the repub- 
lic: it may make proclamations 
conformable to the laws, and for the 
execution of the laws. » It disposes 
of the armed force, without in any 
‘ease the direCtory colleGtively, or 
any of its members, being capable 
of commanding it either during 
the time of their fun@ions, or dur- 
ing the two years which immedi- 
ately follow the expiration of those 
fundtions. ; 
146. If the directory is inform. 
ed that any conspiracy is plotting 
against the external or internal 
safety of the state, it may issue 
warrants of summons, or warrants 
ef arrest, against the presumed au- 
thors, or accomplices ; it may in- 
terrogate them; but it is obliged, 
under the penalties against the 
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crime of arbitrary detention, to 
send them before the officer of po- 
lice, within tlie delay’of two days, 
to proceed according to the laws. 
146. The directory nominates 
the generals in chief, it cannot 
choose them among the relations or 
comnexions of its members within 
the degrees expressed by article one 
hundred and thirty-nine. 
147. It superintends and assures 
the execriion of laws in the aimi- 
nistrations and tribunals, by com- 
missari¢s of its nomination. 
148. It nominates, not of its own 
body, the ministers, and dismisses 
them when it thinks fir. Ir cannot 
choose them under the age of thirty 
years, nor from among the rela- 
tions or connexions of its members 
within the degrees set forth in 
article 139, 
4149. Lhe ministers correspond 
immediately with the. authorities 
subordinate to them. 
150. The legislative body deter, 
mines the attributiens, and the 
number of ministers... This number 
js six at least, or eight at most. 
151. The ministets do not form 
a council, 
152. The ministers are respec- 
tively responsible both for the non- 
execution of laws, and the non- 
execution of orders of the directory. 
153. The direfory nominates 
the receiver of direct taxes in each 
department. 
154. It nominates the superin- 
tendants in chief of indirect con- 
tributions, and of the administra. 
tion of national domains. 
155. All the public funétion- 
aries in the French colonies, except 
the departments of the Isles: of 
France and Re-union, shall be no- 
qinated by the directory till peace. 
156. The 
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