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Til E ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT. 55
Minister-Secretary of State, of his assistant
(both appointed by the Emperor), and of His
Majesty’s chancery for Finnish affairs.
The Minister-Secretary of State reports to
the Emperor all matters, except such as are
exclusively military, submitted for His Majesty’s
consideration by the Senate and the
Governor-General. For this purpose a short statement of
the case is made in Eussian, together with
the opinion of the Senate and of the
Governor-General ; but in very important matters the
statement of the Senate and the views of the
Governor-General, should he differ from it,
must be submitted to the Emperor in a full
translation.
The Minister-Secretary of State has the right,
before making his report, to ask, through the
Governor-General, for such further information
as he may consider necessary.
According to the statute of 1826, the
Emperor’s decisions are expressed, either in
rescripts, signed by him and countersigned
always by the Minister-Secretary of State
(the original documents being forwarded to
the Governor-General), or by annotations in
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