Under the authority of Article 5 of the law on the Reconstruction of the Reich from 30 January 1934 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 75), the following decree is published herewith:

Article 1

To exercise sovereign rights-a function which was transferred from the provinces onto the Reich-shall be a function exercised by the provincial governments as a mandate and on behalf of the Reichs, since the Reich shall not make use of its right to exercise this function, either generally or in individual cases.

Article 2

Treaties or agreements in the realm of administration which the provinces may have concluded among each other or with the Reich shall not be affected by this transfer of the sovereign rights from the provinces onto the Reich.

Article 3

1. Laws need the assent of the competent Minister of the Reich.

2. In his own domain the competent Minister of the Reich may order that the drafts of laws be submitted to him before the law is published.

Article 4

The highest echelons of the provincial governments shall, within the realm of their tasks, obey the orders issued by the competent Ministers of the Reich.

Article 5

Employees of the provincial governments may be transferred into the Reich's civil service, and employees of the government of the Reich may be transferred into the civil service of the provinces.

Article 6

This decree became valid on 30 January 1934.