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The minutes of the voting shall be kept by some of the
delegates themselves — in the Norwegian language if the chairman is a
Norwegian, in the Swedish if he is a Swede. These minutes shall
be read out aloud and adopted immediately after the voting, after
which two exactly corresponding copies shall he made, be signed
by the whole election committee before it dissolves, be sealed in its
presence, and, by the direction of the chairman of the committee for
each kingdom, be dispatched at once the same day, the one copy
to the Storthing of Norway, addressed to its president; the other to
the Estates of the kingdom of Sweden, addressed to the landmarshal
and the other presidents.
These minutes shall be signed in such manner that in the copy
which is to be dispatched to the Norwegian Storthing the signatures
of the delegates from Norway shall stand first, and those of the
delegates from Sweden next; and in the one that is to be dispatched to
the Estates of Sweden the signatures of the delegates from Sweden
shall stand first, and those of the delegates from Norway next.
After the receipt of this election return at both places, it shall
immediately, or at latest on the following day, be submitted to the
Storthing in Norway and to the Estates of the kingdom of Sweden;
and the Storthing of Norway and the Estates of the kingdom of
Sweden shall at once take the necessary steps to inform his Royal
Majesty, or, in case of his demise, the lawful interim Government,
of this resolution of the representatives of both kingdoms.
4. The King shall have the right to assemble troops, to
commence war and to conclude peace, to enter into and to break off
alliances, to send and to receive ambassadors.
When the King proposes to commence war, he shall communicate
his views to the Government in Norway, and procure its opinion
thereon, together with a full report as to the condition of the
kingdom, with regard to its finances, means of defence and so forth.
This having been complied with, the King shall summon the
Norwegian Minister and the Norwegian Councillors of State as well as
the Swedish Minister and Councillors, to an extraordinary Council
of State, and then explain the reasons and circumstances which in
this case have to be taken into consideration. At the same time
the report of the Norwegian Government on the condition of this
kingdom, as well as a similar report on that of Sweden, shall be
laid on the table. The King shall ask their opinion on these
subjects, which they, each for himself, shall enter upon the minutes,
under the responsibility which the Constitution imposes upon them,
and then the King shall have the right to take and to carry into effect
such resolution as he deems to be for the best interests of the State.
5. The Norwegian Minister of State, as well as the two
Norwegian Councillors of State who are in attendance upon the King [at
Stockholm during the King’s residence in Sweden], shall have seats
and a deliberative vote in the Swedish Council of State when affairs
that affect both kingdoms are being transacted there.
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