These eleven Provincial Councillors, in their turn, present four candidates, out of whom the Pope chooses one.

And this is how the nation is _represented_ in the Financial Council.
Still, with a certain luxury of suspicion, the Holy Father adds to the list of representatives some men of his own choice, his own caste, and who are in habits of intimacy with him.

The councillors elected by the nation are eliminated by one-third every two years.

The councillors named directly by the Pope are irremovable.
Verily, if ever constituted body offered guarantees to power, it was this Council of Finances.

And yet, the Pope does not trust to it.