Imperial Mandate of Imperial offices and Junior Council

Imperial Mandate of Imperial offices and Junior Council Issued and confirmed by His Excellency, Lord Adrian of House Horen-Rothesay Imperial Archchancellor

At the pleasure of His Imperial Majesty the Holy Emperor John I, the establishment of the Imperial offices and Junior Council of the Holy Empire are enumerated herein.

This Mandate establishes several new offices, intended to speed and enforce the duties of the Privy Council.

Office: Nobility & Heraldry

The heralds are appointed by the Emperor and are delegated authority to act on his behalf in all matters of heraldry, the granting of new coats of arms, genealogical research and the recording of pedigrees. The Office is also the official body responsible for matters relating to the flying of flags on land, and it maintains the official registers of flags and other Imperial symbols.

Office: Treasury of Census and Exchequer

The Exchequer is the department of government responsible for the management and collection of taxation and other government revenues. Its chief officer is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Bulwarks and other local officials delivered revenue from their counties to the Lower Exchequer and received a tally.The officer who marked the tallies was the Chamberlain of the Exchequer. The tallies were taken to the Upper Exchequer, where the clerks checked that the return was correct and recorded it on a Pipe Roll.

Office: Chancery

The Chancery, the arm of the Imperial government dealing with domestic and foreign affairs. Its chief officer is the Archchancellor it is staffed by Imperial Clerks, Ambassadors and Conciliators. When the Emperor wishes to issue legally binding orders, it is the clerks of Chancery who write them. Charters, letters, and the writs required to initiate court actions were written, sealed with the Great Seal of the Empire, and copied onto rolls of scrolls and kept by the Keeper of the Rolls. The Court of Chancery can hear cases, The Archchancellor decided pleas for redress that common law could not provide.

Office: Circuit Court

The Court of Common Pleas sits in Felsen and hear private pleas between subjects - that is civil cases. In contrast, criminal cases (where the Crown prosecutes) were heard in the Court of Emperor’s Bench. The crown can send Imperial judges to try legal cases throughout the country. The circuits of these Justices in Eyre covered the whole realm and they heard both civil and criminal cases. They often also performed administrative duties, enquiring for example into the conduct of local royal officials. Serious criminal trials were "held over" to these Assize Courts. The Justices in Eyre held a number of different commissions. They were to investigate disputes over the proper ownership of land in the locality. The duty of gaol delivery - that is trying everyone held in local jails. The commission of oyer and terminer (to hear and decide) allowed the justices to decide criminal matters, and that of nisi prius (unless first/ before) to determine civil cases unless they had already been referred to the central courts. The Circuit court is staffed by judges, recorders and bailiffs.

Office: Logistics and supplies

The office of logistics and supplies is the government body that produces and manages the flow of things between the point of origin and the point storage until consumption to meet requirements of Imperial government. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items, such as food, materials, animals, equipment and liquids as well as abstract items, such as information. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of the following flow, material handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and often security. The office of Logistics and supplies is staffed by Quartermasters and Logisticians.

This Mandate establishes the Junior Council, intended to act and aid the Privy council in its official capacity and fulfil other duties of government.

The Junior Council shall be made up of the following.

• Master Architecte
• Siegemaster
• The Bulwarks
• The Protector Vigilant
• Grand Burgomaster of Felsen
• Lord Constable of Felsen
• Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Chamberlain of the Exchequer
• Quartermaster and two logisticians
• Conciliator and two chancery clerks
• High Court judge, two circuit judges and a recorder
• The Master of Arms and two heralds

The Junior Council may be extended at anytime.

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