Part I, page 411).

All the laws referred to above and hereafter were enacted specifically in the name of the Cabinet (_Reichsregierung_). A typical introductory paragraph reads:

“The Reich Cabinet (_die Reichsregierung_) has enacted the following law which is hereby promulgated. * * *” [Law of 1 August 1934, 1934 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 747]. (_2003-PS_)

In furtherance of the Nazi plans to acquire totalitarian control of Germany (cf. Section 1-2 of Chapter VII), the Cabinet passed the following laws: Law of 26 May 1933, providing for the confiscation of Communist property (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 293) (_1396-PS_); Law of 14 July 1933 against the new establishment of parties (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 479); Law of 14 July 1933 providing for the confiscation of property of Social Democrats and others (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 479) (_1388-PS_); and Law of 1 December 1933 securing the unity of party and state (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 1016). (_1395-PS_)

In the course of consolidating Nazi control of Germany, (cf. Section 3 of Chapter VII) the following laws were enacted by the Cabinet: Decree of the Cabinet, 21 March 1933, creating special courts (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_, Part I, page 136) (_2076-PS_); Law of 31 March 1933 for the integration of States into the Reich (1933 _Reichsgesetzblatt_,