Chapter XI: Section III: Of the King

ART. 1. The King has exclusively, and without restriction, the entire
exercise of the government, and of every necessary power to insure the
execution of the laws, and to make them respected. He appoints to all
the offices, and to all the civil and military employments, which,
according to the preceding laws, were at the nomination of the grand
pensionary. He has the entire enjoyment of the pre-eminences and
prerogatives hitherto attached to that dignity. The coins of the state
shall be stamped with his head. Justice is to be administered in his
name. He is to have the right of granting pardon, abolition or
remission of penalties inflicted by sentence of law: nevertheless, he
cannot exercise this right without having heard in private council the
members of the national court.

2. At the death of the king the guardianship of the minor king shall
be always confided to the queen mother; and in case there shall be no
queen mother, to such person as shall be appointed by the emperor of
the French.

3. The regent shall be assisted by a national council, whose
composition and privileges shall be determined by a particular law.
The regent shall not be personally responsible for the acts of his
government.

4. The government of the colonies, and all that relates to their
internal administration, belongs exclusively to the king.

5. The general administration of the kingdom is confided to the
immediate direction of four ministers of state, named by the king,
viz. a minister for foreign affairs, a minister of war and of marine,
a minister of finance, and a minister for the home department.