the supervision of the powder magazines and cannon of the State.

ARTICLE 79.--Correspondence with foreign powers shall be
carried on by the President and the Executive Council. The dispatches
shall be signed by him and the Secretary of State.

ARTICLE 80.--The President with the Executive Council has the
right to diminish or remit sentences of punishment passed for
misdemeanours or crime, on recommendation of the Court that has passed
the sentence, or upon petition of the person condemned, after having
taken the advice of the Court thereupon.

ARTICLE 81.--Before accepting his office he shall take the
following oath before the Volksraad:--

"As elected President of the Republic, I promise and swear solemnly,
that I shall be faithful to the people; and that I shall act according
to right and law in my office, according to the best of my knowledge and
conscience without respect of persons; that I have done no one favour,
nor made presents to reach this office; that I shall not accept from
anyone any present or favour, if I can suppose that this present or
favour should be made or done with a view of gaining from me a
resolution in favour of the person who does the favour or makes the
gifts; that I shall act according to the Constitution of the Republic,
and intend alone the furthering of the happiness and welfare at large of
its inhabitants."

ARTICLE 82.--The President exercises his power along with the
Executive Council. An Executive Council shall be joined to the
President, consisting of the Commandant-General, two enfranchised