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FINANCES.
93
The postal, railway and canal rates, pilotage
fees and lighting; dues, as well as other charges
o o y o
for services rendered by public institutions, are
fixed bv the Government.
V
No loan can be contracted without the
consent of the Diet.
(50) Financial Control.
At the commencement of each ordinary Diet
a summary of the financial situation is made to
the Estates, " so that they may learn how the
Crown revenues have been employed for the
profit and good of the country "
This summary, containing the accounts of the
latest receipts and expenditure, with special
reports on the public debt and 011 the
administration of the extraordinary taxes, is examined
by the finance committee, which must control
more especially the application of the financial
resolutions of the last Diet. All the
account-books of the several public departments must
be placed at the disposal of the committee.
When the Diet informs the Government of
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