The cabinet positions of High Chancellor, the Ministers of the Left and Right, the Councillors and the Lords of each Ministry were abolished, while the post of Prime Minister and that of the various government Ministers, namely of the Imperial Household, Foreign Affairs, the Interior, Finance, the Army, the Navy, Justice, Education, Agriculture and Commerce, and Communications and Transportation, were established.
太政大臣、左右大臣、参議及び各省卿の職制を廃し、新たに内閣総理大臣並びに宮内省、外務省、内務省(日本)、大蔵省、陸軍省、海軍省、司法省、文部省、農商務省(日本)及び逓信省の各大臣を置くこと。