ead.

ARTICLE 55.

Ministers who are not members of the Chamber/Dail Eireann shall by virtue
of their office possess all the rights and privileges of a member of the
Chamber/Dail except the right to vote, and shall, if not members of the
Parliament/Oireachtas, comply with the provisions of Article 17 as if they
were members of the Chamber/Dail, and may be required by the Chamber/Dail
to attend and answer questions.

ARTICLE 56.

Should the President of the Executive Council die, resign or be
permanently incapacitated, the Vice-President of the Executive Council
shall act in his place until a President of the Executive Council shall be
elected. The Vice-President of the Executive Council shall also act in the
place of the President of the Executive Council during his temporary
absence.

ARTICLE 57.

The members of the Executive Council shall receive such remuneration as
may from time to time be prescribed by law, but the remuneration of any
Minister shall not be diminished during his term of office.

ARTICLE 58.

The Representative of the Crown, who shall be styled the Governor-General
of the Irish Free State, shall be appointed in like manner as the
Governor-General of Canada and in accordance with the practice observed in
the making of such appointments. The salary of the Governor-General of the
Irish Free State shall be of the like amount as that now payable to the
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and shall be charged on
the public funds of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann and suitable
provision shall be made out of those funds for the maintenance of his
official residence and establishment.

ARTICLE 59.

The Executive Council shall prepare the Budget of receipts and expenditure
of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann for each financial year and shall
present it to the Chamber/Dail Eireann before the close of the previous
financial year.

SECTION III.--THE EXECUTIVE.

B.--FINANCIAL CONTROL.

ARTICLE 60.

All revenues of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann from whatever source
arising, shall, subject to such exception as may be provided by law, form
one fund, and shall be appropriated for the purposes of the Irish Free
State/Saorstat Eireann in the manner and subject to the charges and
liabilities imposed by law.

ARTICLE 61.

The Chamber/Dail Eireann shall appoint a Comptroller and Auditor-General
to act on behalf of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann. He shall
con