1933 REICHSMINISTERIALBLATT, 61st Year ' Page 386.
First Amendment to the Joint Organization of Business in the
Reich Ministries, Special Part (GGO II), ed. Berlin 1929.
The Reich cabinet has decided to amend the Joint Organization of Business in the Reich Ministries, Special Part (GGO II) as follows:
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Submission of Drafts. ,
(1) Drafts for laws will be submitted in writing by the responsible Reichsminister to the state secretary in the Reich chancellory. The draft must show that it is a question of the Reich cabinet decreeing a law. It must indicate whether the Reich ministers concerned are in agreement with the draft. Under the method of simplified legislation, in the case of difference of opinion arising, the directive of the GGO I, paragraph 65, re personal attempts to reach agreement by the ministers concerned (conference of chiefs), is to be observed particularly. Any differences of opinion still remaining are to be mentioned briefly. It is to be stated in each individual case either that the execution of the law does not represent a financial liability for the Reich, counties and communities, or, if such is not the case, whether the Reich minister of finance and the president of the Reich accounting board | Rechnungshof ] in his capacity as Reich commissioner for savings had raised objections to the law after having been informed of the plans. (Compare paragraph 27, Section 3). If this is not stated in the draft submitted, the Reich chancellory will see to its being obtained.
(2) The draft will be accompanied by 30 copies. At the same time a copy is to go to each of the Reich ministers, unless departmental revision in the ministries is to be excluded as an exceptional measure.
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(4) It is permissible to make decisions by using the circulation method; paragraph 37, section 4 applies.
(5) The draft submitted is to be accompanied by a preamble
which can be short in the case of simple laws. This preamble is intended to simplify the discussion of the draft in the cabinet, as well as to provide the necessary material for a subsequent interpretation of the law. The preamble must show the reasons for the draft, its construction and the substance of its contents, and must emphasize those points on which agreement was not reached in the preliminary discussions. The future utilization of the preamble for press releases must be kept in mind (paragraph 57D, section 5). '
(6) The letter to be submitted will therefore normally take the following form:
"To the State Secretary in the Reich Chancellery.
"I have the honor to submit the enclosed draft of a law concerning * * * as well as the preamble, with the request that
it be included in the agenda of one of the next cabinet sessions and that it be decreed under the Law for the Alleviation of the Distress of People and Reich of March 24, 1933 (RGB1. I, page 141), or * * * that it be decreed by the method of circulation, under the Law for the Alleviation of the Distress of People and Reich of 24 March 1933 (RGB1. I, page 141), since a decision through written channels will be sufficient.
"The Reich ministers concerned have approved the draft.-----or: even after attempts at coming to an agreement no agreement could be reached between the Reich minister for * * * and
the Reich minister for * * *."
Extract from a Reich Cabinet amendment to the procedure for submitting drafts of proposed new laws
Authors
Date: 1929
Literal Title: Reichministerialblatt . . . First Amendment to the Joint Organization of Business in the Reich Ministries . . .
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2847
HLSL Item No.: 451313
Notes:The amendment is dated 1929; it was published in 1933. This document was not presented as evidence on the cabinet.