Imperial Decree #375: DecreeBook Cleanup Decree

[Kaiseress Anandja I]

To all Shirerithians, greetings!

Please do not pay much attention to this decree. It is one of those decrees that you have to do to edit the DecreeBook. There is some stuff in there that do not have to be there, or should not be there. All deletions are marked with italics. Amendments are marked with bold text.

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c. The Kaiser can however create a new Charter when the need arises.

c. The Kaiser can however submit to the ruling of the Arbiter if the Kaiser so wishes.

e. Decrees which appoint ministers are one time events and do not establish permanent law; therefore the Landsraad may remove a Minster appointed by the Kaiser, at a later date, with the Kaiser having final say.

b. The Landsraad may make law contradicting One Time Events after the Decree, Proclamation or Order has been given with the Kaiser having final say.

a. If the former Kaiser has not appointed an heir, the throne passes to the highest person on the Line of Succession, which is as follows:
1. Erik of Brookshire
2. Nick of Yardistan
3. Scott of Hyperborea
4. Mike of Lakhesis
5. Greg of Amity and Mirioth
6. Joseph of Kildare

b. A Landsraad vote is suggested as one possible way to define acknowledgement, although it is not legally necessary.

a. If the Kaiser is absent for over a monthtwo weeks, with absence being defined as failure to post to Shireroth or answer any queries, such as email, telephone, or IM about zir status, and has not declared a reason for zir absence such as LOA or vacation, the Kaiser is officially declared dead by Shirerithian law, and the succession process shall take place in the same manner as if the Kaiser had officially abdicated.

b. If there is no Kaiser, and a Steward is ruling Shireroth, then after one monthtwo weeks of absence, the Steward will be officially declared dead by Shirerithian law and the Landsraad will have the right and duty to choose a new Steward.

a. The Chain of Command of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth shall be as follows:
1. Kaiser of Shireroth.
2. Steward of Shireroth.
3. Minister of Military Affairs.
4. Minister of the Exterior.
5. Minister of the Interior.
6. Prætor of Shireroth.
6. Duke of Yardistan.
7. Highest available military officer.
8. First available minister.

a. The Kaiser and the Landsraad may both appoint and dismiss ministers at will; and create and destroy ministries at will, with the Kaiser having final say.

4: Restrictions

a. Ministers may not speak in the Landsraad unless summoned to speak on a particular issue by the Prætor.
b. Ministers may request to be summoned, to speak on an issue they believe concerns their ministry, in the Landsraad at the Landsraad Front Gate.

c. The Arbiter may only remove Individuals may only be removed from office for grievous abuse of the powers appointed them or grievous misconduct.

E: Economy
1. The Crown Account may not be drawn upon by the Kaiser for personal use.
2. The Household Account is subject to audit by the Arbiter.

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I also authorize the replacement of all "he" and "she" with "zie" and "his&qu; and "her" with "zir". And/or shall also be replaced by "and".

Signed by my hand this Fishday, the Twenty-second of Krondokin, 3585 ASC.

[Erik Mortis]

I do not agree with DB, II, C, 3, a. Praetor should be before Ministers of Interior and Exterior. The status of the Praetor is as a representative of the entire Landsraad, and in such situations, would be acting as the Landsraad in the chain of command.

The Ministry of Exterior in such situations is a minor official with no relevant authority. And while the Minister of Interior is important in emergencies, he does not have authority before that of the Landsraad.

And the duke of Yardistan should be left in because if we get that far down the chain of command, they have proly taken over already anyways, and because it's a silly tradition kinda issue.

[Kaiseress Anandja I]

Okay.

[Erik Mortis]

OH and.

"2. The Household Account is subject to audit by the Arbiter." Makes no sense what so ever. The Household Account is there for the Kaiser to do as he pleases. To make it subject to audit by the Arbiter has no point, especially since it's in the Decreebook.

The Charter is there to restrict the Kaiser
The Decreebook is there to restrict the Landsraad
The Lawbook is there to cover everyone else.

So putting that in the Decreebook is useless. And I wouldn't suggest trying to put that in the charter.

[Kaiseress Anandja I]

The point is that it is supposed to be under the supervision of the Arbiter, at least if I read the LawBook correctly. If not, so be it. The DecreeBook is there to bind the Kaiser as well. You yourself has said that the Kaiser has to adhere to the DecreeBook.

And please Erik, don't lecture me.

[Erik Mortis]

Adhere, is preferred, but the Decreebook has no real authority over the Kaiser.

[Kaiseress Anandja I]

I know, but I choose to adhere to it and put stuff there that the Kaiser should adhere to.

[Erik Mortis]

My point is the Kaiser doesn't have to. and in this case, should not adhere to. The House Account is the Kaiser personal funds, what authority or reason does the Arbiter have to audit this account?

[Oroigawa Koreyasu]

a. If the former Kaiser has not appointed an heir, the throne passes to the highest person on the Line of Succession, which is as follows:
1. Erik of Brookshire
2. Nick of Yardistan
3. Scott of Hyperborea
4. Mike of Lakhesis
5. Greg of Amity and Mirioth
6. Joseph of Kildare