In so far as reference is made in laws or executive orders to provisions and institutions which are abolished by this Constitution, their places are taken by the corresponding provisions and institutions of this Constitution. In particular, the National Assembly takes the place of the National Convention, the National Council that of the Committee of the States, and the National President elected by authority of this Constitution that of the National President elected by authority of the law relating to the provisional government. The power to issue executive orders, conferred upon the Committee of the States in accordance with the provisions heretofore in effect, is transferred to the National Cabinet; in order to issue executive orders it requires the consent of the National Council in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. ARTICLE 180 Until the convening of the first National Assembly, the National Convention will function as the National Assembly. Until the inauguration of the first National President the office will be filled by the National President elected by authority of the law relating to the provisional government. ARTICLE 181 The German People have ordained and established this Constitution by their National Convention. It goes into effect upon the day of its promulgation. SCHWARZBURG, August 11, 1919 [_Signed_] The National President: EBERT. The National Cabinet: BAUER, ERZBERGER, HERMANN MUeLLER, DR. DAVID, NOSKE, SCHMIDT, SCHLICKE, GIESBERTS, DR. MAYER, DR. BELL. FINIS Errata Page 48, line 11: For "diregarded" read "disregarded." Page 76, line 13: For "this expression" read "their expression." Page 84, line 5: For "and this" read "and thus." Page 90, lines 33 and 34: For "Michaelis" read "Michaelis." Page 94, line 18: For "Michaelis" read "Michaelis." Page 107, line 1: For "Michaelis" read "Michaelis." Page 116, line 1: For "Michaelis" read "Michaelis." Page 195, lines 5 and 12: For "_etape_" read "_etappe_." Page 209, line 19: For "_etape_" read "_etappe_." Page 232, line 24: For "by their acts, but rather by their motives" read "by their acts instead of by their motives." Page 240, line 24: For "Hamburg" read "Harburg." Page 248, line 28: For "intransigent" read "intransigeant." Page 257, line 17: For "governments' troops disposition" read "government troops' disposition." Page 259, line 10: For "Bosheviki" read "Bolsheviki." Printed in the United States of America Transcriber Notes: Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS. Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe". The errors noted in the Errata have been corrected.