9. Should one of these two Ministers be absent, the countersignature shall be given in his place by von Krautt, and so on, the countersignature being in every case appended by the two senior Ministers present.
10. Councillor von Katsch revises and countersigns judicial papers alone.
11. The Directory shall meet every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at the place designated by Us, and all business coming before the Directory shall be transacted by it in joint session and not, as hitherto, by its members in their own homes.
12. Mondays are the departmental days of Lieutenant General, etc., von Grumbkow. On them all matters relating to Prussia, eastern and western Pomerania, and the Neumark shall be considered, also frontier questions and matters relating to clearance and drainage of swamps shall be submitted and decided, but no others, even if urgent, because three, four, or eight days make no difference to Commissariat and Chamber business.
13. Wednesdays are the departmental days of the Real Minister of State and Councillor von Creutz. On them reports will be made and decisions taken on the affairs of Minden, Ravensberg, Tecklenburg and Ling and on questions of audit and forage, but no other.
14. Thursdays are the days of Real Minister of State and Councillor von Krautt. On them the affairs of the Kurmark, Magdeburg, and Halberstadt are to be treated, also matters concerning movements and supply of Our army, but no other.
15. On Fridays Our Real Minister of State and Councillor von Görne has his departmental days. On them matters will be debated which concern Guelder, Cleves, Meurs, Neuchâtel, the Orange Succession, the postal services, and the currency, but none other.
16. Judicial questions have no special departmental day, but shall be reported and settled on the day set for the Province in which the question originated.
17. The Directory shall meet at 7 A.M. in summer and 8 A.M. in winter.
18. It is not to break up until every question in the Department whose day it is has been settled down to the last small detail.
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