Chapter IV

Article 87.
Five Minister-Secretaries; to wit, of the Interior; of Foreign
Affairs; of Finance; of Justice, Worship and Public
Instruction; and of War and the Navy; shall have under their
charge the dispatch of National affairs, and they shall
counter-sign and legalize the acts of the President by means
of their signatures, without which requisite they shall not be
efficacious. A law shall determine the respective duties of
the Ministers.

Article 88.
Each Minister is responsible for the acts which he legalizes,
and collectively, for those which he agrees to with his
colleagues.

Article 89.
The Ministers cannot determine anything whatever, by
themselves, except what concerns the economical and
administrative regimen of their respective Departments.

Article 90.
As soon as Congress opens, the Ministers shall present to it a
detailed report of the State of the Nation, in all that
relates to their respective Departments.

Article 91.
They cannot be Senators or Deputies without resigning their
places as Ministers.

Article 92.
The Ministers can assist at the meetings of Congress and take
part in its debates, but they cannot vote.

Article 93.
They shall receive for their services a compensation
established by law, which shall not be increased or
diminished, in favor or against, the actual incumbents.